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How's the Tony Williams?

Bill Evans – The Last Waltz — The Final Recordings — Live at Keystone Korner September 1980 - CDs 4 & 5 (Fantasy) — With Marc Johnson, Joe LaBarbera

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio - CD 4

I guess he won't call the album "Dylan Sings Rachmaninov."

Ben McIntyre - Agent Zigzag — A True Store of Nazi Esionage, Love, and Betrayal

The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings Of Benny Goodman 1944-1955 - CD1

Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden - "Last Dance" is out in the US on 6/17. It was recorded over four days in March 2007 in Jarrett's home recording studio. These duet sessions resulted in "Jasmine" and now Jarrett and Haden have selected more songs for this new release.

Because obviously the arts will thrive in a completely market-based economy.

2014 music-related Doris Duke foundation awardees include: Artist Awards: Oliver Lake, Steve Lehman, Roscoe Mitchell, Zeena Parkins, Craig Taborn, Randy Weston Impact Awards: Muhal Richard Abrams, Ambrose Akinmusire, Steve Coleman, Ben Monder, Aruán Ortiz, Matana Roberts, Jan Shyu

Yes, Mosaic just sent out an email adding "The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions" to the list of Roulette sets with only a few copies remaining. Grab it now if you want it.

Charles Mingus – Concertgebouw, Amsterdam – 4/10/1964 [(B) in Jazz Workshop Concerts] (Mosaic — East Coasting/Ulysse) — With Johnny Coles, Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard, Dannie Richmond

Nice image for the cover.

ARS NOVA WORKSHOP concerts - Ken Vandermark, Chicago Underground Duo, Milford Graves http://arsnovaworkshop.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Monday, April 21, 8pm* KEN VANDERMARK’S MADE TO BREAK with Ken Vandermark, reeds; Jasper Stadhouders, el. bass; Christof Kurzmann, electronics [lloopp]; and Tim Daisy, drums Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway $25 General Admission MacArthur Fellow and Chicago jazz legend Ken Vandermark visits Philadelphia for the first time in over five years to premiere a piece inspired by the Barnes collection with his latest and most radical ensemble, Made to Break. Inspired by elements of Ethiopian music, Dutch group The Ex, the New Music concepts of John Cage and Morton Feldman, and jazz and improvised music history, Vandermark has devised a compositional framework that engages and complements Dr. Barnes’s peculiar personal curatorial philosophy. *Before the show (7pm), ticketholders are invited to join Vandermark and Blake Bradford, the Barnes Foundation’s Bernard C. Watson Director of Education, for a discussion on Vandermark’s composing practices and how they relate to Dr. Barnes’s curatorial vision. New Paths Festival has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Advance tickets: http://arsnovaworkshop.org/events/ken-vandermark’s-made-break-04-21-2014 Read the guest blog post from the Barnes’ director of education: http://arsnovaworkshop.org/blog/guest-post-vandermark-and-barnes ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tuesday, April 22, 8pm CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO with Rob Mazurek, cornet, synth, Game Boy, electronics, bamboo flute; and Chad Taylor, drums, mbira, balaphone + TIM MOTZER & BART MILTENBERGER DUO with Tim Motzer, guitar + electronics; and Bart Miltenberger, trumpet + electronics Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad Street $15 General Admission "The Chicago Underground Duo—that’s cornetist/keyboardist Rob Mazurek and drummer/percussionist Chad Taylor—have got real flair, replete with a sound that’s evocative of a much larger ensemble. For 17 years, the two have worked together in a variety of Mazurek-led ensembles—Chicago Underground Trio (with bass player Noel Kupersmith) and Chicago Underground Quartet (with Kupersmith and guitarist Jeff Parker) among them—as well as separately with their own respective side projects. With roots in the avant-garde realm of improvisatory jazz, Mazurek and Taylor have managed to transcend into a rarified area of conceptualized music, building layer upon tantalizing layer of rich tonality for thrilled audiences. By blending modern forms of electronica and other synth-heavy genres with a wide tapestry of a robust ethnic folk, the duo’s most recent work, Locus, delves deeper into the world of ambient music and free-form play. It’s clear the men of CUD are incredibly well-trained musicians in their own regard. But by combining the complexity of two virtuosos performing these esoteric arrangements and the actual density of the music itself, the Chicago Underground Duo has bravely set itself apart from its sonic peers, constantly seeking—and finding—new ground to explore in still-yet-undiscovered territories of contemporary jazz.” -Philadelphia Weekly Advance tickets: http://arsnovaworkshop.org/events/chicago-underground-duo-04-22-2014 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Saturday, April 26, 8pm MILFORD GRAVES Bartram's Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Boulevard $40 General Admission Free Jazz legend, herbalist, acupuncturist, martial artist, professor, savant, and shaman Milford Graves (b. 1941) is best known for his work with Albert Ayler, the New York Art Quartet (featuring Roswell Rudd, Reggie Workman and John Tchicai) and John Zorn. Graves has spent decades connecting healing practices and herbology (he’s been co-director of George Washington Carver Botanical Garden in New York) to his personal improvising and composing approaches. For his first Philadelphia appearance in over four decades, Graves will present a very rare solo performance inside the oldest barn in Philadelphia County at Bartram’s Garden, the birthplace of American botany. Seating for this concert is extremely limited. Advance tickets: http://arsnovaworkshop.org/events/milford-graves-04-26-2014 New Paths Festival has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Philadelphia] Center City Jazz Festival Tomorrow! $15/20 for all-performance pass. Performers include Thumbscrew (Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek), Steve Coleman, Tim Warfield, Justin Faulkner. Saturday, April 19th 1-7pm: The Third Annual Center City Jazz Festival presents a lineup of blockbuster performers on Saturday, April 19th as part of Jazz Appreciation Month. Attendees can expect a jam-packed schedule of 16 bands performing at four venues over six hours, all within walking distance of each other in the heart of Center City. One ticket provides access to all performances. http://ccjazzfest.com/ Fergie’s Pub Upstairs 1:00-2:00: Rhenda Fearrington 2:30-3:30: Mike Kennedy 4:00-5:00: Thumbscrew ft. Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek 5:30-6:30: John Raymond & The Roots Trio w/ Gilad Hekselman, Eric Doob Milkboy- Philadelphia Upstairs 1:15-2:15: Peter Gaudioso 2:45-3:45: Giovana Robinson 4:15-5:15: Justin Faulkner 5:45-6:45: Steve Coleman and Five Elements Chris’ Jazz Cafe 1:30-2:30: Kimmel Center’s Creative Music Program 3:00-4:00: Tivon Pennicott 4:30-5:30: Joanna Pascale 6:00-7:00: Tim Warfield Jr. Quartet TIME Restaurant 1:45-2:45: Charles Washington 3:15-4:15: Miss Ida Blue ft. members of the Boardwalk Empire Orchestra, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks 4:45-5:45: Stacy Dillard 6:15-7:15: Trio Up ft. Rick Tate, Nimrod Speaks & Ronnie Burrage

Worm holes?

Happy Birthday, Alan Allen!

I think I had him for a teach in a class on jazz. I write one of the two papers I remember writing in college—it was an analysis Jelly Roll Morton's arrangement of one of his tunes. (The other paper was on Australopithecus.)

Did he teach at Penn around 1980?

I've been pronouncing it as either shwed or shved.

Thanks Jim! I think we've all learned a lot ... and spent even more!

JPC says that the set is available again as of February. I doubt that they'd be selling a bootleg edition. We'll have to see what it looks like from anyone who buys one...

I'm going to try to get to the solo gig in Philly.

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