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There's a decent interview with him on NPR's All Things Considered.

My magic eight ball says end of September.

Today is Lee Morgan's birthday. (WRTI in Philadelphia is doing a tribute tonight.)

...and Benny Golson is 1200 pages into his 300 page autobiography...

They can put a man on the moon, but they can't teach a troll how to spell.

Did anyone mention that ESP-Disk is reissuing this title on August 2nd?

My doctor saying "Oops, I read the chart wrong! It's nothing serious after all."

A sad year for bass players...

If you don't know, then who does??? (Other than perhaps Norman Lear) ← I might be able to find out, but I'm almost afraid to ask ... I'm not up for hearing any more bad news...

I wonder if they'll issue any more?

Philip Guston Deluge II 1975 oil on canvas 201.3 x 281.9 cm

A couple more late Guston's: Philip Guston The Studio 1969 oil on canvas 48 in. x 42 in.

Yes! He nailed Nixon in his Poor Richard series, and it's not a stretch from Tricky Dick and his cronies to W and his. ← Philip Guston's Poor Richard

Yes.

Coming this Fall in Philadelphia: "a series [of concerts] celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) presented by Ars Nova Workshop and International House."

Just started The Plot Against America. Some excellent writing. It's just about to get scary -- Lindbergh's just won the 1940 Presidential election.

The second half of this Summer's Rudy Van Gelder reissues are coming out next month: Andrew Hill - Judgement! (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug 2 Bobby Hutcherson - Oblique (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug 2 Blue Mitchell - Boss Horn (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug 2 Lonnie Smith - Think! (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug 2 Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 3 (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug 2 McCoy Tyner - Time For Tyner (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug 2

Is the reverse of OOP, NYIP (Net Yet In Print)? Richard Galliano's Ruby, My Dear will be out on 8/23 in the US.

There are actualy six RVG's out on 7/19. I missed these two: Art Blakey - The Big Beat (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19 Grant Green - Sunday Morning (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19

I think they'll be in the second Summer batch of RVGs and aren't yet up for preordering.

Recently read from the stacks: Elmore Leonard -- Get Shorty Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Good book, haven't seen the movie. Just one comment on jockeys: ouch!) Augusten Burroughs -- Running WIth Scissors: A Memoir (Manages to make even the most dysfunctional family look fairly normal)

I agree. ← So do I.

A short review can be found here.