Mark Stryker

Maybe! When is she coming and what will she be doing?

This is such a significant cultural news story for Detroit that I came off the bench to write it up for my former paper. https://www.freep.com/in-depth/entertainment/arts/2020/09/09/yuval-sharon-michigan-opera-theatre/5745244002/

FWIW, I created a fun Twitter thread today of 25 great live performances by Sonny. You can see it here:

With official confirmation, I've once again added R.I.P. to the thread title. I note that the obituary says the family confirmed a Friday death, which means that Jack DeJohnette's initial posting was not wrong -- but suggests he was probably out in front of the family's wishes and that is what caused the confusion.

Given the continuing uncertainty, I removed the R.I.P. designation from the thread heading ...

Jack DeJohnette is reporting on Twitter that Gary Peacock has died.

Bob Hurst’s band Black Currant Jam is exceptional. I think they play Sunday night.

Tonight through Monday. Free streaming. Not the same as usual but strikingly ambitious and way more than anyone else has been able to do. https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2020/09/04/detroit-jazz-fest-virtual-event/5704841002/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/arts/music/jazz-protest-academia.html

Re: Danny Moore. He also gets solo space with tje George Coleman's Octet on "Big George," which a tremendous record.

This is sad news. I didn't know Mark -- met him just once or twice -- but my brother Michael was close to him. Mark was really beloved by everyone on the Chicago scene.Apparently just a beautiful guy. R.I.P

Possible that the best bet for material like this going forward would be part of the fancy Blue Note subscription boxes, which I believe have sold well int heir niche.

Thanks for this. Looking forward to listening. I got to know vibraphonist Jack Brokensha from the Australian Jazz Quartet pretty well when I moved to Detroit in '95. Among other things, Jack had home movies taken on the package tours that included the AJQ, Miles Davis Quintet and many others. No sound to the movies (alas) but great shots of a relaxed Miles etc.

Well, we've all been down this road before and kicked this topic around quite a bit in other threads, so I won't try to talk anyone out of their honest and well-considered opinions, other than to say I disagree.

FWIW, Jackie McLean's "New Soil," which was recorded three months earlier, is in a similar bag. The three principals are the same -- McLean, Byrd, Davis -- with different bass and drums.I always think of these records as a pair.

Peak Donald Byrd on that record too,

Exactly. Coda: I always thought the joke at the start of Fat Jazz was the cats "tuned up" and then proceeded to still basically play out of tune. And it's great. I'll go to the mattresses to defend Jackie.One of my greatest heroes. But in a 440 world, he still (often) played sharp as a m.f.

Raw, unfiltered, sugar free.

I noticed this morning that discographies list a version of "Tune Up" recorded at this date that's labeled "unissued." Has a copy of this track ever found its way into the world via legitimate or illegitimate sources?

Many thanks. Had fun putting it together.

This I can handle.

Just so I'm straight, it's ok to be like the Robe Lowe with Direct TV but I should not be like the Rob Lowe with cable? When did the world get so fucking complicated?

I would not like to be like any part of the essence of Rob Lowe. But Tony Bennett? There's part of his essence that I wouldn't mind emulating, though not the vomiting part. Speaking of vomiting, I once saw Richie Cole throw up in a drinking fountain off to the side and back of the bandstand during a set he was playing at a jazz festival in a hotel setting. It wasn't like a lot of puke but it was definitely enough of a taste that nobody was using that drinking fountain after it happened..

Not sure if SGCIM is being facetious or not, but for anyone who hasn't read Benson's autobiography, the passage being referred to does not say Bird killed jazz. Benson is actually making the point that while Bird's innovations did not sit well originally with everyone, ultimately Bird's genius allowed the music to grow in beautiful directions. Benson recalls a post-concert conversation with an audience member, an older gentleman, who says about Bird: "They said he was going to destroy jazz." Then George follows up with: "On the way back to the hotel, I thought about what the man said, what the man felt, what the man believed, and you know what? He was right. Charlie Parker improvised in a sophisticated manner that wasn't appreciated by every jazz ear at the time. He broke the mold, but he broke it in a way that enabled those who study his work to put it together in a new, beautiful manner, with a whole new identity, an identity that brought us to where we are now. And I think we're in a pretty good place"

Thanks, guys.