Mark Stryker

FYI, just saw on Twitter that Hilary Hahn canceled her concerts this weekend with Baltimore due to an injury of some sort. Not sure what means for Dallas next week. ...

I can tell you that Hahn is the real deal for any era -- I've heard her play (live) Nielsen, Tchaikovsky, Higdon and Bach and she brought brains and brawn to all. (On record I liked her Schoenberg and Sibelius and solo Bach.) But having said that, I'd have a REAL hard time shelling out that kind of cash for that particular program, though I'm guessing the Beethoven would be terrific. That first half could be pretty dull -- I have no idea what kind of Haydn conductor Van Zweden is and even for a season opener that's a really conservative program. I don't know what your ticket price threshold might be, but for myself I'd want two for considerably less than $100 -- maybe $75/$80 max. Maybe. Depends on how bad you want to hear Hahn/Beethoven. That way, anything else good that happens is gravy.

A nice story. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/arts/music/bruce-lundvall-creates-sunrise-senior-living-jazz-festival.html?ref=arts&_r=0

Where were these coffee shops and restaurants??! I've been there many times over the past 14 years and have yet to find any coffee shops or restaurants even open in the evening, other than the sports themed pubs immediately next to the baseball stadium. First, I can only second what Micha said about the experience of the Detroit festival and I'm heartened that as an outsider he picked up on many of the things that make the festival and city so special. As for Greg's comments (sigh ...) We've been through this before. There are innumerable restaurants and bars of all stripes within walking distance of the festival and even more choices if you prefer to drive 5 minutes or less to get to Corktown. Off the top: Roast, Wright and Co., Taqo Detroit, Downtown Louie's Lounge, Cliff Bells, Park Bar, Small Plates, Ottava Via, Two James Spirits, La Feria, Great Lakes Coffee, Slow's, Mercury Bar, Sugar House, 24 Grille, Coach Insignia, Joe Muer Seafood, London Chophouse, Vincente's, Angelina, Fountain Bistro, Tom's Oyster Bar, Green Dot Stables. I could go on for a while ... I'm leaving a ton of places out.

All -- thanks. Very helpful. Case closed pending unexpected new evidence.

Yeah, I saw that in my own copy. Trouble is Bennett/Friedwald appear to have it backward according to other sources, among them this Roulette discography: http://www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulettea.html That's why I'm wondering if anyone can confirm. Re: Bennett, Sinatra and Basie. Bennett was the first to work & record with Basie. When Frank did team with Basie starting in '62 or so, he did several songs that Bennett had already done with or without Basie -- Fly Me To the Moon, Too Close For Comfort, I Wanna Be Around, and one or two others. But he didn't re-record all the same songs with Basie ..

Gang -- In 1958-59 Tony Bennett recorded two LPs by Basie's band -- "In Person" on Columbia and a second for Roulette that was issued variously as "Strike Up the Band" and "Basie Swings/Bennett Sings." My question is about the Roulette side: Which title/cover came first, "Strike Up the Band" or "Basie Swings/Bennett Sings"? Sources seem to differ.

Another great scene with Carl Reiner -- Laura has accidentally told a national television audience that Alan Brady is actually bald. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGEOjxtQtWc

Don't forget Sal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQBql2K4R0 Nice chart on Mountain Greenery (really slick first 16 bars of the 2nd chorus). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNjsGKx7Vs

More skills: MTM WOW!(and dig Col. Hogan on congas)

Thanks gang -- appreciate it.

I would like to know the citation for that quote and see the context. I did a quick search and couldn't find anything -- doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but it does make me curious. I did happen upon this long Rochberg piece about Schoenberg. Don't have time to read but tried to quickly scan it to see if I could locate the quote and I didn't see it. In any case, context: http://www.schoenberg.at/library/index.php/publications/show/7608

Very rewarding for those of us in Detroit to see this perceptive NYT review of Marcus Belgrave with a gang of hometown musicians. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/arts/music/marcus-belgrave-and-his-quintet-play-dizzys-club-coca-cola.html?ref=arts

Denardo Coleman has posted some brief thoughts from his father via Twitter: https://twitter.com/denardocoleman/status/490734191324049408/photo/1

Thanks for posting that, Mark. What a wonderful set of tributes. Nothing from Ornette though, which I find surprising... or is it? Not really -- Ornette is not in great health these days, and it's always been tough to get him. You either need to have his direct number (and a prior relationship or temperament that allows you to cold call); or you need to go through family to reach him and that can be complicated.

Ethan Iverson has collected thoughts from a sprawling multi-generational cast of some 40 musicians. Valuable. . http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/liberation-chorus.html

Bought today in Detroit -- all original pressings, some a little beat up but not horrible, some perfectly clean, some with rough covers, others perfect): Kenny Dorham, Kenny Dorham & Friends (Jazzland) Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean, "Inta Somethin'" (Pacific Jazz) Tricky Lofton & Carmell Jones (arr. Gerald Wilson), "Brass Bag" (Pacific Jazz) Carmell Jones, "The Remarkable Carmell Jones" (Pacific Jazz) Curtis Amy, "Way Down" (Pacific Jazz) Jimmy Smith, "Home Cookin'" (Blue Note) Carla Bley, "Escalator Over the Hill" (JCOA) Ron Carter, "Blues Farm" (CTI) Donald Byrd, "I'm Trying to Get Home" (Blue Note) Total cost: $50. Yes, um, that's $50.

Some interesting reflections by John McNeil http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/memories-of-horace-silver/

Happy birthday today to Andrew Hill -- FWIW, pace the discussion above my favorite of all the early BN's is still "Black Fire." But you know what's amazing? "Black Fire," "Judgment," "Smokestack" and "Point of Departure" were all recorded in a 4-month stretch from Nov. '63 to March '64. I mean, Jesus Christ ... that's not just a career but immortality in four months.

Jim -- did you know trumpeter Ray Sasaki, who I believed plays on Lab 75? He was an important mentor of mine at the University of Illinois in the early and mid 80s and was kind of anti-North Texas when it came to aesthetics. A bebopper in the mold of Kenny Dorham and a contemporary classical chamber (avant-garde) chamber musician. He's had an endowed chair at the University of Texas at Austin for a long time now. Great man and musician.

At the NEA Awards/Broadcast next year you could see a reunion of 3/4 of the Charles Lloyd Quartet circa '66/67 -- Lloyd, Jarrett, DeJohnette.

No idea how good this will be, but this is a book I would want to read, http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1574415743/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

Tyrone replaced Joe Henderson in the band. Horace wrote about this in his autobiography, beginning on page 113. Spoiler alert: It doesn't end well. http://books.google.com/books?id=_7nzUPUNvg8C&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=tyrone+washington+and+horace+silver&source=bl&ots=TvtkQLRQP_&sig=20gN39aeGDjuCfjHKqY3UWQuXqA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hc2lU_zFLtikyATOmIK4CA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=tyrone%20washington%20and%20horace%20silver&f=false

Louis Hayes plays on "Prescription for the Blues" (Impulse) from 1997 -- 38 years after he last worked with Silver. "Prescription" turned out to be Silver's second to last recording. Both Randy and Michael Brecker returns as well, and the bassist is Ron Carter. There's a really lovely trio track on that record called "Brother John and Brother Gene" that Horace wrote for his siblings. It's a ballad with a strong melody, some typically impeccable voice-leading and moving inner details in the arrangement and chromatic movement in the changes that tickles the ear. If I were putting together a set list for a Horace tribute and looking for off-the-beaten path repertoire, this tune would be a great place to start. Coda: Curious that for most of Louis' tenure in the band in the '50s the bassist was a Detroiter -- Doug Watkins at first and Gene Taylor at the end. (Teddy Kotick was in between,.) Nearly 40 years later when the drummer returned for a one-off recording he ended up working with another Detroit bassist, Ron Carter.

I'd strongly recommend "The Cape Verdean Blues" with Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson on the front line and, if it's issued somewhere, the live Half Note recordings by that same band. Super aggressive and Woody and Joe really push within with the structures. Very sorry that band didn't record more.