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The market for personal data about Internet users is booming, and in the vanguard is the practice of "scraping." Firms offer to harvest online conversations and collect personal details from social-networking sites, résumé sites and online forums where people might discuss their lives. Full article here: WSJ

On his new album "Apex" (Pi Recordings), alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa investigates his American roots with the same attention to detail that he brought to "Kinsmen," his mesmerizing 2008 recording that deftly fused jazz with the Carnatic music of his South Asian heritage and won him numerous accolades and awards. From Thursday to Sunday at Jazz Standard, Mr. Mahanthappa and fellow alto saxophonist Bunky Green will lead the quintet heard on "Apex," which also features the stellar rhythm section of pianist Jason Moran, bassist François Mouton and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Mr. Mahanthappa, 39, who grew up in Colorado and lives in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, was a junior at Boston's Berklee College of Music in 1991 when a teacher gave him a tape of Mr. Green's "Places We've Never Been" (Vanguard). The student was floored. "His playing was so modern, yet with a full scope of jazz history," Mr. Mahanthappa said. "Some of his vocabulary came from non-Western influences and some of it from 20th-century classical music, too. He's really been a role model for me in many ways." More here: WSJ

October 15: Victoria Spivey, singer, piano, 1906 Joe Roccisano, sax, arranger, 1939

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October 14: Spencer Williams, piano, 1889 Dusko Goykovich, trumpet, 1931

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Question #1: Emily Remler Question #2: Elmo Hope

October 13: Art Tatum, piano, 1909 Ray Brown, bass, 1926

Am I wrong that the price of some albums will decrease? If an album has 4 tracks, currently eMusic might charge 12 credits; in the future, it might be $2.00.

J.C. Johnson was an African-American songwriter whose music was an integral part of the Harlem Renaissance. But although many of his songs are now standards of jazz and blues ("Dusky Stevedore" is one of the few numbers recorded by both Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke), the man himself is barely known. On one hand, his name was too similar to that of his illustrious colleague, the stride piano pioneer James P. Johnson (no relation). But on the other, J.C. Johnson (1896-1981) tended to let himself be overshadowed by such larger-than-life contemporaries as Fats Waller, Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith, all of whom were his collaborators. This week starting Monday, a new show built around Johnson's songs, Trav'lin'," promises to be a highlight of the ongoing New York Musical Theater Festival, which continues through Oct. 17. More here: WSJ

I remember those white records...

October 12: Tubby Hall, drums, 1895 (The jazz birthday equivalent of a slow news day)

Can your heart stand it?? Stamford Advocate

October 11: Art Blakey, drums, bandleader, 1919 Billy Higgins, drums, 1936

October 10: Harry Sweets Edison, trumpet, 1915 Thelonious Monk, piano, composer, 1917

October 9: Abdullah Ibrahim, piano, 1934 Kenny Garrett, sax, 1960

October 8: Clarence Williams, piano, 1893 Pepper Adams, baritone sax, 1930

October 7: Jo Jones, drums, 1911 Larry Young, organ, 1940

And it's the context. I didn't really "get" Coltrane, thought him too serious, until I played his music in the car. It's great driving music!

Vols. 1 & 2 Vols. 3 & 4

Product Description 2010 five CD archive release containing all existing studio recordings by one of the best Jazz piano trios ever, that of Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. Included on this release are nine complete original albums, as well as many other isolated selections that were only previously issued on various compilations. The LP Moodsville #6 appears here on CD for the first time ever! All tracks have been organized chronologically by session order. The LPs contained are: A Garland of Red, Groovy, Red Garland's Piano, The P.C. Blues, Red Garland Revisited, It's a Blue World, Can't See For Lookin', Red Garland Trio Moodsville #6 and All Kinds Of Weather. Includes 24-page booklet with original liner. Amazon

October 6: Carmen Mastren, guitar, 1913 Norman Simmons, piano, 1929

You should digitize the interviews, airchecks, and anything else that's rare. Cassettes break, and there may come a time in the (not so distant) future when you can't buy a machine to play them on.

October 5: Jimmy Blanton, bass, 1918 Bill Dixon, trumpet, 1925