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It's definitely one that I will need to read again (and again).

Just finishing this. Hilarious!

Erroll Garner "The Complete Concert By The Sea Live" $8.39 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZJ5QXDO

Not to mention the Gerald Wilson sessions! Great set.

This happens when you use a flash and set the shutter speed slower than the manufacturer's recommended "sync" speed. That's not really a shadow, but Dexter himself recorded on film a split second after the flash shut off.

I saw him about 3 years ago at SFJAZZ as part of a show celebrating Gershwin. He was good and seemed healthy at the time.

That's definitely Winwood's best album of the past few decades!

Sounds like a radio-friendly song to me. I'll reserve judgment on the project until I hear the whole album, though.

Anywhere You Want to Go

Not sure if Bobby is or isn't playing these days. I last saw him scheduled to perform about a year ago at "The Addition" (the short-lived Yoshi's SF replacement), but it closed before that date. I know he's suffering from emphysema, and needs oxygen, but I haven't heard anything about him recently.

There was a short review in the NY Times recently HERE

I wasn't sure what he meant there. Just assumed he was including Grace.

This is unbelievable! From Jorma, JA Guitarist : Goodnight Signe We were just checking into the hotel in Santa Monica this afternoon… I’ve got a solo gig at McCabe’s Music Shop tonight… I got a call from Grace who told me that Signe, the Airplane’s first female voice, passed on the same day as Paul. Signe was one of the strongest people I have ever met. She was our den mother in the early days of the Airplane… a voice of reason on more occasions than one… an important member of our dysfunctional little family. I always looked forward to seeing her when we played the Aladdin in Portland. She never complained and was always a joy. Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest sister… You will always live in my heart… Now we are four.

"Blows" was credited to Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship. I don't want to belabor this, though, as the later commercial edition that used that name WERE a very different animal. "Sunfighter" was credited to Paul/Grace, not the JS - my bad. Bark, Long John Silver and 30 Seconds Over Winterland all have their plusses and minuses with Bark being the most successful, IMO. But they were definitely on the way out and progressively more and more splintered. FWIW, I've been to Jorma's Fur Peace guitar camp in Ohio a couple of times. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. I've met Jack there, too - also nice, but more aloof.

Sum of the parts - exactly! I was a BIG fan of the Airplane! Also the early Jefferson Starship albums that Paul, Grace and others release immediately after the JA broke up - notably "Blows Against the Empire" and "Sunfighter." "After Bathing At Baxters" is one of my all-time favorite rock albums of the period. RIP, Paul.

Petty Live now $9.99 on Amazon. I ordered it.

Obviously the rankings of ANYTHING as "best," "greatest" or 'whatever' is completely subjective. I rarely read or pay any attention to those lists for not other reason than I rarely agree with any of them. For that matter, my own personal 'best ofs' are constantly changing, anyway.

I would love to hear more of Leon Thomas with the band.

I'm a big fan of JdJ, too. You almost need to see him live to really appreciate his skill set and subtlety.

I haven't heard him in a long time, but I liked some of his early stuff.

This turned out to be just "meh," but entertaining enough for an hour. Wouldn't buy their albums.

My friend ran into Michael Shrieve on an airplane the other day and talked to him about the album. Needless to say, he thinks it's good. I'm curious (with a dose of skepticism) about this as well.

Where does Esperanza Spalding fall in this conversation? She's become a popular artist who has crossed more than a few musical boundaries, yet is still a talented jazz bassist (or was a couple of years ago when I saw her with Joe Lovano and Jack DeJohnette).

It's interesting that his 2 shows here in SF next month (sold out!) are in a rock club, not a 'traditional' jazz venue like Yoshi's or SFJAZZ.

Going to see FORQ tonight. Should be entertaining, if nothing else. Plus it's in a VERY small venue - the Joe Henderson Lab at SFJAZZ. *Made up of members of funk megastar band Snarky Puppy, Rudder, and Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor, FORQ is, in bassist/Snarky Puppy founder Michael League’s words, “a band that is biiiiiig on groove and sonic exploration.” Chris McQueen guitar Henry Hey keyboards Michael League bass Jason "JT" Thomas drums