[Bob Koester has opened a new shop.]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-jazz-record-mart-owner-back-in-business-20160429-story.html

[Ornette's Lonely Woman- your favorite version]

4 hours ago, jeffcrom said:

I don't hate this version.

 

 

there is a nice take on this

[Prince is dead]

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/kind-of-purple-jazz-musicians-on-prince-prince-by-kurt-gottschalk.

[Youtube.com]

 

[*** Cecil Taylor ***]

okkyung lee (이옥경) ‏@okkyunglee 1h1 hour ago

feeling extremely privileged that i'll be playing at tonight's concert with one and only cecil taylor...! http://whitney.org/Events/CecilTaylorClosingConcert …

[*** Cecil Taylor ***]

there is a second concert now scheduled for  i believe Saturday.

[Geri Allen's "Zodiac Suite: Revisited"]

sounds like a great rec, haven't herd it but reminded me of Geri Allen w. trio 3. herd them playing some of this at the jazzfest a couple of years ago

 

[Henry Threadgill wins Pulitzer Prize]

congrats! well deserved.

[NBA 2015 - 16]

 

[Muhal Richard Abrams]

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/muhal-richard-abrams-think-all-focus-one/?utm_content=buffer7aeb7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.VxA2K3OGr-g.facebook

[Happy Birthday, Randy Weston]

http://www.openskyjazz.com/2016/04/randy-langston/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Miles Ahead Movie Trailer]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/movies/miles-ahead-review-miles-davis.html?_r=0

[*** Cecil Taylor ***]

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/arts/music/a-cecil-taylor-retrospective-at-whitney-museum.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160330&nlid=23108642&tntemail0=y

[Music you'd like to listen to right now, but can't - because you sold it or gave it away]

this

was once stolen. this morning i thought it would be nice to listening to so i checked the net; its available again!

and some cuts on the tube which i am listening to right now

and of course i too like that chuck keeps rolling.

[Washington, DC folks, what's the best way to get to the Naval Academy in Annapolis?]

not from DC but just saw this on twitter

https://www.arts.gov/news/2016/2016-nea-jazz-masters-tribute-concert-kennedy-center

[Mundell Lowe at 94]

George Freeman Jimmy Heath

[Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?]

[Name Three People...]

Ornella Vanoni

 

Toquinho

Ronaldinho

 

 

[Outlandish as it seems, we will be going]

does not seem all that outlandish to me. enjoy the music an the rest of the short vacation. a swim in one of those natural hot tubs sounds enticing.

[Jazz documentaries on YouTube - recommendations?]

 

[Bob Dylan corner]

5 hours ago, alankin said:

According to a NY Times article, the collection was appraised at around $50-60 million dollars.  So Dylan may be able to get a tax write off for the difference.

from a tax law point o view that seems to be a bit of a stretch to me

[Name Three People...]

Otto von Bismarck\

Golo Mann

Otto

[Album Covers for Baseball Beyond Belief]

[Name Three People...]

Memphis Slim

Roman Polanski

Roger Vadim

[Duke Ellington - Afro Bossa]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

 

 

I wondered if it was a producer's idea for Duke to do this record,

from the liners (stanley dance)

"afro-bossa is the first album produced by the ellington jazz wing of reprise. it's also an album for which duke ellington is more directly responsible than any other made in his long career."