Which jazz book are you reading right now?

[Dub Modal]

Exactly what I tell him. I'm not a house aficionado but I dig his music. 

[Ken Dryden]

I just finished this gem by jazz drummer and educator Michael Stephans, one of the best jazz books I've had the pleasure to review.

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[gmonahan]

[sgcim]

1 hour ago, Ken Dryden said:

I just finished this gem by jazz drummer and educator Michael Stephans, one of the best jazz books I've had the pleasure to review.

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Wow! I've gotta get that Brookmeyer book!

[Ken Dryden]

I asked for Michael Stephans’ email and he sent his phone number and told me to call him. We talked for an hour last night, it was a lot of fun.

[sgcim]

35 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:

I asked for Michael Stephans’ email and he sent his phone number and told me to call him. We talked for an hour last night, it was a lot of fun.

Did he tell you about the time Brookmeyer said to Phil Woods "Come on Phil, be a man, sell out!

He was trying to get Phil to move to the West Coast and be a studio musician so that he could play dance music for Jim Sangrey to dance to.

[JSngry]

What kind of music would that be, that either of them could or would make?

[Ken Dryden]

There is discussion of Bob Btookmeyer’s unissued recordings that might be issued in the future. I sent Michael a couple of broadcasts that he didn’t know about, one was the premiere of Brookmeyer’s “Celebration” featuring Gerry Mulligan, the other a duet with Jim Hall in Stockholm with Red Mitchell joining them on a few songs.

Scott Robinson has some unissued Brookmeyer music which he would like to release on his ScienSonic label.

it was also a nice surprise to see one of my Brookmeyer reviews quoted in the book.