Sunday, July 02, 2006

We Love Our Audience

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It's Sunday and I'm working. Today is usually my day off but I took off on Friday to go see Bauhaus, and they put me on the schedule...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Last week: Squier; worst band; jazz in Sq Hill

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Playing right now: Booker Ervin - That's It! I went to Jerry's Records yesterday and even though I had a boatload of albums that I w...
Thursday, June 22, 2006

Matthew Shipp - One

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MATTHEW SHIPP One (Thirsty Ear) Pianist Matthew Shipp might not be a household word, but his accomplishments have done a good deal to keep t...

Gutbucket - Sludge Test

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GUTBUCKET Sludge Test (Cantaloupe) While the rest of the word contemplates whether Gutbucket is a punk rock band that plays jazz or a jazz b...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Thinking about Gerry Mulligan

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Finally found a way to change the time. So from here on out, hopefully it won't look like I'm posting three hours before I actually ...
Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Sugar Bears and what they mean to me....

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Damn.....as this screen was popping up, there was a clock and I could've changed the time so that it wouldn't look like I'm post...

Erin Boheme - What Love Is

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ERIN BOHEME What Love Is Concord Jazz With a stylish look that would fit in on American Idol, 19-year-old Erin Boheme bucks standard convent...

Andrew Hill - Time Lines

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ANDREW HILL Time Lines (Blue Note) Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records, regarded pianist Andrew Hill as a creative voice in the sa...
Wednesday, June 14, 2006

What I did this morning

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This posting was written this morning. Half way through I got the flash notice that said "not able to find Blogspot" or something ...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

We are not at the opera

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Playing right now: Sunny Murray & Sabir Mateen - We Are Not At the Opera Drum and sax (sometimes flute) duo. Sunny is the father of free...
Sunday, June 04, 2006

Not all estate sales yield gold.

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Playing right now: Gerry Mulligan - Complete Pacific Jazz Quartet stuff Quintessential beatnik music if you ask me. Man, a few hours ago I c...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

More on Mascott

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Playing right now: Nothing Just finished doing some work stuff online. Breakfast music today was Mascott's Dreamer's Book . I was th...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

Great White Buffalo meets Mulligan

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Playing right now: Nothing I want to get a post up before work because I realized it's been almost a week since I've said anything. ...
Sunday, May 21, 2006

This weekend's booty

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Playing right now: The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball How can you spot the jerk at an estate sale? He's the one who says, "Yeah, I stoppe...
Friday, May 19, 2006

More than wildness & Magic carpets.....

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Playing right now: Steppenwolf's For Ladies Only Did I mention I'm a BIG Steppenwolf fan? It started when I was in grade school and ...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

With a martini in me....

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Playing right now: Hank Mobley, Messages It's the twofer on Prestige that collects Mobley's Messages and Hank Mobley's Second...
Sunday, May 14, 2006

Fearnots report, estate sale report, listening to Rahsaan

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Last night was the Fearnots show at Gooski's. It was our first show since late October, and since David moved to NY. We had 2 practices ...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Another door closes

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So a few days ago I found out that eResource , one of the few local papers for which I freelance, is closing up shop soon. And it was - uh -...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Long Live Jackie McLean

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I just found out tonight that Jackie McLean - alto saxophonist extraordinaire and one of the last living hard boppers - is dead. And has bee...
Saturday, May 06, 2006

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Note to self: must update profile. UPDATE?! More like "create one." Just got back from seeing the Betty Page movie, which was fun ...