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Favoriting July 2, 2023: Singles Remind Me of Kisses; Albums Remind Me of Plans
Another dreadful week for humankind. Relinquish all earthly cares (and your sobriety while you're at it), all ye who enter The Club. Today we swing and sway, and give a little love to the great pianist and native Pittsburgher Ahmad Jamal, who exited this mean old world not three months ago - now no doubt entertaining a more deserving audience.

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Tatsu Aoki / Malachi Favors Maghostut  Raindance   Favoriting 2 X 4  Malachi Favors Maghostut – double bass • Tatsu Aoki – double bass - - Recorded August 1998 at Sparrow Sound Design, Chicago, Illinois 
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Marilyn Mazur & Pulse Unit  Louise   Favoriting Circular Chant  Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Klavs Hovman; Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Mikkel Nordsø; Bass Clarinet, Clarinet [E♭], Clarinet [B♭] – Michael Riessler; Congas, Percussion – Jacob Andersen; Drums, Percussion – Marilyn Mazur; Piano, Keyboards – Bugge Wesseltoft Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Hans Ulrik; Trumpet, Flute [Wooden] – Nils Petter Molvær; Vocals, Trumpet – Per Jørgensen - Recorded live at The Jazzpar Prize Concert at The SAS Falconer Center, Copenhagen, March 13th, 1994 
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African Head Charge  God Is Great   Favoriting Songs of Praise  Bass – Crocodile, Junior Moses, Martin Frederix; Drums – L. V. Scott; Effects – Prisoner; Guitar, Keyboards – B. Alexander; Percussion – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, Sunny Akpan; Piano – Bubblers - - released 1990 
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Ben LaMar Gay  Bang Melodically Bang   Favoriting Open Arms to Open Us  Ben LaMar Gay - cornet, voice, organ, balafon, synths, temple blocks, programming, manipulations, percussion, cítara, bass synth, triangle, pandeiro, beatbox, kick drum, things • Tommaso Moretti - drums, xylophone, percussion, thangs • Macie Stewart, Sima Cunningham - voice • Matthew Davis - tuba, trombone • Angela, Leia, Mina - a mother raises her daughters up to the mic (ooh Ahh AHH Ooh), voices • Johanna Brock - violin, viola, light • Tomeka Reid - cello, voice, luz • Rob Frye - flute, percussion, ears, tings and tungs • Ayanna Woods - voice, electric bass, light, ¡FreshNuss! • Adam Zanolini - soprano saxophone, oboe and swang • Xoco, Hannah, Francesca, Angela, Adam, Benjamin - Love Choir Dorothée Munyaneza - voice • Onye Ozuzu - voice, Igbo alphabet • Rain - pouring • A. Martinez - poem • Gira Dahnee - Florida version • Angel Bat Dawid - Louisville recollections • Leia, Angela, Xoco, Alyssa, Mina, Benjamin - facts • All songs composed by Ben LaMar Gay; except “Nyuzura” • composed by Dorothée Munyaneza & Ben LaMar Gay, and • "I Once Carried A Blossom" composed by A.Martinez & • Ben LaMar Gay. • • Recorded March - June 2021 at International Anthem • Studios, Chicago 
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Sun City Girls  Ask Heem (202 456 7369)   Favoriting Grotto of Miracles  Alan Bishop – bass guitar, melodica, autoharp, alto saxophone, trumpet, tape, percussion, vocals • Richard Bishop – electric guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, melodica, cello, violin, flute, bells, percussion, vocals • Charles Gocher – drums, percussion, temple block, bells, chimes, cymbal, gong, güiro, maracas, tambourine, autoharp, flute, horns, vocals • Recorded April 1985 at Radical Recording, Tempe, AZ 
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Isabelle Olivier  Solo   Favoriting Petite & Grande  Double Bass – Jean-Philippe Viret; Drums – Antoine Banville, Louis Moutin; Harp – Isabelle Olivier; Saxophone, Clarion – Sébastien Texier; Violin – Didier Lockwood, Johan Renard - -released 2004 
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Seigen Ono  It's So Far to Go   Favoriting Who Is She? Me?  Tokyo, September, October 1999 
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Iva Bittová  Crying   Favoriting Entwine / Propletam  All instruments and voice: Iva Bittová - Recorded at the Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Zelená Hora, Žďár nad Sázavou in October 2012 and August 2013 
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M. Ward  Dedication Hour   Favoriting Supernatural Thing  released June 23, 2023 
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DJ Bee Bumbling          0:47:22 (Pop-up)
Donny McCaslin  Landsdown   Favoriting I Want More  Donny McCaslin - Tenor Saxophone, Flutes; Jason Lindner- Synthesizers, Wurlitzer; Tim Lefebvre - Bass; Mark Guiliana - Drums - - released June 16, 2023 
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Jeremy Cunningham  The Weather Up There   Favoriting The Weather Up There  Trumpet – Jaimie Branch; Cello – Tomeka Reid; Drums– Jeremy Cunningham, Makaya McCraven, Mike Reed, Mikel Patrick Avery; Electric Bass – Matt Ulery; Electric Bass, Keyboards, Mellotron – Paul Bryan; Electric Guitar – Jeff Parker; Tenor Saxophone, Synth – Dustin Laurenzi; Vocals, Electronics – Ben Lamar Gay; Drums, Electric Piano, Percussion, Vocals – Jeremy Cunningham; Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Electric Piano, Mellotron, Synth – Josh Johnson; Audio interviews (in order of appearance) - Cynthia Buchholz, Jeffrey Cunningham, Lauren Ashley Carter, Joe Aiken, Natasha Miller Recorded by Paul Bryan in Pacific Palisades, CA and John McEntire at Shirk Studios, Chicago 
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Michael Blake  Afro Blake   Favoriting Drift  Acoustic Bass – Ben Allison; Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Briggan Krauss; Drums – Matt Wilson; Electric Guitar – Tony Scherr; Percussion – Mauro Refosco; Piano – Frank Kimbrough; Arranged By – Michael Blake; Tenor Saxophone, Horn [Peck Horn], Trumpet – Peck Allmond; Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Michael Blake; Trumpet [Slide Trumpet] – Steven Bernstein; Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Ron Horton; Tuba – Marcus Rojas - - Recorded at Sorcerer Sound, NYC on September 4th and 5th. 1998 and January 6th, 1999 
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Myra Melford's Snowy Egret  Living Music   Favoriting The Other Side of Air  Composed By – Myra Melford; Bass Guitar – Stomu Takeishi; Composed By – Myra Melford; Cornet – Ron Miles; Drums – Tyshawn Sorey; Guitar – Liberty Ellman; Piano – Myra Melford; Recorded on October 14 & 15, 2017 
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Frank Kimbrough  Waiting in Santander   Favoriting Play  Bass - Masa Kamaguchi; Drums - Paul Motian; Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 recorded at Maggie's Farm on April 25 & 26, 2005 Piano – Frank Kimbrough - - 
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Ishmael Reed  How High the Moon   Favoriting The Hands of Grace  Recitation: Tennessee Reed - - released 2022 
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Jimmy Giuffre  Crazy She Calls Me   Favoriting The Jimmy Giuffre 3  JIMMY GIUFFRE  clarinet, tenor sax, baritone sax; JIM HALL  guitar; RALPH PEÑA  bass - - released 1957 
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Paul Bley  Sideways In Mexico   Favoriting Closer  Paul Bley - piano • Steve Swallow - bass • Barry Altschul - percussion • Recorded December 12, 1965 at RLA Studio, New York City 
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Tyshawn Sorey  Seleritus   Favoriting Continuing  Written-By – Ahmad Jamal; Bass – Matt Brewer; Drums – Tyshawn Sorey; Piano – Aaron Diehl - - released 2023 
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DJ Under the Turntable: Do Not Disturb!          2:00:27 (Pop-up)
Ahmad Jamal  Pavanne   Favoriting The Piano Scene Of Ahmad Jamal  Ahmad Jamal - piano; Double Bass: Eddie Calhoun or Israel Crosby; Guitar: Ray Crawford; - recorded between 1951 and 55 
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Ahmad Jamal  Manhattan Reflections   Favoriting Tranquility  Composed By – A. Jamal; Bass – Jamil Sulieman Nasser; Drums – Frank Gant; Piano – Ahmad Jamal - - recorded 1968 in New York City 
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Ahmad Jamal  Taboo   Favoriting Complete Live at the Spotlite Club1958  AHMAD JAMAL piano;
ISRAEL CROSBY bass;
VERNELL FOURNIER drums - - Washington, September 5 & 6, 1958 
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Ahmad Jamal  Keep On Keeping On (Live)   Favoriting Emerald City Nights: Live at The Penthouse 1963-1964  Drums – Chuck Lampkin Piano – Ahmad Jamal Bass – Jamil Nasser Recorded live at The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington - April 2, 1964 - 
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Ahmad Jamal  Poinciana   Favoriting Ballades  Released September 13, 2019 
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Ahmad Jamal  Marseille (Instrumental)   Favoriting Marseille  Double Bass – James Cammack; Drums – Herlin Riley; Percussion – Manolo Badrena; Piano – Ahmad Jamal - released 2017 
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Ahmad Jamal  Volga Boatman   Favoriting Count 'Em 88  Ahmad Jamal – piano Israel Crosby – bass Walter Perkins – drums - - Recorded September 17 and October 4, 1956 at Universal Recording, Chicago 
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Ahmad Jamal  Bogota   Favoriting Outertimeinnerspace  Bass – Jamil Sulieman Nasser; Drums – Frank Gant; Piano – Ahmad Jamal - - recorded in performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, June 17, 1971 
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Ahmad Jamal  Billy Boy   Favoriting Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing Vol. 2  Ahmad Jamal – piano; Israel Crosby - double bass; Vernel Fournier - drums; Recorded January 17, 1958 at the Pershing Hotel, Chicago 
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Ahmad Jamal  Seleritus   Favoriting Poinciana  Ahmad Jamal – piano Israel Crosby – bass Ray Crawford – guitar Vernel Fournier – drums - - 1958 
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Ahmad Jamal - Gary Burton  One   Favoriting In Concert  Bass – Sabu Adeyola ::::::Drums – Payton Crossley ::::::Piano – Ahmad Jamal :::::::Vibraphone – Gary Burton - - - - - Recorded at Palace if Festivals Theatre, Cannes, France, January 26, 1981 
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Ahmad Jamal  The Surrey with the Fringe on Top   Favoriting Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing Vol. 1  Ahmad Jamal – piano Israel Crosby – bass Vernel Fournier – drums - - Recorded January 16, 1958 at the Pershing Hotel, Chicago 
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DJ Hear the One About...?          3:20:42 (Pop-up)
Tindersticks  All The Love   Favoriting The Hungry Saw  David Boulter – pianos, organ, percussion and guitar • Neil Fraser – electric and acoustic guitars • Stuart A. Staples – vocals, acoustic guitar and percussion • Suzanne Osborne – vocals • Andy Nice – cello - Recorded June–August 2007 at Le Chien Chanceaux, France 
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Pascal Comelade, Ramon Prats, Lee Ranaldo  What Goes On   Favoriting Velvet Serenade  Drums – Ramon Prats; Guitar, Vocals – Lee Ranaldo; Keyboards – Pascal Comelade; Music By – The Velvet Underground - - Recorded live at Banyoles' Auditori del Ateneu, April 27-28, 2022 
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The Pastels  Speeding Motorcycle   Favoriting Truckload of Trouble  Stephen McRobbie (or Stephen Pastel) – guitar, vocals • Katrina Mitchell – drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar • Annabel Wright (or Aggi) – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, artwork • Brian Taylor (or Brian Superstar) – guitar • Martin Hayward – bass guitar, vocals • Bernice Simpson – drums • David Keegan – guitar • Francis McDonald – drums • Eugene Kelly – vocals, violin, autoharp • Norman Blake – vocals - - 1991 single 
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XTC  Scissor Man   Favoriting Drums And Wires  • Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, Terry Chambers, Steve Warren, Hugh Padgham, Al Clark, Laurie Dunn - - 25 June–July 1979 at The Town House (London) 
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Squeeze  If I Didn't Love You   Favoriting Argybargy  Chris Difford – rhythm guitars, co-lead vocals • Glenn Tilbrook – keyboards, lead guitars, lead vocals • Jools Holland – keyboards, vocals • John Bentley – bass • Gilson Lavis – drums with: • Del Newman – string arrangements • Recorded • August 1979–January 1980 at Olympic, London 
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Lloyd Cole  More of What You Are   Favoriting On Pain  With Cole's former Commotions bandmates Blair Cowan and Neil Clark - - Released 23 June 2023 
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DJ          3:54:31 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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listener james from westwood:

Good Sunday, Stork and all!
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doctorjazz:

Sounds like we're streaming (maybe i started on Glen Passaics too early)
Hey Clubbers!
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Doug Schulkind:

Not hearing your connection yet, Stork.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

⦿Sun in ♋︎Cancer, Year of Metal 🐎Horse
' Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his contributions to music history. '
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abbazabba:

Stork goes to Nashville
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Stork:

Can
't connect! WOorking on it
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Irene Trudel:

Good to be here for the festivities, Stork! Gonna be background listening while I put our bedroom back together, post-painters.
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Stork:

restarting streaming computer - hang in there
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chresti:

Yay Stork day!
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WR:

↳ Irene Trudel @12:03
All done Irene? Or other rooms yet to be done?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Irene Trudel:

Hope you get the connection sorted. Looking forward to this Ahmad Jamal tribute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Sem:

Alles klar?

Hey, Storch, the liver-impaired, honorary Glen Passaic imbibers, the ghosts of Chris Christie past, and regular folk yearning to be jazzbos (or something like them.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
doctorjazz:

Do like this Doina/Klezmer track! (I actuall do spend time listening to the Stream many mornings, Doug's hard drive, what could be bad?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
fred:

I got this flyer saying I can trade my sobriety for Glen Passaic. Is this the right place?
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Irene Trudel:

↳ WR @12:04
Yes, the painters finally left on Wednesday. Some minot touch-ups to be done myself. But now there's the gigantic task of putting it all back in place (and a good opportunity to clean years of dust).
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doctorjazz:

↳ Irene Trudel @12:06
Sounds like fun...☹️
  12:07pm
Mike Cooper:

↳ Irene Trudel @12:06
A clean house is a sign of a wasted life :-)
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doctorjazz:

↳ Mike Cooper @12:07
I'll never be accused of wasting mine...
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Stork:

stay with me !
  12:09pm
Mike Cooper:

That usually keeps unwanted guests away :-)
  12:10pm
Mike Cooper:

↳ Stork @12:09
Where else can i go my hammock isnt mobile
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Jeff Golick:

↳ Stork @12:09
Where else we gonna go?
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chresti:

↳ Mike Cooper @12:07
I'll have to tell that to our family of dust bunnies..
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fred:

It's alive!
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doctorjazz:

And we're off! (The club is open for business)
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Stork:

Whew!!! Fucking computers!!
  12:11pm
Irene:

Yay! Finally the bar is open.
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fred:

↳ Stork @12:11
That's what I usually say all week long
  12:12pm
Mike Cooper:

↳ Stork @12:11
So thats what you were doing
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Stork:

Thanks for waiting, all!! Longest 10 minutes of my young life.
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chresti:

↳ Stork @12:12
We believe in you!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Stork @12:11
You got that right -- Hello, non-android friends
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Raindance" by "Tatsu Aoki / Malachi Favors Maghos...
How low can you go...
  12:15pm
Dean:

I have that Crispell/James LP that Jeff G. closed with. And I've just learned that Handsome Dick Manitoba is playing a neighborhood dive bar in these parts come August. Lemme know if y'all need more pointless trivia.
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abbazabba:

Good job Stork! Thanks for staying at it. Excited for the Jamal
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Stork:

↳ abbazabba @12:15
Thanks abbazabba! Just to be straight about it - the Jamal portion will come a bit later and will run a little less than 90 minutes, probably. My bad for getting a late start on putting it together. Lotsa fine music though, methinks. I hope you thinks too!
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Michael 98145:

↳ chresti @12:04
Sounds a bit hot & humid in San Gabriel today - sorry
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Stork:

↳ chresti @12:13
whew, thanks, chresti! I was convinced of my unreality!!
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abbazabba:

Awesome!
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Stork:

↳ Mike Cooper @12:12
Mike!! Glad you're here! Thanks for removing the curse!!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Raindance" by "Tatsu Aoki / Malachi Favors Maghos...
If you like the nether bass regions, thus reminde me of a track a track I love on Henry Threadgills X-75 v1 called Fe Fi Fo Fum, which features 4 basses, and flutes on top. Great track!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
adamdoesit:

Hello Stork and swells. You quicken my pulse unit.
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Stork:

↳ Irene @12:11
Irene gets the first serve!!
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Stork:

↳ fred @12:10
fred!! Happy Sabbath!!
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @12:11
Hooray for doctorjazz!!
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Stork:

↳ Song: "Louise" by "Marilyn Mazur & Pulse Unit"
Love this guy Per Jorgenson on vocals!!
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @12:19
adamdoesit!! That whole mischegas really defrillilated me!! I'm worn out!!
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Stork:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:18
Hey, welcome Michael 98145
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Stork:

↳ Dean @12:15
Dean! Keep that pointless trivia coming!! Otherwise, what's the point?!?!
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Stork:

↳ Sem @12:05
Sem!! Ja, endlich mal erledigt!! Fuckerooni, I hates the tech!!
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Stork:

↳ Stork @12:22
I meant defribrillated, of course - duh!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Stork @12:26
Not to be an annoying stickler (those words are a sure sign someone is about to be...), but one WANTS to be defibrillated if they're fibrillating. (a fibrillating heart is fatal if not defibrillated quickly...)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
Michael 98145:

↳ Stork @12:25
Of course, w/o the tech i'd still be sitting in the corner mumbling to myself -
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Stork:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:30
Yep, can't live with it, can't do a show without it.
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @12:30
If anyone's allowed to be a stickler, it's you, with your potentially life-saving stickling. So stickle away!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
fred:

↳ Stork @12:31
Cursing at a computer doesn't help, but it doesn't hurt either, so why not?
Avatar 12:34pm
Stork:

Listening to all these fucks is somehow helping me calm down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
adamdoesit:

Stork, I'm not sure this will relax you, but last week you got me thinking about Nuclear War. I hesitated to mention it, but there is, in fact, a secret addendum to the Stork Club Cocktail Bible that treats of this very subject. During the early 1940s, a secret and massive research project was undertaken that sought to beat the twisted plougshare that is Glen Passaic into a flaming sword of war. It was called the Perfect Manhattan Project, and eventually produced the Glen Passaic Perfect Manhattan, a far nicer thing than an atomic bomb. By then, it was too late, and the giant of thermonuclear Glen Passaic had been loosed upon the world. Much of the original research remains classified; but a few copies of the Black Addendum slipped out (or, at any rate, fell behind the bar). It is from these stained pages of Stork Club cocktail history that this recipe, and others to follow, are drawn.

Appropriately for today's Ahmad Jamal birthday broadcast, the first of the Project's cocktails began in Chicago -- or, rather, in the mind of Stork Club bartender Chicago Joe Hersey, who devised the world's first artificial self-sustaining Glen Passaic reactor, known as the Chicago Pile:

Chicago Pile

36oz Glen Passaic (fissionable material)
shot glasses (reaction vessels)
aluminum foil (neutron reflector)
playing cards (structural materials)
5 long-handled bar spoons (moderators)
Lead vest
Geiger counter


Envelope (18) individual playing cards -- any suit, but no Jokers, and no 7 of Spades -- in aluminum foil, shiny side out.
Arrange twelve of the shot glasses, four shots wide and three shots deep, thus:
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Into each, carefully pour 1oz of Glen Passaic.
Top with foil-covered playing cards in such a way as to cover all the Glen Passaic, but leave small holes directly above the gaps between the glasses, thus:
oxooxo
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Top with a second layer of 1oz shots of Glen Passaic, spaced directly above the glasses in the layer below.
Top with a second layer of overlapping, identically-gapped foil covered cards
Carefully lower the bar-spoons, bowl end up, down into the gaps.
Add a third and final, identical layer of shots, and cover with a third and final, identical layer of cards, weaving them around the spoon handles
Slowly, evenly, and carefully lift the spoons from the pile until the Geiger counter clicks steadily at 90bmp.
The pile has begun a sustained fission reaction. At this point you may toast your success one of two ways: the safe way or the fun way. The safe way: lower spoons back into the pile, disassemble it, and toast your success with the shots of Glen Passaic that are now rather warmer than when you poured them. The fun way: shout "Drink or go critical!", yank the spoons from the pile, and knock down as many shots as you can before the room goes purple.
Dispose of spoons, glasses, and foil-covered cards according to local HAZMAT regulations; or just sweep them into a washtub, and dump them into the Passaic Creek by dark of night.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
fred:

But never ever spill Glen Passaic on a computer. It's only meant for human consumption (and questionably at that). Speaking of which, isn't it time for a round?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
fred:

↳ adamdoesit @12:39
I think dumping these HAZMAT byproducts into the Passaic is the definition of recycling: they will fuel the next batch of Glen Passaic
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
chresti:

If either my phone or laptop were to secretly record me, they would get "stupid thing!" or "nooooo!"
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @12:39
adamdoesit, I'm telling you - a Stork Club Cocktail Encyclopedia simply must get published!! More brilliance!! The Perfect Manhattan Project could be the name of a show, a series, a clandestine operation, or a band - prefereably all of the above.
Avatar 🥁 12:48pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...it is unequivocally & abundantly apparent to any & all truly Responsible Parties (an oxymoron if ever) - that the only way to guarantee Sanity on a contemporary Sunday is to, indeed, maintain & assure a Nuclear Option...
That is ...Mr. President ! ...we cannot allow - a Glen Passaic Gap !...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:49pm
adamdoesit:

↳ fred @12:44
Precisely. The Passaic watershed is the breeder reactor that bred them all.
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Stork:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:48
Hear hear! Of course, in closing the gap, we will all go deaf and blind, but hey! Small price to pay for national secur (hic!) -ity!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
doctorjazz:

OK, Out To Lunch (hey, that would make a great album title), check back in later, bye Clubbers!
  12:51pm
Dean:

"One Dolphy Special! You want fries with that?"
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @12:50
Order the Dolphy Double-Decker, doc! - HAH! Dean beat me to it!!
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fred:

@adamdoesit: Some possibly cool stuff ahead at BAM.
Gregory Maqoma can be really good, though sometimes there's too much talk. Worth taking the chance, though it looks expensive
I like Rachid Ouramdane, and this one is good (a little too much video though)
Trajal Harrell looks interesting (the Köln Concert is the only piece I saw, but more coming). Great music, obviously, but I wasn't all that convinced by the dance. Mixing voguing and butoh makes a lot of sense though, and some parts deliver
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adamdoesit:

↳ fred @12:54
Thanks for the tip, fred.
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chresti:

PORTLAND
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fred:

↳ adamdoesit @12:56
I bought 60 contemporary dance tickets for next year last month. And I did skip a few (too expensive in venues I don't like)
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chresti:

↳ chresti @1:01
solo mon^
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Dean:

Maine or Oregon, chresti?

Trivia: I'm wearing a Portland (OR) long sleeve shirt.
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chresti:

↳ Dean @1:04
Oregon.
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WR:

↳ Dean @1:04
Oregon for Solomon
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Stork:

Forgot to mention - Irene did a nice tribute to Jamal on his past/last :( birthday
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Stork:

↳ chresti @1:01
Thanks for the Solo Mon info, chresti :-))
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TDK60:

Stork! Wie gehts, hepcats.
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Stork:

↳ TDK60 @1:09
Ole Ole Ole. it's TDK!
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Stork:

Sorry folks - having some issues with the software-streaming computer, it keeps freezing.
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Michael 98145:

↳ Stork @1:12
hammer time !
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Stork:

↳ Michael 98145 @1:14
A hammer is too good for this miscreant computer.
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WR:

↳ Stork @1:12
An an

A seemingly contradictory but present aspect of cool devices in hot weather is that they can freeze up.
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "The Weather Up There" by "Jeremy Cunningham"
DJ Stork. Some of those players with Cunningham are from the band Tortoise, right?
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fred:

↳ Michael 98145 @1:14
According to Wikipedia, it is nowhere near MC Hammer's birthday
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Stork:

↳ WR @1:15
It's only about 73 Fahrenheit here, though.
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adamdoesit:

↳ WR @1:15
Pour some Glen Passaic on it. That'll unfreeze anything.
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Stork:

↳ TDK60 @1:16
For sure - it's got the John McEntire Chicago sound!
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fred:

↳ adamdoesit @1:16
Yes, but there are side effects like melting
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Jeff Golick:

↳ fred @12:54
OMG, fred, Trajal Harrell at BAM? Saw him in his early days, late 90s (when he was dating my roommate). Amazing.
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @1:16
Wouldn't waste the heady brew on this piece-o-shit.
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fred:

↳ Stork @1:17
And Tomeka Reid (swoon)
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Stork:

↳ fred @1:19
And Jaimie Branch!!
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fred:

↳ Jeff Golick @1:19
I've only seen him once, but I have 4 tickets next year. He's the headliner of a big festival in Paris, so I guess he made it
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T GRavel:

hi Stork!
hey galera !
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Stork:

↳ T GRavel @1:27
Ahoy-O, T GRavel!
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fred:

↳ fred @1:22
As I mentioned, I'm not sold on his work, but he's interesting enough to warrant a deeper dive
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Michael 98145:

↳ fred @1:16
Heh
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tom tom the pipers son:

late to the show, ahmad jamal was a big influence on miles davis, in his words, which was surprising to me at first, but makes a lot of sense esp. w/ davis' 50's work
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Stork:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:49
Well, hello, tom tom the pipers son ! The Ahmad Jamal bit is coming up soon!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @1:50
thx, for the welcome...
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Stork @1:50
Hi there Stork and all other listeners!
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Stork:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @1:54
Herzlichen Grüß, Andrew in Toronto!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @12:05
Hey Sem!
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fred:

Is "Herzlichen Grüß" German for "have a Glen Passaic on the house?"
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Stork:

↳ fred @1:57
It's really " a hearty welcome" which in German terms implies the imminent offer and prompt delivery of an alcoholic beverage of some strength.
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fred:

Oh, I love Tyshawn Sorey, this smoothes the wait for the Ahmad Jamal segment
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Stork:

↳ fred @2:02
I thought it might, fred! I adore this album - Jeff G. has played another track from it.
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abbazabba:

This is a nice jamming
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fred:

↳ Stork @2:04
You know a thing or two about build-up and segues. Have you considered DJing?
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Stork:

↳ abbazabba @2:06
Aaron Diehl is just lovely on this!
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Stork:

↳ fred @2:06
Language, fred!! I consider myself an under-the-turntableist
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abbazabba:

Yeah, I hadn’t heard of this trio. I’ll be diving into this album post club Stork
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @2:06
thought so too, to my poorly educated ears, made me think of bill evans
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adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Seleritus" by "Tyshawn Sorey"
I gave in and bandcamped that. "Download Continuing," says my browser. Indeed.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Seleritus" by "Tyshawn Sorey"
Made it back (belly full), like this Sorey. Nice set before it.
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Stork:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:14
Not at all a bad comparison, tom tom! Kimbrough gets into that world as well, I think.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Seleritus" by "Tyshawn Sorey"
I think I have the vinyl on this (I almost bought it again, thankfully Bandcamp tell you "You Own This". Have to pull it out of the "on-deck" pile.
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @2:16
Good for you, adamdoesit! You won't regret it (or anything else, the way you can put 'em away - - OOOHHH!!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @2:18
nice of you to say...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Stork @2:18
Kimbrough sort of fuses Evans and Monk (to my ears...), really like his music.
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @2:16
doc, welcome back! Thought you'd like that piano-heavy set!
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abbazabba:

@stork and @fred , I’ve been getting into classical music the last few years. I live in southish US and there aren’t a whole lot of places that have live performances very often. Just wondering if it is easy to see good live classical music over there in Europe?
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fred:

↳ doctorjazz @2:19
Amazing how often bandcamp tells you that. You should really get through that pile (or stop adding to it, but this isn't happening)
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @2:20
Must do a Kimbrough trib when his bday rolls around. Just love his stuff!
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doctorjazz:

Will have to go back to spraying my clothing with permethrin in a few; just took my malaria prophylixis tablet (heading to Africa for 2 weeks tomorrow night). Will likely miss this show (and others) in real time while I'm away...
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tom tom the pipers son:

i think jamal has a light "touch" and makes me think of satie and debussy, wonder if he listened to them...
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northguineahills:

↳ abbazabba @2:20
have you checked university towns? When I was in gainesville, there was a lot of modern composition that was performed there from touring groups/musicians...
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fred:

↳ abbazabba @2:20
It depends on whether you mean classical or contemporary classical. Both are easy to find in Europe, but often expensive. Good contemporary stuff can be cheaper, but knowing about shows is a challenge (I work in the field so I get the info, but it's not well publicized)
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Stork:

↳ abbazabba @2:20
I don't really know - it's awful expensive and the great concerts only seem to happen in Hamburg, Berlin and München. But in general there's lots of good modern classical music - I haven't pursued it much, though.
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fred:

↳ doctorjazz @2:23
Have you researched record stores there?
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doctorjazz:

↳ Stork @2:23
If you ever do, I have some CDs of his, including this 6 CD Thelonius Monk album.
www.discogs.com...
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doctorjazz:

↳ fred @2:26
I haven't, but figure I'll ask about it when I'm there (we're pretty heavily scheduled)
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abbazabba:

↳ northguineahills @2:24
I actually live in a university town that has a multi million dollar venue designed for an orchestra and the sound absolutely sucks haha! I go and see some shows, and I’m no audiophile, but damn I feel disappointed every time!
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abbazabba:

Thanks guys
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fred:

↳ doctorjazz @2:28
I'd trust you to find a record store anywhere
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abbazabba:

Damn aristocracy and their expensive stuff!
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Stork:

↳ northguineahills @2:24
How-do, ngh?
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Stork:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:24
Jamal's later stuff (he seemed to go deeper and deeper and get even better with age) makes me think he did at some point.
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adamdoesit:

↳ fred @2:29
It's true, I've seen it happen… from the bar across the street.

When I first moved to New York, I went to see a lot of chamber music. It was easy to get standby tickets at Weill Recital Hall, and to walk there from work. When it became more work to go, I let it slide. Looking back, well, looking back.
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fred:

↳ abbazabba @2:31
One thing that usually works for any genre: once you find an ensemble/band you like, see where they are playing. Chances are more cool stuff is happening there, and people who play at the same place can lead you to other venues you haven't heard about
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northguineahills:

↳ Stork @2:33
in stupid pain from sleeping on my back wrong. I should be studying for my interview tomorrow, but, I'm just attempting to read right now. this pain will subside, but it picked a bad time to come about...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Taboo" by "Ahmad Jamal"
Vernell Fournier was the drum teacher of a friend (he passed since then). He used to throw an annual party in his Village apartment, had Founier come and bring along his jazz buddies, they were great parties.
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Stork:

Here's the link to Irene's show where she recently did a nice set of Ahmad's: wfmu.org...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

So - my understanding is - Jamal @ first was dismissed by many as too Light or Loungey or something. Miles Davis however - aspiring to be the ultimate tasteful Stylist - regarded Jamal quite differently. & ...this boosted his standing ? Or still not for some time ?... Am I missing major parts of a narrative here...
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doctorjazz:

↳ fred @2:29
Finding the records probably isn't the biggest issue-being able to get them into our valises to drag them home is a bigger one, both space-wise and weight-wise (I usually just pass when I'm travelling internationally).
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Stork:

↳ Song: "Keep On Keeping On (Live)" by "Ahmad Jamal"
Swingin' gospel!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:37
The Miles quote-
Ahmad Jamal was known for his laid-back style and for his influence on, among others, Miles Davis, who once said, “All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.”
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @2:39
In fact there's some speculation that Miles boosted a melodic idea or two from Jamal's Pavanne (first song in the set)
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fred:

↳ doctorjazz @2:37
Can't you just mail them? (I imagine your wife frowning at me for giving you ideas for more clutter)
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @2:18
don't know kimbrough, have to do a search
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Dean:

From a 2008 WaPo story about Jamal:
"At 7, Jamal began classical studies, and growing up, he was particularly drawn to the power of Hungarian-born composer and pianist Franz Liszt and French composers Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, who made an art form out of the space between notes -- as Jamal would years later."
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Stork:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:44
He was a great player who died far too young - a huge loss. He was an integral part of Maria Schneider's big band.
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Michael 98145:

↳ Dean @2:46
thanks for that
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Stork:

↳ Dean @2:46
Good on ya Dean! Great ears, tom tom the piper's son!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @2:46
just read that, 64
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doctorjazz:

↳ fred @2:43
If she were reading here, she'd be unhappy indeed (but, yes, I thought of that. I'll see how things work out there. It's only worthwhile if it's stuff not available here. Most stuff these days IS available somewhere on line).
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northguineahills:

thanks, stork, good to hear ya!
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Stork:

↳ Song: "Marseille (Instrumental)" by "Ahmad Jamal"
This song puts me in a deeper trance each time i hear it.
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adamdoesit:

↳ Stork @2:41
Lewis Porter has lately written about the idea that Miles stole songs. He suggests it's a (mis)reading of what really has to do with how composer credits were assigned by the record's producers, especially when the listed composer was represented by the label ($$). He also suggests that theft may be the wrong concept when everyone's breathing the same airs.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Stork @2:46
I saw Schneider shortly after he passed, she spoke about him for a while and dedicated the performance to him.
He was also very involved in Ben Allison's early projects, and released music under his own name.
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doctorjazz:

Listening and spraying...
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Dean:

For a good introduction to Liszt's piano work--which is vast--start with André Watts:
https://www.discogs.com/master/805886-Andr%C3%A9-Watts-Plays-Liszt-Album-1-Six-Grand-Etudes-After-Paganini-Au-Lac-De-Wallenstadt-Il-Penseroso-
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Stork:

↳ Song: "Volga Boatman" by "Ahmad Jamal"
This song was in many peoples' first piano books.
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Stork:

↳ Dean @2:54
Sviatoslav Richter's recording of Liszt are also great - though typically meh audio quality. Richter portrayed Liszt in a film, as well.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Dean @2:54
I've put it in my, ahem, wanted liszt...
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Dean:

"Richter portrayed Liszt in a film, as well." I had no idea! My Richter story: His Sofia, Bulgaria, recital in winter 1958 has long been regarded as one of the finest performances of the Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. (No, ELP's did not make the cut.) The live recording suffered from random coughs of under-the-weather audience members. After reading critic Jim Svejda's praise for the piece, I called his office to ask whether he was aware of a CD release of the original LP. At the time, he said there was none, though now there is. So, I decided to hunt a CD reissue that might have been packaged with a bunch of Richter's performances. I visited something like a dozen Tower Records in the Greater Los Angeles metro area over the course of a couple weekends. I found a Melodiya box, but the PAAE was not the Sofia show. A week or so later my buddy, who owned a record store, called me to tell me a stack of used LPs had arrived, fifty cents a pop. I went to his store. You know which LP was at the very bottom of the stack.
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Dean:

I'm fond of that Liszt recording, in particular, doctorjazz, because the engineers were Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz.
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Stork:

↳ Dean @3:02
(No, ELP's did not make the cut.) - truly an abomination.
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Dean:

They should have hired Aubort and Nickrenz to record the album.
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Stork:

↳ Dean @3:02
Great crate-digger's tale!!
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @3:02
3-pointer, doc!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Billy Boy" by "Ahmad Jamal"
This is SO early Miles!
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:14
Prestige label Miles.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Episode of podcast I've favored, 'Jazz Insights' re Jamal's influence on Miles :
www.stitcher.com...
- note this is the last of three on Jamal...
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @3:14
Yes now you mention! So Miles was like him, even before he stole from him? (kidding, Miles - luv ya buddy!!)❤️
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Stork:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:16
Nice, RevRabb! Shall check!
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adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Seleritus" by "Ahmad Jamal"
Love the cover for this one, with guide to pronunsciations.
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tom tom the pipers son:

an interesting anecdote about miles davis, not pertaining to ahmad jamal, i heard at a charlie parker b-day concert in tompkins square park when max roach spoke to the audience and said that when davis replaced dizzy gillespie in charlie parker's band, he couldn't play as fast as gillespie and so they told him to use a mute, and that's how he started using a mute
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Stork:

↳ Song: "One" by "Ahmad Jamal - Gary Burton"
Can't believe this the only collaboration between Burton and Jamal. :-(
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WR:

↳ doctorjazz @2:23
Hope time and circumstances allow you to check in on a playlist page from Africa a time or two but will fully understand if you are otherwise occupied during the trip.
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doctorjazz:

↳ WR @3:23
Where is it? (Will be in Kenya and Rawanda, if I ever finish spraying my clothes)
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adamdoesit:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20
If there are two things everyone associates with Miles, it's the Harmon mute and the vocal rasp. In this moment, I have the idea that they are somehow one and the same.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ adamdoesit @3:26
a-ha...
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doctorjazz:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20
From what I've read, Bird was very nasty to young Miles. Miles was supposed ro have continued that when he lead his own groups.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ doctorjazz @3:28
oh,
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Stork @3:18
I mention that podcast periodically - 'Jazz Insights' with Dr. Gordon Vernick. Each episode is about 15 minutes - focusing on one Artist or relevant Jazz Genre topic. He's a University lecturer - & they were in iTunes U(niversity) ...I'm hoping they stay available online to refer to. I downloaded them long ago...
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ adamdoesit @3:26
thought it was revealing that davis' using to mute was a matter of practicality and not really aesthetic, at least at first
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

In Miles' autobiography - I basically remember Miles saying he was left de facto in charge of rehearsing Bird's band ...& Bird was nowhere to be seen off on indulgences & trials ...then Bird would show up ...& keep up perfectly & effortlessly anyhow, flashing a smartass smirk ...kinda thing.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& ...that one time they were in a cab together - & Bird was eating chicken while, frankly, being eaten himself by a woman. Bird asked Miles if it bugged him - Miles said, yeah, a bit. So Bird advised him to just look away then...
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:31
It's a fine line, making an aesthetic out of practicality (or what would be deemed a deficiency) can make an artist unique
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @3:34
true
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Joni Mitchell using dulcimer & open tunings because polio made her hands weaker, for example...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...which would be Miles' whole thang, of course : 'Just play the notes that matter'...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:33
If he showed up; Dizzy Gillespie toured as The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, but brought along Dexter Gordon, so he'd still have a quintet when Bird didn't show (often looking to score drugs)
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adamdoesit:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:31
That's part of what makes them alike to me. Before I ever really listened to Miles, I knew the rasp as an aesthetic cliche; yet it was born of physical injury, which is to say a kind of practicality.
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Dean:

Bach was driven by practicality, if you count having to conjure up a few pieces every week for church. Besides, virtuosity is only one species of artistic value.
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Andrew in Toronto:

What a fantastic show!
Thanks Stork!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Dean @3:39
...& 20 offspring ...cause his organ had no stops...
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Dean:

In that case, the virtuoso was Anna Magdalena.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ adamdoesit @3:39
oh, you have a point
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fred:

I've seen many musicians who are near perfect (Ensemble Intercontemporain for instance), but end up boring and lifeless. But that's just my bias talking, virtuosity just doesn't appeal to me
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tom tom the pipers son:

goes for rock music as well
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Dean @3:41
I suppose so.
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Stork:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:40
2Kind, AiT!!!
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Stork:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:40
My dad told me that one when i was like 10!! Nope, didn't get it.
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doctorjazz:

↳ fred @3:42
Virtuosity is a good thing, but it's not everything.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

There's different kinds of Virtuosity. Practicing Scales makes you good @ Playing Scales. What staggers me about a Segovia, say, is every bit of incomparable Ability is ever in service to the Music.
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:45
And one can have great ideas and not virtuosic.
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Stork, loved the show! (Still Spraying...)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...which is just to say there are a range of significant Abilities. Technical capability is certainly one. Imagination, taste & expression are others.
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Stork:

↳ doctorjazz @3:47
Keep forever spraying, doc!!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:48
👍👍👍👍👍
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fred:

It takes virtuosity to perform some stuff. I dislike it when it calls attention to itself and is basically its own end (basically why I can't stand classical ballet anymore)
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks stork, glad i found your show, will be back.
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adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Speeding Motorcycle" by "The Pastels"
I love every cover of this song. Was Daniel virtuosic or not? Both?
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Stork:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:51
Very glad to hear that - tom tom - see ya!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ adamdoesit @3:51
his pop sense was virtuosic
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @3:51
He really was a genius (oh, that word) - but yeah.
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adamdoesit:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:51
See ya tom tom!

Thank you, Herr DJ Barkeep. If the drinks are so dry, why does everyone look so soggy?
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Michael 98145:

Thank you again !
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ adamdoesit @3:54
next week
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Stork:

THANKS ALL!!!!!!!!!!
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fred:

Thanks Stork!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "If I Didn't Love You" by "Squeeze"
Up there in my list of greatest tunes of all time!
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:56
(If I kept such a list, of course...)
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doctorjazz:

Will miss being here next 2 weeks in real time (but I'll suck it up), thanks, DJ Stork!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ Stork ~
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Scissor Man" by "XTC"
Thanks Stork!
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Michael 98145:

↳ doctorjazz @3:59
safe travels !
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WR:

Thank you! Stork!
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Stork:

LIEBE WUNDERBARE STORK CLUB GEMEINSCHAFT: Another week sharing the power and the glory of music - mostly listened to while doing housework or lying awake staring at the ceiling vacantly. Wow! This was a great post - posted well after the show ended - so no one will see it. But you know what? I'm gonna re-use this little bit o Shakespeare, yes I am, Sirrah!! See ya, Sirrah!!
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