Elissa

A friend loaded up my iPod with a bunch of new music I'd likely never have otherwise heard. Woke up thinking of and have been listening to her tune Tears Dry on Their Own all day. The first cut I liked was Rehab (obvious, no?) but I really love Tears. Of course, this sort of embarrasses me. Haven't heard her first album. I think she has kind of interesting phrasing too, stepping late on the Rehab chorus n'such.

Serious. It's a TV show. Can you spell COLLAGEN?

Has anyone caught Roy Hargrove's Big Band?

I like Stewart Copeland (Aaron too), but never much cared for Sting. In fact Sting was the cause of my breaking up with my first boyfriend, a DJ. Chris loved both Sting and the Police, but I always considered Sting a wanking poseur and phenomenal bore. Course, Chris also thought Bauhaus had written all those tunes they'd in fact covered from Brian Eno...anyway, I'd never admit the slightest fondness for Sting (1984 was it?) and that seemed to be the final nail in the coffin of our romance. Ah well.

I order beans from Rancho Gordo in California - the Giant White Lima are unbelievably great, as are the Good Mother Stallard and and and - but he also makes the killingly delicious Gay Caballero Very Hot Sauce which is more flavorful than it is hot, though still hot.

What a lovely man he is - alll my heart's fondest positivity to him for a speedy, full recovery. (Is that a prayer?)

After some friends' record release party at Marion's (Tony Scheer, Chris Brown and Kate Fenner) I dropped into the Zinc last night - first Monday in ages. Eric Lewis on piano, Montez Coleman on drums, Essiet Essiet on bass, Marcus Strickland on tenor. Enough to make a girl love New York anew.

oh - I didn't see your two dates post, just looked at the link briefly, heh. Thanks tho.

who's the drummer?

Shall never forget a funny story I heard about Jim Pepper: At a club (in Portland I think) someone came up to him and asked, "Hey Jim, how's your Indian thing going?" He responded: "Fine, man. How's your white thing going?"

though actually i like the war against the environment better.

Ray Bryant's tunes Spider Kelly's Blues, Cubano Chant, and Splittin, especially on the Essential Jo Jones Trio record, are second only to Monk tunes among those closest to my heart. Didn't know that about Kevin Eubanks though. Shall have to accost him next I see him.

Ray Bryant's tunes Spider Kelly's Blues, Cubano Chant, and Splittin, especially on the Essential Jo Jones Trio record, are second only to Monk tunes among those closest to my heart. Didn't know that about Kevin Eubanks though. Shall have to accost him next I see him.

Frank Lacy, his last band manager, told me that if you were going to write a book about Bu it'd have to be in Greek.

Excuse my French, but Robert Bork is a cocksucker on a good day.

Elis & Tom is a Kind of Blue album in magnitude ...other than that I have favorites from several albums but no other favorite album. I especially love her version of the Lobo tune Upa, Neguinho. Maybe what I love most about her though is her laugh in the middle of songs.

As I understand it, taking his cues from Papa Jo and Big Sid, Klook ushered in the modern era's more open and free approach to jazz drums by moving that right hand to the ride cymbal and uncrossing the hands. At the same time, he started adding 'bombs' or accents in among the traditional four on the base drum. These two innovations begat coordinated independence, enabling drummers to use each limb to create different or poly-rhythms. When drummers began to keep time on the ride cymbal, the bass player couldnt just continue to play the root and the fifth; the piano couldnt just play stride. They too had to use space and open chords and BeBop was born. What say thee experts?

Elis as in Regina, not Ellis, silly goose man. I only asked though because I love pianist Eric Lewis, who played with Wynton for a spell. Clearly that's not him playing on the new album, though.

who is on piano?

Once I met Wayne, at the Montreal fest a few years back. I mentioned that each of his compositions was like a different room in the Wayne mansion in my mind & Danilo Perez, who's a friend, told me that he and Wayne stayed up late talking about that, eating ribs. Did I mention? I love Wayne's compositions.

got one - thanks!

It seems to be sold out. Could anyone who has one tell me how many Euros it costs so I can make a bid for one that becomes available? Merci

Was up at the Time Warner Ctr for lunch and walked past the JLC Marquee. Very lackluster indeed, the dates they have booked. Make the music seem about as interesting as a high school reunion. Made me wonder too how long his reign will last there, and if there's any chance that someone with something more say with and within the music will get a go at the helm. At the same time, perhaps an argument could be made that at least Ellington has greater popular name recognition now than he did 15 years ago?

I'd make beelines for Antwerp and Brugges.