Ken Dryden

I wonder if a Pacific Jazz discography would include all of the butchered, edited repressings of Jim Hall's Jazz Guitar?

I was chatting with Alan Broadbent this morning to go over preparations for his upcoming September concert here. After I told him about witnessing Marian McPartland's disgust with an unsuitable piano provided for a trio concert, he shared this gem: The late pianist Frank Strazzeri was also a skilled piano tuner. He arrived for a gig and found an untuned piano awaiting him. Frank tuned the piano, played the gig, then detuned it afterwards.

Great news, indeed.

Given that I have all the Evidence CD reissues and most are still unheard, I will likely pass on the Pharaoh Sanders.

All good sets!

I had a DVD set of Young People’s Concerts but sold it without opening it. Hope this broadcast wasn’t included.

Great price and find!

PM sent.

I loved how Carl Palmer wore glasses as a disguise. It would be nice to see all of Oscar Peterson’s CBC TV shows from the 1970s. I videotaped a few from USA in the 1980s, but the repeat broadcast at 11 pm ET inevitably inserted a show promo voiceover on top of the final song. I didn’t give a damn about watching Beau Bridges in “United States,” coming up next.

Unless a 78 rpm record is rare and has never been reissued on LP or CD, most collectors aren’t seeking them. Few turntables have the proper speed or stylus to play them as well. I’ve been given some over the years and ended up donating them.

The sight lines are a bit odd in the Blue Note’s current configuration.

My wife and I are presenting Alan Broadbent in an evening of solo piano on September 11th, at 7:30 pm, in Roland Hayes Concert Hall at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. All ticket proceeds will benefit WUTC-FM NPR 88.1, where I've spent many years. I don't know who on the board, other than HutchFan, lives within a reasonable driving distance of Chattanooga, but please share this information with anyone whom you might think would enjoy it who lives in the general area. I know HutchFan is planning on attending. https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/fine-arts-center

Duncan also removed some text, mostly brief references to people that he decided weren’t all that important. I know this since I created the index for the second edition.

It wasn’t mentioned in the recent Eric Dolphy biography, so an error seems likely.