Ken Dryden

The most unexpected encounter for me was when my wife and I were visiting NYC and taking in a Broadway revival of Oklahoma! As we took our seats, I noticed a man who looked like Dick Hyman bent over talking to someone seated a few rows up. When he stood up, I realized that it was Dick Hyman and he and his wife were seated directly in front of front of our seats. I greeted him, we had met previously and I had interviewed him a time or two. We learned a lot about theater, as he pointed out that the orchestra was watching the conductor on three video screens at the back of the theater. We had a good chat during intermission and afterwards, as well.

It sounds like this is the equivalent of the many live from the last row bootleg LPs of the seventies of supergroups.

I've enjoyed the Yusef Lateef, Mal Waldron, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, Michel Petrucciani immensely. I have been impressed with disc 1 of the Henderson, I haven't yet played the Cecil Taylor set.

I have up mowing my lawn the year after we moved into our current house and donated my mower. But we have a lot of stuff after 45 years together, even without the music. What the heck, possessions are only temporary, they end up in others’ hands or in the landfill. Off to Goodwill and the used book/music store soon.

I once told a dentist that if I got any more porcelain in my mouth, I would have to rinse with Ty-D-Bol. The big challenge is when to stop acquiring stuff, I don't want to leave my heirs with too much stuff to dispose of after I'm gone.

That would be terrific! I did get to see Benny Carter perform once some time in the late 1980s or early 1990s, he seemed ageless. Too bad I wasn't yet on the Scarecrow Press publicity list when the two Benny Carter volumes were first published. They put out a lot of great jazz books.

I found volume 1 for like $5 in the past couple of years. Wish Volume 2 had been in the same store.

I bought this DVD awhile back and need to get around to watching it. The original French film is supposed to be far better than the US remake "Sorcerer," which probably would have benefited from keeping the original title, instead of using the name of one of the two rickety tracks used in the remake.

Since my wife and are bringing Fred Hersch in for a solo piano benefit concert in Chattanooga on April 21st, I interviewed him recently for Timeless Jazz, which is scheduled to air on Sunday, April 19th from 6 to 8 PM ET. It will also stream live at WUTC.org, I have encouraged the station to have a podcast available by the next day on their home page, we'll see if they can do it, as it would be helpful for ticket sales, since they will receive the net revenue from them. Beginning April 26th, my show moves to a 7 PM ET start time. https://www.wutc.org/2026-03-25/wutc-presents-fred-hersch-at-utc-fine-arts-center

If they still have kangaroo courts in clubhouses, players will be fining those who lose ABS challenges in good fun.

Triple Play: Chris Brubeck, Joel Brown and Peter "Madcat" Ruth. They are always a lot of fun.

If you’re an artist and fake music supposedly by you is streaming, you have a right to be pissed off. The other thing is that these fake tracks are being programmed by bots to be played repeatedly in order to increase their share of the overall royalty pool.

Bassoonist Michael Rabinowitz with bassist Steve LaSpina plus a guitarist and drummer.

Alan Broadbent loved working with her. She died far too young, but left some great recordings.

The official release date is April 24, 2026.