Ken Dryden

If it is a fundraiser for a legitimate 501(c)3, I wonder what portion of the admission is considered to be a donation by the IRS? Back in 2001, I gave $500 to attend the only videotaping of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz at SCETV studios in Columbia, South Carolina, with guest Dave Brubeck. At that donation level, we received admission to the taping, which could have been done far better, as there were two retakes due to technical problems, not mistakes by the pianists. We also received a videotape of the program as aired, a limited edition of 50 or 60, though it can be found on youtube. It was a rather large sum at the time, but given how many comp review copies and comp concert admissions that I had gotten over the years of both artists, I felt the need to do it.

I think this broadcast was issed on DVD, I will have to look.

I think that was the tour where Desmond stayed out drinking late with Herb Geller, overslept and he missed the train to the next gig. That's the one that was issued as a trio LP, and reissued the next year on CD by Brubeck Editions. I would think that the Brubeck family would have recordings worthy of release and hopefully they will issue more in the near future. There's no telling what Columbia did with the session with Bill Smith (titled Witches' Brew) that consisted of Smith's compositions. I guess it is buried in the vaults.

This 6 track CD was made specifically for radio broadcast, none of this music has been included on CDs by either artist. I don't recall our station ever receiving a copy of it, unless the PD kept it. He usually passed on releases like this to me.

Obviously the store owner didn't research to see what this box set sold for online. I acquired it a couple of months ago and I have just been listening to it this week. The audio is excellent.

I Since I am producing my show for my local NPR station as well, where I worked for nearly 26 years heading development, I am simply loading my show as broadcast, minus the underwriting inserted at the end of each hour by automation at the station. Thanks for the tip!

Since my station doesn't offer podcasts of programs as an option for volunteer produced shows, I was using archive.org for mine. After they were attacked in October and still weren't back on line to upload new shows, I thought about looking for another website. Mixcloud was recommended, but there rules do not fit the format of my program at times, as you can only play three tracks by one artist. Sometimes I feel like doing a deep dive into an artist whom I've collected for decades and possibly interviewed as well. Do you have any recommendations?

I bought this DVD from Martin Wind several years ago and just now watched it. A fun concert, Scott Robinson plsys tenor sax, bass clarinet and echo cornet on one song.

When you pay a business for services or products, they get dinged 3%, even if it is coming straight from your bank account.

I used to use Venmo to pay for landscaping, at the owner’s suggestion. When I learned that they took 3%, I started writing checks again. There are options to send money where the recipient (not a business) gets it all.

I like 100% of my money going to the beneficiary, period. I've also had some other issues with Gofundme, which I do not care to share.

I didn’t realize that. I don’t use the platform. I would rather make a gift directly.

I remember reading a book review of one of Kurt Vonnegut's volumes, titled "Vonnegut Turn Deserves Another."

I don’t know how close John Clayton’s friend Jeff Hamilton lived to him, I am concerned.

I saw a Canadian drummer named Jeff Hamilton at several jazz parties, he was not the one who worked with John Clayton and also Oscar Peterson.

Most of the rest (if not all) of the issued recording consisted of vocals.

I recorded the music from The Classic Concert Live, featuring Mel Torme, George Shearing and Gerry Mulligan, when it aired on NPR’s Jazz Alive! When I got the liner note assignment out of the blue years later, I was excited, since I had listened to the concert many times over the years. Unfortunately, Concord Jazz chose to omit some great music, including all three Mulligan big band instrumentals, especially a killer version of “K4 Pacific.” There was also a fine piano-bass duet of Sam Jones’ “One For Amos.” I understand why they likely omitted the Willard Robison medley, due to the goofy ending to it by Torme. I posted the unissued songs on archive.org long ago and it is unlikely that this music will ever be officially released. I also have two or three songs from the live Kenny Barron &. John Hicks concert issued by Candid that were not released, but aired on NPR.

On’t overlook his final CD with his New Life Orchestra, which consists of his originals and arrangements, written after cancer treatment damaged nerves in one arm.

I've seen Harry Allen several times over the years, including as a member of Newport Allstars (Howard Alden, John Colianni, Oliver Jackson, Randy Sandke, Frank Tate), plus sets with Judy Carmichael and Chris Flory and one at Feinstein's with Rebecca Kilgore. He's an underrated songwriter as well and a delightful interview. It is amazing how many recordings he has made for release in Japan and Europe.

I only dubbed part of it as it aired live, I remember I ran out of tape during at least one song, while some excerpts were eventually rebroadcast, possibly on Jazz Alive! I still don't have it all recorded. This day was easily one of the highlights of Jimmy Carter's administration.

I am finally getting around to hearing this set:

I did a pair of interviews with Pete, I will have to see what he said about Basra. He deserved more opportunities to record.

Years ago I was told by a then-Concord publicist that Harold Mabern had recorded a solo set at Maybeck but it didn’t turn out well enough to be released. I have long enjoyed the Maybeck solo and duo CDs and appreciate Joanne Brackeen making the effort to get the label to record her to start them. I can think of many labels that put out a lot of forgettable recordings that I disposed of but see no benefit of posting about them. Nearly every musician I have interviewed has pointed out that jazz is about taking chances in improvising, one quoted Art Tatum that there was no such thing as a wrong note if you follow it with the best choice.

I am very sorry to hear of Peter Leitch's passing. I interviewed him after he had undergone hellacious cancer treatments that resulted in nerve damage to one arm, so he focused on writing and arranging. Not long after our chat, I traveled to NYC to hear the public debut of his big band, which played his charts. They made one studio recording, which is worth aacquiring.