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Just discovered her videos. She's a LA based musician and I find some of her deeper dives pretty interesting. Sharing a couple of links to segments I enjoyed but there are plenty more.

Can't seem to find a sharable image of Montreux's lineup but it heavily skews toward pop, with what seems to be the majority of jazz acts relegated to the Casino stage.

That actually looks decent to me. Dark horse act that Id want to see would be Louis Cato, Scofield and Marcus Miller. Cato is the band leader for Colbert's late show and in the small musical segues between commercials they play some really interesting stuff. After Shorter passed they played Footprints which I would have loved to have heard. Colbert even remarked after that one that it was intense. So this trio would be 2 guitars and a bass, and I'm guessing maybe a rhythm section? Despite the commercialism necessary for television these days I think Cato has chops.

Re Tord, I've always wanted to get one of his LPs so that I could speed the songs up. His pacing seems deliberately slow and dragged out. Wondering if I can get him up to hard bop time and if that would sound better...?

Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA & the Mob by Dan Moldea Audiobook on Spotify. Helluva first chapter synopsis on the beginning of the Storyville jazz scene in New Orleans and its subsequent transition to Chicago.

Which ones are hitting the most for you? I tend to dig Vesala and Garbarek from those early years the most.

I do think the tracks with Croker are the highlights by far. I get this. It made a nice soundtrack on the way the other day though. Taking a page from Liberace's playbook maybe, only enhancing the sex appeal. I guess piano music doesn't really sell, but sex does and likely always will so put them together if you have to. I'm sure she's no slouch on the keys either.

FWIW, 2 of the 7 songs on Alexander's newest album aren't written by him. One is I Can't Make You Love Me and the other is the public domain Great Is Thy Faithfulness. Obviously per the OP he throws in other standards during live performances, so he's not solely playing his own compositions.

Old Law & Order episodes from the early 90s on Hulu. No computers or cell phones so they're solving crimes like Sherlock Holmes. Dialogue had to be ahead of it's time for a TV show.

Thanks to the OP and subsequent convo I checked out his most recent studio work "Continuous" with Kris Funn (b), John Davis (d) and Theo Croker (tp). Very enjoyable. I don't hear much influence from the bebop era but I do hear 70s Tyner and Chick Corea. He plays a lot of notes but I hear purpose behind them. Overall the album reminds me of Mathias Eick's records. Similar vibes. I'll definitely revisit it and would go see him live as well. Just a quick word on the drumming style here. Definitely modern and something that's ubiquitous these days. Sometimes I can't help but think it's like sanitized Elvin Jones to a degree, but with elements of marching band percussion that maybe goes all the way back to Sousa. So there's at least some musical heritage involved. But it also comes across as cleaned up for groove-oriented ears which makes sense I guess since they do want record sales. I'm not familiar with John Davis that I know of but it's not his fault and he plays well here. It doesn't distract here though and serves the music well enough.

I haven't heard them but your post made me curious. I'll have to check them out.

Not sure 100% but this link could be insightful at least a little bit: https://culture.pl/en/work/not-two-milosc-and-lester-bowie Totally a guess on my part after reading that anecdote is that it's possible that Lester felt some need to help/teach/reach these musicians within whom he may have sensed an earnest desire and love for the music. I'm sure there's more to the story than that and my assessment may be way off but it's definitely a great question.

Serie is German for series, so it's Series 6. I don't know what that means in regard to ECM though. Great article on Summers too. Thanks for sharing that link. Can't believe he's 82.

I find it a little funny that the OP's thread on Lovano sparked discussion while the Joey A one did not.

😄 I've been grumpy since the age of 5..I can't imagine it getting worse