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I don't like Jarrett's solo marathons much, but I wouldn't call them soporific. In fact, the one I do like is probably the one most likely to be called soporific, Vienna Concert. A player I find a total bore solo who is good in a trio setting is Enrico Pieranunzi.

You're right. I hadn't thought of that before.

He grew up around the corner from me and went to my high school (Midwood). So did Lainie Kazan, but I never met her.

Hey, how come Morty Gunty has no Bacon number? He was in Broadway Danny Rose. I appeared on his kids' show in 1964, The Funny Company.

I think Jimmy Smith accounts for about 1/4 of all Blue Note albums from 1956-60. He was a real cash cow.

It'll be easy enough since they already have the engineers from Lala, which they bought and so far have used mainly for the song matching technology.

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Add Sam Rivers and I think you've mentioned all the flute players I like (not so big on Braxton, though).

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She was one of the big hits when Vision Festival honored Fred Anderson in 2005. It may have been her first time performing in NYC. Amazing trio with Bankhead and Isaiah Spencer.

So far I'm a 3 via either Spalding Gray or Willem Dafoe (I met them when I documented a performance piece by The Wooster Group they both appeared in about 30 years ago).

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I've preferred McEwan's darker, earlier stuff to the more recent work, and I think he's become too self-consciously literary. I have the same problem with Peter Carey.

If I've posted this here before, I apologize to all my friends at Organissimo. http://petercherches.blogspot.com/2009/06/friend-is-new-acquaintance.html

Always keep a diamond in your mind.

I think more and more labels are either embracing or making peace with the inevitable.

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I used to enjoy their Point-Counterpoint segment on 60 Minutes.

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The change can be attributed to Hammerstein, who was very much out of the operetta tradition. With Hart, Rodgers wrote the tunes first and Hart fitted the lyrics. Hammerstein insisted on writing the lyrics first, so Rodgers' melodies, rhythms and tempos were very much subject to the needs of Hammerstein's lyrics.

I started noticing Steeplechase titles on Spotify last night. I think this is new, at least in the U.S. I never saw their titles before when I browsed Bley & Dexter.

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None. We're identical twins. Bacon and I shared an egg.

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