BB 6
business blast, links, photos
Tonight, August 5, I’ll be playing duo with Thomas Morgan in Ferrara, IT.
Just added — gigs over Labor Day weekend in Twin Cities and Bay Area!
August 31: trio with Anthony Cox and Kevin Washington at Crooners in Fridley, MN (Minneapolis)
September 1: solo piano at Piedmont Piano Company (Oakland, CA)
[fellow music Substackers]
Lewis Porter hosts a remarkable post by Boston saxophonist John Purcell about “Donna Lee.”
Marshall Bowden listens to Mal Waldron in 1969-73. (What a great topic!)
Vinnie Sperrazza on the Kenny Clarke bio by Hennessy.
Phil Freeman on Old and Dreams.
[culture and society at large]
Monia Ali on “The Problem with Fan Studies.”
Sam Kahn offers a compelling essay about modern American aristocracy.
Ted Gioia makes predictions. (Ted seems to be right about a lot of things.)
[movies]
Vince Keenan: “Bound for Betrayal: The Crime Films of Elaine May”
Ray Banks has reviewed the Joseph Wambaugh adaptations, concluding with his pick, The Black Marble.
Thanks to everyone who came to the shows at SMOKE with the sextet featuring Jonathan Finlayson, Sam Newsome, Jacob Garchik, Peter Washington, and Kush Abadey. What a fabulous run!
(photo by Chris Welty)
(photo by JM Tolani, an artist with the iPhone)
(me, Newsome, Washington, photo by Jonathan Finlayson, who is a serious photographer in addition to being a great trumpeter)
(me and Garchik, photo by Jonathan Finlayson)
(selfie with Nasar and Baiyina Abadey (parents of Kush))
Melissa Aldana set in a couple of nights. It was a hell of a horn section if I do say so myself.
(Finlayson, Garchik, Newsome, Aldana, photo by Jesse Markowitz)
Last week I really enjoyed a trio set with Reuben Rogers and Kendrick Scott in Langnau. These photos are by festival photographer Qsl Ram (Instagram).
(Reuben Rogers by Qsl Ram)
(Kendrick Scott by Qsl Ram)
(photo by Qsl Ram)
(selfie with my hero Django Bates in Langnau)
(with Fred Kaplan and Gary Giddins in Brooklyn — I think one of Fred’s daughters might have taken this photo, it was Fred’s 70th birthday party!)