Business Blast

and links

Edinburgh! I’ll be here playing a gig tomorrow.

I’m mostly in town on vacation with my wife to celebrate 20 years of marriage. (We took our honeymoon in Edinburgh.)

To get ready for our trip, Sarah and I did one piece of very important research, watching the 1961 Disney film Greyfriars Bobby. Great movie!

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OMG. Welcome Brad Mehldau to Substack!

Sam Newsome: Before “Free Jazz,” there was the Blues

Vinnie Sperrazza: History of Jazz Drums, part 2.

Hank Shteamer on Big Ears and Flea.

Jeffrey Sultanof reviews the new James P. Johnson biography by Scott E. Brown.

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Glenn Kenny on the late Chuck Norris.

Nick Kolakowski ranks the Parker adaptations.