TT 141: George Walker/Steve Beck, Scott Joplin/Lara Downes, Benny Golson...concert tonight in Boston...happy birthday Sarah!

New DTM: “George Walker played by Steve Beck, Scott Joplin played by Lara Downes, and a little Benny Golson.”

RIP to George Crumb. The New York Times obit by Vivien Schweitzer is good. Earlier this year I re-listened to a classic, Ancient Voices of Children.

Happy Birthday to Sarah Deming, pictured here last May with the giant clam at Ripley’s Believe it or Not in Atlantic City:

Sarah has made her professional debut as a lyricist with “The More It Changes.”

TONIGHT: The big concert in Boston in Jordan Hall. Tix are free but you need to reserve in advance. Friday we are in Brooklyn.