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Comment on Another Adventure in Jazz Collecting by Clara Whitford

Clara Whitford — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:04:47 +0000

A nineteen-record box as a standalone teaser is a fun way to keep collectors refreshing the page. Hoping the follow-up covers how you found the seller and which pressings jumped out first.

Comment on Sonny Rollins by Owen Hartwell

Owen Hartwell — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:27:14 +0000

Restating what the 2011 Kennedy Center tribute should have said — that Rollins fused late bebop with the earlier masters without a safety net — still reads as the right measure of his place. The mid-1940s Parker/Gillespie/Monk frame makes clear how early he stepped into that conversation as a teenager.

Comment on Another Adventure in Jazz Collecting by Al

Al — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:45:58 +0000

Thanks, Elliot. I’m getting ready to finally tell the story. I wasn’t sure if anyone was still paying attention. 🙂

Comment on Another Adventure in Jazz Collecting by Elliot Graves

Elliot Graves — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:39:25 +0000

Nineteen records in a single box is a neat teaser — looking forward to the full story behind that haul. The photo already makes the wait harder.

Comment on Sonny Rollins by Walter Brooks

Walter Brooks — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:40:08 +0000

The story about bluffing your way into the MoMA show as Bob Porter made me laugh out loud. Eight people at the Half Note watching Sonny play for that table from Sugar Hill sounds like a night you never forget.

Comment on The Records (But Not the Music) Are Over by Trevor Hard

Trevor Hard — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:32:54 +0000

Great to see you are alive and doing well with your passion for jazz and vinyl! Would love to catch up!

– Trevor Hard

Comment on Podcast: John Coltrane Centennial Celebration by Alun Severn

Alun Severn — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:30:57 +0000

I also meant to say that listening closely for the first time in ages to some of those earlier cuts with either Kelly or Garland on piano made me realise how much of a difference it makes when there is a ‘lighter’, swinging pianist in the line-up — the contrast between Trane’s magisterial tone and the chiming swing of either of those players is bewitching.

Comment on Podcast: John Coltrane Centennial Celebration by Alun Severn

Alun Severn — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:23:26 +0000

I couldn’t agree more regarding Trane’s ballad playing. The eponymous ‘Ballads’ (although I don’t think that that is a strictly accurate usage of the term eponymous, is, but you know what I mean) is a high point but so many albums have glorious slow and mid-tempo ballads and I have been exploring a lot of them over the past week or so. I was also playing David Murray’s lovely Japan-only release on DIW from ’89 or ’90, ‘Ballads’, and couldn’t help wondering whether he saw it as a reply to Trane…

Comment on Sonny Rollins on Art by robber game

robber game — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:53:50 +0000

That interview finally explains why his improvisation feels so chaotic but perfect at the same time. Honestly, most people just listen to the volume instead of the phrasing, which is why it always sounds like a different song every night.

Comment on Podcast: John Coltrane Centennial Celebration by Al

Al — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:55:31 +0000

Hey, Tim. Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for listening. I’m with you on the ballad playing.