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Doug Fischer
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Jazz fan, writer, editor, newspaper survivor, riverman.
"There must be some kind of way out of here ..."
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The Mark Langston era in Montreal.
May 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Pick 'em:
Lee Morgan, Live at the Lighthouse
Miles Davis Quintet, Live at the Plugged Nickel
March 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
That explains it. Thanks.
March 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Mingus Ah Um
Coltrane, A Love Supreme
Lee Morgan, Live at the Lighthouse
February 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Impossible question, really, but I'll play along: Fables of Faubus from Mingus Ah Um
February 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
... and Bobby Orr
February 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Dolphy, but it's close. That Clifford-Roach album is a classic.
January 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM

Ouagoudougou, Clifford Jordan; The Sixth Sense, Lee Morgan; Helen Butte/Mr. FreedomX, Miles Davis; Just One of Those Things, Freddie Hubbard; Boston Bernie, Dexter Gordon
January 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Just for fun I made a playlist of the five representative pieces you list in TT 478 and played them while I exercised. Later I noticed the Amazon Music algorithm had come up with five suggestions based on your list. Not sure how these algorithms work but here they are:
January 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Reposted by Doug Fischer
We are also in a political/media environment in which the legacy media titles like the Globe and Mail still carry heft, but they are not where people in their 20s or even 30s turn to be politically informed. The people who run campaigns pay attention to the Globe and Mail. The people who vote don’t.
January 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Reposted by Doug Fischer
It is shocking that politicians complained about this important work out of utter ignorance.

More shocking that the film's TV premiere was cancelled.

Shame on TVO, shame on Minister Freeland.

Watch the damn film and let's discuss it - that's how democracy and free speech work.
December 14, 2024 at 1:17 AM