Thomas Venetis
@gaudierjazz.bsky.social
Writer, editor and collector of books, and jazz and modern classical music enthusiast.
The nights are growing longer, the weather colder, and snow has begun to fall. It feels right to read Hesiod and listen to the Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall.
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The nights are growing longer, the weather colder, and snow has begun to fall. It feels right to read Hesiod and listen to the Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall.
For this evening, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars and David Markson's Vanishing Point.
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For this evening, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars and David Markson's Vanishing Point.
With the first snowfall of the season, best to listen this evening to Gene Ammons on Prestige.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
With the first snowfall of the season, best to listen this evening to Gene Ammons on Prestige.
A new addition to my Wagner collection and tonight's listening choice will be Leo Smith's Divine Love on ECM, featuring Dwight Andrews, Bobby Naughton, Charlie Haden, Lester Bowie, and Kenny Wheeler.
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A new addition to my Wagner collection and tonight's listening choice will be Leo Smith's Divine Love on ECM, featuring Dwight Andrews, Bobby Naughton, Charlie Haden, Lester Bowie, and Kenny Wheeler.
Enjoying Glenn Gould's performance of Brahms' Ballades, Op. 10, and Rhapsodies, Op. 79, followed by Horace's Odes and Epodes.
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Enjoying Glenn Gould's performance of Brahms' Ballades, Op. 10, and Rhapsodies, Op. 79, followed by Horace's Odes and Epodes.
For this evening's listening and reading.
September 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
For this evening's listening and reading.
Enjoying the evening with a Japanese pressing of Thelma Gracen put out by Emarcy/Mercury Records.
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Enjoying the evening with a Japanese pressing of Thelma Gracen put out by Emarcy/Mercury Records.
As summer winds down and work wraps up, I'm diving back into music and reading, starting here:
September 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
As summer winds down and work wraps up, I'm diving back into music and reading, starting here:
Vassily Aksyonov, was one of the finest post World World II novelists from Russia. The Burn (Ozhog), with its anarchic mix of memory, fantasy, and traditional Russian realism, charts many a Russian's responses to their homeland.
July 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Vassily Aksyonov, was one of the finest post World World II novelists from Russia. The Burn (Ozhog), with its anarchic mix of memory, fantasy, and traditional Russian realism, charts many a Russian's responses to their homeland.
But the “doctrine” of a thinker is that which, within what is said, remains unsaid, that to which we are exposed so that we might expend ourselves on it. - Plato's Doctrine of Truth
July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
But the “doctrine” of a thinker is that which, within what is said, remains unsaid, that to which we are exposed so that we might expend ourselves on it. - Plato's Doctrine of Truth
For tonight, Sweet and Lovely with The Buddy De Franco Quintet.
July 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For tonight, Sweet and Lovely with The Buddy De Franco Quintet.
Relaxing this evening with Abbey Lincoln and reading Kojeve's study The Notion of Authority which should be read alongside Agamben's State of Exception.
July 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Relaxing this evening with Abbey Lincoln and reading Kojeve's study The Notion of Authority which should be read alongside Agamben's State of Exception.
Happy to have this now in my library: The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence published by Manchester University Press.
June 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Happy to have this now in my library: The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence published by Manchester University Press.
Anthony Braxton's Trio and Duet features David Holland, Leo Smith and Richard Teitelbaum, recorded on Sackville Recordings operated by John Norris and Bill Smith who also published the great CODA magazine.
June 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Anthony Braxton's Trio and Duet features David Holland, Leo Smith and Richard Teitelbaum, recorded on Sackville Recordings operated by John Norris and Bill Smith who also published the great CODA magazine.
Today is Bloomsday. I have multiple editions of Ulysses in my home library. This Penguin printing has been with me since my final year of high school. A cherished companion through many readings of Joyce's novel.
June 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today is Bloomsday. I have multiple editions of Ulysses in my home library. This Penguin printing has been with me since my final year of high school. A cherished companion through many readings of Joyce's novel.
For this evening: Ahmad Jamal Trio At The Pershing - But Not For Me, from Quality Records for Canada.
June 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For this evening: Ahmad Jamal Trio At The Pershing - But Not For Me, from Quality Records for Canada.
Looking forward to listening to Philly Joe Jones' Dameronia and reading Paul Valery's Monsieur Teste, translated by Charlotte Mandell in this NYRB Classics edition.
June 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Looking forward to listening to Philly Joe Jones' Dameronia and reading Paul Valery's Monsieur Teste, translated by Charlotte Mandell in this NYRB Classics edition.
Listening tonight to Andrew Hill with Kenny Dorham, Eric Dolphy, Joe Henderson, Richard Davis and Anthony Williams.
May 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Listening tonight to Andrew Hill with Kenny Dorham, Eric Dolphy, Joe Henderson, Richard Davis and Anthony Williams.
I did not mind this past weekend's weather kept everyone indoors. I had great company to spend that time with.
May 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I did not mind this past weekend's weather kept everyone indoors. I had great company to spend that time with.
Will enjoy the evening with Paper Man led by Charles Tolliver with Gary Bartz, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Joe Chambers, and Paul Morand's wonderfully unconventional autobiography Venices.
May 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Will enjoy the evening with Paper Man led by Charles Tolliver with Gary Bartz, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Joe Chambers, and Paul Morand's wonderfully unconventional autobiography Venices.
Once this workday ends, I'll settle down with The Modern Jazz Quartet's Prestige recordings and this volume of Foucault essays.
May 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Once this workday ends, I'll settle down with The Modern Jazz Quartet's Prestige recordings and this volume of Foucault essays.
Settling into the evening with Tamami Koyake and Edmund Wilson.
May 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Settling into the evening with Tamami Koyake and Edmund Wilson.
Gadamer and Castoriadis offering two approaches for understanding early Greek philosophical thought and thinkers.
April 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Gadamer and Castoriadis offering two approaches for understanding early Greek philosophical thought and thinkers.
Listening today to Any Old Time with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, featuring vocals by Lena Horne, Billie Holiday and Helen Forrest.
April 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Listening today to Any Old Time with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, featuring vocals by Lena Horne, Billie Holiday and Helen Forrest.
For this quiet Easter Monday: Crossings with Red Garland, Ron Carter and Philly Joe Jones.
April 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
For this quiet Easter Monday: Crossings with Red Garland, Ron Carter and Philly Joe Jones.