my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

Bumpin’ that

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Giving away this idea to someone who’ll write this piece: “It Already Happened A Long Time Ago: Ambient Jazz on ECM 197?-198?” #ambientjazz

A real banger

On this day, 1997: Drummer Tony Williams dies, aged just 51. Here's one of his finest moments, on his own composition Black Comedy, recorded May 16, 1968 with Wayne Shorter- ts, Herbie Hancock- p, Ron Carter- d. From the LP 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘬𝘺.
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis

Bumpin’ that youtu.be/eVnSAeM1MC0?...

Marveling at the consistently upheld balance of weirdness and restraint on display in these performances… never tips too far in either direction. Masterful.

Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
Bill Evans – piano
Jimmy Garrison – bass
Paul Motian – drums

This is one doozy of a paragraph. From Jon Hasell’s liner notes to VERNAL EQUINOX

We’re only two weeks in.

“Trans-Love Airways” Don Cherry, from RELATIVITY SUITE (1973)

One of many great Charlie Haden bass solos.

“Katerina Ballerina,” Woody Shaw from UNITED (1981)
Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn
Steve Turre - trombone
Mulgrew Miller - piano
Stafford James - bass
Tony Reedus - drums

“An effective teacher can have his own strong convictions, yet feel it an obligation to expose his pupils to esthetic doctrines and technical procedures with which he himself may not be in particular sympathy, but which seem right for the pupil. Here is the opposite of the author-itarian…”

Also reading… also a slog

Been reading… “Combray” was a slog. “Swann In Love” picks it up a bit. Proust writes almost exclusively in run-on sentences. Tough read.