Returning New England Conservatory family members Carl Atkins & Rachel Z joined a confluence of Wayne Shorter life experience tonight that included Jerry Bergonzi, Ethan Iverson and NEC's talented students under Ken Schaphorst guidance. A remarkable evening.

You can pick only one: Liebman, Mintzer, Berg, or Brecker.

I’m digging these great books by Glenn Kenny

This piece contains the sentence 'As usual, Vince was right,' so course I'm RTing it. Also, it's great.

NEW: Mission: Impossible and Frederick Forsyth

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I’m in a small town. Stopped by the tiny library to kill an hour. Took down Tarantino’s CINEMA SPECULATION from the display and looked at the chapter on DIRTY HARRY. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever read

Ethan's right that Henry Mancini's 'Nothing to Lose' hasn't found its way into popular culture or jazz like other Mancini tunes. Still, I can think of two contemporary jazz versions. Saxophonist Cory Weeds with the Jeff Hamilton Trio (Hendelman/Luty). 2016 youtube.com/watch?v=G1hIH7…

Ethan’s posts on the Henry Mancini Centennial are simply to die for.

Henry Mancini was my first musical obsession: as a small child, before I knew anything about any kind of music, the one thing I knew is that I absolutely ADORED the music of Henry Mancini.

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I like waking up early and going to the airport for the first flight out

Defending people who wouldn't defend you if your circumstances were reversed is a feature, not a bug, of having actual principles

This great, a one-woman skit about fonts. Very accurate

This is old but new to me. Kind of incredible. youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJN…

Tennis, anyone? That's the question audiences are asking after seeing the trailer for the new 'Love' triangle flick 'Challengers'. And it seems director Luca Guadagnino has 'served' up another spicy one, but will it be 'game, set and match' with movie lovers or will it be 'out'?