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Gary Kennedy

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Former chronicler of jazz lives. Not sure what happened.

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · Aug 13

Guitarist Pat Metheny requests that “fusion” not be used in reference to his music; he prefers the term “Big Wave," explaining: “It's a combination of New Wave and surfing music." ("Potpourri," DownBeat, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Feb. 1980), p. 12)

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 4h

Them:
I saw you at the art show at the library taking pictures.

Me:
Yeah the stairwell reminded me of the previous two shots on the roll which were of the interior of my microwave.

Them:
youtu.be/Yl566b2__Qw?...

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 5h

The case is submitted.

My prediction is that Section 2 is overturned, 6-3 Kav majority, saying that the Section 2 still *exists* but isn't allowed to do anything.

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Leaving FilmStruck @leavingfilmstrk.bsky.social · 5h

Criterion January releases.

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 5h

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 7h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 5h

welcome. It's this one ecmrecords.com/product/the-...

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 5h

Central Pennsylvanian here. They are incredibly Eastern Pensylvanian. Western PA is a whole different vibe.

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · 6h

Still stunned by D’Angelo’s departure. Grateful for the brilliant musical legacy he bequeathed to us. I thought it worth re-posting this meditation on black music and black mortality. www.newyorker.com/news/daily-c...

Hip-Hop at Fifty: An Elegy

A generation is still dying younger than it should—this time, of “natural causes.”

www.newyorker.com

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 6h

I really want everyone to know about this book of poetry

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 6h

I'm fascinated by how much louder the trains sound in colder months/air. They sound like distant hi-pitched singing in the warmer months, but once it starts getting colder they sound like a low-pitched drone with oscillating overtones.

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

Maybe on the Vijay Iyer trios on ACT? He's also on one of the Chris Potter ECMs iirc: vijayiyer.bandcamp.com/album/accele... or vijayiyer.bandcamp.com/album/histor...

Accelerando, by Vijay Iyer

11 track album

vijayiyer.bandcamp.com

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, whne i first heard the the guitar it threw me. I had to double check that I was hearing the right album.

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks for bring to my attention. She's great. That DG is branching out into Nonesuch territory is interesting, too.

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

I would think so, but maybe knowing when he last used it was enough. Regardless, it's a fantastic little memento to have.

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

I need to hear this one. Bro has never really been a foreground payer in my experience. That he defers to Smith and Gilmore and only provides sporadic commentary is not surprising - to me anyway. Gilmore's great isn't he? Did you know his grandfather is Roy Haynes?

Have you heard?:

Trio of Bloom, by Craig Taborn, Nels Cline, Marcus Gilmore

11 track album

trioofbloom.bandcamp.com

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The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social · 7h

“I suspect that there is no serious scholar who doesn’t like to watch television. I’m just the only one who confesses.” —Umberto Eco
buff.ly/3r2gBsA

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

thanks

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

The drummer Tony Levin's recording list from his webpage: www.tonylevin.org/category/rec...

Recordings – Tony Levin

www.tonylevin.org

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing? I fixed the Wheeler album, and did a quick scroll through the bassist's list and it looks like nothing else is mis-attributed.

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

I wonder if hosted a jazz radio show? I used to keep notes in mine so I wouldn't play the same songs/albums week to week.

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 7h

FYI - Kenny Wheeler record - Dream Sequence - is the drummer not the bass player/stick player.

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 8h

Ah, different Tony Levin! I'm talking about the late Tony Levin, the drummer: www.theguardian.com/music/2011/f...

Tony Levin obituary

Respected jazz drummer who helped break the mould

www.theguardian.com

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 8h

Who or what is Beat?

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 8h

It's also good to see his webpage is still available. Makes it easy to track some of his work/recordings

Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, lots. I probably heard him on some other things prior to this, but I "discovered" him through his work in Mujician - a free improv group - back in the early 2000s www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/mu...

MUJICIAN | CUNEIFORM RECORDS