Gary Kennedy
@jazzsnob99.bsky.social
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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OK so this concept of 'interpassivity', which this author dates to the 90s, is exactly what Attali wrote about in 1977's NOISE as "repetition", or stockpiling hordes of use-time that you never actually use
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From Interactive to Interpassive
Where AI Art Meets Cognitive Offloading
There is the joke about AI: we wanted robots to do our dishes so we could have time to make art, but we got robots that make art while we do the dishes. We can...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
OK so this concept of 'interpassivity', which this author dates to the 90s, is exactly what Attali wrote about in 1977's NOISE as "repetition", or stockpiling hordes of use-time that you never actually use
mail.cyberneticforests.com/from-interac...
mail.cyberneticforests.com/from-interac...
Clyde Hart's All Stars: Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Trummy Young (tb, vo), Charlie Parker (as), Don Byas (ts), Clyde Hart (p), Mike Bryan (g), Specs Powell (d), Rubberlegs Williams (vo).
New York City, January 4, 1945.
youtu.be/Hg0Jnx-bSNw?...
New York City, January 4, 1945.
youtu.be/Hg0Jnx-bSNw?...
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Clyde Hart's All Stars: Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Trummy Young (tb, vo), Charlie Parker (as), Don Byas (ts), Clyde Hart (p), Mike Bryan (g), Specs Powell (d), Rubberlegs Williams (vo).
New York City, January 4, 1945.
youtu.be/Hg0Jnx-bSNw?...
New York City, January 4, 1945.
youtu.be/Hg0Jnx-bSNw?...
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ca. 1969 Horace Tapscott Quintet "The Giant is Awakened"
Horace Tapscott - piano
Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr. - bass
Everett Brown Jr. - drums
#Jazz #avant-garde #CulturallySignificant
Horace Tapscott - piano
Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr. - bass
Everett Brown Jr. - drums
#Jazz #avant-garde #CulturallySignificant
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
ca. 1969 Horace Tapscott Quintet "The Giant is Awakened"
Horace Tapscott - piano
Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr. - bass
Everett Brown Jr. - drums
#Jazz #avant-garde #CulturallySignificant
Horace Tapscott - piano
Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr. - bass
Everett Brown Jr. - drums
#Jazz #avant-garde #CulturallySignificant
now playing [digital download - 16/44.1 FLAC]
storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
The Continental Sessions, Vol. 1, by Various Artists
25 track album
storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
now playing [digital download - 16/44.1 FLAC]
storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
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Spent a rainy afternoon getting stuck into the Derek Bailey biog. The trick is to skip most of the linking passages and just read DB's own lengthy and fascinating accounts of his life, particularly his early life growing up in Sheffield. Avant-garde proles. You can't beat them.
Also, been in that Huddersfield today taking advantage of alumni status at the Uni to use their splendid library to save myself a few quid and indulge in a little light reading before Christmas. Derek and Edwin.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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good morning [cd - Timeless CBC-1-069]
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
good morning [cd - Timeless CBC-1-069]
apropos of nothing: youtu.be/h16DmdQvxB0?...
Dave Mason - We Just Disagree (Audio)
YouTube video by DaveMasonVEVO
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
apropos of nothing: youtu.be/h16DmdQvxB0?...
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The next day always loomed and stained the present with premonitions of what would happen tomorrow.
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The next day always loomed and stained the present with premonitions of what would happen tomorrow.
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
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Did you know that only white women made photos between 1900 and 1975? I write about the history of photography, and it's news to me.
Women Photographers 1900 to 1975: A Legacy of Light – in pictures
Women Photographers 1900 to 1975: A Legacy of Light – in pictures
The new NGV exhibition honours the photographic practices of more than 80 female artists working between 1900 and 1975
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Did you know that only white women made photos between 1900 and 1975? I write about the history of photography, and it's news to me.
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We spent all morning at St Agnes Leisure Park.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We spent all morning at St Agnes Leisure Park.
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The academic library version of this is when books are primarily either digitized or in offsite storage and delivered by request. In conventional stacks, even when you know exactly what you're going to get, you still at least see some other items and become aware of things you might not know about.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The academic library version of this is when books are primarily either digitized or in offsite storage and delivered by request. In conventional stacks, even when you know exactly what you're going to get, you still at least see some other items and become aware of things you might not know about.
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We at the Review mourn the loss of Tom Stoppard (1937–2025). In celebration of his life and work, we’ve unlocked his Art of Theater interview from the archive. buff.ly/0waMbzK
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We at the Review mourn the loss of Tom Stoppard (1937–2025). In celebration of his life and work, we’ve unlocked his Art of Theater interview from the archive. buff.ly/0waMbzK
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Fellini: “It is natural that when a person is being totally honest, he shouldn’t be understood. Lies are understood by everyone.”
An incredibly poignant moment in 8 1/2, hidden away without explanation.
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Yes. No.
Looks like I’m definitely stuck teaching my Films on Film course again next year, but it’s no tragedy, I enjoy it and I can swap out the films each time. I suspect though that I’l…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Fellini: “It is natural that when a person is being totally honest, he shouldn’t be understood. Lies are understood by everyone.”
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everyone hates Nazis until it’s time to quit Substack
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
everyone hates Nazis until it’s time to quit Substack
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Young Chico Freeman with a magnificent band
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Young Chico Freeman with a magnificent band
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Saturday Shuggie
youtu.be/sbhIZe3smr0
youtu.be/sbhIZe3smr0
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 (Audio)
YouTube video by ShuggieOtisVEVO
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Saturday Shuggie
youtu.be/sbhIZe3smr0
youtu.be/sbhIZe3smr0
now playing [lp - Capricorn CPN-0198]
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
now playing [lp - Capricorn CPN-0198]
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And then the bit where BW plays him Beefhearts (well Zoot Horn Rollo's) One Red Road That I Mean off Decals and DB recognises it immediately as a written piece and then goes off into this wonderful extemporisation on roller skating Music Hall accordion players in the 30s which BW clearly doesn't get
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And then the bit where BW plays him Beefhearts (well Zoot Horn Rollo's) One Red Road That I Mean off Decals and DB recognises it immediately as a written piece and then goes off into this wonderful extemporisation on roller skating Music Hall accordion players in the 30s which BW clearly doesn't get
short profile of Juhani Aaltonen in latest New York City Jazz Record
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November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
short profile of Juhani Aaltonen in latest New York City Jazz Record
(cc: @alanburns.bsky.social)
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(cc: @alanburns.bsky.social)
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now playing [cd - DG 453 478-2] (the "that's enough blues-based boogie rock for now" edition)
info: www.discogs.com/release/3130...
info: www.discogs.com/release/3130...
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
now playing [cd - DG 453 478-2] (the "that's enough blues-based boogie rock for now" edition)
info: www.discogs.com/release/3130...
info: www.discogs.com/release/3130...
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One of the (many) great Ellington records. When my kids were little and taking lessons on Saturday’s I got to visit with Jeff Castleman (bass on a few cuts here) who was selling pianos at the time.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
One of the (many) great Ellington records. When my kids were little and taking lessons on Saturday’s I got to visit with Jeff Castleman (bass on a few cuts here) who was selling pianos at the time.
Good morning/today's listening - taking a break from my usual jazz diet. To be played in album release order. I may not play the fifth CD "Tight Shoes"
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Good morning/today's listening - taking a break from my usual jazz diet. To be played in album release order. I may not play the fifth CD "Tight Shoes"
@profanity.accountant - Just because I'm curious
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@profanity.accountant - Just because I'm curious
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This panel from 1985 never gets old.
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This panel from 1985 never gets old.
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There is something genuinely comforting in the fact that 75 years after a shy, depressive Midwesterner started drawing simple comic strips that within a commercial format expressed his distinct experience of the world, a museum dedicated to that work draws a large, joyful international crowd.
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There is something genuinely comforting in the fact that 75 years after a shy, depressive Midwesterner started drawing simple comic strips that within a commercial format expressed his distinct experience of the world, a museum dedicated to that work draws a large, joyful international crowd.