11:16 am - Jan 6, 2022 ( 1 )
Feels good to have the rowing done for the day. Used this:
On to ergometer repair down at the boathouse.
Moments
A cold walk in the dark tonight.
At home today it was obscure Chet Baker and then a few hours of this treasure.
Out walking I took MBV to try and stave off the cold.
But I should have taken this…
Because I ran across this…
I’ve listened to this album four times today. Ted Curson’s trumpet playing is a revelation to me. I will be seeking out more of his recordings. Fire.
It’s been an awesome day for listening. Pharoah Sander’s latest. A ton of random jazz selections from my collection, and this gem from 1957.
The soloing is fantastic, and what do you know, it’s got Julien Priester.
Sound bite for KJHK FM id check this morning.
Mom: What happens if I listen to jazz in the car?
Toddler: I will turn into an old man.
Ouch.
First 15K day.
Day 4 of prep for this year’s holiday challenge. Ramping up the mileage for a tough attempt. Last year I rowed to beat the Concept 2 200,000 meter challenge for the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned.
I was just extremely early for my Thursday doctor’s appointment. I guess I’ll hit the voting line a bit earlier than I thought.
It’s a bit gloomy here. The rest of the town appears to be missing.
2:38 pm - Oct 13, 2020 ( 2 )
Currently basking in the good news that my COVID-19 test came back negative. The creeping crud I’ve had that prompted the test seems to be relenting a bit as well.
This new release from The Kronos Quartet is filling in the afternoon nicely.
I awoke this morning at 4 a.m. in my new apartment in Lawrence, KS. I guess it’s official now. Or is it official when everything I own isn’t randomly spread about on the floor?
Looking forward to great new experiences in #LFK.
This morning it’s Jon Batiste.
I’m letting the Classic Quintet handle my morning. The “apostrophe” albums.
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones.
Cookin’, Relaxin’, Workin’, and Steamin’. (Walkin‘ is a bit of something else.)
Listening to Jazz with Susan Gatschet on KUVO Denver.
Enjoying this excellent album…
… while I look forward to the arrival of this one.
Keeping it simple today with Grant Green – First Session. Recorded three months after my birth.
Challenging and rewarding. Listening to David Bond, Dewey Redman & Modular Dynamics.
In addition to listening to late-period Count Basie today, I got hold of another favorite from my vinyl collection. Sophisticated Giant was Dexter Gordon‘s first American studio album after fourteen years as an expat in Europe.
There’s a beautiful rendition of Laura and the ensemble playing on Red Top is very fine. This recording also cemented Woody Shaw as one of my all-time favorite trumpet players.
Listening to Woody Shaw – Blackstone Legacy. This won’t be for everybody but it sounds just like my brain right now. It sounds like strife.
Listening to the audio-book version of Michael Lewis’s The Fifth Risk. Confirming and infuriating.
An installment of my Library of America subscription arrived today. Melville. I should be able to rip through this in no-time.
What a listening spread today. There was more but these are the highlights.
Maceo Parker – Cooking With Maceo 
Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways 
Paul Thorn – Pimps and Preachers 
Christian Sands – Be Water
Fine playing. Jeff Hamilton is one of my favorites. Going to be a good morning.
Enjoying another amazing food share from my friend Will Leathem. The man can cook it up!
I just had a wonderful phone conversation with a friend from back in my New Jersey youth. Someone I haven’t seen since I was about 14-15 years old. It was the easiest thing in the world. Friends online now friends again in the direct sense. Reach out.
Well, it’s 5:06 PM here in Kansas City and I just completed my morning workout session. 93º Not skippy.
Subdivision off my walking route. You can paint your house any color you want as long as it’s…
AM walk. I should know what kind of flowers these are but I don’t.
Yesterday these were covered with beautiful blue flowers and I failed to get a picture. Today, they look more like…me.
9:07 pm - Jul 4, 2020 ( 1 )
I got a wonderful last-minute invite to come and share some of Will Leathem‘s and Leslie Everingham-Jones‘s Paella.
They may be sorry they had me over as there wasn’t much food left by the time I got through eating. Left with cookies and homemade apple pie under my arm.
I have such generous friends.
I just completed my slowest 20 min. on the rowing machine in as long as I can remember. So sore. I guess the key word is ‘completed.’
10:51 pm - Jul 2, 2020 ( 1 )
2 x 5K walks, 2 x 20 min on the C2, 100 pushups (cheats), 100 curls.
A very pleasing listen to pre-fame Chuck Mangione this evening. More straight-ahead blowing than what came later. Gerry Niewood’s wonderful soprano sax playing.
I ventured out to walk this morning in what I discovered to be the last hospitable portion of the day. I could feel the humidity, but there was still a decent breeze blowing up the road from the river. About the time I turned around to come back the breeze stopped.
My focus shifted to hoping the light and the heat would leave some of the good parts of my body and soul as it sheared away everything non-essential. No longer a hospitable morning.
Home from an evening walk. 83º so a bit of relief from the day’s heat. I’ve been enjoying walking without earbuds, especially later in the evening when it’s quieter.
Tonight was a little noisier as some folks are beginning to set off their fireworks already.
Now home to choose which of the several books I’ve got going I’ll read until I get sleepy. I’ve got Asimov, Stegner, Updike, and McPhee all well involved.
Today’s walking. Made an attempt with Marilyn around 6 pm. We made it 30 minutes and bailed. Miserable humidity. I tried again just now at 10pm. Still just awful.
Imagine a fine mist of Elmer’s Glue hanging in the air. Gonna be a long summer.
2x6K walks today. Caught the sun on the first one. Caught some funk simmering off Line Creek on the second one.
It seems the fat-tire cruiser bikes are catching on.
This morning, the news checking and 1st coffee are accompanied by a somewhat rare recording. The Hiroshi Fukumura Quintet – Morning Flight, 1973.
There is so much great jazz from Japan that I’ve missed.
9:40 pm - Jun 14, 2020 ( 1 )
2 5Ks today. One around 1 pm and another around 8 pm. I’ve been doing my walks without earbuds recently to see if the different kind of quiet allows me a better quality of thinking.