Hello again,

1. I hadn't read my profile comments for some time and currently, they feel rather prescient. I'm a physician/academic at Michigan though I will someday soon leave both medicine and academia and will take up something more compatible with becoming a single, adoptive parent.

2. Thank you for collaborating with Helene LaFaro on a memoir of Scott LaFaro - I thoroughly enjoy the many, many pieces that you have cataloged on your site but I would deeply appreciate a longer-form consideration of this marvelous musician.

3. Jazz. The 1960's. Admittedly, I am slightly (or perhaps not merely slightly) envious that you were able to see live performance from these musicians who I can readily listen to, but otherwise exist as a near myth for me. That said, I celebrated my fortieth birthday by taking my first vacation, a vacation that included seeing Ken Vandermark, and I think, rather than dreaming about the mythological past of jazz, I shall immerse myself more often in the many fine jazz musicians currently performing.

My best to you (and your project),
Rob.

posted by ryab at 11:33 pm (EST) on May 8, 2008

Where's that LT icon / flavicon? Time to get after one of your LT gremlins!

We have a favicon! Is it not showing up for you? Next to the URL?

posted by ablachly at 4:21 pm (EST) on May 2, 2008

I think Amazon closes review posting until the book actually comes out. I wouldn't worry about it though - as long as you've posted it on LibraryThing, you're all set!

Best,
Abby

posted by ablachly at 3:40 pm (EST) on May 2, 2008

My gracious - first, my thanks for your comment and much thanks for your Scott LaFaro site. I have a special love for the double bass and of course Scott LaFaro, during his brief career, re-imagined the melodic possibilities of the bass. I have frequently visited your site and I am quite grateful to your extensive efforts at documenting LaFaro's contributions to jazz.

I also love Eric Dolphy, another exemplary jazz musician who died early, and, though I have extensive recordings of Dolphy in his final year, I would have loved to have seen him in performance as you have.

Lastly, perhaps someday I shall track down a copy of the illustrious T. Monk Time magazine cover but, for now, I am grateful that its contents are readily available online (http://www.howardm.net/tsmonk/tsmonk3.php).

My great thanks - it is wonderful to hear from another person who listens to jazz.
Rob.

posted by ryab at 7:10 am (EST) on May 2, 2008

Hello Charles, thanks for connecting with me. And hello neighbor -- just noticed you're from the metro Atlanta area as I am. I live in Rome, where do you live? You have the largest number of books I have ever seen here. Be sure to re-read Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Of course not everyone reads it regularly as I do! :-) Sincerely, Thomas

posted by sonshi at 8:01 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2008