Archives for December 11, 2012

On his New England Public Radio blog, Tom Reney’s new post on Charlie Parker includes Lee Konitz material for which he credits Rifftides. I thank Tom, but I thank him more for including a clip of Lee Konitz talking about what it was like to work and travel with Bird in their mutual Stan Kenton days of the 1950s. To hear Konitz on Parker, go here. The clip is at the end of the piece.

Journalist and occasional Rifftides commenter Ken Dryden (pictured) works nationally and lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Among other activities, he conducts a radio program. Mr. Dryden sent an alert to a special edition of his show remembering Dave Brubeck. If you are one of the unfortunate millions who do not live within broadcast earshot of Chattanooga, there’s good news; Ken’s show will be streamed tomorrow evening on the web. Here is his announcement.

Please join me for Dziekuje, Dave: A Remembrance of Dave Brubeck, on Wednesday, Dec. 12th on WUTC-FM. The two hour special will begin approximately at 8:18 to 8:20 pm Eastern Time, following the local news feature “Round & About.” Drawn from my music library and archives, it will include a number of Brubeck’s recordings, interview excerpts and even a few performances that you’ve never before heard. It will be webcast live at www.wutc.org, go to the website then click on “Listen Live” in the top left corner.

The WUTC site has posted an article previewing Dryden’s show.