Blue Note Records: The Biography - Richard Cook

The problem with this book:

"Now! (1969), with its gang of cooing vocalists, and the bleary Head On (1971) suggests a disastrous downturn in his abilities, and until a magnificent return to straight-ahead music in the eighties and nineties, it seemed as if Hutcherson's capacity to play up to his strengths had deserted him."

Yeah, I disagree.

Set List - August 27, 2012

Shepp, Archie - Coral Rock - Coral Rock - America

Hutcherson, Bobby - Prints Tie - San Francisco - Blue Note
Burton, Gary - The Sunset Bell - Gary Burton Quartet in Concert - RCA
Rendell, Don - On the Way/Antibes - Space Walk - EMI
Stitt, Sonny - Ghost of a Chance - Constellation - Cobblestone
Hubbard, Freddie - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - First Light - CTI
Freeman, George - Free Man - Franticdiagnosis - Bam-Boo
Freeman, George - Groovy Lady - Man & Woman - Groove Merchant
Jamal, Khan - Pure Energy - Give the Vibes Some - Palm
Sounds Of Liberation - New Horizons I - Sounds Of Liberation - Dogtown
Foster, Ronnie - Cheshire Cat - Cheshire Cat - Blue Note

Set List - August 20, 2012

Giuffre, Jimmy 3 - In the Morning Out There - Fusion - ECM
Giuffre, Jimmy 3 - Temporarily - Thesis - ECM
Evans, Gil - Just One of Those Things - Gil Evans and Ten - Prestige
Jarrett, Keith - Eveything that Lives Laments - Mysteries - Impulse!
Jarrett, Keith - Rose Petals - Shades - Impulse!
Reece, Dizzy - Ackmet - Asia Minor - New Jazz
Lasha, Prince & Sonny Simmons - Psalms of Solomon - Firebirds - Contemporary
Hill, Andrew - Subterfuge - Black Fire - Blue Note
Paterson, Don and Booker Ervin - S'bout Time - The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson - Prestige
Jones, Ivan "Boogaloo" - Dream On Little Dreamer - Boogaloo Joe - Prestige
Jones, Ivan "Boogaloo" - Right On - Right On Brother - Prestige
Criss, Sonny - Sonny's Dream - Sonny's Dream (Birth of a New Cool) - Prestige

Set List - August 13, 2012

Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble - Psych City - Hard Luck Soul - Aragorn
Tchicai, John - Lakshmi - Afrodisiaca - MPS
Earland, Charles - Suite For Martin Luther King - Part. 1 - Offering - Kharma - Prestige
Daniels, Eddie - The Path - Brief Encounters - Muse
Willis, Larry - Inner Crisis - Inner Crisis - Groove Merchant
Owens, Frank - Freddie's Dead - Brown 'n Serve - Encounter
Hubbard, Dave - T.B.'s Delight - Dave Hubbard - Mainstream
Hubbard, Freddie - Straight Life - Straight Life - CTI
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Life Force - Humility in the Light of the Creator - Delmark
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Ismac - Kalaparusha - Trio
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Untitled Jam - Live - Lovere, June 16th, 1979 - Boot

Kids Of The Black Hole: Punk Rock In Postsuburban California - Dewar MacLeod

This book was more scholarly that you normally get out of the punk rock book genre but not so scholarly that I was bored with it.  The book dealt mainly with the suburbs' effect on punk rock and hardcore and what hapenned when non-artist teenagers started getting involved.  The book ended with Black Flag but that's really just the beginning.  Worth reading.

Jad Fair @ Gallery Wolfy Part II

The kids and I went on a bus adventure to this art opening and then took the bus out to mom's work and then went back to the art opening.  What a night.  I loved every bit of what I saw there and would like to see more art from Mr. Fair.  The kids dug it too although they didn't really want to speak to the artist after their introduction.  Star struck, shy or little punks?  You decide.   

Set List - August 6, 2012

Drew, Kenny and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - My Shining Hour - Duo 2 - SteepleChase

Drew, Kenny Trio - All Blues - Dark Beauty - Inner City
Human Arts Ensemble - Hazrat, The Sufi - Under the Sun - Arista
Hill, Andrew - Blue Black - Neferetiti - Inner City
Kloss, Eric - Love Will Take Us There - Essence - Muse
Evans, Bill - Kunkallero - The Bill Evans Album - Columbia
Earland, Charles - Killer Joe - Living Black! - Prestige
Mingus, Charles - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Side 2) - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Impulse!