Don't make promises you can't keep

Title to this post provided by the late, great, under appreciated folk singer Tim Hardin.

Looking ahead to this week I am going to wrap up some loose ends and fulfill those promises I've made earlier to: post the music of the Great Black Music Ensemble doing a tribute to Fletcher Henderson; talk about Bruce Eisenbeil's Inner Constellation and Joseph Jarman's As If It Were The Seasons (re-release); and continue some discussions and lines of thought that I left dangling in the nether regions of the internet.

One of my primary listening spaces, my desk at work, has been taken from me by a CD drive that appears to have kicked the can. My early morning routine includes listening to at least one recording all the way through and making brief notes of my impressions. Hopefully I'll get the drive figured out this week so I can get back to talking about all the wonderful music people are making these days and in days gone by.

I'll also, lord willing, be seeing Taylor Ho Bynum at Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge. If I can remember my camera I'll take some pictures and definitely post some thoughts on the music. I look forward to picking up his new release as well.

AAJ has a belated but excellent tribute to Leroy Jenkins, a collection of quotes from his musical peers.

It's always interesting to hear from someone who runs a small label documenting creative music and jazz. This interview with Cryptogramophone's Jeff Gauthier does just that [via AMN].

In the editorial corrections department, I've been told by a colleague that Henry Threadgill is back living in NYC, not still in India as I speculated earlier.

Fecund Spring appears to have finally sprung here in Chicago, although I say it with hesitation. Winter has been hesitant to lose its grip on us this year.