Above: two great pianists with a wonderful new record and an extremely rare chance to see them live on two great pianos. I'll be there.
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I visited the Jazz Record Center a couple of days ago. I'm surprised how many people don't know this store. It has CDs, but it's real strengths are just about every jazz DVD and easily the best jazz book selection in New York, including expensive discographies and scholarly tomes usually found only in libraries. It also has new and used LPs: I picked up Lee Konitz's Figure and Spirit (1976 w/Ted Brown, Albert Dailey, Rufus Reid, and Joe Chambers) for $8. Good record -- Lee in particular is really "on." Interesting to hear Tristano heads played with that rhythm section...
Anyway, Fred Cohen has run JRC for 25 years - let's please keep him in business. He's a nice, helpful guy to0. I was looking for literature on Lester Young and he pulled apart half the store for me.
