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Allen Michie
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Jazz and arts critic for Artsfuse.org, record collector, record salesman on Discogs (Blythe Amusement), manager of the Miles Davis Discussion Group on Facebook, and administrator of Jazztodon.com for Mastodon. I'm a higher education administrator in the great city of Austin, Texas. You can read my reviews and articles at allenmichie.medium.com.

What was the most unexpected combination of jazz musicians you ever heard?

A complete, slanderous, bullshit lie from Chat GPT.

#ai #blues

"My theory on why he likes the dictators so much is that's who he is."

-- former Trump White House Chief of Staff John Kelly

Jazztodon artist of the week: Greg Osby! An in-demand sideman and a co-founder of the M-Base Collective, Osby was also a notable member of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition band. "I'd like to be regarded as provocateur and an experimentalist. What I do is based upon the greater aspects of sound, structure, and science as well as intuition, intellect and the human spirit."

#jazz #gregosby

http://www.gregosby.com

nostr:npub1vuag09u3hdncn8e08hz4smt2dpu83e7epupzf4v5wxtgga8dmqsspqkm9m Their album Flight Path is one of my favorites in my vinyl collection. It is impeccably recorded and mastered. Listen to Charlie Rouse’s gorgeous tone on tenor on If I Should Lose You.

https://youtu.be/b0otPCyqnwY

nostr:npub1tahj53s3wxp8ky3tr5chmahph68l4vkhwam665dx03k2sy2d46qst34mlz Agreed,@a@favorite of mine as well. Rudy Van Gelderā€s studio at its best.

Jazztodon artist of the week: Sphere! A jazz super-group of #kennybarron on piano, #charlierouse on tenor, #benriley on drums, and #busterwilliams on bass, this group put out seven critically acclaimed albums between 1982 and 1997. They played tribute to #theloniusmonk on many tracks (naturally, with Charlie Rouse in the band), but they quickly developed their own unique sound.

#jazz #sphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1_OuG6jfJk