Voltron

On Sunday, we saw McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, and Geri Allen play seriatim in reverse order along with McCoy's drummer and bass player. They are going to tour together this summer, and this was a kind of warm-up. The sad part was that they wanted McCoy to come out and "say a few words" before each of the other's short set. He shuffled out very slowly and didn't seem to notice Geri Allen was walking out behind him after the intro by SF Jazz artistic director Randall Kline. McCoy's initial comments were cryptic and he mainly said he was going to do the best he can and hoped we would enjoy his music. He did not mention Geri Allen or Kenny Barron, and then he started walking over to the piano. Randall Kline came back out to grab McCoy and re-direct him backstage. Geri Allen graciously went to the mic while this was happening and said how proud she was to be able to play with and honor him. The same thing happened when they brought out Kenny Baron and McCoy together, and this time McCoy seemed to think Kenny was introducing him to play. Sad that he seems a bit confused because he is only 76 years old, but they did not do a good job of directing him. Geri Allen is an amazing pianist and I love listening to her play. She took the McCoy Tyner tribute seriously and played three of his pieces beautifully. Kenny Barron is a player I like but do not love. He said his first song was an original composition of his that was inspired by McCoy, then a Eubie Blake song, and then another original composition of his that was "inspired by Charlie Parker . . . and McCoy Tyner." didn't quite fit the mold of the show but he plays well and was entertaining. Gladly, McCoy can still play. He still has a nice touch and a strong left hand, and he seems incredibly happy while playing, which was not always the case in prior shows I have seen. He played Peresina, a song I really like, and three others, one of which was a quick solo. If you have never seen him play and want to add him to your list of greats then go see him this summer or whenever he shows up. It doesn't seem like he will be on the road forever from this experience.

Pretty.

Ooh, fancy looking loaf. Tasty?

California King is really what I need but I fucked up both times and got the regular.

Grahame is not restricted by nations or networks. Grahame is a citizen of the interwebs.

King is the only way to go for me as well.

Want more lamb pics!

Good work Chris. We took down our Mayberry Xmas tree and other decorations today too. The essentially extraneous SF tree came down last weekend.

I don't know why, but I keep chuckling when I think of this post. Part funny, and part affirmation that Shelly still has her sense of humor in an otherwise dark time for her.

Wow, that photo of mountains in France -- Pyrenees I assume -- looks a lot like my brother-in-law's painting of Zabriskie Point in Death Valley but with vegetation and snow. Photos of Zabriskie Point

My point exactly. Drive for an hour and no more "meh."

Go to new Orleans already.

TOO MANY FORMATS. AND NOW MQA APPEARS. FUCK MERIDIAN.

Double Double has nothing to do with coffee here, Iain. Now I'm hungry and want to go to In N Out

Queen is the minimum even though you're not a large person. Full size is not an adult option.

Crush many cans and consume mass quantities of bacon meats Grahame! Cheers!

The Americans was on display at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center and luckily I was there on the last day of the exhibition. I had seen some images, but there were dozens of them and it was very cool.

Nice to see a little bit of Duggeh after all this time. And that is one BIG ASS CAMERA! Good luck with that.

John and Frank, I hope you had great days with your families and friends and all of the other people who didn't screw up and forgot it was your big day! Cheers!

The final season made the series for me. Have fun with that.

Fell better, Tom, and good luck at mom's!

Nice little birdy pics Jeff.

The truth is out there.

That looks damn tasty, Dan!

Shroom porn. I can't even imagine what has been going down in Mayberry while I wasn't watching.