David Leheny

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Jazz OTD: Dave Douglas recorded his set at the Umeå Jazz Festival in Sweden on October 28, 2005 (the date below is the album release date) with his riveting band Keystone: Marcus Strickland (ts), DJ Olive (turntables), Adam Benjamin (Fender Rhodes), Brad Jones (b), and Gene Lake (d). #jazzsky

Jazz OTD: Air - arguably the greatest avant-garde jazz trio of all - recorded half of their album "Live Air," including this astonishing piece, on October 28, 1977 at the University of Michigan. With Henry Threadgill (as, fl, perc.), Fred Hopkins (b), and Steve McCall (d). #jazzsky

Jazz OTD: One of the perqs of these posts is that I can feature Abbey Lincoln's indelible, unaccompanied reading of "Tender as a Rose" twice a year: once, today, to commemorate her October 28, 1957 classic, and once in April to celebrate her version more than 40 years later. Breathtaking. #jazzsky

Things that never get old: watching Jrue Holiday score on the Lakers

Charles Oakley must be appalled at what is getting called "an altercation" in tonight's Knicks game

Yikes - the wind knocked down a tree onto a couple of tracks about a mile from my home, and the pretty essential Keihin-Tohoku line is suspended prerry much all the way through Tokyo news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society...

I'm excited to share the dataset behind my book project: the Japanese Municipal Elections Dataset (JMED)! 👤 223,561 candidates 🗳️ 21,111 elections 🗾 2,027 municipalities 🗓️ 2005–2025 Explore the map or download the data: charlesmcclean.com/jmed/

Jazz OTD: The splendid pianist Chihiro Yamanaka released a compilation of ballads from her previous albums to commemorate her 20th anniversary as a leader. It includes three tracks, including this, recorded on October 27, 2021 at Tokyo's Studio Dede, precisely along my daily bike commute. #jazzsky

Jazz OTD: On October 27, 2011, tenor saxophonist/composer Dayna Stephens recorded one of his early albums as leader, "Today Is Tomorrow," with a terrific set of lineups, including Aaron Parks (p), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (b), Donald Edwards (d), and, here, Michael Rodriguez (tp, flugelhorn). #jazzsky

And, in a shocker, the "Men's Young Talent of the Year" prize goes to Lamine Yamal, the only nominee also nominated for Ballon d'Or, so I'd like to think the other nominees didn't get their hopes up all that much

Jazz OTD: There's so much Miles Davis for today that I nearly forgot the great Horace Silver, who recorded one of the most recognizable jazz tracks of all on October 26, 1964: "Song For My Father." With Joe Henderson (ts), Carmell Jones (tp), Teddy Smith (b), and Roger Humphries (d). #jazzsky

Oh that SUCKS. So sad for him. Two years in a row with absolutely brutal injuries, and he’s such a great player when healthy.

Jazz OTD: Sticking with the Miles Davis theme, here's his piece "Milestones," performed by Steve Davis's (tb) sextet, live at NYC's Smoke, October 26-29, 2023. Veterans Ralph Moore (ts), Dr. Eddie Henderson (tp), Renee Rosnes (p), Essiet Essiet (b), and Lewis Nash (d), absolutely on fire. #jazzsky

Jazz OTD: Exactly a year (October 26, 1955) before their legendary contract-fulfilling 1956 session, Miles Davis's first great quintet (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones) recorded several tracks, including this classic that became part of "Round About Midnight." #jazzsky

Jazz OTD: Happy 70th Anniversary to the greatest jazz date of all time? On October 26, 1956, Miles Davis and his "first great quintet" (Coltrane, Garland, Chambers, Jones) recorded a marathon session, with tracks appearing on "Workin'," "Relaxin'," "Cookin'," and "Steamin'," classics all. #jazzsky

BREAKING: NFL announces that if Seahawks hold on to win tonight, the remaining Chiefs games will be moved to Kansas City to avoid the competitive disadvantage unfairly imposed on them by playing in other teams' stadiums.

Just saw a commercial during the Lions-Packers game about how there's so much hatred of White people these days that they're scared to go outside without bags over their heads. Looks like I moved just in time!

My new Times commentary: Between Vivek Ramaswamy's ad attacking a victim of sexual abuses as a child and Barack Obama's comment about The Cheese Factory's decor, polarization has coarsened US politics

Ezra Klein: By meeting his critics in the middle and cutting out part of the ad attacking Amy Acton for having been the victim of sexual abuse as a child, Vivek Ramaswamy is doing politics the right way.

The “new way” turns out to be a color-coded bar chart showing you that white people trended Republican.

Cmon @espn.com: Right on the front page?

Jazz OTD: On October 25, 1954, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins led his quartet for a three-track session with Tommy Potter (b), Art Davis (d), and Thelonious Monk at the piano. Initially its own LP under Rollins's name, the session is usually compiled with a Monk-led date with Rollins. #jazzsky

Umpire instructions to all Rays batters

Wow, trailer for "The Terminal List Season 3" dropped earlier than I expected

With “Seamus Power” and “Austin Smotherman” on top of the leaderboard at the “Butterfield Bermuda Championship,” it looks like the filming of Happy Gilmore 3 is off to a rollicking start. Where do they come up with this stuff??

I think the real winner in this whole Ethan Klein thing is me because I do not know who Ethan Klein is

Jazz OTD: I posted this earlier but noticed a typo. So: Miles Davis recorded four tracks for "Miles Smiles" -- my personal favorite of his albums -- on October 24, 1966, with his Second Great Quintet: Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), and Tony Williams (d). Perfection. #Jazzsky

Baseball Analytics: I'll have more to say on this tomorrow, but I ran the numbers myself and this is striking. This number tends to be highly predictive. Milwaukee substantially above Tampa Bay in the Wanted It More Ratio

Jazz OTD: The chance I will attend this game is about 10%, unless the Monday morning in question coincides with a faculty meeting, in which it rises to about 90%

Jazz OTD: Miles Davis recored four tracks for "Miles Smiles" -- my personal favorite of his albums -- on October 24, 1966, with his Second Great Quintet: Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), and Tony Williams (d). Perfection. #Jazzsky

Whoah: Tokyo, get ready for the magic of a Titans-Cardinals matchup sometime soon!

Baseball analysis: Was crunching the numbers and I think that Jacob Misiorowski, who is on a 1-year contract of a bit under $790,000, is likely to get a raise in the off-season.

Answer: because for some reason they’ve never heard of Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas

The degree to which stigma over mental health issues, neurodivergence, sexual orientation and a range of other issues/experiences/identities has been decreased. There's a reason they're going after empathy, and it's because people/society really did become more tolerant over the past 50 years.

Jazz OTD: One of the finest incarnations of the Jazz Messengers -- Freddie Hubbard (tp), Wayne Shorter (ts), Curtis Fuller (tb), Cedar Walton (p), Reggie Workman (b), and, of course, Art Blakey on drums -- recorded "Caravan" on October 23-24, 1962. #jazzsky

Jazz OTD: For high-energy hard bop, you could do a lot worse than a quartet led by Johnny Hodges (ts) and Sonny Clark (p). Not to mention Paul Chambers (b) and Kenny Dennis (d). "The Congregation," recorded October 23, 1957. #jazzsky

I understand Kirk Herbstreit's point about Caleb Williams's development as a player, but I'm wondering if there might be a better way for a white announcer to describe a Black athlete than as a "bucking bronco" in need of training. Like maybe "a young player who needed to learn to be careful"?

I like this and think I could use a change of posting habits myself

I’m pretty confident I wouldn’t much care for Luka Doncic if I met him, and would hate playing against him. I’m still not sure I’d announce “He can't score on me.”