Oh come on, how can you say this as Dick Morris lives and breathes?

Oh come on, how can you say this as Dick Morris lives and breathes?

Happens a lot. The official explanation has something to do with "first release in mainstream consciousness" or something, but the only qualifier is "they can't have been nominated for a Grammy before"

Happens a lot. The official explanation has something to do with "first release in mainstream consciousness" or something, but the only qualifier is "they can't have been nominated for a Grammy before"

It's sort of strange that Esperanza Spalding won Best New Artist for her string-infused but very jazzy Chamber Music Society, and then gets a Vocal Jazz nomination for the crossover Radio Music Society.

It's sort of strange that Esperanza Spalding won Best New Artist for her string-infused but very jazzy Chamber Music Society, and then gets a Vocal Jazz nomination for the crossover Radio Music Society.

It exists, and that's the perfect description of it I've ever read. I haven't played a game that didn't devolve into some serious feelings of hatred.

It exists, and that's the perfect description of it I've ever read. I haven't played a game that didn't devolve into some serious feelings of hatred.

Looked it up and you're correct.

Looked it up and you're correct.

::camera slowly pans over a smoky nightclub photo. Keith David intones something meaningful.::

::camera slowly pans over a smoky nightclub photo. Keith David intones something meaningful.::

This album is a little unremarkable, but what a fantastic version of "Laura":

This album is a little unremarkable, but what a fantastic version of "Laura":

I love the quote (I think it's from Ken Burns' Jazz, but it could have been from any number of sources) which is something like "Before Bud Powell, jazz pianists couldn't stop using their left hand. After Bud Powell, they forgot the left hand even existed."

I love the quote (I think it's from Ken Burns' Jazz, but it could have been from any number of sources) which is something like "Before Bud Powell, jazz pianists couldn't stop using their left hand. After Bud Powell, they forgot the left hand even existed."

Mark Ronson sometimes wears a similar jacket. They are both very well dressed dudes.

Mark Ronson sometimes wears a similar jacket. They are both very well dressed dudes.

This really is too bad. I'm acquainted with Dave's son Matt (an excellent cellist and composer in his own right), and I haven't heard a single thing about Dave Brubeck that didn't show him off in an exemplary light. Brubeck was instrumental in developing new directions in cool jazz, as well as reinvigorating the jazz…

This really is too bad. I'm acquainted with Dave's son Matt (an excellent cellist and composer in his own right), and I haven't heard a single thing about Dave Brubeck that didn't show him off in an exemplary light. Brubeck was instrumental in developing new directions in cool jazz, as well as reinvigorating the jazz…