![]() Baseball And The Origins Of The Word "Jazz": A little lexicographic research turns up the first print use of the word jazz - in reporting about West Coast minor league baseball in 1912. Back to the actual article for a moment: easily my favorite part is where Pat Metheny admits he still has no idea what Ornette's theory of "harmolodics" actually entails. But plenty of other folks will appear too: Moby, The Roots with David Murray (?!), Robert Wyatt and so forth. For his turn at the helm, Ornette, as indecipherable as he remains, has picked a killer lineup full of unlikely collaborations, including former sparring partners James "Blood" Ulmer, Charlie Haden (with the Liberation Music Orchestra plus Four Tet and Steve Reid), the Master Musicians of Jajouka and Yoko Ono. It's part of The Guardian's coverage of the Meltdown Festival in London, an annual cross-genre music event curated every year by a different music-world superstar. Appreciations Of Ornette Coleman: From Patti Smith, Moby, Yo La Tengo - and a few jazz musicians too. Question: who else would have made your list of top drummers to emerge in the last 10 years? Ratliff did the same thing ten years ago, when New York had also just received a whole mess of percussion talent. ![]() Most of those dudes were on my personal "players to look out for" list the inclusion of 18-year-old phenom Faulkner was a little surprising to me, but not everyone gets to replace Jeff "Tain" Watts in Branford Marsalis' group. Give The Young Drummers Some: For a new piece in the Times, Ben Ratliff briefly profiles five of today's top young drummers: Marcus Gilmore, Kendrick Scott, Tyshawn Sorey, Dan Weiss and Justin Faulkner, to go ahead and spare you the suspense. Where I still owe Graham Collier a proper clarification - it's coming, I swear! (In the meanwhile, read an excerpt of his new book in the new Point of Departure.)
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