Category Archives: ethniceities

when i say ethniceities i mean “jewish”

Motema Jazz Funeral for Stanford Scientist Leonard Herzenberg (1931-2013)

Posted on April 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Lynne Arriale and several other jazz musicians played a tribute concert at Dinkelspiel Auditorium on the Stanford campus in February, 2014 in honor of the famous scientist Leonard Herzenberg, of the Herzenberg Lab, who died last fall. Herzenberg’s daughter is … Continue reading →

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Fo Flash Mob flash

Posted on April 10, 2014 by markweiss86

Forrest Bryant, the KZSU jazz deejay and author, reviewed Anton Schwartz’ recent release “Flash Mob”, the tenor’s fifth, all on his own diy label. I had heard a track — and was digging it — a few days ago on … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s Million JRU March Towards a Jazz State

Posted on April 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Palo Alto’s Million JRU March Towards a Jazz State: Or, Reap This Roseman Riff There was this dude sitting a few tables away one relatively quiet late morning at Palo Alto’s Printers Inc café, where I had been a regular … Continue reading →

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ruth weiss, Harold Norse and me

Posted on March 31, 2014 by markweiss86

Although I do have a picture of an old Hal “Prince Hal” Newhouser baseball card in my little digital menagerie, and the recent Sore Dove broadside by Jack Hirschman has a baseball theme, “Prince Hal” is probably more likely the … Continue reading →

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Eric Cohen walking canvas

Posted on March 29, 2014 by markweiss86

Eric Cohen is a Los Angeles-based member of the Screen Actors Guild, who you can spot in numerous films. although you kinda have to look for him. He and his twin brother Steven sometimes appeared in my concert series at … Continue reading →

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5. Jesus Christ was an Only Child (in 600 words, 19 images)

Posted on March 24, 2014 by markweiss86

5. Jesus Christ was an Only Child and probably never spend a Monday late morning early afternoon uploading photos from his stupid cell phone to his spiffy computer and weird blog. Continue reading →

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It will be interesting to see if these four Palo Altans can indeed carve a livelihood out of these events, and do so without losing their dignity

Posted on March 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Let’s rab. Continue reading →

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Wild Cohenolas

Posted on March 17, 2014 by markweiss86

What do you call a tribe of wild Swedish, Jewish, Irish, black Indians? Wild Cohenolas? Wild Cohen-Olafs? Wild Cohen-NOLAS? Wild Cohen-NOKAS? Flogging Mohel-ies Poincare Vieux Carre conjectures? Seeking Prime (or corned beef) on the Zeta Landscape (Garden District)? Hey Poincare … Continue reading →

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Matt Haimovitz at CBGB [credit: Harry DiOrio]

Posted on January 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Hi. I wrote a long essay on the history of jazz in Palo Alto and included Matt Haimovitz as a footnote, sparked to do such because Ropeadope had included on its blog a link to an item on Matt in … Continue reading →

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A Casebook on the BEAT by Thomas Parkinson casebook

Posted on January 21, 2014 by markweiss86

If I rifle is seen hanging over a fireplace in the first act, then it should be fired by the third.* 1. A couple weeks ago I was at Temporary Main Library (former council chambers, former Palo Alto Cultural Center … Continue reading →

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