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I had never seen an episode of CHEERS until tonight. To honor the late George Wendt, we watched “Endless Slumper” from season one. It was good!

New TT; brief comments on artists who have given me pleasure and sadly passed away in recent months: Andy Bey, Bunky Green, Roy Ayers, Alexander Goehr, Sofia Gubaidulina, James Foley, George Wendt, Joe Don Baker, and Ken Bruen iverson.substack.com/p/tt-517-roll-…

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and will stop producing the coin when those run out.

Sun Ra, #BOTD. Tootie Heath told a story: Right before being pushed in the back of a police cruiser following a bust for possession of marijuana, Herman Blount turned, looked the arresting officer right in the eye, and said, “This is the unfriendliest planet I’ve ever been on.”

From WITHOUT FAIL by Lee Child

RIP Guy Klucevsek. New on TT, the definitive interview from Anthony Creamer, originally published on DTM in 2019. iverson.substack.com/p/tt-519-inter…

RIP Guy Klucevsek. New on TT, the definitive interview from Anthony Creamer, originally published on DTM in 2019. iverson.substack.com/p/tt-519-inter…

After a long walk I went into a Baskin Robbins for a scoop of mint ice cream. When I requested hot fudge on top, the server replied, “While we have pictures of toppings, we don’t have any to actually serve. We have ice cream only.”

NEW TT: a quick birthday greeting to Miles Davis, citing a masterpiece that is a bit less familiar, "Three Little Feelings" for brass ensemble written by John Lewis iverson.substack.com/p/tt-520-miles…

A legendary bass and drums pairing! (We are also going into the studio next week.) Birdland Theater, Fri-Sun, Ethan Iverson with Buster Williams and Billy Hart

The ever-brilliant and insightful Ethan Iverson Ethan Iverson on the loss of AL FOSTER (part 1) open.substack.com/pub/iverson/p/…

Billy Hart and Buster Williams! Joining me for three nights, two sets a night, starting tonight, Friday through Sunday, Birdland Theater.

I know! I'll have to show them each and every little thing about jazz tonight 🙃

Living. Legends. Get out and see em if you can.