Dropping the ball

The Patriots lose, and BostonDirtDogs.com asks, "Are you ready for some baseball?"


FMFM: Kenny Burrell's A Generation Ago Today, a tastefully engineered LP created in tribute to Charlie Christian. (AMG mysteriously says that "the music is excellent" but awards it two and a half stars; the same album under a different name receives three stars here.) At any rate, I don't really need one more interpretation of "I Surrender, Dear" or "Stompin' At The Savoy," but I'm still enjoying these warm, round-toned versions, with intermittent Getz-ish blowing from Phil Woods. The great Grady Tate provides subtly shifting rhythms, and Ron Carter gets all bossa nova on you. Another simple pleasure, if not an aggressive one that grabs you by the throat. (The fine guitarist Steve Khan discusses here, and transcribes a solo here.)