the late, great max roach

with elvin jones. AND art blakey (!)….

and also here on the sonny rollins classic “st thomas.”

cucumber granita!

congratulations to the lovely ms. jeni britton bauer for her selection in this year’s forty under 40 awards!

jeni personifies the creative, independent spirit we value so highly in our clients, so this makes us feel warm and fuzzy — kind of like “blind alley.” pop in at the new short north location and share one of the avant summer seasonals in celebration.

(fresh cucumbers with vodka and sugar.)

heat!

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long-playing soul jazz from columbus’ native son. on the prestige label. the unflappable idris muhammad on drums.

rusty bryant – “fire eater”

take me to the river – circa 1980

that great memphis sound

a coda to wednesday’s stax records program on pbs:

the mar-keys – “grab this thing”

isaac hayes – “hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic”

johnnie taylor – “watermelon man”

eddie floyd – “baby, lay your head down”

so what

stax on pbs

Great Performances
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Wednesday, August 1, 9:00pm
CHANNEL 34 (WOSU TV34)
A history of Stax Records, the groundbreaking Memphis record label whose performers numbered such soul icons as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Isaac Hayes.

work it out

new rjd2 video.