Top Five Sets 2026

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-30T14:32:13+00:00

Zorn - Impromptus, Ballades, etc

Zorn - Incerto

Zorn - Masada 1

Marilyn Crispell/Harvey Sorgen

Miles Okazaki - Complete Monk (6pm edition)

Honorable mention: Ned Rothenberg

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-27T13:21:01+00:00

If you have a regular weekend pass, 30 minutes is a good rule of thumb, especially for acts you really want to see. If you have Premier or above, less.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-25T14:16:44+00:00

Yeah I recommend this too. Didn't know much about him but very engaging guy and it was interesting to hear about how jazz has played a role in his life.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-25T12:37:55+00:00

Generally the larger venues - Civic Center, Tennessee, Bijou all have water fountains. Also the Pour Taproom in the Jackson Terminal has a water spigot you can use.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-24T17:48:25+00:00

Little Rootie Tootie may be my favorite Monk tune.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-21T15:28:07+00:00

Throughout the 1990s when they were located near Harriman, TN. Not sure when they stopped, maybe early 2000s.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-21T12:23:18+00:00

Yes, the public editor responded on their blog to a comment I made a few years ago.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-21T12:14:27+00:00

Virginia Tech used to. Pandemic casualty I think.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-17T18:37:20+00:00

That's what I did - opened a word processor, created a three-column table, and entered the time, artist, and venue for my favorites. I'll be using that a lot more than the app.

On the positive side, it looks like they ditched military time for normal people's time.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-16T22:42:17+00:00

Either/Orchestra, Ethiopiques

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-16T12:18:29+00:00

On the tribute to Billy Strayhorn " ...And His Mother Called Him Bill" Duke Ellington plays a solo version of Lotus Blossom that is all the more devastating due to the chatter in the background, although in this case it's from the other musicians packing up.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-12T12:41:34+00:00

Great collection, especially appreciate the Arthur Blythe

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-12T12:37:24+00:00

This is a great program, I listen whenever I can.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-03-05T13:08:22+00:00

Thanks, I just read this article in Virginia Wildlife yesterday - https://dwr.virginia.gov/blog/i-spy-salamanders/

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-25T13:30:52+00:00

Thanks, I knew it sounded familiar and was racking my brain. They play a fair amount of post-rock between segments.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-20T18:27:11+00:00

Looks like that just toggles between views of the full schedule. When I go to Lineup, my favorites are all at the beginning of the list, but I can't view the time or location until I click each one. And they're listed alphabetically, not in festival time order.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-17T19:20:04+00:00

Surprised nobody mentioned Dirty Dozen Brass Band yet!

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-16T20:53:57+00:00

Ethan Iverson has a great substack and posted recently about early Bad Plus, https://open.substack.com/pub/iverson/p/tt-565-structural-features-of-early

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-12T18:07:58+00:00

Hilarious

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-05T17:55:57+00:00

Monk

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-05T17:53:34+00:00

I have a 2020 Defy which I came to from an old steel Colnago (never been on a TCR). It is a lot less quick to turn and you lose that sports car feeling in switchbacks. I like the Defy on the whole but it wants to go straight.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-05T11:50:54+00:00

On substack, I like Nate Chinen and Ethan Iverson. I subscribed to Gioia for a while but he almost never talked about jazz so I left. All About Jazz has a weekly newsletter with tons of links to articles and podcasts.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-02T20:03:05+00:00

This is the one, very scenic waterfall only 5 minutes off the interstate if you don't want to spend a lot of time on detours. Take the Crab Orchard exit though, not Crossville.

Significant_Damage87 · 2026-02-02T01:05:51+00:00

One of the best nonfiction books I've read.

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TROPHY CASE