Bill Smith And McCoy Tyner Are Gone  James Moody told me that his Georgia-born grandmother said one morning while looking through the newspaper, “Folks is dyin’ what ain’t never died befo’.” The trend continues, as it always has.” – Doug Ramsey
‘Merce Cunningham Redux’  James Klosty’s book is big in several ways. (Try lugging it to a sunny spot; it weighs about six pounds.) I’m in love with it. – Deborah Jowitt
Stand-Up Guy  I am certain Beethoven was a funny guy. The evidence, the jokes are all over the music. – Bruce Brubaker
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