#Adam Nussbaum

[jazzdailyblog]

"If They Only Knew": A Quintet Pushing Jazz Boundaries

Introduction: Released in 1981 on the Dutch Timeless label, “If They Only Knew” by the David Liebman Quintet is an album that showcases the versatile saxophonist’s innovative spirit. Recorded in July 1980 at Fendel Sound Studio in the Netherlands, the record features an all-star lineup of jazz musicians, including trumpeter Terumasa Hino, guitarist John Scofield, bassist Ron McClure, and drummer…

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🗞️📖 Bookish News - February Edition

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! 📖 Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry this month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed! Check below the cut for details.

Adaptations: 🗞️ Chloé Zhao will direct a film adaptation of Hamnet (Maggie O'Farrell) starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal 📖 HBO is adapting Dark Places (Gillian Flynn) as a limited series. Flynn will serve as co-creator, writer, and co-showrunner 🗞️ FX has ordered a limited series adaptation of Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe), directed by Michael Lennox 📖 Taika Waititi will direct an adaptation of Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro), potentially starring Amy Adams and Jenna Ortega 🗞️ The Terror will base season 3 on The Devil in Silver (Victor LaValle) 📖 The Man in My Basement (Walter Mosley), directed by Nadia Latif, will star Anna Diop, Corey Hawkins, and Willem Dafoe 🗞️ Dark Matter (Blake Crouch) has a trailer 📖 America Ferrera's feature directorial debut for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika Sánchez) is in development 🗞️ The adaptation of Turtles All the Way Down (John Green) will stream on MAX this year 📖 Hook’s Daughter: The Pirate Princess Chronicles (R. V. Bowman) is getting a live-action adaptation 🗞️ Interview with the Vampire (based on Anne Rice's novel) is getting a second season 📖 Percy Jackson and the Olympians is getting a second season 🗞️ Seven Days in June (Tia Williams) is being adapted for Prime Video 📖 The adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow, (Amor Towles) will star Ewan McGregor 🗞️ The Color Purple movie musical will stream on MAX (Feb. 16) 📖 Hulu’s adaptation of A Court of Thorns and Roses was axed 🗞️ The Alex Van Helsing YA books are being adapted for a television series 📖 Ryan Reynolds and Paramount are working on an adaptation of Starter Villain (John Scalzi) 🗞️ A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson) will be adapted as an animated TV series 📖 The trailer for the film adaptation of Wicked is up 🗞️ Netflix renewed Survival of the Thickest for season 2 📖 The cast for Marvel’s Fantastic Four has been announced (July 25, 2025) 🗞️ The trailer for the new X-Men animated series is up (Mar. 20) 📖 The Oscar-nominated animated film Nimona is now available to watch for free on YouTube! 🗞️ Reese Witherspoon is producing a film adaptation of Romantic Comedy (Curtis Sittenfeld) 📖 Photos are up for the adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Holly Jackson)

Cover Reveals: 🗞️ When Haru Was Here - Dustin Thao (Sept. 3) 📖 Trick or Treat on Scary Street - Lance Bass (July 23) 🗞️ The Bletchley Riddle - Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin (Oct. 8) 📖 The Rules of Royalty - Cale Dietrich (Dec. 10) 🗞️ Colored Television - Danzy Senna (July 30) 📖 Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me - Whoopie Goldberg (May 7) 🗞️ House of Bone and Rain - Gabino Iglesias (Aug. 6) 📖 Rani Choudhury Must Die - Adiba Jaigirdar (Nov. 12) 🗞️ Night Owls - A.R. Vishny (Sept. 17) 📖 The Dixon Rule - Elle Kennedy (May 14) 🗞️ A Bánh Mì for Two - Trinity Nguyen (Aug. 27) 📖 The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel (Sept. 24) 🗞️ In Want of a Suspect - Tirzah Price (Nov. 12) 📖 Memorials - Richard Chizmar (Oct. 22) 🗞️ The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk (Sept. 24) 📖 Unsinkable Cayenne - Jessica Vitalis (Oct. 29) 🗞️ Cue the Sun! - Emily Nussbaum (June 25) 📖 We're Alone - Edwidge Danticat (Sept. 3) 🗞️ The Sherlock Society - James Ponti (Sept. 3) 📖 The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes (May 21) 🗞️ The Baby-sitters Club: Kristy and the Walking Disaster - Ellen T. Crenshaw (Sept.) 📖 The Baby-sitters Litter Sister: Karen’s Grandmothers - DK Yingst (Oct.) 🗞️ The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science - Kate McKinnon (Oct. 1) 📖 The Life Impossible - Matt Haig (Sept. 3) 🗞️ Ruin Road - Lamar Giles (Sept.) 📖 Yours Truly by Katie Shepard (Sept. 3) 🗞️ Wishbone - Justine Pucella Winan (Sep. 17) 📖 Haunt Your Heart Out - Amber Roberts (Oct. 8) 🗞️ The Dividing Sky - Jill Tew (Oct. 8) 📖 Heir - Sabaa Tahir (Oct. 1) 🗞️ Beautiful Dreamers - Minrose Gwin (Aug. 27) 📖 We Solve Murders - Richard Osman (Fall) 🗞️ Till the Last Beat of My Heart - Louangie Bou-Montes (Sept. 10) 📖 Aisle Nine by Ian X (Sept. 24) 🗞️ Warrior of Legend - Kendare Blake (Sept. 17) 📖 The Ancient’s Game - Loni Crittenden (Oct. 29) 🗞️ The Witch of Wol Sin Lake - Lega Jeong (Oct. 29)

Upcoming Releases: 🗞️ Tiny Reparations Books has secured North American rights to two new books by National Book Award–longlisted author LaToya Watkins. The first book, The Book of Chuck, will be published in spring 2026. 📖 Tia Williams has sold North American rights to two new novels to Grand Central. 🗞️ LeVar Burton is releasing two new books

Other News: 🗞️ The Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 longlist is up 📖 The finalists for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced 🗞️ The finalists for the 2024 Audie Awards were announced 📖 Pulitzer-winning author N. Scott Momaday passed away (first Native American author to win a Pulitzer) 🗞️ OCLC has filed a lawsuit against the shadow library search engine Anna’s Archive for allegedly stealing 2.2 TB of data from WorldCat 📖 The St. Paul Public Library launched a laser-eyed loon library card 🗞️ Writers Against the War on Gaza have written an open letter to PEN/America to release an official statement about the “225 poets, playwrights, journalists, scholars, and novelists killed in Gaza” by Israeli forces 📖 Andy Weir released a series of “lost” journal entries from Mark Watney to celebrate The Martian’s 10th anniversary 🗞️ Amazon removed multiple titles about King Charles’ recent cancer diagnoses amid concerns that they were written by AI 📖 This year’s winners and finalists of the Cybils Awards were announced 🗞️ Delacorte is launching a new YA romance imprint

[identity-library]

Disability (Books)

A:

A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

Tiny Tim (Unspecified Disability)

A Different Kind of Beauty (Sylvia McNicoll)

Kyle (Blind, Diabetes)

All Our Broken Pieces (L.D. Crichton)

Kyler (Facial Difference - Scarring)

American Girl (Series - Various Authors)

Blaire (Food Allergy)

Gabriela (Stutter)

Josie Myers (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Joss Kendrick (Deaf)

Joy Jenner (Deaf)

Maryellen Larkin (Limited Mobility)

Sam Walker (Amputee)

A Step Toward Falling (Cammie McGovern)

Anthony (Down Syndrome)

Belinda Montgomery (Low Vision, Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Douglas (Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Eugene (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Francine (Down Syndrome)

Harrison (Autistic, Blind)

Sheila (Autistic)

All The Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)

Marie-Laure (Blind)

Animorphs (K.A. Applegate)

Collette (Paralyzed)

Craig (Unspecified Disability)

Erica (Unspecified Disability)

James (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Jessie (Unspecified Disability)

Judy (Unspecified Disability)

Julio (Unspecified Disability)

Kelly (Cystic Fibrosis)

Liam (Unspecified Disability)

Ray (Unspecified Disability)

Timmy (Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User)

Tricia (Unspecified Disability)

B:

Blind (Rachel DeWoskin)

Emma Sasha Silver (Blind)

Blindsided (Priscilla Cummings)

Natalie O'Reilly (Blind)

Blind Sighted (Peter Moore)

Callie (Blind)

Blind Spot (Laura Ellen)

Roswell "Roz" Hart (Blind - Macular Degeneration)

Bruised (Tanya Boteju)

Caihong "Cai" (Deaf)

C:

Catching the Light (Susan Sinnott)

Cathy (Unspecified Learning Disability)

Cemetary Boys (Aiden Thomas)

Julian Diaz (ADHD)

Connection Error (Annabeth Albert)

Josiah Simmons (ADHD)

Ryan Orson (Multi-Limb Amputee)

Crown of Feathers - Series (Nicki Pau Preto)

Sparrow (Blind)

D:

Daughter of the Deep (Rick Riordan)

Ester Harding (Autistic)

Dear Mothman (Robin Gow)

Noah (Autistic)

E:

F:

Finding Phoebe (Gavin Extence)

Phoebe (Autistic)

Frankie's World (Aoife Dooley)

Frankie (Autistic)

Sam (Wheelchair User)

Future Girl (Asphyxia)

Piper McBride (Deaf)

G:

Gifted Clans (Graci Kim)

Sahm (Limb Difference)

Girl, Stolen (April Henry)

Cheyenne Wilder (Blind)

Good Kings, Bad Kings (Susan Nussbaum)

Joanna Madsen (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

H:

Handle With Care (Jodi Picoult)

Willow O'Keefe (Osteogenesis Imperfecta)

Hello, Universe (Erin Entrada Kelly)

Valencia Somerset (Deaf)

Highway Bodies (Alison Evans)

Jojo (Amputee)

House Rules (Jodi Picoult)

Jacob Hunt (Autistic)

How to Speak Dolphin (Ginny Rorby)

Adam (Autistic)

Zoe (Blind)

I:

J:

Jerk, California (Jonathan Friesen)

Sam Carrier (Tourette's Syndrome)

K:

Keep This to Yourself (Tom Ryan)

Junior Merlin (Partially Blind - One Eye)

L:

Learning Curves (Ceillie Simkiss)

Cora McLaughlin (ADHD)

Light a Single Candle (Beverly Butler)

Cathy Wheeler (Blind)

Love and First Sight (Josh Sundquist)

Cecily Hoder (Facial Difference)

William "Will" Porter (Blind)

M:

Maximum Ride (James Patterson)

Iggy (Blind)

N:

Nestlings (Nat Cassidy)

Ana Greene (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Not If I See You First (Eric Lindstrom)

Parker Grant (Blind)

O:

On the Edge of Gone (Corinne Duyvis)

Denise (Autistic)

P:

Percy Jackson - Universe (Rick Riordan)

Amphithemis (Short Term Memory Loss)

Ben (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Ethan Nakamura (Partially Blind)

Halcyon "Hal" Green (Mute)

Hearthstone (Deaf)

Hephaestus (Facial Differences, Limb Differences)

Leo Valdez (ADHD, Motion Sickness)

Phineas (Blind)

Thalia Grace (ADHD, Dyslexia)

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Jonathan Auxier)

Peter Nimble (Blind)

Planet Earth is Blue (Nicole Panteleakos)

Nova Vezina (Autistic)

Punk 57 (Penelope Douglas)

Ryen Trevarrow (Allergies, Asthma)

Q:

R:

Rainbow Magic (Daisy Meadows)

Camilla (Deaf)

Elsie (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Harper (Down Syndrome)

Riley (Limb Difference)

Remember Dippy (Shirley Reva Vernick)

Remember "Mem" Dippy (Autistic)

Retina Boy (Ben Shaberman)

Doug Anderson (Blind)

Marcy (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

S:

Sadie (Courtney Summers)

Sadie Hunter (Stutter)

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Carlos Hernandez)

Floramaria Vidón (Diabetes)

Salvador "Sal" Vidón (Type 1 Diabetes)

Scholomance (Series - Naomi Novik)

Dinesh (Facial Scarring)

Hideo (Unspecified Tic Disorder)

Jowani (Stammer)

She is Not Invisible (Marcus Sedgwick)

Laureth Peak (Blind)

Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)

Kaz Brekker (Chronic Pain, Cane User)

Wylan Van Eck (Dyslexia)

Song for a Whale (Lynne Kelly)

Grandfather (Deaf)

Grandmother (Deaf)

Iris Bailey (Deaf)

Wendell (Deaf)

T:

Tall Story (Candy Gourlay)

Bernardo (Gigantism)

The Body in the Woods (April Henry)

Nick Walker (ADHD)

Ruby McClure (Autism)

Agatha (Down Syndrome)

The Good Hawk (Joseph Elliot)

The Heart of Applebutter Hill (Donna Hill)

Abigail Jones (Blind)

The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Lev Myshkin (Epilepsy)

The Locked Tomb (Tamsyn Muir)

Cytherea the First (Cancer)

The Luis Ortega Survival Club (Sonora Reyes)

Ariana Ruiz (Autistic, Situational Mutism)

The One Thing (Marci Lyn Curtis)

Ben Milton (Spina Bifida)

Maggie Sanders (Blind)

The Storm Runner (J.C. Cervantes)

Renata "Ren" Santiago (Allergies, Epilepsy)

Rosie (Amputee)

Zane Obispo (Leg Length Discrepancy, Cane User)

The Tragedy Paper (Elizabeth LaBan)

Tim Macbeth (Albino, Blind)

The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)

Mat Cauthon (Blind)

The Window (Jeanette Ingold)

Mandy (Blind)

Things Not Seen (Andrew Clements)

Alicia Van Dorn (Blind)

Thousand Worlds - Series (Yoon Ha Lee)

Myung Juhwang (Amputee)

Quartermaster Yang (Deaf)

Tristian Strong - Series (Kwame Mbalia)

Jessica "Jess" (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

U:

V:

W:

Warriors (Erin Hunter)

Berrynose (Amputee)

Briarlight (Limited Mobility)

Brightheart (Partially Blind)

Cinderpelt (Limited Mobility)

Deadpaw (Limb Difference)

Fallowfern (Deaf)

Finleap (Amputee)

Halftail (Amputee)

Jayfeather (Blind)

Leopardstar (Diabetes)

Lilywhisker (Paralyzed)

Longtail (Blind)

Moth Flight (ADD)

Oddfoot (Limb Difference)

One-Eye (Partially Blind)

Petalfall (Epilepsy)

Shadowsight (Epilepsy)

Snowkit (Deaf)

Whitewater (Partially Blind)

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the East (Gregory Maguire)

Nessarose Thropp (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Wings of Fire (Tui T. Sutherland)

Addax (Limp)

Battlewinner (Fantasy Disability)

Chameleon (Facial Difference, Limited Abilities)

Clay (Limp)

Dune (Amputee)

Jerboa ||| (Amputee)

Mayfly (Amputee)

Onyx (Limited Mobility)

Osprey (Blind, Paralyzed)

Peregrine (Partially Deaf)

Sapphire (Amputee)

Scarlet (Facial Difference)

Sequoia (Amputee)

Snowflake (Limited Mobility)

Starflight (Blind)

Stonemover (Limited Mobility*)

Tamarin (Blind)

Tau (Limb Difference, Limited Mobility)

Vengeance (Facial Difference)

Wasp (Facial Difference)

Wonder (R.J. Palacio)

Auggie Pullman (Facial Difference)

X:

Y:

Z:

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100 Days (Nicole McInnes)

Agnes (Progeria)

100 Sideways Miles (Andrew Smith)

Finn Easton (Epilepsy)

13 Gifts (Wendy Mass)

Angelina D'Angelo (Facial Difference)

[jazzanews]

Ronnie Cuber Quintet & Franco Ambrosetti - Jazz Cumbia - 1993 Franco Ambrosetti - flugelhorn Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone Antonio Faraò - piano Michael Formanek - bass Adam Nussbaum - drums DRS TV Studio, Zürich (Switzerland), 1993 #FrancoAmbrosetti #flugelhorn #baritonesaxophone #AntonioFaraò #pianoplayer #MichaelFormanek #bass #AdamNussbaum #drums #jazzlegend #jazzfest #jazzmusic #saxophoneplayer #trumpetplayer #RonnieCuber #JazzCumbia

[sobreiromecanico]

Leituras da semana (#02 // Jan 29, 2024)

Nos círculos da ficção científica literária o tema da semana foi, inevitavelmente, os Prémios Hugo de 2023, atribuídos na Worldcon de Chengdu, na China. Após uma longa e invulgar espera, as estatísticas das votações foram enfim reveladas, e dizer que a coisa cheira a esturro será talvez um eufemismo. Entre livros, séries, autores e fãs tornados inelegíveis à nomeação sem critério aparente, contagens de votos que não batem certo, e um administrador do prémio armado em parvo, o caso deu que falar (sobretudo na rede social BlueSky, para onde a maioria dos escritores anglófonos de ficção científica e fantasia parece ter migrado à medida que o elonificado e emerdificado Twitter se vai degradando). Como tal, aqui ficam algumas ligações para se tentar perceber o que se passou e preservar um pouco da memória de todo esta salsada:

No File 770*, Mike Glyer vai actualizando com frequência as novidades desta polémica, pelo que é ir seguindo página abaixo. Mas destaco: Pixel Scroll 1/22/24 Encounter at Fargo e, Chengdu Hugo Administrator Dave McCarty Fields Questions on Facebook (se tivesse de sugerir um título alternativo para isto, iria por "How to suck at PR and damage control in five easy steps"). Houve mais desenvolvimentos pelo meio, mas talvez valha a pena concluir com este: Dave McCarty Makes Statement About His Facebook Responses (que se poderia talvez resumir no título "SF Fan learns in 2024 that what one writes on the Internet is read by everyone").

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Aidan Moher, no seu Astrolabe, foi agregando ao longo dos dias vários elementos desta controvérsia, o que gerou um resumo bastante completo e interessante (que ainda deverá ter mais actualizações): Astrolabe 36: Panic! At the Hugos.

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Andrew Liptak, na sua newsletter Transfer Orbit, também discorre sobre o tema, e dá uma perspectiva interessante sobre as dificuldades (a resistência) à mudança de uma instituição e de um prémio que se encontram hoje num mundo radicalmente diferente daquele em que foram criados: Stress Test

No seu blogue pessoal, John Scalzi também fala sobre o tema: What's Up With Babel and the Hugos?

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Também Abigail Nussbaum, no seu excelente blogue Asking the Wrong Questions, coloca questões pertinentes e sugere possíveis caminhos a seguir: The 2023 Hugo Awards: Now With an Asterisk.

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No portal Winter is Coming, Daniel Roman tem um bom resumo do caso, citando Rebecca F. Kuang, Neil Gaiman, e Xiran Jay Zhao: Controversy at the Hugo Awards: Works deemed "ineligible" lead to censorship speculation

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Claro que a coisa já chegou à imprensa especializada:

Polygon, por Sadie Gennis e Susana Polo: Hugo Awards under fire over censorship accusations, and SFF writers want answers

- ... e à generalista:

The Guardian, por Amy Hawkins: Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors

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Pessoalmente, estou curioso para ver que desenvolvimentos esta história ainda irá conhecer, e qual será o impacto na Worldcon 2024 em Glasgow (à qual ainda estou a ponderar ir) e na próxima edição dos Prémios Hugo. Mas que a coisa parece mais tremida do que estava há quase dez anos com a palermice dos Sad Puppies, lá isso parece.

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E agora, ainda sobre os Prémios Hugo, mas num registo completamente diferente: no seu blogue pessoal, Rich Puchalsky aproveita a polémica para fazer uma lista muito pessoal dos livros que, no seu entender, deviam ter ganho o prémio de "Best Novel" em cada ano: My crank list of which novels should have won the Hugos

(via Adam Roberts/Twitter)

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*Já agora, fica a referência: é absolutamente incrível o trabalho que Glyer faz no File 770, que já virava frangos espaciais décadas antes de eu próprio me ter aventurado neste pequeno nicho da blogosfera em 2012 (podem ler sobre a vasta história da fanzine aqui). Bem sei a energia que manter um projecto destes com regularidade requer!

[trendfilmsetter]

Rest in Peace to some of the talented individuals we lost in the film industry this year 2023.

🙏🙏🙏🙏

- Lisa Marie Presley

- Richard Roundtree

- Lance Reddick

- Bob Barker

- Matthew Perry

- Andre Braugher

- Ron Cephas Jones

- Tony Bennett

- Sinead O’Connor

- Miiko Evans

- Tim Barlow

- Annie Wersching

- Lisa Loring

- Cindy Williams

- Cody Anthony

- Raquel Welch

- Earl Boen

- Adam Rich

- Dorothy Tristan

- Annette McCarthy

- Ben Masters

- Carole Cook

- Richard Belzer

- Lee Whitlock

- Tom Sizemore

- Peter Hardy

- Garn Stephens

- Harry Belafonte

- Jerry Springer

- Giovanni Lombardo Radice

- Helmut Berger

- Ray Stevenson

- Marlene Clark

- John Beasley

- Paul Geoffrey

- Lew Palter

- Andrea Evans

- Phyllis Applegate

- Arthur Schmidt

- Darren Kent

- Burt Young

- Tyler Christopher

- Conny Van Dyke

- Norman Lear

- James McCaffrey

- Mike Nussbaum

- Richard Franklin

- Selma Archerd

[besttestkitchen]

Elevating Home Cooking at America's Test Kitchen - besttestkitchen.com

BOSTON -- It's every home cook's dream, the picture-perfect test kitchen at Cook's Illustrated. Staffers there conduct taste tests, try out cookware and equipment, and perform food science experiments.

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The winner gets a big prize - the chance to become a regular on their TV show. But the contestants seem more interested in boosting their social media profile or building an independent career than joining the team.

A Real Place

On any given day, TV cameras roll in this Brookline, Massachusetts, kitchen, where a team of highly qualified test cooks and editors perform thousands of tests every year. They develop recipes for magazines, cookbooks, and the website; review and rate cooking equipment and ingredients; and conduct taste-tests and demos on television. Recipes are tested 30, 40, and sometimes even 70 times before the team is satisfied that they've discovered how to make them foolproof for home cooks.

ATK's editors also share their expertise by writing cookbooks that teach readers new techniques, offer easy-to-follow step-by-step tutorials (like roasting carrots or making a pie crust), and feature detailed nutrition information and helpful cooking tips. And the website offers a wealth of quick-tips, kitchen basics with illustrations, "tastings and testings," and conversions and equivalencies for recipes.

While the site and print publications are free of ads, online commerce opportunities -- subscriptions to the websites, magazine or cookbooks, and online cooking school — drive the bulk of ATK's revenue. Nussbaum says subscribers are "very loyal." They renew their subscriptions at an 80% rate and buy more cookbooks and equipment.

ATK's TV hosts, Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison, bring viewers into the kitchen to demonstrate equipment reviews and explain the ATK's secrets for foolproof recipes at home. The team also writes and edits books, including the New Family Cookbook, which features 1,100 new recipes and a fresh package.

Recipes

The obsessive cooks at America's Test Kitchen put all sorts of ingredients, recipes, and cookware through objective, rigorous testing. Their results—published in a series of top-rated cookbooks, the PBS cooking show, and a magazine called Cook's Illustrated—are widely respected as the best in the business.

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This latest book, a compendium of essential recipes and techniques from the 15,000 square foot test kitchen, is designed to help home cooks elevate their meals and baking. The recipes are geared to the busy modern family, with dishes that can be made quickly and on the cheap.

Recipes are clearly written and illustrated with step-by-step photos. The authors provide helpful tips and advice, from choosing the right pan for frying to ensuring that the bread dough rises properly. They also offer advice on modifying a recipe for special diets, such as eliminating sugar or gluten-free flour.

The editors also include recipes that can be made with minimal equipment, such as a blender or food processor. In addition, they explain why some tools are better than others—like how a wire whisk makes it easier to separate eggs for Magda's Chocolate Pavlova. Adam Ried, who appears in most episodes, hosts a segment called Equipment Corner where he shows several brands of the same item and explains how each performs.

Chris Kimball, founder and editor of Cook's Illustrated and host of the PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen, continues to be a lively presence on camera, but his co-host Bridget Lancaster replaced him at the start of season 17. She remains with the show for all future episodes. This is a great addition to the library of anyone who enjoys home cooking.

Cookware

The 15,000 square foot America's Test Kitchen in Boston's Seaport District is home to a team of more than 60 test cooks, editors and cookware specialists. They make recipes that can be reproduced by at-home chefs with a high degree of success. The goal is that they'll be easy to prepare, and that home chefs will understand why the recipe works and what makes it good.

The cookbooks that the team produces in this state-of-the-art facility are chock-full of information that even the most seasoned cook will find useful. There are detailed explanations of the how and why, as well as ratings on a wide range of cookware and supermarket ingredients.

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Some of the best books from the team include Chicken Schnitzel, Smashed Burgers and Yeasted Doughnuts. There are also books that are targeted to specific kinds of food, such as Comfort Food Makeovers, and ones that are designed to be time-saving, with recipes that can be made in batches and frozen for later use.

Elle Simone Scott, who has worked on the show for several years and also provides the food styling and expert advice that appears across their media platforms, is a master at making recipes accessible to nervous new cooks. This is reflected in the recipes in her book. The book features dishes like bowl cakes, no-knead bread and Boston cream cupcakes that even the most timid baker can take on with confidence.

As the official egg of America's Test Kitchen, Eggland's Best eggs will be featured in all of the recipes and equipment reviews that appear in the TV shows, magazines, cookbooks and online content. This will help inspire cooks of all skill levels to feel confident in their kitchen and make delicious meals for themselves, their friends and family.

Equipment

America's Test Kitchen is one of the most trusted sources of cooking knowledge via a portfolio of television shows, magazines and cookbooks. The Splendid Table visits the Boston-based company's 15,000 square foot test kitchen where editors, cooks, food scientists and tasters develop foolproof recipes for TV, online cooking school and best-selling cookbooks. The company is known for rigorously testing ingredients, equipment and tools to help home cooks achieve success in their own kitchens.

The best tools and equipment are key to creating delicious dishes and desserts, especially when baking. A reliable digital thermometer is essential for golden-brown baked goods and tender meat, as well as accurate iced drinks and jiggly frothy cocktails. America's Test Kitchen editors love this sleek pick from OXO, which offers 10 color options and is easy to read from any angle.

Anyone who's experienced their family size dwindling knows that it can be difficult to make meals for just two. This comprehensive cookbook addresses the challenge by adapting classic recipes to a smaller crowd. Recipes like Chicken Schnitzel and Lasagna for Two are proportioned perfectly to avoid having leftovers or a baked good that is overly rich or undercooked.

The book also includes tips and tricks to make cooking for a smaller group easier including advice on buying a new stove, refrigerator and freezer. Editors also explain how to care for a variety of small appliances and equipment and offer recommendations on which brands of equipment are the best value. Adam Ried hosts a series of short segments called Equipment Corner in which he tests several different brands of a particular tool or ingredient and then identifies the top choice. The reviews are often interspersed with non-animated science segments by Kimball and Jeremy Sauer.

Pantry Staples

The answer to the question, "What's for dinner?" feels less intimidating when your kitchen is stocked with pantry staples. But which items are truly essential—and how do you know if you're stocking up on the best versions? In this book, the experts in America's Test Kitchen's 15,000 square foot test kitchen reveal the products they keep on hand to help home cooks achieve better results.

A handy spin-off from the America's Test Kitchen cooking school, this guide features 60 illustrated tutorials for core recipes and techniques that every cook should master—from searing a steak to making a classic quiche. It also includes the test kitchen's no-nonsense ratings of equipment and ingredients to make smarter shopping decisions.

Many viewers are familiar with the show's cast members, who each host a weekly segment answering viewer mail questions. On-screen Instructor & TV show cast member Kimball appears in most episodes, with fellow Cook's Illustrated staffers Hays, Lancaster, and Sauer appearing as guest hosts. The show's gadget expert Adam Ried also appears in most episodes to review smaller kitchen gadgets, demonstrating the features of various options before recommending a product.

Other on-screen and off-screen staffers include food editors Chris Souza, Bryan Roof, and Lisa McManus, who answer viewer mail and conduct regular ingredient and equipment reviews. Odd Todd designs animations for the Science Desk segments, which illustrate such topics as flambe, brining, and whether plastic or wood cutting boards are better for kitchen hygiene.

The team behind the show also publishes a number of cookbooks based on the recipes and techniques shown each week. Designed to fit busy lifestyles, this collection of America's Test Kitchen cookbooks offers a variety of clever meal solutions that are simple to prepare but will still impress your family and friends at any occasion.

[theloniousbach]

TIME MACHINE COUCH TOUR: ELIANE ELIAS with Marc Johnson and Adam Nussbaum, BRNO JAZZ FESTIVAL, 2008

Marc Myers’ Jazz Wax Newsletter called this one to my attention with the reminder that ELIANE ELIAS had just released a Bill Evans tribute album (at least in Japan though it streams) that included her adding lyrics to a tune husband Marc Johnson had from his former boss, the maestro himself.

They did that Here’s Something for You and Waltz for Debby and My Foolish Heart. Evans was in there in Elias’ open harmonic sensibility, Johnson’s compelling melodic bass, and Adam Nussbaum’s nicely subversive drums. But Elias is such a strong player. Now, latter day Evans, likely reflecting the cocaine, was brisk and, even in the heroin days, there was an insistent spark. That is, in part, the power players have taste and subtlety and the subtle ones burn. Still Elias is a remarkable treasure and reminders like this one are quite welcome indeed.

She’s a fine vocalist and has a native’s touch with Brazilian music (they did two Jobim tunes, including an expansive Desafinado closer that showcased everyone). But her bossas are robust and her Evans is not fragile.

She doesn’t need Nussbaum’s impish drive but they egged one another on with grins and eye contact. But it is Johnson to whom she is wed and his connection and sympathy is subtler and literally harmonic. Because even in the flurry of notes the chords are so open, his comments suggest possibilities for the pianist and the audience alike to consider. He had an extended arco solo during the closer that was cello-like that stood out

It was an Evans tribute, but Elias’ Bowing to Bud was a reminder that she has some of Powell’s intricacies too. No matter what she is a formidable and engaging player who holds her own as a jazzer period full stop while adding her vocals and the whole Brazilian tradition.

[independentartistbuzz]

Ray Levier’s Album ‘Lost and Found’ Calls to Find Oneself

Lost and Found is a rock fusion album of 12 tracks from professional drummer and songwriter Ray Levier, originally released in 2018. 

New York based Levier is something of a career musician, having been the sideman to urban folk and jazz artist KJ Denhart for the last 20 years. He has produced and co-founded numerous music tracks for television, including for TLC networks, Discovery Channel, FOX Sports, CBS, NBC and National Geographic to name just a few. 

Lost and Found is an excellent album with 12 tracks full of rock fusion style music and carefully crafted lyrics. From opening track “I Am No One,” the more classic title track “Lost and Found,” to the more retro punk rock “Bombs Inside my Head”, Levier´s musical range is diverse and takes its cues from his work in screen composition as well as his experience working with famous jazz guitarists, including Mike Stern and John Abercrombie. 

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/album/32xleBv0d32zawjYSYz2Yz?si=zt0oJT3QRoObqOy_YsDcUg

In Ray's own words:

"My experience has been that the finding of oneself is deeply and directly related to the loss of oneself and what we view as a loss is actually a gift. This album is dedicated to the inner process and struggles in life as we journey to the deeper levels of the inner psyche that points us towards the light."

Ray’s influences range from David Bowie and Van Halen to the Beach Boys, The Beatles and Beck. His rock funk, jazz fusion style is really easy to listen to and also intriguing. 

Having taken up the drums at the young age of 11, and onward to becoming a professional drummer, Levier has truly perfected his craft over the years. He can swing a jazz combo, lay out hip hop beats as well as funk and more elegant jazz tempos. 

Levier has studied with some of the jazz musician masters too, having attended Wiliam Patterson College´s music program with bassist Rufus Reid, and then went on to study with Keith Crane, Sal LaRocca, Adam Nussbaum, Dom Famularo and more. 

Stay current with Ray Levier on his Website, and social media channels Instagram and Facebook 

Stream music on YouTube // Spotify

[joebreidenstine]

L-R Gene Perla, Ryan Devlin, Joe Breidenstine, Adam Nussbaum. Great to hear these guys play tonight at @babyjsbar! Killin’!! Great hang :-) @rfd.sax @geneperla @adamnuttree (at Downtown Gainesville) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnOGeayt5Y9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[diyeipetea]

"Upside Downside" [Michael Brecker Band: Live At Fabrik. Hamburg 1987 (2CD. Jazzline Classics. 2022)] Por Pachi Tapiz. JazzX5 #539 [Minipodcast de jazz]

“Upside Downside” [Michael Brecker Band: Live At Fabrik. Hamburg 1987 (2CD. Jazzline Classics. 2022)] Por Pachi Tapiz. JazzX5 #539 [Minipodcast de jazz]

“Upside Downside” Michael Brecker Band & Randy Brecker Band: Live At Fabrik. Hamburg 1987 (2CD. Jazzline Classics. 2022) Michael Brecker Band: Michael Bracker (saxo y electrónica); Joey Calderazzo (teclados); Mike Stern (guitarra); Jeff Andrews (bajo); Adam Nussbaum (batería). Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2022 Escuchar Michael Brecker Band Live At Fabrik. Hamburg 1987: “Upside Downside” En anteriores…

[musicollage]

John Abercrombie Trio ‎– Speak Of The Devil.   1994 : ECM 1511.

[ondasyletras]

Michael Brecker Group - Upside Downside

Michael Brecker Group, BJD 1987, Bratislava,

Michael Brecker: Tenor/EWI Mike Stern: Guitar

Joey Calderazzo: Piano/Keyboards

Adam Nussbaum: Drums Jeff Andrews: Bass

[mostlymonk]

Played Twice

Adam Nussbaum Group

Mike Tracy – sax Ansyn Banks – trumpet Gabe Evens – piano Chris Fitzgerald – bass Adam Nussbaum – drums

[arfonoja]

Steve Swallow, Chris Potter, Adam Nussbaum -  Damaged In Transit - 2003

[cr0ss0veronlymusic]

Tony Lakatos feat Jim McNeely, Adam Nussbaum & Jay Anderson - Michelle