#Adam Nussbaum

[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…

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#Adam Nussbaum #JazzX5 #Jeff Andrews #Joey Calderazzo #Michael Brecker #Michael Brecker Band #mike stern #Minipodcast de jazz #Pachi Tapiz #podcast de jazz

[louiswilliamrose]

On Rebellion

“I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”[1] These are the words of Howard Beale in “Network”. The American movie classic is about an aging network broadcaster who rebels against the corporate oligarchy and subsequently is murdered at their hands.  Rebellion and the rebels that foment them are a recurrent theme in story and song.  Spartacus[2], Robin of Loxley, William…

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#A Hero&039;s Death #Barry Goldwater #Bushido #Citizen Soldier #David Allan Coe #Declaration of Independence #Florida #Government #Hero #Howard Beale #Irish Rebellion #Isaiah Berlin #John Adams #John Brown #John Locke #Jonathan Lear #Louis William Rose #Martha Nussbaum #Patrick Henry #Poem #Rebellion #revolution #Sonnet #terrorism #Thomas Hobbes #Thomas Jefferson #Tyranny #United States #Westminister Confession of Faith #William Wallace

[ebookporn]

‘Books keep our minds free’: US prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace

New PEN America data reveals incarcerated persons are being robbed of magazines and even recipe books

by Olivia Empson

Reading bans are rising at an alarming rate in prisons across the country, with new PEN America data revealing that those incarcerated are being robbed of the occasional magazine and even recipe books on how to make ramen.

For almost 22 years, Zeke Caligiuri subscribed to the New Yorker magazine from prison in Minnesota. He was meant to receive 52 annual issues but claimed during his sentencing to have never gotten the full amount. Instead, a non-delivery notice with vague wording would arrive at the prison post room, sometimes flagging an advertisement that was deemed inappropriate or just one article in an issue of many. After searching for information about what he couldn’t read, Caligiuri would sink into a period of overwhelming defeat.

“I realized that my world needed to get bigger,” he said. “But the things I needed to see and know were being held back.”

During this time, the words of New Yorker writers like Adam Gopnik, Ariel Levy and Emily Nussbaum were means of escaping the monotony of incarceration. Prison was programmed by a rigorous schedule, with days hardly extending beyond what was for lunch or when inmates could watch television. Searching for meaning, Caligiuri sometimes slept on the bunks with a book next to his head. When he could get it, poetry was the first thing he read when he woke up.

“If you take the books and culture out of these places, you have a zoo,” he said. “Language is the building block of creation. For me, in prison, it was the biggest thing. Words were the only thing connecting me with the world, with my family, and with my community.”

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#prison #literacy #incarcerated people #rehabilitation #books #librarians #cruel and unusual punishment

[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

#books #books to read #book adaptation #book news #book publishing #publishing #book covers #batty about books #battyaboutbooks

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Splintering Sea Ice in the Amundsen Gulf During the winter months, much of the Amundsen Gulf in northern Canada is typically covered with fast ice—stationary sea ice that is “fastened” to the surrounding coastlines. However, the breakup of that ice tends to be rapid when the melting season arrives in spring. The breakup was on full display in May 2023, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this pair of images. On May 22 (top image), intact fast ice still covered much of the gulf. By May 30 (lower image), an expanding series of cracks in the western part of the gulf had splintered that ice, leaving chunks of sea ice floating freely and drifting west into the Beaufort Sea. Patches of fast ice remained in the eastern part of the gulf in late May, but summer weather will ultimately clear it away as well. The Amundsen Gulf, the western entrance to the Northwest Passage, is usually ice-free by August. “Winds played in important role in this breakup,” said Walt Meier, a senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. He noted that an area of low pressure centered south of the gulf prior to the breakup fueled strong easterly winds and large waves that broke up the ice and sent chunks of it drifting west. That event followed short-lived breakups in mid-March and mid-April that had already weakened the ice. “Back then, it was so cold that the ice started to regrow right away, but the ice that regrew was so thin that it was pre-conditioned to easily break up again later,” Meier said. The timing of the spring breakup was earlier than usual, which matches the overall trend in the Beaufort Sea region in recent decades. However, the timing of the spring ice breakup in the Amundsen Gulf is known for being particularly inconsistent. “Over a period of two decades, the Amundsen Gulf had the highest interannual variability of anywhere across the entire Northwest Canadian Arctic,” said Eleanor Wratten, a researcher at Northumbria University and the lead author of an analysis of decades of MODIS observations of fast ice in the Northwest Canadian Arctic. “We saw the timing of breakup change considerably from one year to the next, but the general pattern looked similar to what you see here. Ice usually remains in the southern bays the longest, with breakup veering toward the strait in the southeastern portion of the gulf.” NASA Earth Observatory images by Allison Nussbaum, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland.

#space #science #earth observatory #canada #news #NASA

[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

#youtube #jazz video

[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!

#leituras da semana #hugo awards

[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

#richard roundtree #bob barker #lisa marie presley #matthew perry #lance reddick #tony bennett #andre braugher #movies #rest in peace

[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.

#concert review #jazz #time machine couch tour #2023

[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

#Ray Levier #Lost and Found #drummer #rockfusion

[diyeipetea]

Diez de... septiembre de 2022 (II). Por Pachi Tapiz [Grabaciones de jazz]

Diez de… septiembre de 2022 (II). Por Pachi Tapiz [Grabaciones de jazz]

Segunda entrega de Diez de… variada como siempre. Entre otras grabaciones, incluye varios homenajes: Ethan Philion a MIngus, Lluís Vidal y David Xiru a Carla Bley, Ray Paz a Sean Levitt, Pat Thomas a Anthony Braxton. Dos directos de Eddie Harris y las bandas de los hermanos Brecker. Y también un bonito disco de Duke Ellington junto a Billy Strayhorn. Diez de… 1: Ethan Philion: Meditations on…

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#Adam Nussbaum #Alexis Lombre #Antonis Anissegos #Billy Strayhorn #Bob Berg #Brendan Whalen #Carla Bley #Carme Canela #Celano / Badenhorst / Baggiani #Celano / Badenhorst / Baggiani feat. Wolfert Brederode #Celano / Badenhorst / Baggiani feat. Wolfert Brederode Carnet Imaginaire (Challenge Records 2022) #Challenge Records #charles mingus #Dana Hall #Darryl Thompson #David Kikoski #David Xirgu #Dieter Ilg #Dikeman / Gonzalez / Håker Flaten / Horne #Dikeman / Gonzalez / Håker Flaten / Horne Texas Butt Biters (Astral Spirits 2022) #Discus Music #Duke Ellington #Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn: Great Times! #Eddie Harris #Eddie Harris Live At Fabrik. Hamburg 1988 (2CD. Fabrik. Jazzline Classics. 2022) #Ethan Philion #Ethan Philion: Meditations on Mingus #Geof Bradfield #Gerhard Gschlößl #Guillermo Celano

[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=

[bookandcover]

How did I do on my ✧･ﾟSummer Reading List  *✧･ ?

Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner

Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo

Belonging, by Nora Krug

Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, by Martha Nussbaum

They Both Die at the End, by Adam Silvera

Sing, Unburied Sing, by Jesmyn Ward

The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

I also read Crooked Kingdon by Leigh Bardugo...

So, clearly I didn’t read a lot this summer, but I did see the world. Some of these will roll over into my Fall Reading List lol. 

#stockholm #sweden #archipelago #summer reading

[musicollage]

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

#jazz #jazz guitar #electric guitar #jazz organ #hammond b3 organ #jazz trio #ecm #john abercrombie #john abercrombie trio #adam nussbaum #dan wall #1994 #1990s #1990s jazz #rainbow studio #manfred eicher

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Sunny Days in Morocco’s Ouarzazate Basin For centuries, caravan traders used villages in the Ouarzazate basin in Morocco as a stopover on journeys between North Africa and Europe. In recent decades, the entertainment industry discovered the small sedimentary basin flanking the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas mountains and the area has become a center of movie and television production. Most recently, the renewable energy sector has capitalized on the region’s dry, sunny weather by building a large concentrated solar-thermal power plant. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired an image (centre) of the plant and the western part of the Ouarzazate basin on December 17, 2022. An image acquired in 2015 image (top) shows the same area when the plant was only partly built. The Ouarzazate Solar Power Station (also called Noor Power Station), located 10 kilometers (6 miles) northeast of Ouarzazate, has an installed capacity of 582 megawatts. The plant supplies electricity to nearly 2 million Moroccans and prevents emissions equivalent to 1 million metric tons of greenhouse gases per year, according to Moroccan officials. The complex is divided into four power sections. Noor I, completed in 2015, is made up of thousands of parabolic mirrors that focus sunlight to heat tubes, filled with thermal oil, that run the length of the mirrors. The heated oil is used to make steam that turns a turbine to generate electricity. The thermal oil can also be used to heat molten salts in storage tanks that keep the salt hot enough to generate steam well after sunset. Noor II, completed in early 2018, uses similar mirrors but has a dry cooling system that significantly reduces the amount of water required to run the system. Noor III, also completed in early 2018, includes 7,400 Sun-tracking mirrors called heliostats that are arrayed in a circular pattern around a tall power tower that heat a molten salt fluid. Noor IV, completed later in 2018, runs on photovoltaic panels, which generate with semiconductors. Note the lower water level on the reservoir behind the Barrage Al Mançour Ad-Dahbi in December 2022 compared to December 2015. In 2022, this part of Morocco was in the midst of a severe drought. This has made apportioning the region’s scarce water resources between the solar plant, farmers, nearby mines, and urban water users in Ouarzazate and other towns challenging. Growth and development in Ouarzazate have put additional pressure on natural resources. The city’s population has swollen by more than 80,000 people since the early 1990s, driven in part by economic development associated with the power plant and other industries but also due to the region’s active tourism industry. One of the main draws for tourists include Ouarzazate’s movie and television industry. The region hosts major studios and has served as the filming location for productions such as Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, The Mummy, Game of Thrones, and many others. Another draw is Aït Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site northwest of Ouarzazate that hosts a fortified town built with clay and featuring traditional southern Moroccan architecture. NASA Earth Observatory images by Allison Nussbaum, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

#space #science #earth observatory #physics #news #nasa #morocco