We’re on the cusp of the Thanksgiving week in the U.S., when emails slow to a trickle, everyone tries to get their work done early and thoughts turn to food, fireplaces and naps. I hope you have a great week. JazzWax, of course, will be with you along the way and, on Thanksgiving, may help induce one of those siestas. [Image above: Thanksgiving in the Country, by folk artist Will Moses, the great-grandson of painter Grandma Moses]
For those who subscribed for free, not paid, here are the three posts you missed last week:
A fresh look at and listen to Art Pepper’s Surf Ride (1954), now out on remastered 180-gram vinyl
A listen to select audio clips by George Van Eps, a studio guitarist now largely forgotten who played on many of Frank Sinatra’s Capitol LPs.
And a splendid track from Hank Mobley’s Soul Station ablum—This I Dig of You.
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What I enjoyed watching last week—The Beast in Me (2025/Netflix), with Claire Danes and Michael Rhys; Champagne Problems (2025/Netflix) with Minka Kelly; and Margin Call (2011/Tubi), with Kevin Spacey and Stanley Tucci.
What I’ll be listening to—WKCR-FM in New York will celebrate the centennial of alto saxophonist, composer and arranger Gigi Gryce (pictured above) by featuring a five-hour radio tribute hosted by Sid Gribetz on Sunday, Nov. 23, from 2 to 7 p.m. Listen from anywhere in the world by going here.
To get you in the mood, here’s Art Farmer and Gigi Gryce in 1955 playing Gryce’s Sans Souci…