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Recent Books (My Hardboiled Covers Page)
Babi Yar, Anatoly Kuznetsov The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Judas, Amos Oz Power of the Dog, Thomas Savage To Live, Yu Hua Last Times, Victor Serge Gospel according to Jesus Christ, Jose Saramago Chess Story, Stefan Zweig A Time of Gifts, Patrick Leigh Fermor The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven, Nathaniel Ian Miller Islands, Alistair MacLeod Christ stopped at Eboli, Carlo Levi Jayber Crow, Wendell Berry Secondhand Time, Svetlana Alexievich Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver Ordeal by Hunger, George Stewart Where the bluebird sings..., Wallace Stegner The Emperor, Ryszard Kapuscinski Police, Joe Nesbo Eastern Approaches, Fitzroy Maclean Say Nothing, Patrick Madden Keefe Everybody Dies, Lawrence Block Lost Nation, Jeffrey Lent Gilead, Marilynne Robinson Government, B. Traven Stoner, John Williams Dead at Daybreak, Deon Meyer Alexander the Great, Philip Freeman The Wager, David Grann Close Range, Annie Proulx All the Sinners Bleed, SA Crosby The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon Savage Continent, Keith Lowe Deer Season, Erin Flanagan All the frequent troubles of our days, Rebecca Donner Bearskin, James A. McLaughlin Travels with Herodotus, Ryszard Kapuscinski Dawn of Everything, Graeber & Wengrow Some Danger Involved, Will Thomas The Phantom, Jo Nesbo Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane Watch WIth Me, Wendell Berry Complete Short Novels, Anton Chekhov Red Notice, Bill Browder Bewilderment, Richard Powers Fiedlity, Wendell Berry Desert Sun, Michael Connelly The life and legend of Leadbelly, C. Wolfe and K. Lornell The Imperium, Ryszard Kapuscinski Tomato Red, Daniel Woodrell Story of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang Power of One, Bryce Courtenay Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell The Huntress, Kate Quinn Heat 2, Michael Mann/Meg Gardiner Leo Africanus, Amin Maalouf Every man dies alone, Hans Fallada Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt Suttree, Cormac McCarthy Alone, Lisa Gardner Desperadoes, Ron Hansen Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris Red Dragon, Thomas Harris Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart Collected Stories, Thomas McGuane Memory Monster, Yishai Sarid Bloody January, Alan Parks The thing around your neck, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Fools Crow, James Welch Five Decembers, James Kestrel The Lottery and other stories, Shirley Jackson Drive your plow over bones of the dead, Olga Tokarczuk The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead Lionheart, Sharon Kay Penman A Childhood, Harry Crews Nothing Gold Can Stay, Ron Rash In the Garden of North American Martyrs, Tobias Wolff Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar Whiskey When We're Dry, John Larson The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, Walter Mosley Button Man, Andrew Gross If this is a Man and The Truce, Primo Levi Collected Stories, Eudora Welty American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins Monk of Mokha, Dave Eggers The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Jose Saramago The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng Black Wings Has My Angel, Elliott Chaze The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, Alvaro Mutis The Terror, Dan Simmons Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett Razorblade Tears, SA Cosby The Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan Only Yesterday, S.Y. Agnon Later, Stephen King Cathedral & What we talk about..., Raymond Carver Robicheaux, James Lee Burke Apeirogon, Colum McCann Color of Lightning, Paulette Jiles A Savage War of Peace, Alistair Horne Burning Bright, Ron Rash Song of Bernadette, Franz Werfel Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff The End of the Affair, Graham Greene Ask the Dust, John Fante Light It Up, Nick Petrie War is the Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges The Hummingbird's Daughter, Luis Alberto Urrea A Man at Arms, Steven Pressfield This Tender Land, William Kent Krueger Thirteen, Steve Cavanagh Collected Stories, Frank O'Connor The Dutch House, Ann Patchett Blacktop Wasteland, S.A. Cosby Deacon King Kong, James McBride So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell Skeletons on the Zahara, Dean King Someone to Run With, David Grossman Golden Prey, John Sandford Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner Paper Trails, Pete Dexter The Leopard, Jo Nesbo Sharpe's Tiger, Bernard Cornwell One Shot, Lee Child A Pigeon and a Boy, Meir Shalev The Glass Rainbow, James Lee Burke Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi The Stand, Stephen King Collected Stories, Frank O'Connor Lemons Never Lie, Richard Stark Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens Broken, Don Winslow War at the End of the World, Mario Vargas Llosa Five Points, Tyler Anbinder Shipwrecks, Akira Yoshimura Memed, My Hawk, Yaşar Kemal The Bitterest Pill, Reed Farrel Coleman The Butcher Boy, Patrick McCabe A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry The Far Empty, J. Todd Scott The Border, Don Winslow Didion: The 1960s and 70s, Joan Didion Blood & Thunder, Hampton Sides Works on Paper, Eliot Weinberger Bringing Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel The Fixer,Bernard Malamud Our Story Begins, Tobias Wolff The Physician, Noah Gordon Bridge on the Drina, Ivo Andric The Hot Rock, Donald Westlake Hell or Richmond, Ralph Peters End of Watch, Stephen King Hostage, Robert Crais The Second Girl, David Swinson Woe To Live On, Daniel Woodrell The Overstory, Richard Powers The Heavenly Table, Donald Ray Pollock The Lemon Tree, Sandy Tolan Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman The Lost Man, Jane Harper Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connelly A Guest for the Night, SY Agnon The Dry, Jane Harper Iron Lake,William Kent Krueger At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Peter Matthiessen The Woman Lit by Fireflies, Jim Harrison Breaking Point, CJ Box Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, Edward Rice The Complete Stories, Flannery O'Connor The Last Ballad, Wiley Cash Dirty Work, Larry Brown Welding with Children, Tim Gautreaux A long long way, Sebastian Barry A land more kind than home, Wiley Cash Only Killers and Thieves, Paul Howarth Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari The Company, Robert Littell Perfume, Patrick Suskind Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk The Grifters, Jim Thompson The Slave, Isaac Bashevis Singer Rain Dogs, Adrian McKinty Pogrom, Steven Zipperstein Night Life, David Taylor The Collected Stories, Isaac Babel Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Mark Sullivan The Stand, Stephen King The Kill Artist, Daniel Silva In the Distance, Hernan Diaz Satan in Goray, Isaac Bashevis Singer The Last Good Kiss, James Crumley Killing Rommel, Steven Pressfield The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles On Writing, Stephen King A Rising Man, Abir Mukherjee Odessa Stories, Isaac Babel Pumpkinflowers, Matti Friedman Two Kinds of Truth, Michael Connelly The Late Show, Michael Connelly A Simple Story, SY Agnon The Way Some People Die, Ross MacDonald The Moor's Account, Laila Lalami Signals, Tim Gautreaux She Rides Shotgun, Jordan Harper Israel, a concise history, Daniel Gordis UNSUB, Meg Gardiner The Lion's Gate, Stephen Pressfield The Force, Don Winslow The Drifter, Nick Petrie Gun Street Girl, Adrian McKinty In the morning I'll be gone, Adrian McKinty The Tsar of Love and Techno, Anthony Marra Roman Blood, Steven Saylor Flesh and Bones, Paul Levine Train, Pete Dexter The Long Home, William Gay Gunshot Straight, Lou Berney Joe, Larry Brown I hear the sirens in the street, Adrian McKinty I hate to see that evening sun go down, William Gay Chasing Darkness, Robert Crais The Cold Cold Ground, Adrian McKinty The Long and Faraway Gone, Lou Berney A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra Top Books (ongoing list as they occur to me)
The Power and the Glory, Grahame Greene The Razor's Edge, W. Somerset Maugham Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy The Road, Cormac McCarthy East of Eden, John Steinbeck A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra Paris Trout, Pete Dexter Deadwood, Pete Dexter Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler The Orenda, Joseph Boyden Lamb, Christopher Moore Bosch Series, Michael Connelly Elvis Cole Series, Robert Crais Joe Pickett Series, CJ Box Abel Jones Series, Owen Parry Sean Duffy Series, Adrian McKinty Stone City, Mitchell Smith Treasure of Sierra Madre, B. Traven Anything Isaac Bashevis Singer True Grit, Charles Portis Perennial Philosophy, Aldous Huxley |
Recent Music
My concert life list Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd Like that, Jimmy Bruno The sky will still be there tomorrow, Charles Lloyd Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band JT, Steve Earle Celebration, Wayne Shorter Mood Swings, Marcus King Dizzy on the Riviera, Dizzy Gillespie Wild God, Nick Cave & Bad Seeds Dead Combo MoonDial, Pat Metheny Freddie King Guy Davis Greg Brown Savoy, Taj Mahal Honeysuckle Rose, Willie Nelson Tinsley Ellis Jazz, Ry Cooder Nat Myers Buffalo Nichols Songbird, Willie Nelson Stardust, Willie Nelson Bessie Smith Mildred Bailey Lavern Baker Bennie Moten Lightnin' Hopkins CW Stoneking Chris Cain Cory Henry Cedric Brooks Bombino Bob Dunn Milton Brown and his Brownies Gustav Lundgren HowellDevine Mahalia Jackson The Band T Bone Walker Pasquale Grasso playlist Burnin', Bob Marley and Wailers Nilsson Sings Newman, Harry Nilsson Shadow Kingdom, Bob Dylan Dream Box, Pat Metheny Shotgun Willie, Willie Nelson Jake Blount Paco de Lucia Songs of Surrender, U2 Bitter Head, Daniele Cardisco & Ron Carter Sarava, Joel Xavier Champion Jack Dupree Dale Hawkins Spencer Cullum Fragments, Bob Dylan Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers Jimi Hendrix Live at Atlanta Pop Festival Abraxas, Santana Son Rompe Pera King of the slide guitar, Elmore James Secular Psalms, Dave Douglas Rhythm Willie, Herb Eliis/Freddie Green Bean Blossom, Bill Monroe Once around the room, Jakob Bro DOMi & JD BECK Monk in Brazil, Matt King Diz and Getz Streams, Jakob Bro Sunflower, Milt Jackson Footprints, Pat Martino Chester & Lester, Chet Atkins & Les Paul RoundAgain, Joshua Redman Friar tut, Tut Taylor Prospect Hill, Dom Flemons Black Pumas The harmonic tone revealers, John Reischman For the last time, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys Footprints, Pat Martino African Culture, Shabaka Mood Indigo, Frank Morgan Jumps Boogies & Wobbles, HowellDevine Canto da Praya, Hamilton De Holanda Home, Spearhead Get on Board, Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder Steel Guitar Hawaiian Style, Jerry Byrd Transformer, Lou Reed Let there be rock, AC/DC Ao Vivo, Brasilia Brasil Trio Capital Vaults, Dizzy Reece After the Rain, John McLaughlin Uma Elmo, Jakob Bro Home, Spearhead Leftover Feelings, John Hiatt & Jerry Douglas Sly & Robbie Compete Blue Note Recordings, Clifford Brown Travel-log, JJ Cale Rising Down, The Roots Rolling Stones mixes Soul Message, Richard "Groove" Holmes Prisoner in Disguise, Linda Ronstadt Other Worlds, Soundprints That High Lonesome Sound, Old & In The Way Ben and Sweets, Ben Webster & Harry "Sweets" Edison Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio Streams, Jakob Bro Road to the Sun, Pat Metheny 15 Classic Albums, Paul Chambers Challis in Wonderland, Bucky Pizzarelli Brazilian Byrd, Charlie Byrd Tone Poem, Charles Lloyd Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds People Time, Stan Getz & Kenny Barron Gerry Mulligan meets Johnny Hodges Concord Jazz Heritage Series, Laurindo Almeida Axiom, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Earl Plays George Gershwin, Earl Hines Palo Alto, Thelonious Monk Just a Dream, Big Bill Broonzy RoundAgain, Joshua Redman No.1, Etran De L'air Complete Blue Note Sessions, Ike Quebec Bottomlands, Mike Dowling Budapest Concert, Keith Jarrett TNT, Tortoise You're Dead!, Flying Lotus New Orleans Piano, Professor Longhair Valentine, Bill Frisell Solo Do Meio Dia, Egberto Gismonti Complete Recordings, Mississippi John Hurt For the Record, Merle Haggard Live at Maybeck, Dave McKenna The Final Tour, Miles Davis & John Coltrane Computer Games, George Clinton Jaime, Brittany Howard All John Prine You taught my heart to sing, Houston Person & Bill Charlap Freedom is Free, Chicano Batman The Red Door, Bucky Pizzarelli and Scott Hamilton Liquid Silver, Andy Laverne Live at Maybeck Hall, Hal Galper Life's a Take, Roger Kellaway/Red Mitchell Boatman's Call, Nick Cave & Bad Seeds Question & Answer, Pat Metheny Big Twang, David Lindley Long Journey Home, Kentucky Colonols Swing Reunion, Teddy Wilson & Benny Carter Bakersfield, Vince Gill & Paul Franklin Devotion, Dave Douglas/Uri Caine/Andrew Cyrille Live at It Club, Thelonious Monk Quartet Mulligan Meets Monk, Monk and Mulligan Freak Flag, Greg Brown Something Special, Jim Hall The Philadelphia Expriment In the Pocket, Jessica WIlliams Until the Quiet Comes, Flying Lotus Swedish Ballads & More, Scott Hamilton Navidad de los Andes, Dino Saluzzi Fingers, Dave McKenna Passion flower 1940-1946, Johnny Hodges Freefall, Kenny Barron & Regina Carter McKinney's Cotton Pickers: 1928-1929 The Improvisor, Von Freeman Currents, Constellations, Nels Cline 4 Brazil With Love, Barbosa-Lima & Isbin Dedicated to Connie, Modern Jazz Quartet Wai Notes, Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie Billiy Memphis Blues 30's, Various Artists What's Going On, Marvin Gaye New Moon Daughter, Cassandra Wilson Townes, Steve Earle Live at the Village Gate, Milt Jackson Guy, Steve Earle The Complete Jazz Sessions 1962, Coleman Hawkins Quartet Rise & Shine, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Satrs La Pistola Y El Corazon, Los Lobos John, Paul, George, and Django, Hot Club of SF Simple Pleasures, Alison Brown Time Waits, Bud Powell One for the Road, Willie Nelson & Leon Russell Organ Monk Blue, Gregory Lewis Flatbed Buggy, Rudy Royston Brazen Heart, Dave Douglas Quintet By A Little Light, Matt Ulery Do Wrong Right, Devil Makes Three The Low Highway, Steve Earle The Complete Sessions 1962, Coleman Hawkins Quartet Freedom is Free, Chicano Batman Rad Gumbo, Little Feat Retrospective, Emily Remler High Lonesome Cowboy, Peter Rowan & Don Edwards One on One, Stephane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner Trouble No More (Bootleg Series), Bob Dylan Last Days of Oakland, Fantastic Negrito Scandal, Soundprints One Word, Hillstomp Virtuoso, Joe Pass Nashville, Bill Frisell Harmony of Difference, Kamasi Washington Hudson, Hudson Trio, Sam Yahel Trio Stephanova, Stephane Grapelli Complete Recordings 1953-54, Kenny Drew Trio Roots, Rosenberg Trio Freedom Highway, Rhiannon Giddins Junior's Blues/Happy Time/Big Chief!, Junior Mance Trio American Dream, LCD Soundsystem Hand-crafted Swing, George VanEps & Howard Alden MoodSwing, Joshua Redman The Bluegrass Album, Alan Jackson Apti, Mahanthappa Rudresh's Indo-Pak Coalition Cosmogram, Hugo Fernandez The Journey, Sean Dobbins Organ Quartet Rights of Swing, Phil Woods Together at the Bluebird Cafe, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark The Epic, Kamasi Washington JJ Cale & Leon Russell at the Paradise Studios, LA 1979, JJ Cale & Leon Russell Lovers, Nels Cline Swingin' Stampede, Hot Club of Cowtown Schmilco, Wilco 22, A Million, Bon Iver Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula, John Zorn The Fields of November, Norman Blake The Water is Wide, Charles Lloyd Rad Gumbo, Little Feat Alfie, Sonny Rollins Zodiac Suite: Revisited, Mary Lou Williams Collective The SteelDrivers, The SteelDrivers Top Albums (ongoing list as they occur to me)
London Calling, The Clash Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix Rumors, Fleetwood Mac Monk's Dream, Thelonious Monk The Wall, Pink Floyd Kind of Blue, Mile Davis A Love Supreme, John Coltrane Greens from the Garden, Corey Harris Burnin', Bob Marley & the Wailers Anything Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli Full House, Wes Montgomery Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan (but pretty much everything) Anything Grateful Dead Anything Townes Van Zandt The Dark, Guy Clark The Complete Recordings, Robert Johnson The Infinite, Dave Douglas Paradise & Lunch, Ry Cooder Slant 6 Mind, Greg Brown Bone Machine, Tom Waits (but really anything) Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys Game Theory, The Roots The Bridge, Sonny Rollins Live in San Francisco, Tabla Beat Science In Rainbows, Radiohead Buena Vista Social Club |
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Dave Douglas playing with CSUS Jazz Ensemble (11/10/19)
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Cindy Cashdollar and Sonny Landreth (3/1/23)
