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  2. Geri Allen Has Died

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    Devastated , she was one of my faves among the current crop , saw her almost every time she came here, the most memorable gigs were once as she was working with Charles Looyd in his quartet, which is among my greatest concert I ever witnessed at the old Spectrum and another highlight  was when she played wiith Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lynn Carrington as part of the Wayne Shorter anniversary bash a few years ago.

  6. Leonard Cohen, RIP

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    As a Montrealer I feel doubly the pain of the loss  as much as the lost of a major  artist and  as one of the proudest   representative of my city.

     

    Musical arrangements were never the strong pouint of Cohen but with lyrics like his, you could have listened to them with a vacuum cleaner in the background and it still would have been relevant.

     

    What a lousy news to learn before going to bed.

  12. RIP Bud Spencer

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    A favourite of my youth passed away, never saw his films afterwards so can't say if they hold the test of time, probably not but who knows  . Back in the days (late 70s) when a  Hill-Spencer flick  was shown on the telly we (schoolboys) would inform each other and talk about it the day after. Pardon the cliché he represented a throwback to simpler times.

     

    Most recent memory of him is during a documentary on Italian westerns shown at a festival, , they of course talked about the Hill-Spencer duo and the fight sequence shown as an example of their art made everyone in the audience laugh their ass out. In a way these two were to my generation what The Three Stooges were to my previous generation

     

     

    Adios Bud

     

     

     

     

  13. Apocalypsis R. Murray Schafer

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by Van Basten II

    Not sure if it fits in classical or elsewhere but there's a recording that's worth checking out , unfortunately the visual aspects have not been offered to the public no DVD or Bluray yet , nonetheless the musical by itself  sure made an effect on me, enjoy or hate. Here are a few youtube links and the Deezer link to the whiole album,

     

     

     

    http://www.deezer.com/album/12309968

     

    One thing for sure, it is kinda appropriate with Easter coming along.

  15. Montreal in August

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by Van Basten II

    With the new board I miss quite often threads where I could deliver a proper input, here's a fine example. Probably way too late to give you tips but as you'll probably know by now, you should have skipped Archambault they are pretty useless music wise and they are way too expensive for stuff outside mainstream.

     

    CD shops have fallen on hard times in terms of quality as less people buy CDs so of course it means less people are getting rid of them.  Your best bet, and it's been a while since I went there so not so sure if it's still reliable,  guessing from what you were looking might have been Cheap Thrills

     

    Hope you enjoyed the trip nonetheless.

  20. 1.5 billion dollar lottery here in the US.

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    7 hours ago, sonnymax said:

    The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292 million. You have a better chance of:

        •    Having an IQ of 190 or greater.

        •    Giving birth to quadruplets, even without the help of fertility treatments.

        •    Being killed by an asteroid strike.

        •    Being killed by a lightning strike.

        •    Dying by drowning.

        •    Being struck by lightning, while drowning.

    Now, let's say you beat the odds and win the whole enchilada. You only get the full amount if you're willing to take the winnings in 30 payments over 29 years. If you want it in one lump sum, the lottery takes 38 percent. Then there are the taxes. With that much money, you'll be taxed at the highest federal tax rate of 39.6 percent. And if you think you can avoid paying taxes with a "take the money and run" strategy, know that the federal government withholds 25 percent before you see a dime (28 percent if you're not a US citizen).

    Obviously, lotteries aren't for me. I'm too busy ducking asteroids. :P

    Well the first two  are way out of question for physical reasons  I better practice  ducking  and avoid water at all cost

  23. Paul Bley RIP

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    2 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

    Renee Rosnes?

    Thought of her too  thought of Ingrid Jensen also, , , I like the idea of Joni though, a bit more famous although not technically a jazzwoman in the purest sense. but there is enough of a connection.... 

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