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***** I wish they still made plates like this! ***** The 1962 Grey Cup was the first CFL game I saw on television. I was there at the 1996 Grey Cup!

Staci Griesbach Holidaze IMPACTING NOW! Format: Holiday, Jazz HOLIDAZE EP Features Four Original Holiday Tracks Available For Download Now! Staci Griesbach's HOLIDAZE is now available for download! The four-track, all-original Christmas EP features "Holiday for Two," which is featured in the feature film "A Cherry Pie Christmas" and will be streaming on all free FAST channels on November 15th, including Amazon's Always Christmas Channel, TUBI TV, Pluto TV and more. If you're looking for editorial content or putting together a series or playlist of lyric videos on Youtube, you'll find links for "Holidaze" and "Holiday for Two" below. Thanks for listening, downloading and sharing the music with your audience. I'm eager to hear from you and collaborate further, so please reach out at stacigriesbach@gmail.com. All the best, ~Staci HOLIDAZE - Lyric Video HOLIDAY FOR TWO - Lyric Video # Artist and Track Title Time 1. Staci Griesbach - Holidaze 03:01 2. Staci Griesbach - Holiday for Two 02:49 3. Staci Griesbach - Not Even Santa Claus Can Fix Me Tonight 04:15 4. Staci Griesbach - Be My Santa Tonight 02:48 This holiday season brings a new EP from vocalist and composer Staci Griesbach called HOLIDAZE. The four-track EP features all original songs, with music, lyrics and arrangement by Griesbach as a follow up to her 2023 full-length holiday album Christmastime which featured “You and Me at Christmastime” on Hallmark’s A Very Vermont Christmas. The HOLIDAZE EP will be available on all digital platforms starting November 7, 2025 with pre-order on October 15, 2025. “Christmas is my favorite time of the year. It’s a time I recall my childhood memories on the farm, making Christmas cookies and candies, and finding something special under the Christmas tree. It’s a season that seems to bring out every emotion for me, from celebratory joy to disappointment and sadness to optimism and hope. As a writer, I’ve found the holidays to be a perfect moment to capture those emotions through song,” Griesbach said. Griesbach’s track “Holiday for Two” is featured in A Wisconsin Christmas Pie (A Cherry Pie Christmas), a holiday movie which makes its broadcast premiere on Great American Family on Saturday, October 11th at 8 pm ET. Griesbach, a Wisconsin native, is also a producer on the film. HOLIDAZE features Staci Griesbach on vocals and an incredible cast of instrumentalists including acclaimed jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman, Larry Koonse on guitar, Kevin Axt on bass and Jake Reed on drums and percussion. Upcoming HOLIDAZE Performances: Ventura CA - The Grape - Dec 4th, 7:30 pm Madison WI - North Street - Dec 10th, 7:00 pm Appleton WI - Gibson Music Hall - Dec 11th, 7:00 pm Los Angeles CA - Vitellos' Velvet Martini Lounge - Dec 20th, 7:00 pm HOLIDAZE is produced by Staci Griesbach for Hwy 76 Records featuring vocals by Staci Griesbach. Engineering and Recorded by Talley Sherwood at Tritone Recording. Additional Engineering by James Keeley IV. Mixed by Steve Genewick at the Stewart House. Mastered by Eric Boulanger at The Bakery, Los Angeles CA. Album photography by Kim Thiel and design layout by Gabriel Cervantes. Styling, hair, make-up by Staci Griesbach. ABOUT STACI GRIESBACH Staci Griesbach is a Los Angeles-based vocalist with a Signature Songbook Series of albums reimagining the Great American Songbook of Country Music in the style of Jazz while developing her own voice as a Singer/Songwriter. Griesbach’s fourth studio album Christmastime (2023) features four original holiday songs, including lead track “You and Me at Christmastime,” which debuted in Hallmark’s A Very Vermont Christmas. Griesbach’s catalog interprets classic country music songs reimagined in jazz. Her My George Jones Songbook album earned her 4 stars in Downbeat magazine. Griesbach’s line of “Songbook Singles” also showcases her interpretations of the classic Great American Songbook as well as other classic Songbooks of 20th Century American music. Griesbach has performed her unique Songbook Series across the country from Carnegie Hall (NYC) to the Country Music Hall of Fame (Nashville) to Catalina Jazz Club and Feinstein’s at Vitello’s (Los Angeles). In 2020, Griesbach was selected for the SXSW Music Festival as a Showcasing Artist and in 2024, the Western Arts Alliance featured Griesbach as one of five performers to attend WOMEX 2024 as part of the PADX (Performing Arts Discovery) Delegation. For more, visit www.StaciGriesbach.com Contact: Staci Griesbach stacigriesbach@gmail.com

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Another HighNote Christmas recording that you can only download as an mp3 from Amazon. Plus, their website is pretty much dead, with their new releases section dating to 2023.

Time to get out my Mars Williams Ayler Xmas CDs.

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Finally listening to the final (fourth) cd in the box set Jimi Hendrix Experience “Bold as Love” 500×352 47.8 KB

Love that record and if there's any real complaint from me about these Black Jazz releases is that they're EPs instead of LPs. Kind of like that Sonny Fortune/Stan Hunter Trip On the Strip record.

Jeremy Pelt Christmas Interlude Impacting November 14th, 2025 Format: Jazz # Artist and Track Title Time 1. Jeremy Pelt - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) 04:10 2. Jeremy Pelt - We Three Kings 04:20 3. Jeremy Pelt - Christmas Time Is Here 04:39 4. Jeremy Pelt - The Little Drummer Boy 03:52 5. Jeremy Pelt - Winter Wonderland 04:53 New from HighNote Records JEREMY PELT - Christmas Interlude Jeremy Pelt - trumpet Victor Gould – piano, Fender Rhodes (tr. 2-4) Leighton Harrell – acoustic bass (except tr. 1) Jared Spears – drums (except tr. 1) Jeremy Pelt isn't content to just dust off the holiday songbook — he gives it a bright new shine. One of today's most creative and consistently compelling trumpeters, Pelt brings his signature mix of smarts, soul, and swing to this inspired set list, where classic fare gets a decidedly contemporary spin. In the capable hands of this all-star quartet, “Winter Wonderland” bounces along with straight-ahead joy, “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” glows with intimacy, while “The Little Drummer Boy” and “We Three Kings” get a sleek, modern makeover courtesy of the Fender Rhodes and the group's cool, clever arrangements. It's all vintage Pelt — inventive, soulful, and deeply musical. Sure, it's a Christmas album, but at its core, it's a sparkling celebration of jazz itself, played with warmth, wit, and real sophistication. - Ray Osnato for HighNote Records Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com Jeremy Pel... Jeremy Pel...

Franz Lachner String Quartets Vol.1 - Rodin Quartet

Surf Ride has recently been re-mastered. https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/surf-ride-remastered-2025

And the winners are... Player - Rourke Defense - Betts Canadian - Rourke OL - Hardrick ST - Vaval Rookie - Vaval

Art Pepper “The Hollywood All-Star Sessions,” disc 3

Adieu, Brownie. I will miss your posts. RIP

Starting off with Joshua Redman “Words Fall Short” Blue Note cd I like this one a lot.

A Five Star album in my book. Top level playing by all members of this quintet.

Who Are You Super Deluxe Edition 7 CD/Blu-ray Played once: Mint $90 shipped Media Mail UPS is about $30 so if you would prefer I will ship via UPS for$110.