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Superb!

I empathize with what you are saying. 😎

Something to do with politics I believe.

But it's better than the alternative. I manage a Facebook group for my high school. These days, I find myself posting a lot of obituaries for former classmates. I used to go to Jazz shows and see the greats of yesterday play on stage. Now, with a few exceptions, they are all gone. Even the rock musicians I saw as a young man are passing away slowly but surely. Too many of them are just ghost bands now. I find myself getting frustrated with some things I see around me and I can only think of: One of the ones that really bugs me is these idiots texting on their phones while they drive like crazy down the road. I figure one of them is going to kill me or a family member one of these days. It's why I stopped riding a motorcycle. I'm sure that they think I'm just a cranky old man when they see me shaking my head as I pass them. That commercial on TV where they show the driver stop just short of hitting a bunch of kids needs to be re-done and show that driver hitting those kids and cut the commercial with their bodies flying through the air. Maybe that would make an impact? As a retired engineer, I find myself very very frustrated when something isn't working correctly and customer service people almost universally treat me like I don't know what I'm talking about. Like i just want to complain. The craziest one was when I went into a Toyota service center and told the 20-something kid behind the counter that the Carista app showed a lot of error codes for my car and could they check them out. Afterwards, he said there were no error codes at all. When I showed him the error log, he said, "You must not be using the app right". Oh - old man doesn't know how to use an app! What was I thinking! One of the most difficult things I've found with getting old is planning your (shortened) future. I always planned to retire and start traveling. I seem to have saved enough money, but my better half is not as sure as I am. But here's the thing - you have no expiration date! I keep telling her that we don't need to save all this money for when we're 85 - if we even make it that far - but she just doesn't seem to want to admit that we're going to die someday. When you budget for retirement, you almost have to enter your own estimated "death" date (or a date where you won't spend as much on "extras" like travel). Even if it's only in your head, that's fucking surreal. You definitely have to do it for stuff like pensions or Social Security so you can decide when to start collecting. Then there's your health. I wanted to retire early to enjoy a healthy retirement. I did it. I retired early. Then I had health issues. Then my wife had health issues. It's crazy when you are an active person for most of your life but then find yourself unable to do a lot of those things as you got older. I used to love playing volleyball. I can't do it anymore. If I suddenly stop posting here someday, it'll be one of these health issues biting me in the ass. We'll see how this year goes. We have 4 vacations planned - one down, three to go. Fingers crossed.

Without even searching through this thread... the first one (who I know has been brought up), is Lee Konitz. I miss him a lot. Managed to see him maybe 2x before he passed away. He left us a great recorded legacy although I wish there was some unreleased Lee to come out.

What do you mean by "non-musical past times?" Someone else made a similar reference to this and I have no idea what the backstory is.

Dave Holland “Jumpin’ In” ECM cd All Dave Holland compositions save one by Steve Coleman. Steve Coleman – alto saxophone, flute Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, pocket trumpet, cornet, fluegelhorn Julian Priester – trombone David Holland – acoustic bass, cello Steve Ellington – drums

In honour of the (to my ears a little average) recent Melissa Aldana album, I would be grateful for recommendations for latin vocal albums that have a strong influence from jazz on the vocal performance. I am not looking for (1) jazzy bossa / samba records, or (2) afro-cuban records that just have big band instrumentation or descarga passages. That's not because they're not interesting but because they're easily located via Google, rym, allmusic etc. I am aware of the bolero subgenre of 'Filin' and am basically looking for that kind of music: not necessarily bolero specialists but singers who are clearly aware of the likes of Ella Fitzgerald or Helen Merrill. I am thinking of albums like this one: Jose Antonio Mendez – Canta Solo Para Enamorados Any recommendations are welcome.

Works wonderfully for me, I think it's a great album. Because of Gil, we have all these great Blue Note recordings by RVG, so glad he "hipped" Lion to RVG. Now. . . . The cold is back! Yesterday afternoon about 5 while I was just getting going restoring all my collection to the newly re-painted and re-furbished bedroom downstairs. . . Lucy fell in the living room and dislocated her left shoulder. Four hours spent in the ER got it back in place. . . it was so awful to see her in so much pain for too long but she’s sleeping comfortably right now. Hopefully she’ll be taking it easy, and I can complete the task of putting all the piles of books and cds and LPs into the shelving again today. Really miss listening. . . starting today off with a new arrival, the excellent In and Out cd of Randy Weston Big Band, “Montreux Jazz Festival 1985”–the third of the new Weston releases to hit my home. It sounds great!

I got so bored of the Fresu disc, that I had to switch to... 🤘

Cachao Y Su Típica – Super-Danzones Vol. 2 Three times on repeat now and ready for another go. Incredible record.

Always liked to hear "Sad Walk" played by Chet, who was always in search of interesting new compositions. Recommended: Long Article by Austrian Trumpetplayer Franz Koglmann about Zieff:"Going Underground". In German jazz journal "Jazz Podium" Number 12/2022-1/2023, pages 29/30 (Cover story: Tyshawn Sorey). RIP Bob Zieff

Andrew, I've sent you another pm - Dan Stewart has contacted Ken Poston from the LAJI (Los Angeles Jazz Institute) & he is interested in taking your uncle's notes. Contact details (for Ken) are in the pm

One of my favorite films, and it was on TCM a couple nights ago. I have the Criterion Blu-ray release, but watched it again anyway, and I always see something different. Also, it never occurred to me that the entire film takes place in a 24-hour period. This was mentioned by the TCM Host.

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Seeing most of them on the TCM streaming platform inside HBO Max. Music on the silent is modern. It should be noted, though, that Prime has a pretty good selection of mif-century Noir and quality Bs. Just finished: Music was a modern orchestration of original themed by Chaplin.

I had that Vanguard at one point; '65 seems like where things really get going. Gathering all the Lacy Hats into one box might be difficult. That is a lot of material.

What music (if any) was on the version you saw? And where are you seeing all these films?

Bill Ackman has offered $65 billion (cash and stock) to take over Universal Music Group. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mergers-and-acquisitions/how-ackman-is-trying-to-force-universal-music-group-onto-the-us-market/ar-AA20ksMi