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And so the Combine has begun. Here is news from Day One. https://www.cfl.ca/combine/cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/27/louis-philippe-gauthier-runs-fastest-40-yard-dash-at-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/27/gauthier-runs-fastest-40-yard-dash-at-cfl-combine/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/27/montreal-carabins-louis-philippe-gauthier-wins-forty-yard-dash-at-2026-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/27/top-5-from-every-drill-at-the-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/27/keegan-oneil-tops-the-bench-press-at-cfl-combine/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/27/western-mustangs-keegan-oneil-wins-bench-press-at-2026-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/27/3-standout-performers-that-dominated-cfl-combine-testing-day/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/27/3-prospects-that-upped-their-stock-after-cfl-combine-testing-day/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/27/2026-combine-day-one-testing/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/27/mcmaster-marauders-ethan-stuart-wins-three-cone-drill-at-2026-cfl-combine/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/27/mcmaster-db-ethan-stuart-double-dips-as-short-shuttle-champ-at-2026-cfl-combine/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/27/ottawa-gee-gees-marc-djonay-rondeau-wins-broad-jump-at-2026-cfl-combine/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/27/lauriers-jesulayomi-ojutalayo-ottawas-patrick-cumberbatch-tie-for-top-vertical-jump-at-2026-cfl-combine/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/scouting-the-roughriders-needs-at-the-cfl-combine-offense/ ***** Sask editorial https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/opinion-hey-jeremy-oday-haters-what-now/ ***** This says that the Bombers are considering obtaining MBT from the Als. https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/streveler-retires-mbt-on-bombers-radar-bombers-still-lack-2-quarterback/ ***** Danny Maciocia likes Quebec City for an expansion team. https://3downnation.com/2026/03/25/quebec-city-by-far-the-best-option-available-for-cfl-expansion-danny-maciocia/

Disc 2: Dreams and Roba part 1. So happy to have obtained this set. Challenging but very interesting music.

Listening to one of the first LPs I’ve ever owned, given to me by a Peace Corps volunteer my father directed in Swaziland (now Eswatini) unwanted from a care package they all received from Atlantic Records in 1969. It still plays and sounds wonderful! Leo Wright “Blues Shout” Atlantic mono LP

Egad. Never thought of Rufus. Benton is one of those weird guys I don't know much by, but I know him when I hear him (think Tate Houston). I had his record Out Of This World when I was a kid (may still have that on vinyl, actually).

Bet it sounds good

Thelonious Monk & Tete Montoliu at Deutscher Jazz Salon, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany, May 1961. Photo by Susanne Schapowalow

Ts find, Symphony No.6 & Ouvertures

Bill Evans “Morning Glory–The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires” Resonance 2 cd, disc 1 Bill with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell

Alejo Durán y Su Conjunto

Thanks for this wonderful commentary! That is indeed Walter Benton on track 4. Was not expecting him to be one of the players anyone IDed after a first listen. 13 is a band that's nigh inescapable on classic rock radio, but this is a recently "rediscovered" track of theirs.

Grateful Dead “Dave’s Picks, Volume 10 (Thelma, Los Angeles, CA • 12/12/69)” 3 cd set, disc 1

Johannes Enders - Endorphin (Enja)

Woke up to the sound of an owl hotting nearby in one of our trees. Always makes me happy to hear that! Gearing up to stand in the cold for hours today along with thousands nation-wide. . . I know I’ll wish it were warmer! Starting off with: Randy Weston with Monty Alexander “Montreux/Zaragoza & Ramatuelle Jazz Festivals 1988” In & Out cd This is as interesting a listen as I thought it would be. And sound is quite ggood as well. No bass or drummer, just the two pianists and two percussionists.

Late night, because I am still grading, with a host of other deadlines; so I put on this:

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And how did you feel it. Can you write some lines, a little review, plz ....? Great News: The boss of the record company urged me to do the next album and I signed for renewed contract and we will be in the studios again in early autums so the next album can be out early next year, like it was with "Simmering". Meanwhile I have composed 4 new pieces for the next album, and we allready perform them live, or I perform them also with other guys since I am more in demand than just my own group. Sure is one thing: Lili remains my singer and I give here a very very substantial role in my projects. I also add her as co-autor to the tunes I write where she writes the lyrics. The next album might have more vocal pieces and only 2 instrumentals (a modal waltz COMPOSED BY MY GIRLFRIEND !!!!, and a heavy funk piece with the trumpet leading).

Have you contacted Ted O'Reily in Toronto?

Good Lord!!!

Fine set.