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Love the sleeve, but think the scattered tracks around I have.

Yeah! I have Power to the People, but want to dig deeper into the Milestone years.

Yes. Bad journalism.

I'm just not going to to see if I posted here or not, but YEAH! FULL-BLOWN Vince Guaraldi fan. Grew up listening to him, love his music, his themes, everything. I start here. Its my fall music album:

Best wishes for a fast recovery!

Wife selected it.

Talk about C.G. Jung's synchronicity. I was at a bar last night with friends for a drink and Eagle Eye’s Save the Night came on…cheers! Then later, we walked over to Barnes and Noble right by the restaurant we were at, and I came across Nenah Cherry’s Memoir, and of course I raced over to the chapter on Don. WOW. Within 5 minutes, she talks about her brother, Eagle Eye. Now that’s synchronicity!

USA Today: Jazz band cancels New Year's Eve performance at Trump-Kennedy Center with 2 days' notice

Playing now: Maybe my third favorite Christmas album.

Ah, yes. And yes! But Thad and Elvin. Two players of interest!

Train Dreams - Netflix

Well, there is a recent Washington Post article which includes this: So the Post says "harper, a member of the cookers..." which is possibly where the misinformation started.

Indeed! 🤣 Honestly, I'd expect to find little but misinformation on Facebook. And reading Facebook comments is akin to masochism, I've no time for that.

nope, Olio is with Frank Wess... nice record, though. Teo with the Prestige Jazz Quartet is another story.

Even by Facebook's incredibly low standards, the nonsense spewing regarding this debacle has been shocking. And why ask Harper about it? Any journalist who has done a drop of research will know that Harper's departure was not under the best of terms. Asking him to chime in is just sensationalism. But the media these days is a big part of our problem. Not doing their job.

Top 10 touchdowns https://www.cfl.ca/2025/12/28/top-10-touchdowns-of-2025/ ***** Top 10 plays by Canadians https://www.cfl.ca/2025/12/29/top-10-canadian-plays-of-2025/ ***** Canadian MOP candidates https://www.cfl.ca/2025/12/29/mmqb-5-canadians-who-could-win-their-first-mop-in-2026/ ***** Winnipeg Top 10 passers https://3downnation.com/2025/12/28/evergreen-the-winnipeg-blue-bombers-top-10-all-time-leading-passers/ ***** Sask Top 10 passers https://3downnation.com/2025/12/29/evergreen-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-all-time-leading-passers/ ***** Matthew Shiltz has announced his retirement. https://3downnation.com/2025/12/29/veteran-quarterback-matthew-shiltz-retires-from-cfl/ ***** Sask analysis https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/riderville-roundup-december-28-2025/

That's the one with Teo on tenor, right? Two was an interesting tenor player. Hell, an interesting musician, period.

Imagine that, misinformation on Facebook. Shocked! Shocked!

The amount of misinformation on Facebook regarding this matter is mind-boggling. Among other things, Billy Harper was asked about it by some interviewer and said he would never play there. Some concluded that it was this comment that resulted in the Cookers being canceled. Nonsense - Harper left the band two years ago. He was just saying that he himself would not play there. Also, some dude wanted to go down a racial rabbit hole. Unfriended that dude quickly.

Right, I always loved that version and many folks who came to my place asked me to spin it, since I was the only guy then who had it.....

It was a great show, I noticed the great Harry Sokal playing a wonderful version of Naima, and there was a rare appearence of Matthias Ruegg who had founded the Viena Art Orchestra somewhen in the late 70´s ..... some great duo performances, but then it was over for me since a crazy woman slammed a door at my head and I was inconstient and rushed to hospital. Maybe.....they recorded it...... so I could also hear the rest...... it was supposed to be a long night......

Live at the Bastille (1982), by Maggie Nicols, Joëlle Léandre and Lindsay Cooper