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When I woke up this morning, even before getting out of bed, I thought, Today is the last Saturday of September. And then I immediately thought, Darn! I missed the Grand Final. Oh well. Brisbane Lions 122 Geelong Cats 75 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-27/afl-grand-final-2025-geelong-vs-brisbane-live-blog/105822258 https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-grand-final-celebrations-live-updates-brisbane-lions-the-toast-of-the-town-geelong-cats-commiserate-after-2025-afl-decider-20250927-p5mydk.html https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/a-rare-contest-50m-goal-and-an-unholy-trinity-of-errors-the-moments-that-turned-the-grand-final-20250927-p5myca.html

He led the jazz big band of the local radio station for several years, the news of his passing was reported on their news pages today. R.I.P. This was his farewell concert:

Sounds like a nasty way to go Sad. RIP

oh that´s bad news. I first heard him with Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band. It was shortly before Thad and Mel separated....., and I remember that´s the first time I had heard that great pianist.

Max Roach with Strings ! I heard them live.

yes thats it, I ask the tenor player the way he wants to do it.

RIP

RIP. Excellent, versatile pianist.

I know his work from two early albums on the Gatemouth label. RIP.

My speed is usually good, but not always. I thought it was my phone and/or wifi getting wonky.

It is sad to learn of Jim McNeely's passing. I admired his work as a pianist, composer, bandleader, sideman arranger and soloist. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to hear him in person once, during IAJE in January 2001, where he performed most of his upcoming OmniTone CD release Group Therapy and on another occasion when he was a part of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He was also a delightful interview. The last time I talked to bassist Martin Wind circa 2021, he shared that Jim McNeely had recently moved to Maine to focus on compusing. Jim McNeely will be missed, but He has left a substantial legacy.

I couldn't believe this when I first read it. My first reaction was HS! The VV Band is a tightly knit circle. He must have wanted to them to keep the BDC a secret.RIP

There's a long obit on his website: https://www.jim-mcneely.com

Verve MV 2619 (JAPAN 1978) - Count Basie At Newport - rec. 1957

Verve MV 2627 (Japan 1979) - Stan Getz Plays - rec. 1952

It’s been reported on a few Facebook pages that he’s passed away today. He was 76. I’ve seen him perform live with the Vanguard Orchestra, as well as in a trio setting.

The forums are slow to load for everyone. Jim Alfredson tells me that our forum is getting slammed with spam bots that are killing our bandwidth. Jim has set up blockers but he is going to contact the host server company to see if they can help us with this. Sorry if it's taking a while. Hopefully we can get it back up to speed.

That one is sublime.