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Those guyz are the shit! I've worked with both E.Dog and Bill Heid at different times... I first worked with Heid in a black club in Lansing, Mi in the early 80's...About 4 years ago I had a gig with Heid and a Detroit tenor player. We had a great time even though Bill was playin' a cheezy Casio keyboard. E. Dog used to come up to Grand Rapids, Mi and play hard bop gigs with me. He's deep and plays very soulfully. And the most fascinating fact about Scott Peterson is that he has Cystic Fibrosis and most people afficted with this disease don't live past their 30's or 40's and Scott is still doing great and playin' his ass off!! I truly believe it's due to his great love of playing music... To quote Sun Ra, "Music is the healing force of the Universe"

WE'RE STILL IN DIRE NEED OF... (Since I started this post started little has changed)... A. Ambitious and honest Management B. Good distribution for the Cd (national & international) C. Lots of magazine publicity (and Cd reviews) D. Getting the Cd to someone with influence and connections E. And GIGS to pay off the CD debt so we can start recording another CD We're ready and willing to travel the US and internationally to play. WE NEED GIGS! Right now we're only working 1 to 2 nights a month and we're approaching Summer.. Is there anybody out there??

Thanks Ghost! We feel we have a really good Cd and would like to try and do something with it..

Thanks Ghost.. It's getting good airplay in Mich and nationwide every weekend on Wilke's show. We just need to get the CD in the right hands. We need magazine publicity, good distribution, a good manager, and GIGS! We really want to get out in the world and play!! Right now we're only working one Tuesday a month in GR Michigan and Cds sales have slowed down. I think some people hearing us on the radio don't know who we are or how to get our Cd..

Greetings, oh Randy one, Confession time: Because of the loads of CDs I get every week now...most of them either crap or just not ready for prime-time, .. I hadn't listened to your CD until today. NOW to be exact. It's really excellent in every respect: variety, compositions, recording quality and high level of playing. Why even the drummer sounds really good! This is sure not your typical Organ trio/quartet. You''re all so musical and fresh sounding, and yet with enough of the tradition intact to feel like home when you want to. Congratulations. It's obvious that a lot of time and thought went into this band. It was nice to hear Blake with you guys too. I think he's very underrated. I met him in '92 when we did a recording project with Hargrove for a week, and then renewed our connection when he was with McBride last year and this year. A beautiful spirit too. I get Parlocha's playlist every week. I'll be looking for you guys and copy you if I see you. If I don't, I'll call Bob. Have you sent this to Chuy Varela at KCSM? Unfortunately, they don't publish a playlist, so I don't know if you're on there. Things are slow and sad out here right now. the week before Pearl's died, Al Plank died. There was a big session/wake at Pearl's, but that was the day we were recording McBride, so I missed it. Only piano players, bass players and singers seem to be working with regularity. The jazz gigs all pay a bill or less and all of them are now in restaurants. Some more hospitable than others, of course. I played at the Coffee Mill in Oakland last Sunday with Jim Grantham. three hours for $30.00 and I suspect that most of that came out of Jim's pocket. I've also started filling in for Paul VW at the Jazz School in Berkeley. He and brother John W. teach a class for pianists and guitar players so they can learn how to play with a bass player and drummer. As you can imagine...I've had LOT'S to say! I really enjoy that gig. Otherwise, it's been my radio stuff and my concert series at Filoli and some producing that's kept the wolf from the door. Have you heard Latin Tinge "Isla"? That's the latest and by far the best by them. I'm very proud of our work on that; strong playing and the best sound I've ever gotten on a CD. I'd send you a copy but I don't got no mo. Levine is on the road doing workshops for another few weeks, so I can't get more till he gets back. It got up to #18 in national airplay. You sound really good, Randyroonie. I'm not surprised, of course. You're a credit to your race. I see Diane Schur will be at Yoshi's in early June. I guess that means I'll actually get to reconnect with your cuz. Very cool. Now I must go. I'll be sure to check your website later. Love, Budley Bop

Greetings, oh Randy one, Confession time: Because of the loads of CDs I get every week now...most of them are either crap or just not ready for prime-time, .. I hadn't listened to your CD until today. NOW to be exact. It's really excellent in every respect: variety, compositions, recording quality and high level of playing. Why even the drummer sounds really good! This is sure not your typical Organ trio/quartet. You''re all so musical and fresh sounding, and yet with enough of the tradition intact to feel like home when you want to. Congratulations. It's obvious that a lot of time and thought went into this band. It was nice to hear Blake with you guys too. I think he's very underrated. I met him in '92 when we did a recording project with Hargrove for a week, and then renewed our connection when he was with McBride last year and this year. A beautiful spirit too. I get Parlocha's playlist every week. I'll be looking for you guys and copy you if I see you. If I don't, I'll call Bob. Have you sent this to Chuy Varela at KCSM? Unfortunately, they don't publish a playlist, so I don't know if you're on there. Things are slow and sad out here right now. the week before Pearl's died, Al Plank died. There was a big session/wake at Pearl's, but that was the day we were recording McBride, so I missed it. Only piano players, bass players and singers seem to be working with regularity. The jazz gigs all pay a bill or less and all of them are now in restaurants. Some more hospitable than others, of course. I played at the Coffee Mill in Oakland last Sunday with Jim Grantham. three hours for $30.00 and I suspect that most of that came out of Jim's pocket. I've also started filling in for Paul VW at the Jazz School in Berkeley. He and brother John W. teach a class for pianists and guitar players so they can learn how to play with a bass player and drummer. As you can imagine...I've had LOT'S to say! I really enjoy that gig. Otherwise, it's been my radio stuff and my concert series at Filoli and some producing that's kept the wolf from the door. Have you heard Latin Tinge "Isla"? That's the latest and by far the best by them. I'm very proud of our work on that; strong playing and the best sound I've ever gotten on a CD. I'd send you a copy but I don't got no mo. Levine is on the road doing workshops for another few weeks, so I can't get more till he gets back. It got up to #18 in national airplay. You sound really good, Randyroonie. I'm not surprised, of course. You're a credit to your race. I see Diane Schur will be at Yoshi's in early June. I guess that means I'll actually get to reconnect with your cuz. Very cool. Now I must go. I'll be sure to check your website later. Love, Budley Bop

I checked out the AAJ Board and though it had some interesting posts, it has a rather gray vibe about it..

Yeah, there is a bassoonist you need to check out by the name of Paul Hansen.... The cat is BAD!!! I played a couple of jazz gigs with him in San Francisco in the late 80's. Paul plays great tenor sax as well and is an outstanding improviser. Back in the 80's he was a member of Peter Apelbaum's Hieroglyphics Ensemble, a large eclectic band of about 14 people with a sound somewhere between Sun Ra, Fela, Hermeto Pasqual, and with some of the nasty grooves of early James Brown. Check this band out. They have 2 Cds out that are definately worth a listen! More recently Paul Hansen has been featured on tours and recordings with Bela Flek. Again, the cat is BAD!!!

We're back on the playlist y'all! FOR SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2003 SU 12:00am - Theme Gary Smulyan - Follow Me - C.L.Morehead - The Real Deal - 7:43 Pinky Winters- My Melancholy Baby - Norton/ Burnett - Rain Sometimes - 5:21 Kurt Järnberg - Twin Bossa - K.Järnberg - Make A Bet - 7:32 Charlie Mariano - Spring is Here - Rodgers & Hart - Deep In A Dream - 6:35 Steve Lacy - Naked Lunch - W.Burroughs/ S.Lacy - The Beat Suite - 4:20 Lynne Arriale - Arise - L.Arriale - Arise - 5:50 Royce Campbell/Gene Bertoncini- Blues for Charlie- R.Campbell- Tribute to Charlie Byrd - 6:34 Teddy Edwards- Robbins’ Nest- I.Jacquet/ C.Thompson/ B.Russell Smooth Sailing -6:43 (Eddie Higgins - Wolff in Chic Clothing - E.Higgins - 0:40) SU 1:00am - Roy Haynes - The Best Thing for You - I.Berlin - Love Letters - 3:46 Steve Kuhn - All Alone - I.Berlin - Love Walked In - 5:21 Luciana Souza - Chega de Saudade - A.C.Jobim/ V.de Moraes - North and South - 4:02 Jessica Williams - Warm Valley - Ellington - All Alone - 6:19 Slide Hampton WOT - Dolphin Dance - H.Hancock - Spirit of the Horn - 7:10 Tom Harrell - Sail Away - T.Harrell - Sail Away - 5:14 Jane Ira Bloom - Unexpected Light - J.I.Bloom - Chasing Paint - 8:49 Vincent Herring - The Rain - R.S.Goods - All Too Real - 6:23 John Pizzarelli - Isn’t It A Pity - G & I Gershwin - Live at Birdland - 4:14 (Scott Hamilton/ Ken Peplowski - The Goof and I - A.Cohn - 0:40) SU 2:00am - Eddie Henderson - All Blues - M.Davis - So What - 7:02 Pete Malinverni - Elegy - P.Malinverni - Autumn in New York - 6:33 Chick Corea/Origin - Armando’s Tango - C.Corea - Rendezvous in New York - 13:20 Lorraine Feather - The Green Flash - D.Grusin/L.Feather - Café Society - 4:28 Pete Jolly - While My Lady Sleeps - Kaper/ Brown - Yours Truly - 5:13 Bill Bruford - The Shadow Of A Doubt - B.Bruford/ S.Hamilton - Sound of Surprise - 6:07 Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo A La Turk - D.Brubeck - The Essential Brubeck - 6:45 Lee Ritenour - Party Time - L.Morgan - Rit’s Hosue - 4:19 (Johnny Hodges - Good Queen Bess - J.Hodges - 0:40) SU 3:00am - John Scofield - Whatcha See is Whatcha Get - T.Hester - Up All Night - 5:53 Organissimo - You Don’t Want to Do That - Alfredson/ Gloss - Waiting for the Boogaloo Sisters - 7:19 Babatunde Lea - Soul Pools - B.Lea - Soul Pools - 5:02 Flora Purim - Primeira Estrela - A.Moreira/ Y.Yokokura - Speak No Evil - 5:00 Ben Sidran/ Bob Rockwell - A Long Night - A.Wilder/ L.McGlohon - Walk Pretty - 4:48 Bruce Barth - San Francisco Holiday - T.Monk - Live at Village Vanguard -5:27 Charlile Hunter - Try - C.Hunter - Right Now Move - 7:12 Jim Hall - Scrapple from The Apple - C.Parker - Live! - 7:33 Karin Plato - Songbird - L.McGlohon - Blue Again - 3:28 (Major Holley - Blues for Alice - C.Parker - 0:40) SU 4:00am - Chet Baker - Line for Lyons - G.Mulligan - But Not for Me - 6:28 Doug Lawrence - A Portrait of Jenny - Burdge/ Robinson - Street Wise - 7:32 Fred Hersch/ Norma Winstone - Stars - Hersch/ Winstone - Songs & Lullabies - 6:03 Ian Hendrickson-Smioth - Best Things In Life are Free - L.Brown - Up In Smoke - 9:02 Miles Davis - Just Squeeze Me - Ellington/ Gaines - New Miles Davis Qnt - 7:25 Roy Haynes - Diverse - C.Parker - Birds of a Feather - 5:20 Diz & Bird - All The Things You Are - Kern & Hammerstein - Greatest Jazz Concert - 7:39 Dizzy Gillespie - Blue Skies - I.Berlin - Dee Gee Days - 2:16 (Gerry Mulligan - Boplicity - C.Henry - 0:40) SU 5:00am - Kenny Barron - Alter Ego - J.Wiliams - Live at Bradley’s - 13:23 Ron Carter - A Blues for Bradley - R.Carter - Eight Plus 7:45 Jim Snidero - Dawn - J.Snidero - Strings - 7:06 Susie Hansen-Que Pase la Tormenta-Hansen/E.Bulling/R.Esteva- Salsa Never Ends-4:02 Chucho Valdés - Wakamba - C.Valdés - Fantásia Cubana - 5:32 Christian McBride - Precous One - G.Keezer - Vertical Vision - 5:54 Stevie Holland - Bluesette - Thielemans / Gimbel - Almost Like Being In Love - 2:49 Chris Buzzelli - Where or When- Rodgers & Hart - I Can Pick My Friends - 7:54 (Scott Hamilton & Ken Peplowski - Blues Up & Down - Ammons & Stitt - 0:40) SU 6:00am - Horace Silver - The Baghdad Blues - H.Silver - Blowin’ The Blues Aweay - 4:49 Papa John DeFrancesco - Latin Groove Duce - J.DeFrancesco- Jumpin’ - 8:05 David Fathead Newman - Lady Day -L.Johnson - The Gift - 0:40) Holly Hoffman/ Bill Cunliffe - If You Could See Me NOw - T.Dameron - Just Duet, 2 - 7:33 Don Lanphere - Blues Away - J.Hay - Where Do You Start? - 7:09 Milt Jackson/Clayton-Hamilton Orhc - Since I Fell for You - B.Johnson - Explosive! - 7:39 Zoot Sims - In the Middle Of A Kiss - S.Coslow - Art ‘n’ Zoot - 8:51 Woody Herman - My Funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart - Woody’s Winners - 4:07 (Theme)

Damn Joe! Happy Birthday!!!! :party: I wish I would have known Sunday when I saw ya! I hope you had a great day my brother!

Wow! What an interesting thread... Thanks Joe!!!! When I first heard a Weather Report record in 1971 with the first album "Milky Way", I was blown away with Shorter & Zawinul's approach to music! ...That's the way I wanted to play!! I had been listening to Miles and Frank Zappa at that time.... I have heard Weather Report several times in concert and at one time or another have owned all of their recordings. Black Market is a magical and timeless record!

Glad you like it! Thank you for purchasing a copy...

If you'd like information about how to timeshift the program to a more convenient time to listen, send an email to jim@jazzafterhours.org FOR SATURDAY APRIL 26, 2003 artist - title - composer - album - duration - SA 0 - Theme (open & close): Ray Bryant - After Hours - A.Parrish - Alone at Montreux Chico Hamilton - Mother Tucker - C.Hamilton - Thoughts of.. - 6:51 Bill Mays - You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To - C.Porter - Going Home - 5:53 Jim Snidero - Torrent - J.Snidero - Strings - 5:10 Stan Getz - First Song (for Ruth) - C.Haden - Café Monmartre - 9:53 Larry Coryell - It Could Happen To You - J.Burke/ J.Van Heusen- Cedars of Avalon- 6:09 Carol Sloane - An Older Man Is Like An Elegant Wine - LWing - Sweet & Slow - 5:06 Louis Hayes - That’s The Thing - R.Mullins - Quintessential Lou - 6:10 Sheila Jordan - Barbados - C.Parker - Little Song - 4:47 (Akio Sasajima - Crazeology - Benny Harris - 0:40) SA 1 - Dave Holland is guest Dave Holland - Not for Nothin’ - D.Holland - Not for Nothin’ - 5:54 (interview) Dave Holland - Upswing - D.Holland - What Goes Around - 6:51 (interview) Scolohofo - Brandyn - A.Foster - Oh! - 4:32 (interview) Dave Holland - Go Fly A Kite - S.Nelson - Not for Nothin’ - 5:54 One for All - Poem for J.J. - S.Davis - Live at Smoke, Vol.1 - 9:46 Mark Murphy - With Every Breath I Take - C.Coleman/D.J.Zippel - Some Time Ago -5:11 (Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-a-ning - T.Monk - 0:40) SA 2 - Clark Terry/ Max Roach - Let’s Cool One - T.Monk - Friendship - 6:33 Wayne Shorter - Sacajawea - W.Shorter - Alegría - 7:41 David Hazeltine - the Look of Love - Bachrach/ David - Manhattan Autumn - 5:40 Frank Potenza - Funk in Deep Freeze - H.Mobley - The Legacy - 438 Stacey Kent - Shall We Dance - R.Rodgers/ O.Hammerstein - In Love Again - 3:38 Don Menza - Robbins’ Nest - Jacquet/ Thompson - Live at Capozzoli’s - 9:23 Tierney Sutton- Alone Together - Dietz/ Schwartz - Something Cool - 4:12 Steve Turre - Lament - J.Johnson - One 4 J - 4:51 John Stetch- Stella By Starlight - V.Young/ N.Washington - Standards - 3:52 (Ron Escheté - Blues Bruise - R.Escheté - 0:40) SA 3 - Remembering Teddy Edwards - died 4/20/03 Teddy Edwards - Blues in G - T.Edwards - Teddy’s Ready - 6:48 Teddy Edwards - Scrapple from the Apple - C.Parker - Teddy’s Ready - 5:46 Teddy Edwards & Dexter Gordon - The Duel (parts 1 & 2) - Gordon - Compl Dial - 5:25 Teddy Edwards - Blues in Teddy’s Flat - T.Edwards - Compl.Dial Sessions - 3:00 Teddy Edwards - What’s New - B.Haggart/ J.Burke - Teddy’s Ready - 3:56 Babatunde Lea - Confrontation - B.Lea - Soul Pools - 3:37 Rufus Reid - Whims of The Bluebird - R.Reid - The Gait Keeper - 10:07 Mike Melvoin - I’m Confessin ‘ - Dougherty/ Neiburg/ Reynolds - It’s Always You - 8:49 Harry the Hipster - Stop That Dancin’ Up There - H.Gibson- Slim Gaillard The Legendar McVouty - 3:27 (Alan Broadbent - Daahoud - C.Brown - 0:40) SA 4 - Ray Barretto - Close Your Eyes - B.Petkere - Homage to Art - 6:20 The Drummonds - Pas de Trois - P.Arslanian - pas de trois - 5:13 Dave Brubeck - Don’t Forget Me - D.Brubeck - Park Avenue South - 10:46 Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart - Oh You Crazy Moon - 8:56 Lee Ritenour - Party Time - L.Morgan - Rit’s House - 4:19 Ahmad Jamal - Should I - A.Jamal - In Search of - 5:29 Pinky Winters - Why Can’t I? - Rodgers & Hart - Rain Sometimes - 4:31 (Johnny Smith - Tabu - J.Smith - 0:40) SA 5 - Teddy Edwards - Lover Man - R.Ramirez - Tenor Conclave - 4:38 Teddy Edwards, Von Freeman, Buck Hill - How High the Moon / Ornithology - Hamilton, Lewis/ Parker, Harris - Tenor Conclave - 11:11 Roy Haynes - April In Paris - V.Duke - Birds of a Feather - 5:15 Organissimo - Young’s Dream - J.Alfredson - Waiting for the Boogaloo Sisters - 7:27 Fred Hersch - Bemsha Swing - T.Monk/ D.Best- Live at the Village Vanguard - 8:27 Carol Welsman - Senza Fine - G.Paoli - The Language of Love - 4:14 Charlie Mariano - Close Enough For Love - Mandel/ Williams - Deep In A Dream - 9:29 Morelenbaum 2/ Sakamoto - Derradeira Primavera - Jobim / de Moraes - Casa - 2:20 (Kenny Barron - Fungi Mama - B.Mitchell - 0:40) SA 6 - Karolina Strassmayer - Whistling John - K.Strassmayer - Klaro! - 6:42 John Taylor - Between Moons - J.Taylor - Rosslyn - 9:36 Paul Desmond/ Gerry Mulligan - All the Things You Are - Kern/ Romberg - Two of a Mind - 7:24 Jessica Williams - As Time Goes By - H.Hupfeld - All Alone - 4:59 Jesse Davis - Driftin ‘ - H.Hancock - The Setup - 6:03 Marsalis Family - Swinging at The Hven - E.Marsalis - A Jazz Celebration - 6:56 Ben Sidran/ Bob Rockwell - Rain Rain - A.Wilder - Walk Pretty - 6:15 Diana Krall - ‘Deed I Do - W.Hirsch/F.Rose - Live in Paris - 5:18 (Theme) FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2003 SU 0 - Theme Slide Hampton WOT - Dolphin Dance - H.Hancock - Spirit of the Horn - 7:10 Steve Kuhn - Love Walked In - Gershwin - Love Walked In - 6:03 Randy Brecker - Foregone Conclusion - R.Brecker - 34th n Lex - 7:40 Vincent Herring - Invitation - B.Kaper - All Too Real - 5:52 Lee Konitz - April - L.Tristano - Live at Laren - 7:03 Dianne Schuur - September In the Rain - A.Dubin/ H.Warren - Love Songs -5:05 Tord Gustavsen - Going Places - T.Gustavson - Changing Places -5:33 Carmel Jones - Night Tide - J.Bond - Mosaic Select - 4:02 (Spike Robinson - The Dream’s On Me - H.Arlen - 0:40) SU 1 - Eddie Henderson - Footprints - W.Shorter - So What - 8:12 Gary Smulyan - All My Life - Stept/ Mitchell - The Real Deal - 6:32 Lynne Arriale - The Fallen - L.Arriale - Arise - 5:04 Teddy Edwards - Going Home - T.Edwards - Smooth Sailing - 8:29 Los Hombres Calientes - Creole Groove - Irvin Mayhfield - Vol.4 Vodou Dance - 7:47 Jane Bunnett - El Diabolo - traditional - Cuban Odyssey - 6:30 Doug Lawrence - Mr.Clean - E.Vinson - Street Wise - 6:18 (Howard Alden - Everything but You- Ellington - 0:40) SU 2 - remembering Jutta Hipp (died 4/ 7/ 03) Roy Haynes - ¿Qué Pasa? - H.Silver - Love Letters - 7:29 Jeff Barone - You Must Believe in Spring - M.Legrand - Crazy Talk - 5:02 Chick Corea/ Gary Burton- Crystal Silence - C.Corea - Rendezvous in NY - 10:24 Regina Carter - Après un rêve - G.Faure - Paganini: After a Dream - 5:02 Cyrus Chestnut - In the Underground - C.Chestnut - Soul Food - 6:26 Kenny Garrett - Native Tongue - K.Garrett - Standard of Language - 5:10 Jutta Hipp - Take Me In Your Arms - at the Hickory House - 5:00 Jutta Hipp - Dear Old Stockholm - (traditional) - at the Hickory House - 4:45 Jutta Hipp - Billie’s Bounce - C.Parker - at the Hickory House - 1:00 (faded) (Norman Simmons - Kelly Blue - W.Kelly - 0:40) SU 3 - remembering Nina Simone (died 4/ 21/ 03) Lalo Schifrin - Chano - L.Schifrin - Ins & Outs and Lalo Live at The Blue Note - 14:09 Nina Simone - House of the Rising Sun - Ray/ White/ Holmes - at the Village Gate - 4:29 Nina Simone - Children Go Where I Send You - Simone - at the Village Gate - 7:47 Nina Simone - In The Dark - L.Green - The Blues - 2:54 Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl - N.Simone - The Blues - 2:30 Nina Simone - Backlash Blues - L.Hughes/ N.Simone - The Blues - 2:28 Nina Simone - Go To Hell -M.Bailey, Jr. - The Blues - 2:46 Nina Simone - I Shall Be Released - B.Dylan - The Blues - 3:51 David Fathead Newman - Off The Hook - D.Newman - TheGift - 5:10 Woody Herman - Northwest Passage - Burns/ Herman/ Jackson - Woody Herman- 2:58 (Larry Goldings - The Intimacy of the Blues - Strayhorn - 0:40 ) SU 4 - Royce Campbell/Gene Bertoncini- Shiny Stockings- F.Wess-Tribute to Charlie Byrd- 6:19 Dale Fielder - Ad Astra - P.Adams - Howling Monk - 9:30 Nina Simone - Don’t Smoke In Bed -Oriole - Little Girl Blue - 3:09 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me- Bregman/ Vocco/ Conn- Little Girl Blue- 3:36 Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy - Gershw8in - Little Girl Blue - 4:03 Sauter-Finegan Orch - April in Paris - V.Duke/ E.Y.Harburg - Directions in Music - 2:57 Sauter-Finegan Orch - Azure Te - D.Wolf/ B.Davis - Directions in Music - 3:28 Tom Schuman - Waltz for Debby - B.Evans/ G.Lees - Schuman Nature - 5:46 Pee Wee Russell - Hackensack - T.Monk - Ask Me Now! - 3:34 John Scofield - Philiopiety - Scofield/Bortnick/Hess/Deitch/Lateef - Up All Night - 6:23 Charlie Hunter - Changui - C.Hunter - Right Now Move - 3:45 (Chet Baker - All the Things You Are - J.Kern - 0:40) SU 5 - Ian Hendrickson-Smith - Curaçao - Tjader - Up In Smoke - 6:55 Jim Hall - ‘Round Midnight - T.Monk/C.Williams/B.Hanighen - Live! - 7:59 Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man - H.Hancock - Montreux Heat - 6:44 Bill Heid - Sneaky Waltz - B.Heid - Da Girl - 5:51 Fred Hersch/Norma Winstone- Bird in The Rain- Hersch/Winstone-Songs & Lullabies- 5:54 Jane Ira Bloom - Unexpected Light - J.I.Bloom - Chasing Paint - 8:49 Dave Brubeck/ Gerry Mulligan - Recuerdo - D.Brubeck - Essential Brubeck - 5:24 Eric T.Johnson - Step Tempest - H.Nichols - Herbie Nichols Vol.1 - 6:15 (Scott Hamilton - Limehouse Blues - Braham/ Furber - 0:40) SU 6 - Jimmy Giuffre - Gotta Dance, Crawdad Suite, The Train and the River - J.Giuffre - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 - 2:29, 7:10, 3:31 Bob Mintzer -Don’t Ever Leave Me - T.Jones - Gently - 6:34 Michael Weiss - The Cheshire Cat - M.Weiss - Soul Journey - 8:04 Chucho Valdés - Prelude in E Minor - Chopin - Fantásia Cubana - 4:25 Chucho Valdés - Sunrise - C.Valdés - Fantásia Cubana - 2:12 Lorraine Feather - Days of Old - D.Benoit/ L.Feather - Café Society - 5:22 Three More Sounds - Blues for Gene - B.Pierce - Musical Tribute to Gene Harris - 5:25 Milt Jackson - Blues for Gene - M.Jackson - Soul Route - 4:51 Count Basie - Jive at Five - Basie/ Edison - Best of Basie on Roulette - 3:02 (Theme)

I'm at the Firefly in Ann Arbor tonight (Saturday).. If you want to brave the border hassle it would be the place to hear music tonight.. ~Randissimo~ B)

FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2003 SU 0 - Theme Sclohofo - The Dawn of Time - J.Lovano - Oh! - 5:24 Mike Melvoin - All Or Nothing at All - A.Altman/ J.Lawrence - It’s Always You -9:53 Rufus Reid - The Meddler - R.Reid - The Gait Keeper - 8:31 Pee Wee Russell - Licorice Stick - M.Brown - Ask Me Now! - 3:33 Russell Malone - Look who’s Here - R.Malone - Look Who’s Here - 6:01 Carol Sloane - Deep Purple - P.De Rose/ M.Parish - I Never Went Away - 4:58 Jane Bunnett - Pensando en Jane - D.Virelles - Cuban Odyssey - 10:03 Jane Bunnett - El Diablo- (traditional) - Cuban Odyssey - 1:00 (faded) (Gil Evans - Lester Leaps in - L.Young - 0:40) SU 1 - Cy Touff - Keester Parade - J.Mandel - Octet & Quintet - 7:50 Jessica Williams - Easter Parade - I.Berlin - the Next Step - 5:38 Kenny Garrett - Doc Tone’s Short Speech - K.Garrett -0 Standard of Language - 5:49 Orchestre National de Jazz - Artefact Part 2 - A Brahem - Charmeterranéen - 9:09 Zach Brock - Now I Know - Z.Brock - Zack Brock & The Coffee Achievers - Karolina Strassmayer - The Sweeper - K.Strassmayer - Klaro! - 3:39 Organissimo - Jimmy Smith Goes To Washington - J.Alfredson - Boogaloo Sisters - 5:40 Ben Sidran/ Bob Rockwell - That’s My Girl - A.Wilder/W.Envick - Walk Pretty - 4:20 (Antonio Hart - Black & Gold - A.Hart - 0:40) SU 2 - Ray Barretto - Buh’s Bossa - L.Morgan - Homage to Art - 5:23 David Hazeltine - Nancy - J.Van Heusen/ P.Silvers - Manhattan Autumn - 9:23 Carol Welsman - Chanson de Maxence - M.Legrand/J.Demy - Language of Love - 4:25 Teddy Edwards - It’s The Talk of The Town - J.Livingston/ A.Neiburg/ M.Symes - Smooth Sailing - 7:13 Jack Sheldon - The Chase - T.Dameron - Playing for Change - 4:50 The Drummonds- Too Young To Go Steady- J.McHugh/ H.Adamson- Pas de Trois - 4:40 Chet Baker - Ellen David - C.haden - But Not for Me - 8:32 Morelenbaum2/ Sakamoto - As Prasias Desertas - A.C.Jobim - Casa - 3:49 (Buddy DeFranco -Out to Lunch - DeFranco - 0:40) SU 3 - Ahmad Jamal - In Search Of - A.Jamal - In Search of - 6:22 Dave Brubeck - Sunny Side of the Street - D.Fields/ J.McHugh - Park Ave.South - 7:36 Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan- Blight of the Fumble Bee- G.Mulligan- Two of a Mind- 7:04 Norma Winstone - Morning Star - J.Rowles/ J.Mercer - Well Kept Secret - 6:09 John Taylor - Ma Bel - K.Wheeler - Rosslyn - 6:44 Steve Turre - Enigma - J.Johnson - One 4 J - 5:47 Jim Snidero - Theme for Ernie - F.Lacy - Strings - 7:15 Stacey Kent - Nobody’s Heart - Rodgers & Hart - In Love Again - 3:48 Chico Hamilton - Spring Again - C.Hamilton - Thoughts of - 3:20 (Red Garland - But Not For Me - Gershwin - 0:40) SU 4 - Charlie Mariano- I Only Miss Her when... - Van Heusen/ S.Cahn - Deep In A Dream - 7:11 Bill Mays - In Her Arms - B.Mays - Going Home - 6:21 Stan Getz - I Thought About You - J.Vanheusen/ J.Mercer - Café Monmartre - 8:12 John Stetch - Never Let Me Go - R.Evans/ J.Livingston - Standards - 6:12 Chet Baker - Beautiful Black Eyes - W.Shorter - Oh You Crazy Moon - 14:30 Lee Ritenour - “13” - G.McFarland - Rit’s House - 5:01 Fred Hersch - I’ll be Seeing You - Fain/ Kahal - Live at the Village Vanguard - 6:20 (Jimmy Raney - Indian Summer - V.Herbert - 0:40) SU 5 - Mike Vax - Here’s That Rainy Day - Burke/ Van Heusen - Live on the Road - 3:04 Jesse Davis - Vee Cee - J.Davis - The Setup - 9:22 Marsalis Family - Nostalgic Impressions - E.Marsalis - A Jazz Celebration - 6:46 Celestial Navigations - The Janitor - G.Levin/G.Lewis/C.Many - Celestial Naviations - 3:58 Sarah Vaughan/ Billy Eckstine - Easter Parade - I.Berlin - Irving Berlin Always - 3:13 Jessica Williams - The Sheikh - J.Williams - All Alone - 4:27 Christine Jensen - A Shorter Distance - C.Jensen - A Shorter Distance - 10:52 Sheila Jordan - The Touch of Your Lips - R.Noble - Little Song - 5:03 Bob Sutter - Cherokee - R.Noble - Bob Sutter - 4:10 Charlie Parker - Ko Ko - C.Parker - complete Savoy Recordings - 2:53 (Modern Jazz Quartet - Jack the Bear - Ellington - 0:40) SU 6 - Conte Candoli/ Carl Fontana - Al of You - C.Porter - Compl.Phoenix Rec 4 of 6 - 16:42 Larry Fuller - Easy Walker - B.Taylor - Easy Walker - 6:28 Mark O’Connor - The Beast - M.O’Connor - Mirage - 5:31 Dave Douglas - November - D.Douglas - Freak In - 5:41 Babatunde Lea - Isabella - F.Lacy - Soul Pools - 5;01 Benny Green/Russell Malone- Love Letters- V.Young/Heyman- Jazz at The Bistro- 5:00 Ron Carter - O.K. - R.Carter - Eight Plus - 5:13 Miles Davis - Saeta - G.Evans - Sketches of Spain - 4:57 (Theme)

Hey Rooster, Thanks for the suggestions...

It either just simply never occured to Michael G. or he just hasn't had the time to plug us into the AMG.. We should never assume something like that is getting done.. Another reason why we badly need somebody with the time and resources to follow up matters of this nature. It is definately worth bringing to his attention. Let's send him an email on the subject..

Thanks Jim. We appreciate your help! Our main problem is we live in an area (Michigan) that doesn't have much of an entertainment or cultural scene. Though there are small fragments of scenes in other towns, Ann Arbor and Detroit are really the only 2 cities that have anything happening. The rest of the state is pretty much a generic wasteland of status quo pop & country music lovers.. Organissimo is based out of Lansing and right now there is no place in that town where we can even get a gig! Here's another problem we have: Though we've been getting good radio airplay around the state, I think a lot people who hear us and would like to buy our Cd don't know where to find it because it's not available in most CD retail outlets and they most likely don't know we have a website because most radio DJs playing our CD don't or can't tell the listeners how to contact us to get the CD We appreciate anybody's feedback or suggestions. We have a special chemistry happening with this band that is rare and definately worthwhile!

Hang in there James! We just have to be patient and keep pushing forward! We should try and get a copy of the Cd to MMW while they are jammin' in our neighborhood. Also, I'm at the Firefly this Saturday with PVH. I'll make sure Susan is aware of our growing popularity in the greater Ann Arbor metropolis..

Help! We need to find an agent or manager who can hook us up! We need international airplay, magazine press, retail Cd distribution, and good gig connections.. We are stuck right now in a holding pattern in Michigan with a fine Cd, a tight performance repertoire, but not much happening..

How far south does the trail go now? I haven't ridden it since the summer of 2001.. I heard it was going to be expanded to Ludington? There are some sections of that trail. I've had some great rides on it! I also like the Pentwater Pathway. It's only about 6 miles long but has some nice mountain biking track... I'd like to come and hang some time... Here's a gig you'll be interested in.. June 29th at Gull Landing, Pentwater, Organissimo will be performing on the deck with my dad, arno Marsh on tenor, and Harvey Thompson on vocals.. It's going to be a swinger!

I biked to the top of Mount Pleasant once. On the way I stopped and said "hi" to Mike Johnston at New Moon. Mike Johnston... I've had some really fun gigs with him and Mike Gill.. I even did some recording with Northwoods about 5 yrs ago... Don't know whatever happened to the tapes. We sure had an interesting chemistry! Do you ever ride the Hart Montague trail?

Wow, sounds like you've had some serious rides! I've been mountain biking since '95 and really love it! We've got some great trails here in Michigan, upper and lower peninsulas... I just bought a Giant full suspension bike (NRS2).. I haven't quite got it dialed in. Did a 20 mile ride with another drummer and guitarist Joe Gloss today and had some trouble with the derailluers and the disc brake in the front is kind of noisy at times. Sweet bike though!

If there's anybody else who shares my joy of mountain biking besides Joe Gloss, let me know.. We have great trails here in Michigan... ~Randissimo~

Thanks Chris