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No problem - I'd like to see more dates added as well...including Austin! Bill's schedule shows his last performance prior to the dates with deJohnette as 11 August, and the first date afterwards on 11 November, so there's certainly some time around those dates for more performances (assuming neither is recording or otherwise occupied).

From Bill's web page: 10/4/06 - San Luis Obispo, CA Spanos Theater - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris 10/5/06 - San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 Club - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris 10/6/06 - Eugene, OR The Shedd - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris 10/7/06 - Portland, OR Aladdin Theater - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris 10/8/06 - Boulder, CO Boulder Theater - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris 10/9/06 - Bozeman, MT Emerson Cultural Center - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris 10/11/06 - Knoxville, TN Bijou Theater - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris 10/14/06 - Philadelphia, PA World Café' Live - Bill Frisell with Jack DeJohnette and Jerome Harris

Don't hold your breath, Ron. I've received no word on my order of the 18th yet. It was the Trane box set, so maybe those go slower or something. I'll let you know when I get mine. Don't forget: some of the CDs in my first order are yours. You mean I am currently listening to Paul's CD's too???

That Kenny Werner date excites me - with Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, AND Brian Blade? Quite a good lineup. I'd like to see Blade put out another leader date like his two BN recordings.

I don't get why you're coming down on GA for receiving review copies legitimately from his sources. Isn't that between him and the labels? What business is it of ours? Review copies go out all over to reviewers. And you (like me) are using the organissimo board to offer your used CDs for sale/trade to other board members, so aren't you "using" the organissimo name for your benefit as well?

For a while she was kinda hot: then she was kinda not:

Perhaps it's a review copy, and GA is a reviewer for some publication/website etc? Isn't that who pretty much all of the promo discs are sent out early to? I'm confused as to what is upsetting you.

Well this order arrived today! The box was a little worse for wear, but the most interesting thing was that someone had scratched out my address, and hand-written over it was an address in Philly (to a Mr. "Ron S" or something). Luckily, my friendly neighborhood postal worker caught the mistake and made the correct delivery. It looks like that bottle of champagne I gave him for the 4th of July paid off this year!

Over on the SH I mentioned that Hunter wasn't the opening act in Fairfax, but rather joined Van onstage during his show. However, someone who was also at the show said that Hunter DID open the show: I guess he will be opening the other shows on this tour after all...

No Chit? I almost bought a dvd yesterday, then I thought better of it.

Aric's been around long enough to know that there's already a thread for posting about the music that he just purchased, right?

Glad to see this coming out. We talked about it earlier this year. Definitely one to pick up!

Have a good one, Shawn, and many more!!

1 cd per day * 105 days....i dunno, doesn't sound so bad to me!

About 105, plus the Evans & Trane boxes. It's the first of three orders for me. I can see why you'd prefer to get your orders shipped to work then...

How many cd's make up 24 pounds?

We were joined by a couple of new chatters last night - Doofus, and Ro-Beer....that is, if Conn didn't scare Ro-Beer off.

wow - how about a warning before we click on this link??

Best wishes for a long, rewarding life together for you and your wife, Lon. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm with all of us here, it truly has made this a better place to be!

I had very good luck last year at Big B's too. And there's a "Record City" at 300 E. Sahara that had a pretty good selection of used discs & vinyl. There are other Record City locations around town, but that one seemed to have the best inventory at the time. There wasn't any live jazz during the week I was there, that I could find.

I mentioned this very same thing in the country music thread yesterday, but it's nice to that Freddy gets his own thread too. I've seen Freddy driving around town here once or twice, in an old '50's era sedan, but a miniature version of one. Too cool!

Freddy Fender diagnosed with incurable cancer Doctors find tumors on singer's lungs By Cassandra Hinojosa Caller-Times August 2, 2006 Grammy award-winning musician Freddy Fender is battling incurable cancer after doctors told him in June he had multiple tumors on his lungs. Fender, 69, who began his career in the late '50s, topped the Billboard charts throughout the decades with "Before The Next Teardrop Falls," "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights," and "You'll Lose A Good Thing." Now resting at his Corpus Christi home, Fender hasn't performed since New Year's Eve and all his bookings have been canceled, according to Fender's wife and manager Vangie Huerta. "Doctors said there wasn't anything they could do for him," said Huerta, who didn't ask doctors how long her husband might live. "We can prolong his life with medication or chemo, but it's not a cure." Since the start of the year, Fender's health has been a roller coaster ride. He went in for an operation in early January to remove the upper left lobe of his lung because of a fungal infection called aspergillosis, but the lobe was left intact because two lemon-sized tumors were discovered. Fender is taking antibiotics for the fungal infection. Fender underwent chemo-therapy in late January, but decided later to stop treatment because of the severe effects on his body. While a PET scan showed the tumors shrank from the chemotherapy, it also revealed nine smaller tumors in his pleura — membranes covering the lungs and lining the chest cavity. The couple decided Fender would undergo a lower dosage of chemotherapy once every three weeks at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center in San Antonio. According to Huerta, other alternatives presented by doctors were taking medication or letting the cancer take its course.On Sept. 27, Fender will go to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southwestern Regional Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla., to discuss his options. Huerta said the 5-foot-10 entertainer’s weight has dropped from 170 to 145 pounds. "The chemo is hard, but Freddy is taking it," said Huerta, who gets tears in her eyes when she talks about her husband’s condition. "We’re hoping for a miracle. We’ve just gotten very spiritual." Fender, who in 2002 received a kidney transplant from his daughter Marla Garcia and a liver transplant in 2004, isn’t ready to give up the fight. "I woke up this morning and I’m ahead of the pack — to my surprise," joked Fender. "I feel OK. I feel all right, but I’m on chemo, so I get side effects. I’m getting ready for my third treatment for the second time." Fender hasn’t lost his sense of humor either, saying that with his hair, still short from earlier chemotherapy, and a full mustache, he looks more like Santa Claus. He’s practicing his singing at home and says his voice sounds as good as ever. One of these days, he said he hopes to get back on the road for more shows. "I feel very comfortable in my life," said Fender, who prays daily. "I’m one year away from 70 and I’ve had a good run. I really believe I’m OK. In my mind and in my heart, I feel OK. I cannot complain that I haven’t lived long enough, but I’d like to live longer.

What "miscellaneous" instrument did he win this award for? Soprano Sax? He wouldn't have qualified in this category for his normal horns, right?