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I met Percy a couple times; very nice guy to talk with and very engaging on stage. Mark

I'm with you there!

That's looks like the instrument that Ray Brown gave him; beautiful!

My friend was going in the hospital as Jimmy was coming out and he said Percy was taking quite abit of pain medication; here's hoping for the best!

I was talking to a friend that knows the Heath brothers quite well and he told me that Percy Heath is doing rather poorly, health wise. I didn't post this to alarm or to make assumtions but more of an fyi. He is due to turn 82 this Saturday and I hope we have him around for some time! Mark

I thought the preview looked good; I'll try to see this one!

I went to see Frank Wess yesterday in Chicago. He played with a local rhythm section of Larry Gray on bass, Joel Spencer on drums, Larry Novak on piano and Art Hoyle on trumpet. Very good show with many standards, some originals, and a swingin' version on the "Flintstone's Theme" for the few youngsters in the crowd. The place was about 3/4 full and the other 1/4 missed a great show! It was Joe Segal's 79th birthday so we stuck around after the show to share in some birthday cake with Joe and the band; tasty! The band also played "Happy Birthday" to Joe as he made an attempt to get the audience involved in a sing-along (didn't work too well!). Joe will be having an 80th Birthday celebration next year at Chicago's Symphony Hall with Yusef Lateef, Ira Sullivan and an all star line up of Joe's friends (may include Moody, Heath). I cant' wait for that one, should be fun! I tried out my new digital camera and will post something as soon as I fugure out how to download the software! Mark

...I didn't know Pat Martino drove one of those things!

...Ive been a photographer my entire life....I think I will devote to rest of it to playing drums !

PM on the way!

....not sure about a scam but kinda freaky!

Thanks guys!

...not that I really care but you may want to move this to "audio talk"; you may find more interest! Mark

I'm looking for Stan Levey's "This time the Drums on me" Anyone out there that can help me out??? Thanks, Mark

...that's gotta hurt!

...no kidding, what a week !

Ray is the big time winner of Pharoah's Karma! Thanks for playing the "Pay-it-Forward" game! Mark

Pharoah's Karma to the first PM received. Mark

Thanks again to all that took the time to wish me a happy b-day! I've escaped the office a little early and will go out for some fine dining in an hour or so. Maren, great job on the cake, it looks delicious! Mark

...oh yeah, I forgot about those!

...maybe Chris has a spare room!

...damn Europeans get everything!

Thanks to all; I appreciate the kind words! What a great community we have here!!! Slaving away at work this morning but have a nice dinner planned with my better half this evening and with my family on Saturday. I'm buying a new digital camera this weekend as a gift to myself. Will get to try it out at the Frank Wess show this Sunday! Thanks again! Mark ps; Parkertown, I hope I don't need that Kidney anytime soon!

Man, what a day RIP