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..here are a few shots of Von from earlier this year.

Pharez Whitted, Bobby Broom, Kobe Watkins, Eddie Byard, Dennis Carroll and Ron Perillo at the Jazz Kitchen tonight....smokin' straight ahead set! LA Jazz Institute Big Band Festival next weekend!

..couldn't be happier that the Cubs are getting beat; gotta keep that streak alive; happy for the Phils as well. m

Here is a shot of Kidd Jordan at the Velvet last month, performing with Fred Anderson, Henry Grimes, Harrison Bankhead, Isaah Spencer and others.

...what is a "gort"?

...great news indeed....!!!!

...yes, we Americans are living charmed lives!

...Von is the man!

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Ah yes, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival Saturday. It was great, perfect weather, lots of nice venues and many excellent acts. It was one of the best sets I've ever seen by Henry Johnson's Organ Express (they started with Stanley Turrentine/Jimmy Smith's "A Subtle One" and hearing Chris Foreman on a B-3 with two Leslies is always a treat), Chicago Jazz Orchestra (with Dan Trudell on piano) was a treat, John Wright was enjoyable if not especially adventurous as usual and the Greatest Guitars set with Henry Johnson, Buddy Fambro and Curtis Johnson was fantastic. According to today's paper, there were 15K people there. My only caveat would be that with the growing crowds, it's not too tough to wander during the afternoon, but it's best to stake out a venue in the late afternoon/early evening and just stay there; the lines get too long to try to jump around. (Getting into the Checkerboard at 8 PM for the last two sets there was hopeless and when we came out of International House before the jam (it was after midnight and I admit it, aging is a b*tch, especially after over ten hours of festivities) it didn't look like there was any way everyone lined up for the jam was going to squeeze in. This may be one of those events where success causes as many problems as it provides answers. But it's well worth looking out for next year. Henry Johnson's show was nice; got some great shots as well. I left with one tune to go as I wanted to get over to see Fred Anderson at the Hyde Park Art Center which I think was the furthest venue away from DuSable....nice as well; I love Fred!!! Also saw Corey Wilkes with Kahil El Zabar....fun as well. m

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Here are a couple shots of Sonny from this years Chicago Jazz Fest....check out that hair.................cool! m

Which Oliver Perez shows up for the Mets today, the one that can pitch 8 innings with two hits and 9Ks, or the one that pitches 4 innings with 6 walks? Massive clutch performance by Santana yesterday, complete game shutout knowing his bullpen is bull----. H threw a decent game though those late inning runs may be too much to overcome...

...should it be awared because someone "could use" the cash? BTW...I do like Roswell.

....album covers of musicians that may need to see their dentist .

Like I said before, charge $1 for every bag (otherwise given out by the store now for free), and DON'T charge $1 if you bring your own bags in and use them instead -- and that'll reduce the number of excess bags being used by 98%. I think you said $2.00

..not tonight but this weekend....Fred Anderson, Nicole Mitchell, Henry Johnson, Corey Wilkes, Willie Pickens and Chris Potter in Chicago. m

Is that code? I'm never sure. Its a really tasty scottish ale from Founders Brewery. Hey Sal....didn't know you drank beer???

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..here are a couple shots I made of him about a year ago....

Hi Chris and thanks for posting. I will just talking with Jim Neumann (BeeHive Records) earlier this morning about Dick as he was trying to get Oberlin College to do something for him...which obviously is too late at this point. I know Jim was a fan of his so I sent the link to him. I called him as well....he's bummed! m~

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...here are a couple shots I made of him at Vision Fest in nyc.

Joey played it the last time he was in Indy...a few months ago. I think the other owner of the company was in attendance. While I thought it sounded very good....I thought the show was very uninspired