robviti

After attending my first Chicago Festival last year, I'm really looking forward to going back next Labor Day weekend. Here's the list of events: 28th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival August 31-September 3, 2006 Thursday, August 31 Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue 7:30 p.m. : "John Coltrane 80th Birthday Anniversary: Ballads and Brass", featuring Joshua Redman Quartet, Kurt Elling with special guest Ari Brown Friday, September 1 Jazz on Jackson 12-12:55 p.m.: John Moulder Ensemble 1:10-2:05 p.m.: Frieda Lee 2:20-3:15 p.m.: Organissimo 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Bobby Lewis Jazz Sextet Jazz & Heritage Stage 12:30-1:30 p.m.: West Aurora High School Jazz Band 2:00-3:00 p.m.: "Art of the Solo" with Nicole Mitchell and Edward Wilkerson Jr. 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Jazz Links All-Stars with Ken Chaney Petrillo Music Shell 5:00-5:50 p.m.: Dr. Michael White's Original Liberty Jazz Band 6:00-6:55 p.m.: Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass with Billy Harper 7:10-8:10 p.m.: Nneena Freelon 8:30-9:30 p.m.: Charlie Hunter Trio with Ray Anderson Saturday, September 2 Jazz on Jackson 12-12:55 p.m.: Chevere 1:10-2:40 p.m.: Earma Thompson and John Whitfield 2:40-3:10 p.m.: Ben Lewis 3:20-3:15 p.m.: Lee Konitz Jazz Workshop 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Dana Hall Quintet Jazz & Heritage Stage 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Dos Claves Orquestra 2:00-3:00 p.m.: "Percussion Discussion" with Paul Wertico 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Muntu Dance Company Petrillo Music Shell 5:00-5:50 p.m.: Tribute To Oscar Brown Jr. with his daughters Maggie and Africa Brown 6:00-6:55 p.m.: Bik Bent Braam 7:10-8:10 p.m.: Jason Moran and The Bandwagon with Bunky Green 8:30-9:30 p.m.: Joe Lovano Nonet Revisits Miles Davis' "Birth of the Cool" Sunday, September 3 Jazz on Jackson: "A Salute to New Orleans" 12-12:55 p.m.: Lucky 7s 1:10-3:15 p.m.: Maurice Brown/Corey Wilkes "Crescent City/Windy City Jam" 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Rebirth Jazz Band Jazz & Heritage Stage 12:30-1:30pm - Civic & Arts Jazz Ensemble 2:00-3:00pm - Hijazz 3:30-4:30pm - "A History of Jazz" with John Watson Petrillo Music Shell 5:00-5:50pm - Donald Harrison Quintet 6:00-6:55pm - Willie Pickens' 75th Birthday Celebration 7:10-8:10pm - Lee Konitz's New Nonet directed by Ohad Talmor 8:30-9:30pm - Joey DeFrancesco Trio with Dr. Lonnie Smith and Ron Blake Of course, another draw of this festival are the after-festival jams every night in some of the clubs. I had a great time at the Jazz Showcase jams hosted by Ira Sullivan last time, and I hope he'll be back again this year. Let me know if you're planning to attend the festival and maybe we can hook up.

tsk, tsk. think nothing of it. btw, the concord/fantasy box set will be 3 cds. stitt recorded a lot more music for prestige in the late 40s-early 50s, so obviously there's more material on it than those 40 tracks.

PRLP 7133 Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits Sonny Stitt (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) NYC, February 17, 1950 JRC1008 Avalon JRC1011 Mean to Me JRC1012 Stairway to the Stars Sonny Stitt (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Gene Wright (b) Wes Landers (d) NYC, June 28, 1950 90A Count Every Star 92A Nice Work If You Can Get It 93A There'll Never Be Another You 94A Blazin' Bill Massey (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Sonny Stitt (ts) Gene Ammons (bars) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Wes Landers (d) Larry Townsend (vo) NYC, October 8, 1950 113 After You've Gone 114 Our Very Own 115 'S Wonderful Sonny Stitt (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d) NYC, December 15, 1950 120 Nevertheless 121 Jeepers Creepers PR 7585 Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits, Vol. 1 Sonny Stitt (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) NYC, February 17, 1950 JRC1008 Avalon JRC1009A Later JRC1010A Ain't Misbehavin' JRC1011 Mean to Me JRC1012 Stairway to the Stars Sonny Stitt (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Gene Wright (b) Wes Landers (d) NYC, June 28, 1950 90A Count Every Star 92A Nice Work If You Can Get It 93A There'll Never Be Another You 94A Blazin' Bill Massey (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Sonny Stitt (ts) Gene Ammons (bars) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Wes Landers (d) Larry Townsend (vo) NYC, October 8, 1950 112 To Think You've Chosen Me 113 After You've Gone 114 Our Very Own 115 'S Wonderful Sonny Stitt (ts) Charlie Bateman (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d) NYC, January 31, 1951 133 Liza 134 Can't We Be Friends? PR 7612 Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits, Vol. 2 Sonny Stitt (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d) NYC, December 15, 1950 120 Nevertheless 121 Jeepers Creepers 122 Imagination 123 Cherokee Billy Massey (tp) Chippy Outcalt (tb) Sonny Stitt (ts) Gene Ammons (bars) Charlie Bateman (p) Gene Wright (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Larry Townsend (vo) NYC, January 31, 1951 138 The Thrill of Your Kiss 139 If the Moon Turns Green Sonny Stitt (ts, bars) Charlie Bateman (p) Gene Wright (b) Teddy Stewart (d) NYC, February 1, 1951 146 P.S. I Love You 147 This Can't Be Love Sonny Stitt (ts) Clarence Anderson (p) Earl May (b) Teddy Stewart (d) NYC, August 14, 1951 156 Down with It 157 For the Fat Man 158 Splinter 159 Confessin' John Hunt, Bill Massey, Joe Newman (tp -1,3) Sonny Stitt (ts) John Houston (p) Ernie Shepherd (b) Shadow Wilson (d) Humberto Molares (cga) NYC, February 25, 1952 1. 335 Cool Mambo 2. 336 Sonny Sounds 3. 337 Blue Mambo 4. 338 Stitt's It I believe all of this material can be found among the 40 tracks on these two cds: Sonny Stitt - Kaleidoscope (Fantasy OJC 060, OJCCD 060-2) Sonny Stitt - Prestige First Sessions, Vol. 2 (Prestige PRCD 24115-2)

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in an earlier thread in the discography forum, bertrand posted about his having talked to cuscuna about this session. michael said it definately was not a bn date and may have been recorded for clifford jordan's label.

thanks for the the heads up. here's a direct link to the webpage referred to by the ftc where you can sign up to opt out: OptOut

perhaps you'll believe the n.y. times: Couple Tried to Hire Man to Kill Family, Police Say By TERRY AGUAYO Published: June 3, 2006 MIAMI, June 2 — A couple have been charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill their daughter-in-law, granddaughter and two step-grandchildren to prevent them from testifying at their son's rape trial. "We've had murder-for-hire cases in the past, but we've never had one where grandparents wanted to murder their innocent grandchildren," said Sgt. Christie Mysinger, a spokeswoman for the Lake County Sheriff's Office. "That just blows your mind." The police said that on Tuesday the couple went to a Best Western motel in Tavares, about 35 miles northwest of Orlando, to meet a man they thought was the hit man but who was actually an undercover officer. The couple were charged with four counts each of criminal conspiracy to commit murder and are being held without bail. The couple's 31-year-old son has been in jail since November and is awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulting his 10-year-old daughter and 16-year-old stepdaughter. The family members' names are being withheld to protect the children's identities. While in jail, the authorities said, the couple's son told other inmates that he was looking for someone to kill his family and that he had outside help in hiring someone. One of the inmates alerted the authorities. Detectives immediately suspected the parents, the authorities said, and two undercover deputies arranged the meeting at the motel. No charges have been filed against the couple's son for his involvement in the plan, Sergeant Mysinger said. "We're talking to witnesses and tidying up our case before we file charges against him," she said. According to the arrest report, once the couple arrived at the motel, the woman offered $100 to the undercover officer while her husband waited outside. The woman called the $100 "a token" and promised more money upon completion of the crimes. She was arrested when she turned over the money and asked that everyone living in the house be killed. Her husband was arrested outside the motel. The police said they thought the total amount to be paid for the killings was $400.

okay, okay. it was me! i confess! damn, after 52 years i thought i'd finally escaped that rap!

with that logic, then this guy certainly is...oh hell, never mind.

that's hank kimball

Очень красивейше. Вы, мой друг.

in keeping with some changes i've been trying to make in my personal life, i'm not going to pay any attention to him this time 'round. thank goodness for the board's ignore function.

supergroup? i must be out of it, since i never heard of any of these guys except for forman.

oh no, not chowda!

aw hell

my apologies in advance: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...d=769834745&n=2

i'm not sure there's anything sudden about it, nor do i think there's any real sense of satisfaction in the hearts of his family. here's my thinking: the incident occured a week ago. there has been an investigation that included eyewitness accounts. perhaps the family is just trying to come to grips with what must be a terribly difficult situation by focusing on their loved one who is clinging to life, rather than on the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. i think i'll do the same and bow out of any further discussion, debate, or speculation. in no way is this meant as a criticism of anyone who has posted in this thread. it's just a personal decision.

There's also a quote from his agent, who said Ruiz was found with his Rolex watch, cash and credit cards still on him. So if it was an attack, it was a senseless one (not that any assault makes any real sense). I'm particularly saddened by the news because I was very much looking forward to seeing him perform in massachusetts just two weeks from now.

Hilton Ruiz’s injuries resulted from fall ‘It kind of looks like he tripped or fell’ says attorney Mary E. Howell Updated: 10:17 p.m. ET May 25, 2006 NEW ORLEANS - The injuries that left jazz pianist and composer Hilton Ruiz comatose in a New Orleans hospital were caused by a fall, not an attack, a representative for his family said Thursday. “It kind of looks like he tripped or fell, and fell down and hit the curb” face-first, attorney Mary E. Howell said. Ruiz’s agent earlier this week questioned whether the injuries could have been caused by an attack. But Howell and a police spokesman said, based on witness accounts, that Ruiz fell around 5 a.m. last Friday. Officials “are very comfortable that what happened is what was originally reported, which was that he was not a victim of a crime,” Howell said. “He suffered and had an accident. It was a tragic accident.” Ruiz, whose 54th birthday is May 29, has been comatose since he arrived at the hospital. His medical problems include not only the injuries but a heart attack suffered on the way. His agent, Joel Chriss, said Wednesday that Ruiz had a broken skull and many broken bones in his face, and also had a heart attack in the ambulance that picked him up on Bourbon Street. The lack of injuries elsewhere made doctors suspect that Ruiz’s injuries were not accidental, he said Wednesday. Capt. John Bryson, head of the department’s public information office, said earlier Thursday that because Ruiz was picked up on a medical call rather than as a crime victim, police could say only that he had fallen. “It’s horrible because it’s a tragic fall. And it happens,” he said. Ruiz, of Teaneck, N.J., has been described as one of the most versatile musicians in jazz, playing bop, Afro-Cuban, stride and many other styles. He came to New Orleans on Thursday with Marco Matute, a producer for the M27 World label, to shoot video to go along with a Hurricane Katrina benefit CD of New Orleans music, Howell said. © 2006 The Associated Press.

if for no other reason than i can't stand the new york daily news: Jazz pianist is in local hospital It's not known how he became injured Wednesday, May 24, 2006 By Bob Ussery Staff writer, The Times-Picayune Internationally known jazz pianist and composer Hilton Ruiz was in critical condition Tuesday night in the intensive care unit of East Jefferson General Hospital amid unconfirmed rumors he was injured on or near Bourbon Street. Ruiz's wife, Aida, said Tuesday her Manhattan-born husband, who lives in New Jersey, came to New Orleans on Thursday. She said she could not provide further details, but their daughter was preparing a news release. New Orleans police information officers said they were aware of Ruiz's condition only through the inquiries they received from news organizations. Police spokespersons Bambi Hall and Garry Flot said they were not immediately able to locate records of any incident involving Ruiz. Valerie Englade, spokeswoman for East Jefferson hospital, said confidentiality regulations prevented her from saying when he was admitted to the hospital. Aida Ruiz, who was at East Jefferson on Tuesday, said her husband is internationally renowned and has won numerous awards, including the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for outstanding and invaluable service to the community in 2002. "He is just loved by the world," she said. "People love the way he plays the piano." She said in addition to producing many successful instrumental records, her husband is a composer and arranger. She said he was a prodigy who played his first concert as a child on the piano at Carnegie Hall. In addition to Alfro-Cuban jazz, she said, Ruiz plays "every style you can think of: be-bop, boogie-woogie, blues." The Web site hiltonruizmusiccorporation.com said Ruiz has performed on more than 500 recordings, including 30 as leader. He has worked with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Dizzy Gillespie, Abbey Lincoln, David "Fathead" Newman, Chico Freeman, Bill Cosby, Marion Brown, Ray Barretto, Dave Valentin and Geovanni Hidalgo, the Web site said. He also composed music for movies.

thanks for the heads up, john. i took advantage of the "buy four, get three free" offer. btw, i also like your cd reviews on amazon.

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