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thanks for the heads up. it's too bad about the upover. i saw oliver lake with reggie workman and andrew cyrille one time, and then caught mike dirubbo and jim rotondi in a quintet on my second visit. i'll also miss my pre-show dinner at the nearby biscuit.

I am planning a trip to the City in July, so I started checking out the websites of my favorite jazz clubs. The Jazz Standard's site usually features the current and next month's schedules, but currently it only has one for June. Clicking on the ticket web link, I see there are no shows listed for the club beyond July 3rd. Does anyone have information about the Standard's offerings after this date? If not, I might give them a call this weekend. The barbecue might be overrated, but I've really enjoyed the shows I've seen there. And while we're on the subject, what happened to the Upover Jazz Cafe in Brooklyn? Since last summer, their website hasn't listed any acts other than Vincent Herring on Mondays and their Tuesday night vocal jam session with Enos Payne. Does anyone have the inside scoop on this intimate nightspot? Are they still open other nights?

I've been thinking of attending this free concert series for several years now. This might be the year I make it. I thought I'd share the proposed lineup with the rest of you. Also, I'd be interested in hearing people's opinions of the artists listed, especially the lowdown on the local acts from you natives. Thursday, September 1 Symphony Center 8 p.m. – A Down Beat 70th Anniversary Concert with John Medeski (solo piano), Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Tribute Band and The Zawinul Syndicate with Joe Zawinul (the only ticketed event in the festival) Friday, September 2 GRANT PARK Jazz on Jackson 12:00 – 12:55 Tom Garling Sextet 1:10 – 2:05 Hanah Jon Taylor Artet 2:20 – 3:15 Larry Gray Trio 3:30 – 4:30 Slide Hampton Octet Jazz & Heritage 12:30 – 1:30 Students of the Anniversary Celebration of the Advancement of Creative Musicians School 2:00 – 3:00 “Art of the Solo” featuring Bradley Parker-Sparrow and George Freeman 3:30 – 4:30 Radio Maqam: Middle Eastern improvisation Petrillo Music Shell 5:00 – 5:50 Denny Zeitlin Trio with Buster Williams and Matt Wilson: “Remembering Charlie Weeks” 6:00 – 6:55 Angel Meléndez & The Mambo 911 Orchestra 7:10 – 8:10 Gloria Lynne 8:30 – 9:30 Roy Haynes’ 80th Birthday Celebration Saturday, September 3 GRANT PARK Jazz on Jackson 12:00 –12:50 The Frontburners: “A Tribute to Vandy Harris” 1:05 – 1:35 Earma Thompson and John Whitfield 1:40 – 2:10 Dan Trudell 2:25 – 3:20 Chicago Overtones: Daniele D’Agaro, Jeb Bishop, Robert Barry, and Kent Kessler 3:35 – 4:30 “A New Apartment Jam” with Von Freeman and John Young Jazz & Heritage 12:30 – 1:30 Morikeba: Griot of Senegal 2:00 – 3:00 “Percussion Discussion” with Michael Zerang 3:30 – 4:30 Slide Hampton and the Jazz Links All-Stars Petrillo Music Shell 5:00 – 5:50 “A Salute to Eddie Johnson” with Eric Schneider and friends 6:00 – 6:55 Ballin’ the Jack 7:10 – 8:10 “A 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Advancement of Creative Musicians” featuring the Great Black Music Ensemble 8:30 – 9:30 Celebrating Tony Williams featuring Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield and Larry Goldings Sunday, September 4 GRANT PARK Jazz on Jackson 12:00 – 12:50 Jerry Coleman’s Nineburners 1:05 – 2:00 Wendell Harrison Quartet 2:15 – 3:10 Bobbi Wilsyn and SHE 3:25 – 4:30 Charlie Johnson Trio Jazz & Heritage 12:30 – 1:30 El Trio Tropical – Latin Rhythms 2:00 – 3:00 “A Personal History of Bebop” with Stu Katz 3:30 – 4:30 Gallery 37 Jazz Band Petrillo Music Shell 5:00 – 5:55 “Homage to King Oliver” with Le Petit Jazzband from France 6:00 – 6:55 Joseph Jarman Sextet, featuring Leroy Jenkins and Myra Melford 7:10 – 8:10 Slide Hampton and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble 8:30 – 9:30 “Jammin’ for Bird: A Charlie Parker 85th Birthday Event” featuring the Charles McPherson Quartet, plus special guests Frank Morgan and Donald Harrison

frankly, i'm confused by your comment. i see the jpeg for illuminations there, and here it is pasted from the site:

ms. peyroux was the guest on an npr radio show last week. quite a few callers, most of them older jazz fans, commented on how much she sounded like lady day. she was noticeably quiet during these calls, and never once did she admit to being heavily influenced by holiday. i think that's what bothers me about her. the debt is obvious, and to not acknowledge it seems disingenuous, if not disrespectful.

yes, i believe they are.

there's no questioning that baker was talented. however, i fail to see how someone who was so famous, so well-paid, could be considered "underrated."

I just thought I'd pass along this sale on my favorite cdr blanks from my favorite seller. Buy three 50 packs of Klone 80 Min cdr at their regular price ($19.96) and get a fourth 50 pack free. Actually, the 200 blanks will be shipped as two 100 spindles. Here's a link for more details: klone sale

alfred, can you tell me if hall uses any electronic attachments/gimmicks (i.e, phase shifter/flanger, distortion, etc.) on this date, as he has been prone to do in recent years? thanks.

two of the individual recordings from this set are currently available: a third - Live at the Village Vanguard - will be reissued june 7th. it's prime big band material, but i wouldn't pay $300-400 for the mosaic set.

well, i finally took the plunge. with shipping, each 6.99 disc comes to 7.74 total. here's my list: My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis Four & More: Miles Davis Jazz In 3/4 Time [Digipak] - Max Roach Al Cohn Quintet [Digipak] It's All Right! - Teddy Edwards Sextet Sweets [Digipak] - Harry "Sweets" Edison Sittin' In [Digipak] - Gillespie/Getz/Hawkins Torme - Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley - Mel Torme thanks for the heads up BbM7!

is this the recording you're referring to?

i'd be interested in hearing him talk a little bit about tommy flanagan. they're both from detroit, and they're sometimes compared to each other. what does he see as the similarities and differences in their respective styles. what was it like to finally record together in 1978 (our delights, more delights)? perhaps you could also ask him to talk about the significance of the detroit jazz scene on the development of the music, especially in respect to hard bop. i think he left for new york in the mid-forties, but he still might have played and been an influence there and may have some stories to tell. btw, thanks for asking for our input.

damn good, but crazy!

thanks for the information guys, and for the irreverent humor.

Hello again, I'm looking for a few facts pertaining to Harold Land's Blue Note album entitled "Take Aim." AMG mentions that in addition to the standard You're My Thrill, the album features "five hard bop originals." Did Land compose all of the remaining titles (As You Like It, Take Aim, Land of Peace, Reflections, Blue Nellie), or do any of the credits go to his band mates or some other artists? Also, does anyone know who engineered this date? AMG says it was recorded in Hollywood and produced by Leonard Feather, but I never take what they write as gospel. Now that I think of it, I don't even take the Gospels as gospel! Thanks in advance for any help offered. Now start scrubbing that grill. There's some barbecuin' to be done this weekend!

GEEZ CHUCK, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO MEAN??? what? er, i mean, thanks a lot for your help! Any info on the last two tracks (There Will Never Be Another You [4:15], Don't Blame Me [5:14]) that feature Byas without Moore? They're live, but they're considerably shorter than the tracks of the same names that appeared on Walkin' (Black Lion) and Autumn Leaves (Jazz House). Again thanks to anyone who can help.

Hey ho! Can someone provide me with information about a Jazz Mark lp called Danish Brew? I read somewhere it features live recordings from television and concert performances recorded between 1959 and 1961. Here's what I have regarding combined personnel and track listings: Brew Moore – tenor sax (tracks 1-6) Don Byas – tenor sax (tracks 6-8) Paul Godske – piano Bent Axen – piano Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass Alex Riel – drums William Schiopffe – drums 1. Ergo 2. If I Had You 3. Take the "A" Train 4. My Funny Valentine 5. Topsy 6. Lester Leaps In 7. There Will Never Be Another You 8. Don't Blame Me Here's what I'm looking for: 1) Which tracks feature Godske or Axen and Riel or Schiopffe? 2) Do you have any additional info about the recording dates, locations, etc.? 3) Do you have any other info concerning the producer, recording engineers, etc.? Thanks in advance for your help!

2.07.2005 BMI Forecasts US Ringtone Sales Will Double in 2005 to $500 Million BMI, the U.S. performing rights organization representing more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, released its sales projections for ringtones in the United States market today. BMI predicts that the market will surpass $500 million in retail sales, up from $245 million in calendar year 2004 and $68 million in calendar year 2003. BMI bases its projection on census-based sales data that it aggregates from more than 225 different outlets for the sale of mobile entertainment. "We see the growth trend in ringtones and mobile entertainment continuing through mid 2006," said BMI Vice President of Business Development, Richard Conlon. "We believe that the market will double for the ringtone sector alone. Any revenues derived from the ringback-tone services and mobile subscription music services, which have just begun to roll out in the U.S., will be incremental." Since entering the market in 2001, the company has tracked and processed more than 150,000,000 individual ringtone sales through the third quarter of 2004 by title, artist and gross retail revenues generated. BMI's database of earnings and titles is believed to be the most comprehensive in the industry. BMI uses the data that it collects to distribute public performance royalties on a pro-rata basis to its affiliated songwriters, composers and music publishers. .............................................................................................................................................................................................. In contrast, only 23,060,000 jazz albums were sold in 2003, of which 5,137,468 were Norah Jones' Come Away With Me. now watch jim have a

without a doubt, i prefer the double bass to the bass guitar (i don't even like to call it an electric bass). that being said, if there has to be a bass guitar in there, i'd rather have steve swallow playing it.

actually, it was his left. perkins' unorthodox positioning at the keyboard was his way of compensating for a hand that was slightly crippled by polio. this technique earned him the nickname of "the crab."

i found this in the september 2004 issue of sfcrowsnest.com. obviously spielberg wasn't "beaten to the punch," what with his movie coming out shortly and this other film still unreleased. still, this more faithful adaptation of wells' novel seems interesting to me. Spielberg beaten to War of the Worlds by secretly shot English rival Pendragon Pictures surprise Spielberg with shock new movie based on H.G. Wells novel. In news fit to set Steven Spielberg's hair on end, Pendragon Pictures has just announced the completion of principal photography on their take of H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds. Set in Wells' intended turn-of-the-century English locale, the movie is the world's first authentic adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic 1898 novel. The live-action production, lensed in complete security under the cover title The Great Boer War, taking two and a half months to complete on location in England and the Pacific Northwest. The picture wrapped almost three years to the date when Pendragon's original updated version of War Of The Worlds was shut down due to the events of September 11th. Director Timothy Hines reflected to the 'Nest, "We never stopped really. After an initial two-week hiatus, we saw the light in adapting a dead-on accurate version of The War Of The Worlds from the original source material, thanks to the influence and advice of people such as Charles Keller, the director of the H.G. Wells Society and tens of thousands of fans who wrote us." A script was immediately begun as the production company shot out a sci-fi movie about robot slaves called Chrome, in order to protect their resources. The War Of The Worlds has been a labor of love for the principals at Pendragon. "We haven't rushed anything," producer Susan Goforth told the 'Nest. "Every period detail has been painstakingly and carefully researched over the last three years as we developed the project." Co-producer John Gallo added, "Timothy wanted everything to be right, as the fans' expectations are enormous. Like Peter Jackson with Lord of the Rings, Timothy is a deep fan of The War Of The Worlds. He's been planning to make the movie for decades. The research was grueling and information was sometimes extremely difficult to obtain, such as finding the right class of ship the Thunderchild would have been. But it was worth it. In the end, Tim's vision proved to be right. The movie is detail perfect." The cast is packed with highbrow actors, such as Jack Clay, founder of the first Professional Actor's Training Program at Southern Methodist University, upon which virtually all other collegiate programs are based. Jack Clay was the acting teacher of many phenomenal talents, such as Academy award-winning actress Kathy Bates and Val Kilmer's opponent in Tombstone, Powers Boothe. "We didn't have a jillion dollars," an amused Hines told SFcrowsnest, "But our budget is not embarrassing as we're in eight figures. We certainly could afford movie stars. But I felt dubious about casting huge movie stars like, when, for our first version, we negotiated with Michael Caine, Charlize Theron and Eric Stoltz. The Hollywood agents' methods of negotiation are frustrating and enigmatic to me. Like when Michael Caine's agent claimed at one point to have never spoken with me. "When I showed her a pile of faxes and emails between us, she had an assistant call me back and confirm, 'Yes, we are talking.' Instead, we turned to the world's greatest undiscovered talent. For the main protagonist we auditioned twelve hundred and, ironically, found him in our own back yard in the form of Anthony Piana, who portrays the sociopathic Colonel Zet in Chrome. I believe Anthony is the next Al Pacino. His level of commitment and talent is like no actor I've ever seen." Other cast members include James Lathrop as the Artilleryman and John Kaufmann as the Curate. In response to fans' concerns about the polish and punch of the special effects, Hines was quick to comment, "We have the best and brightest talent in the FX department. The War Of The Worlds is such a known entity that we didn't have to seek them out. They came to us with enthusiasm and a deep desire to be involved. Budget and fees has not been a concern to these people. They are fans, like myself, and are creating this picture with love and integrity. Our effects will be state-of-the-art. We are utilizing both CGI and miniatures as well as many full-scale mechanical effects that were already shot out on set. Besides, the fans can go to our website and check out our movie trailer for Chrome if they have fears." Concerning the announced Spielberg/Cruise production, Timothy Hines is philosophical, "We communicated with the principals at Paramount before 9/11. They acknowledged in writing through their attorneys that we can make our picture. At that time an Executive producer on Dreamworks' The Time Machine invited us to his home in Las Vegas, where he informed us that Tom Cruise had aspirations to make the picture. They essentially all told us to go away. Since then, many friends and allies of Tom Cruise have communicated to us the same sentiment. "Now that they have announced that they are doing a modern version, I think there's room for both our productions to exist. What they are doing sounds interesting. From what I understand, they are changing the story dramatically, whereas we have point-by-point recreated the book for the screen. Our production of The War Of The Worlds is set at the turn-of-the-century. We're almost a back story to their version, sort of like a prequel." As to the planned Jeff Wayne animated version of The War Of The Worlds, the Pendragon principals were repeatedly approached by Wayne's representatives to work out some form of collaboration, but nothing came of the communications. "I think the Wayne production should be a lot of fun," says Hines. "There's room for us all. Wells was a mega-talent and an incredible visionary. I'm sure the staying power of his Martian invasion story helped bring NASA more hits to their website than any in history when they landed their robot on Mars. Wells would likely have been amused by all the interest in his work. I'm proud to be the first to accurately bring H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds to the screen." Pendragon Pictures expects a spring 2005 release for H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds, however the exact date will be announced by Pendragon's distributor at MIPCOM this October.

for anyone in the boston area who might be interested, melvin sparks is scheduled to appear at ryles jazz club in cambridge on saturday, july 9th. tickets are only $10. may the funk be with you.

hans started a thread announcing that stan had passed away the day after his death. here's the link: stan levey