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Dude, I have played all that shit, and have often enjoyed doing it. Depends on the people in the room and the money in the pocket. I've played wedding dates and club gigs form more than 3/4 of my life now, so please disabuse yourself of whatever notions you have that I am hostile to, ignorant of, and/or inept at playing the standard repertory of pop or jazz. Gigs, on the other hand, gigs, not working, not playing, but gigs, are another story. Gigs are a job, and nobody's going to love their job forever. Frankly, I no longer have a desire to get paid to play ambient jukebox or restaurant music for random consumers. That's not fun anymore. And if it means that you will not pay to hear the seagulls fucking, awwww...like I want your money? Or your ass in the room? If you like what you hear and want to be there, hell yeah, welcome. Otherwise, get your complaining ass outta the room ASAP, if not sooner. Complain to the manager, get the band fired, I really do not care. I'd rather play for free to 3-4 people who want to be there than make "money" (and really, it's not usually all that much money, even a good gig) playing for people who either don't want to be there or have no idea about why we're there and then start enforcing their "expectations". Like, really, you've heard 30 minutes of what no doubt to you sounds like intense squeaky/squawky neurotic noise and you think that requesting "Satin Doll" is going to lighten the mood or something? Uh....no. And yeah, we'll have attitude about it. Just leave, especially if you put a dollar bill in the tip jar before making your request. Let that be a teachable moment for you, money can't change the world, but ignorance can cost you a dollar. Fuck all that, I got a day job, I don't need those asses in somebody else's room, and I don't need their money in my pocket. Give me some people who want to be there, we'll have a party. Otherwise, as Cynthia & Jerry's message so eloquently said it - ALL THE SQUARES GO HOME. Or let me go home. STAY home. I got a nice enough house, a loving wife, a comfortable bed, and a good TV, none of which are dependent upon playing shit I don't want to play for and with people I'd rather not be around. Whether or not you yourself are one of those people, I don't know, but with all this seagull fucking talk, you probably are. So, let me know where you'll be, and I'll save us both some trouble by being someplace else. And no, I don't think Bruce will do "Surf's Up" for me, at least not as a spontaneous on the gig request. That's one hard song, and I doubt he could just whip it off/out like he could a Hank Williams bar standard.

Hey Boss, how about letting the boys jam on "Chameleon"?

Ax was a totally in the moment force on stage, fun to whatch while he was not playing, singing along with the music, with posture that was more Count Basie than Van Cliburn, just one loose cat with incredible chops. Best of both worlds, really, hthe natural body and the perfected playing. Very enjoyable for me, a bit of a trip in fact,

I'll ask Boss for "Surf's Up" and "Doctor Wu".

That's from Chicago, was the Clooney stuff cut in Chicago?

Indeed. And alas, this is not on the Mosaic:

Is it this kind of organ?

Exceptional skills, no matter the context. RIP, and definitely some love.

Good to know. If I ever go to one of his gigs I'll ask him to play Rite Of Spring. Or You Are The Sunshine Of My Life. Hell, Stella By Starlight, please, Boss!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/11/us/raymond-smullyan-dead-puzzle-creator.html?emc=edit_th_20170212&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25913738 “Why should I worry about dying? It’s not going to happen in my lifetime!”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/sports/hockey/mike-ilitch-dead-detroit-tigers-red-wings.html?emc=edit_th_20170212&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25913738 “I’m not afraid to go out and spend money,” Mr. Ilitch said. “It’s been very costly, but I’m not going to change my ways.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/11/arts/music/harvey-lichtenstein-dead-led-bam.html?emc=edit_th_20170212&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25913738&_r=0 “Recognition came first,” he acknowledged ruefully; “attendance only later.”

Hello, up?

Personnel here: https://www.discogs.com/Brother-Jack-McDuff-To-Seek-A-New-Home/release/5990679 Interesting partial production/personnel overlap with this:https://www.discogs.com/JJ-Jackson-The-Greatest-Little-Soul-Band-In-The-Land/release/2926079 Lew futterman not just in the house, Lew Futterman owning this house. Well hell, lookit this https://books.google.com/books?id=dCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78&dq=lew+futterman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sVd1UYjSOtOR7AaP6YGwAw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=lew%20futterman&f=false Sorry, no Futterman Blaxloitation on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2316718/

Relax and have beer. More than one beer. Louis Armstrong was god. God has a sense of humor. Not all the jokes are necessarily good ones, but, you know, when you're god, that's besides the point, really.

Jaap van Zweden conducts Emanuel Ax piano ROUSE Symphony No. 5 (World Premier) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 RESPIGHI Pines Of Rome Have never really felt Rouse's work, but this new Symphony was a kick in the ass to hear live. Seriously took me aback. Ax was one of the most involving performers I've ever had the pleasure to hear live. Visually and musically. Will see him again if/whenever possible. Pines of Rome still seems to me more like a postcard than a painting, never mind a photograph, but a damn well-made postcard it is. Orchestras can play really fucking loud, and pianos are capable of incredibly nuanced response. That's the bullet-point summary for people who don't go to concerts and wonder what they might get out of it. For everybody else, hey, seemed like one of those "zone" nights to me. I mena a lot of the band was smiling during the last two pieces, and the first one, they were visibly thinking in unison. Audience members were actually, physically, leaning into the music. Usually I'm one of the few around me who does that, tonight, a lot of people were doing it. Not that that means anything really, point just being that there was a lot of communications going on in the hall. Love it when that happens!

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Yep.

https://www.axios.com/searching-for-information-nirvana-2248588151.html Our brains have been literally swamped and reprogrammed. A Microsoft study found that since 2000, our attention spans have been cut by 25 percent -- to shorter than that of a goldfish. Facebook and Google now own 8 of the 10 top-selling apps and control NINETY PERCENT of all growth in media ad spend. "The house always wins," Jim and Sara wrote. Per Gallup, "68% of people don't trust the news they see or read. Think about that: most people don't trust REAL news."

So when Bob Porter (railroad service pun unintentional) talks about the impact that Jacquet and "Flying Home" had, here is some of that!

Arista was not Atlantic (nor Malaco), but still... Average song/record, but an incredible video!

So, I guess it's Joe Torre we need to tell to fuck this shit? Or Rob Manfredmann? http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-plans-to-test-new-extra-innings-rules-in-rookie-ball-with-joe-torres-approval-224914115.html No, no no. Hell no. HELL NO. HELL NO. http://www.lonestarball.com/2017/2/10/14573048/apparently-extra-innings-are-boring

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