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Came back from watching the David Binney quartet who made a 13 hours trip from to Texas to Montreal to be with us. Very fine show with one of my favourite pianist Craig Taborn who got a huge roar from the crowd when he was introduced at the start of the show, the quartet was completed by Thomas Morgan on bass and Don Weiss on drums and tabla.

Here's a gig i wish i could attend.

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Just arrived home, saw tonight Joe Sullivan big band with featured guess George Garzone. The band which features a who's who of Montreal's finest jazz musicians was cooking. The guest of honor also showed what he's made of. Honorable mention to alto sax Remi Bolduc who had a great solo in the first piece of the evening in a fine piece of music called Icebreaker. Sometimes you wonder why you bother buying tickets and going to all the trouble to see a live show, and then you get this answer, it's the chance that you'll assist to something special like it was the case tonight.

i applaud you for being the winner of the "half full glass of water thinker award"!!! i wish . . . Thank you, thank you, but in all seriousness, i've noticed that often even "big time jazz festival" will have headliners that do not belong in the jazz sphere to attract a more mainstream crowd while the jazzmen not having the same notoriety were put aside promotion wise. To give you an idea in Montreal the big names that have been announced for this year are so far; James Taylor, Leonard Cohen and Woody Allen . Unfortunately, in this case (Hampton festival), what you see is what you get and that ain't good

Found a web site http://www.hampton.gov/coliseum/jazzfestival/ Guess, where i won't be going this summer ?

Started reading this. Don't really know much about him, hope it's a great starting point.

What's the point of 50 straight hours devoted to a subject on radio, would the fans of this be better served having it offered on small doses on a regular schedule. I agree there is a lot of great stuff but who's got the time to listen to all of that in one weekend.

Is that all there is, sometimes the headliners can be crap but you can still find some hidden gems that won't be advertised because of not being names ?

Rented the DVd for the family, watching the extras, did not know that the character of Carla Jean was played by a Scottish actress, for the Texans in the crowd, did she nailed the accent ? She got me fooled.

Zara White Tom Green Jack Black They all did movies By the way, site is awfully slow.

Here"s a clincher, newspaper have announced that Woody Allen will play at the Festival this year, think i'm going to miss Joshua Redman

I would doubt it because they become out of date over time. Certainly not a market to be "vintage" I don't think. I'd check on Ebay and Amazon Marketplace to see what the typical selling or offering prices are. Thanks for answering.

Did not want to start a thread about so i'll ask you in this one. I have a bunch of old baseball encyclopedias (from 1990s and early 2000s) that i want to get rid. Total Baseball, a few Old Major League ones, the Big Stats books, is there a market for these things ? I know i could just put them on Ebay but before i go to the trouble of the shipping and packaging that comes with it, these things are huge are heavy, is it really worth it ?

Watching Freaks & Geeks, loved the ending on episode when Lindsay helps Daniel on his math assignment, they found a great way to avoid any cheesiness.

Geez, now if i can get this with that .....I'll be all set! Good point......would rather avoid that. It would be nice to hit some Montreal jazz venues as well....I'm fortunate in that my wife enjoys going to see live jazz. BTW, Robert -- since I forgot to follow up earlier w/you, how was the Amsterdam trip last year? You get to the Kracked Kettle and that smoky hole-in-the-wall brew joint ('Golem') just across the alley? Have not checked out, how you stand on free and more adventurous jazz, but if it's your cup of tea you might check out the festival Suoni per il popolo in june, over the years i tend to prefer this festival over the bigger one. PM me if you want more detail

The problem is not one post more than other, it's the accumulation of posts denigrating the subject. You don't like the dude's music, you write about it what you don't like about him that's fine with me that's what this board is for.... ... but keeping on ranting about how the guy sucks, geez Louise there must be better things to do... Life is short, music is about having fun, why should you waste your time about things you only have desdain.

Agree with most it, seems that for some if you sell more than 53 cds, you must a talentless whore

For a guy that should be a cab driver or janitor instead of being a musician, he sure does generates a lot of posts, we're now in page 4. And this coming from the same guys who complain that he gets too much publicity

Oooo, there for the Expo eh? I was 5 on a family trip, however my parents' idea of fun was to visit Expo '67 in '68. Still very cool, and I remember the geodesic dome & many of the pavilions looking like it was someplace from the future. Note to Weizen - I think most of it was disassembled and moved elsewhere or torn down. A tour of Expo '67 Only the carcasse of the biosphere remains, besides one of the Pavillons, think it was the French is now a casino

Depends on what you prefer to do, Toronto in cultural activities to my huge chagrin is now more big time than Montreal is. For the rest Montreal has a chaotic quality while Toronto is in a way a little straight. If money is an issue, Montreal is cheaper.

Here's a French classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuzNY5wHZLo

Posted it in the sexy cover thread but since we have now a thread about that.