Van Basten II

An interesting read about how the MLS could improve its fan base. http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ss...rketing_ml.html

Things are heating up, many people including well-known musicians blasted the column for the mysoginistic point of view and overall idiotic tone of the article, Mara Schneider herself wrote a comment, the writer replied back, and he keeps on getting criticized. Usually they are always some people who are dissenting, but so far none yet, it's pretty impressive in this day and age to have 100 % of people having the same opinion about something. Today, the inside gigs are resuming. It's a good thing because the weather has been quite shitty in Montreal. Tonight a doubleheader with Charlie Haden and friends followed by the Bill Frisell quartet

Lucky bastard, they announced the Upstairs programmation after thetickets from the regular jazz festival programmation were available, so i'm already booked and can't see her

Is there a way to fix the player or are we supposed to buy a cd player for each cd that does not play properly ?

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They are.

Saw the Jimmy Cobb band last night, not a bad evening. It was something between a revival and a live concert. They played at a more dynamical pace than the album. Roney was obviously fine. But considering the level of playing i've heard lately, it pales a bit. Still miffed that the Lorau, Bojan Z and co gig was taken away. Tonight all the focus will be on the big outside show, which will focus on Rocksteady. Will take a break.

Enjoyed the fact he's getting ripped in the comment section, the fact he enjoyed the guitarist who played prior to the main act tells all about how clueless this guy is.

The festival is great on paper and it delivers on stage also. Gig with Redman and Lovano was quite simple, it was basically a jam session, played mostly well etablished tunesby the likes of Tristano, Shorter, etc. ask the rhythm section to stay on course and let the two stars blow. And they did it in quite spectacular fashion. Rarely heard Redman in such a dynamic fashion. Small bummer was hoping to see Yahel on the B3. One hell of a ride though. Brandford Marsalis was also quite satisfactory, small lament Jeff Tain Watts departure he was replaced by an 18 year old drummer called Justin Faulkner quite talented he has not exactly the same style than Watts, a little more nervous and a less heavy sound. Great modern music playing with one of the most underrated pianist in Joey Calderazzo. They played almost 2 hours without intermission which was quite generous. Both gigs finished in fine style with Body and Soul for Redman and St-Louis Blues for Marsalis. Tonight only one gig Jimmy Cobb doing an hommage to Miles Davis with bandmates Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, Larry Willis.

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Saw André Leroux with his band, was quite nervous at first, it took a few tunes to settle down. Music wise as expected it was great, however he is far from a guy who takes these gigs as opportunities for career advancement. So, the way they picked what they're going to play was a bit à la bonne franquette and when the nerves calmed it turn into an anonymous usual gig in a small bar . It shows a bit why this talented musician never worked as a frontman. Managing does not seem his strong suit. Enjoyed a lot Gerald Clayton, very elegant playing, his rhythm section was quite dynamic but not in a swinging way, they seemed to have more of an european influence which gelled well with the pianist, although the drummer kinda got on my nerves by falling in love with his cymbal. When they arrived, i thought they switched places with Burning Spear as all three sport dreadlocks. Finally saw Brian Blade, great warm, intense and spiritual music led by one of the most fascinating drummer of our day. The whole band was great, let's mention Myron Walden on alto offered a few fantastic solos. One of the best gigs i've seen so far. Today Joshua Redman, Sam Yahel, Gregory Hutchinson and Reuben Rogers with special guest Joe Lovano and Branford Marsalis Quartet

Of course the minute i wrote it, he broke down.

What's the record for most games in a set ? Gotta give credit to Roddick, showing a lot of poise and mental strenght.

At which point, do they flip a coin ?

Who's going to crack ?

They both won the set they were suuposed to lose.

Wow but not a good wow, more a wow in the sense i don't know what to say about that except feeling sadness.

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Serena won. Was the game any good for those who watched it ? Will be there tomorrow morning to cheer on Roger.

The friday night started in a fine fashion with Eleni Mandell, she has nothing to do with jazz but she still remains an excellent artist who has a great record output. Her music is not that easy to describe, it's not pop, it's not rock, it's npt country she has her own brand of music that is bewitching and quite haunting. Went to see Aaron Parks with his trio, and as someone mentionned in the thread about him, the jury is still out. Not sure if he is aiming for being a modern collective trio à la EST, a few tunes seemed to aspire to that, he has not yet found the hypnotic abilities of the late group. Technique wise, he is solid but not spectacular, which can be a good thing but i gues it's a YMMV. Also the drummer sounded like a guy who was in an electronica band.,which at times was a bit distracting and also it made a rhythm section that did not really swing, so it was a bit on the weird side, either they have not matured yet into the sound they want to acheive or they are one of those musical cerebal band that too often leave me cold. To end the night i saw Lee Konitz playing with a formation i never heard before called Minsarah. Was quite an enjoyable gig, Konitz did what he usually does by bringing his soft lyrical brand of alto music, the trio played behing him a soft and subtle swinging music which gave Lee plenty of room to solo in. Not sure that putting an acoustic set even in a small place like the Gesu is a great decision. People coughing and the chairs squeaking were too often louder than the musicians. A nice cozy way to end the night. Today André Leroux Gerald Clayton trio (That i know very little about) Brian Blade and the Fellowship

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Never heard of using decoders to play DVDs, usually you can use the Windows media player if it does not take charge. Would say that the problem may be in the way you installed it

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Roger to the finals