Van Basten II

Can't beleive i never noticed Asia in the Big Lebowski, what did she do ? Hmmm the way i called her by a first name shows an intimacy that should not be made public :blush2:

Here's his latest post on the subject http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...c=50762&hl=

Neither, it's internet connection problems that makes him unavailable

Sad news item to pass along. Jazz writer, photograph Len Dobbin was declared clinically dead last night, he was at the Upstairs bar to attend the Felix Stussi/ Ray Anderson gig when he suddenly colapsed. Len was a great friend of the jazz community, Pepper Adams even wrote a song in his honor titled Dobbin. Only link i have found is a french one , you will find in the commentary section a well familiar nickname http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/brunet/?p=628 RIP

Sacha Grey's interviews when promoting The Girlfriend experience showed her interest in different things. On the other side of the ocean the controversial movie Baise-moi starred a few french X-stars as Rafaella Anderson and Karen Lancaume. Here's a wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baise-moi

Sad news item to pass along, not sure if he's well known here to make a thread about him. Jazz writer, photograph Len Dobbin was declared clinically dead last night, he was at the Upstairs bar to attend the Felix Stussi/ Ray Anderson gig when he suddenly colapsed. Len was a great friend of the jazz community, Pepper Adams even wrote a song in his honor titled Dobbin. RIP

It was an all-American music night as Charlie Haden offered his bluegrass project. On the positive side of things Charie was quite happy which is always an uncommon site. Also he brought good musicians with him and it was a sweet show and since we rarely have access to this kind of music here, it's was still fun. On the less positive side of things, well we barely could hear Charlie play, the musicians played on the safe side of things, the members of the Haden family were mostly there because they were members of that family, the Hadens are not gonna make us forget the Carters, they are decent at singing in harmony but none were exactly bringing down the house.. The festival works with names, that means that people buy tickets in function of the headliner, whether they heard of him and has a great rep no matter what he has done lately or what his project might be. So in this case, when the music started and people saw it was that kind of music with violins, dobro and all that stuff we saw people who could not find fast enough the exit. The Bill Frisell quartet will have to be considered as one of the top gigs of the festival, great interaction with the very fine members of his band , the repertory was mostly usual Frisell stuff, moon river, lovesick blues etc. Frisell was on his a game with his brand of impressionist americana Let's mention the members of this group because they deserve proper recognition Ron Miles cornet, Tony Scherr bass and Rudy Royston drums. Tonight Renaud Garcia-Fons (He will do three different gigs in three nights) and Ornette Coleman

If you knew what the word that pronounces like plot means in French/Quebec slang, you'd chuckle and say yes.

Forgot about Léandre good pick

Let's hope it's not health related

Lights, Camera, Lots of Action. Forget the Script. By MATT RICHTEL Published: July 7, 2009 The actress known as Savanna Samson once relished preparing for a role. “I couldn’t wait to get my next script,” she said. If you want to read more http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/business/media/08porn.html

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 ?

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?act=idx

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.

Curious coincidence, will see him tonight Harry Hooper Tris Speaker Duffy Lewis

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.