Van Basten II

The 3rd day was an ecclectic one to say the least. Started the day with Melody Gardot, she started twenty minutes late, which led this comment from the person siiting next to me whether another car had finished her off... When she arrived , she told us that Montreal was loaded with handsome men and a lady should always make wait an handsome man, as you can see, she has a stage personna that is quite charming. Music wise it was ok, her stuff is i would describe falsely sloppy, it is soft cozy music that tries to be not calculated and tight, on a smaller stage i would have enjoyed it more but the lady is now big over here. Also because of her condition, the way they set up the lighting makes for a dark stage and you barely see the people on stage which makes for an unique atmosphere. Can't help comment that she dresses in a very sexy but ladylike way and that she is indeed quite a beauty. Arrived late to the next gig, which was a string ensemble led by violonist Angèle Dubeau doing Philip Glass music, why is it included in a jazz festival, i have no idea. Knowing nothing about classical stuff i can't really comment on it, all i can say i've mostly enjoyed the pieces originally done in the Movie The Hours. It was also the first time i heard an harp live. Would enjoy to listen more to this instrument. Finally finished my evening with Esperenza Spalding, first of all , she looks quite young, if i were a doorman in a club, not only i wouldn't let her in but i''d insist that she calls her parents to pick her up. Very dynamic and charismatic young lady, she took over the stage like an old pro. Rapping, singing, scatting while playing with quite a maestria her quite small bass. Her bow work needs more work but the rest she's quite great at laying down the groove. Not a jazz concert in the strictest sense, but mostly a succession of pieces in different styles, a bit of soul, pop, brasilian music even a bit of jazz fusion done by very enthusiastic young musicians. On an artistical point of view, she is still a young prodigy, she has yet to find somethingto sink her teeth into an artistical project that will help develop. Meanwhile, it was still a fun gig. Tonight Eleni Mandell (Seems i end up with her every year Aaron Parks Trio Lee Konitz with Minsarah

Teddy Atlas Emmanuel Steward Gil Clancy

Kinda weird never received anything either, i know it's still the beta version, the official will start in september, maybe they have reached their quota for the beta period.

Then again the web found a way to circumvent these problems

Trying to register myself again, using another email, will tell you how it works.

To the best of my knowledge that's all you need to do, i'll state the obvious but have you checked your email junk file. Only problem i had to get in was to find a name that they would accept.

Will see this gentleman in action in a few days. Anybody has seen him in action or heard his music can tell a little bit more about this fellow.

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Gonna see her tonight

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More importantly, fights were shown on regular networks not on premium channels that costs you plenty of dough to subscribe.

Venus is crushing Safina, we will have an all Williams final, as much i like the sistas, they make for tedious matches when they play against each other.

Still having fun, also the algorythm seems to be limite so the results have to be taken with a grain of salt. Do you know a lot of people or site who would ask you if you prefer Casablanca to Pokemon. By the way my top 20 now is... 1.Pulp Fiction 2.The Third Man 3.The Player 4.Modern Times 5.Metropolis 6.Annie Hall 7.Dog Day Afternoon 8.Ed Wood 9.Vertigo 10.North by Northwest 11.All About Eve 12.Short Cuts 13.Amarcord 14.The King of Comedy 15.Brazil 16.Boogie Nights 17.GoodFellas 18.The Age of Innocence 19.Amadeus 20.Traffic It does not make for good rankings but it does makes a credible list. If you wonder who's participating to this kind of site, let's just say that the top movie right now is the Dark Night

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The game that put it 6-6 was quite high level and scored high on the grunt-o-meter. Serena finally broke her down,

Tough break for Serena, Dementieva is retuning quite well. Edit and then she chokes on her own serve game, back to equal

Quite a good scrap between Dementieva and Serena.

Last evening started well, went to a new place called l'Astral, not a bad place, although the stage is as big as the room where the customers are sitting, so when it will be packed it will be on the tighter sides of things. Was there to see the Julie Lamontagne trio plus Danny McCaslin. Julie is still improving her piano skills and the cohesion between the group is quite remarkable a nice synergy between her and the rhythm section. Would describe her music, as modern, urban and dynamic. So the guest fiited very well in that group, bringing a Newyorkesque touch. She played all her compositions except for a piece which was an hommage to you know who, she made a nice ballad out of an Billie Jean arrangement. Saw the Monterrey Quartet, for those not in the know, the memebers are Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Eric Harland and a dude named Rubalcaba. Fireworks were to be expected and fireworks we had. High paced intense music with great soloïng. So, it was with a bit of regret that i left that gig to see the quintet of Baptiste Trotrignon with Mark Turner, Jeremy Pelt, Greg Hutchinson and Matt Penman, gotta say it bugs me when the festival programs two things which brings interest to the same type of customers, while they are other periods where you have to force yourself to find a gig you might enjoy. Sorry to say, but changing places was not my greatest decision. After the Monterrey tsunasmi it felt like more like life is a quiet river. They never really found a groove, the fact that they played around in different formats did nol help. No compositions really shined and none of the players really distinguished themselves, lack of energy. Guess it was an off night, a shame because i expected a lot from them. Tonight is going to be ladies night. 6 Pm Melody Gardot 7:30 Angèle Dubeau She"s a classical violonist who will do a few Phillip Glass pieces 10:30 Esperanza Spalding

I took away ... his freedom

It always brings me great joy to see people buying blindly to concerts which will be on the wild side and then trying to figure out a way to get the heck out of there Remember a gig with an italian duet Salis & Satta which was quite wild, the pianist, put stuff in the piano and started banging away, the whole was on the free side, after a few minutes of this a old lady who was seaten in a crowded section of the room basically climbed over people to get out of there.

The Djoker is out but the Brit is still in the hunt.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lovely Rita Mr Kite

Would have love to see Hamiet with this crew http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...st&p=929718