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Well, I remember seeing an interview in which Miles said that he learned from his young employees rather than the other way around.

The post office tells me this morning that I will receive the Nucleus box on Tuesday.

The NFL has banned six helmets, and put another four on notice. It also approved eleven new helmets. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2830991-tom-brady-among-32-players-whose-2018-helmet-types-banned-by-nfl-for-2019-season

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Let's continue with news of the past month. The league and the players' union have begun negotiating a new contract. https://3downnation.com/2019/03/11/cba-talks-underway-in-downtown-toronto/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/11/cflpa-calls-first-day-of-labour-talks-with-the-cfl-a-step-in-the-right-direction/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/12/next-cba-talks-set-for-winnipeg/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/13/qa-cflpa-discusses-the-opening-cba-negotiations-and-whats-next/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/16/cfl-cflpa-could-lower-the-number-of-canadian-starters-sources/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/17/fourteen-tweets-that-show-just-how-divided-the-cflpa-is-on-the-ratio/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/16/davis-ratio-must-stay-the-same-to-preserve-essence-of-cfl/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/16/cflpa-executive-responds-to-3down-report-on-ratio-changes/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/18/and-now-ricky-foley-and-duron-carter-are-going-at-it-on-twitter-over-the-ratio/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/17/rick-campbell-says-canadian-talent-is-great-but-maybe-the-ratio-should-go-down-anyway/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/19/former-cflpa-president-scott-flory-believes-ratio-needs-to-be-maintained/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/27/cflpa-aware-of-league-involvement-with-alouettes-sale-believe-franchise-is-on-the-block/ https://3downnation.com/2019/04/06/ambrosie-believes-canadian-ratio-answer-lies-in-bigger-and-stronger-league/ ***** Cam Wake has signed a $23 million deal with Tennessee, with $7 million guaranteed. https://3downnation.com/2019/03/14/cam-wake-on-his-way-to-earning-spot-in-pro-football-hall-of-fame/ ***** TSN's stats guy Derek Taylor will be the Riders' new radio play-by-play caller. https://3downnation.com/2019/03/29/tsns-derek-taylor-accepts-riders-radio-play-by-play-job/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/31/derek-taylor-the-right-fit-for-riders-radio-gig/ ***** John Hodge's second mock draft https://3downnation.com/2019/03/29/john-hodges-2019-cfl-mock-draft-2-0/ ***** Marshall Ferguson's second mock draft https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/03/mock-2-0-new-first-overall-pick/

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Now let's back up and look at some headlines from the winter. Josh Smith analyzes each team's best free agent signing. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/23/one-good-signing-and-one-bad-signing-for-each-cfl-team/ ***** The league plans to start the 2021 season a week earlier. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/25/cfl-moving-the-season-up-another-week-in-2021/ ***** The Ticats signed Cameron Marshall. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/26/ticats-sign-former-bombers-riders-rb-cameron-marshall/ ***** Here is Travis Lulay's retirement announcement. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/28/travis-lulay-reflections-as-i-retire-from-the-cfl/ ***** The ticket prices for this year's Grey Cup range from C$119 to C$419. https://3downnation.com/2019/03/06/are-ticket-prices-for-the-2019-grey-cup-too-too-high/ https://3downnation.com/2019/03/10/quit-whining-about-grey-cup-ticket-prices/ ***** Here is John Hodge's first mock draft for this year. https://3downnation.com/2019/03/08/john-hodges-2019-cfl-mock-draft-1-0/ ***** Santino Filoso analyzes the Redblacks' free agent signings. https://3downnation.com/2019/03/10/now-that-the-smoke-has-cleared-how-did-the-redblacks-do-in-free-agency/

Jovan Olafioye has retired. https://3downnation.com/2019/04/04/standout-ol-jovan-olafioye-retires-from-the-cfl/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/04/jovan-olafioye-announces-retirement-football/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/04/big-o-looks-back-with-no-regrets/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/05/tributes-pour-retiring-ol-olafioye/ ***** The Als have released Jabar Westerman. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/04/als-ink-knapton-one-year-deal-release-jabar-westerman/ ***** The league will have a new draft for Europeans April 11. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/04/cfl-unveils-plan-draft-order-first-ever-european-draft/ https://3downnation.com/2019/04/03/cfl-to-hold-european-lottery-and-draft-in-april/ ***** 4/04 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/04/checking-competition-argos-backfield/ ***** The day that the AAF suspended operations, all the CFL teams scrambled to adjust their neg lists. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/03/oleary-aaf-fallout-causes-crazy-day-cfl-football-execs/ https://3downnation.com/2019/04/03/while-aaf-folded-cfl-front-offices-had-a-crazy-day/ ***** Jon Ryan wants to finish his career with the Riders. https://3downnation.com/2019/04/09/jon-ryan-says-it-would-be-a-dream-come-true-to-play-for-the-riders/ https://3downnation.com/2019/04/05/veteran-nfl-punter-jon-ryan-could-be-returning-to-saskatchewan-sources/ ***** Cody Husband has retired. https://3downnation.com/2019/04/04/veteran-canadian-lions-ol-cody-husband-retires-2/ ***** Milt Stegall believes that the best receiver in the league today is Derel Walker. https://3downnation.com/2019/04/08/milt-stegall-believes-derel-walker-is-the-best-receiver-in-the-cfl/

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Good to hear, John! I would like to receive it by Easter (that's in two weeks), but I'm not in a hurry. With that order I also purchased the box of Georgie Fame's complete 1967 recordings, and it arrived very promptly.

Has anyone received his copy from Import CDs yet?

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Not a parody. Not a gag. A straight-up recording of an old favorite.

Jim, I have listened to Just a Gigolo, and it's perfectly good easy listening. I have found the EP at Amazon for $16.98!!! https://www.amazon.com/Some-Times-Nick-Papadakis/dp/B074R58TFR/

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Nick Papadakis "Just A Gigolo" Impacting: March 26 2019 Format(s): Jazz, Smooth Jazz Added by KKJZ-Los Angeles KKJZ DJ Bubba Jackson- "you need to listen to this, its different, its unique and Nick has something you're not going to find anywhere else, listen to that voice"! NICK PAPADAKIS “Success is in the attempt." Those are the wise words given to rising jazz vocalist Nick Papadakis by his acting coach Richard Lepore while Nick was tirelessly pursuing his dream of a career in entertainment. Years later Nick has released his debut as a solo artist with an EP entitled Some Times. This EP has been long awaited in Nick’s long career in entertainment. Some Times is a 5-track collection of jazz standards with an updated sound and feeling. Nick’s love for music began early on. At age of 6, Nick knew he wanted to become a jazz singer when his parents bought a stereo and his father told him to listen to a Frank Sinatra album. After listening to it front to back, Nick knew his destined career path. “He was just so damn cool,” Nick says about the legendary Sinatra. In addition to being inspired by Sinatra, Nick also was also inspired by the great vocal range of Sam Cooke and the smooth seductive originality of Smokey Robinson. Nick took singing lessons, and voice acting instruction, taking voice-over jobs for commercials, documentaries, television and radio, podcasts, industrial video and more. In addition, he formed a band and performed around L.A. where he developed his dapper stage presence. "I had to work harder and longer hours than ever before. My story and the sacrifices I made to work to achieve my dream, which is, to earn the privilege to sing for a live audience and make a genuine connection with the people. For me, it is an all or nothing life decision achievement. And none of it has come easily." Nick finally linked up with celebrated veteran hit producer Mark Paladino. Mark was impressed with Nick's artistic development, moreover Mark became infected (his own words) with Nick's passion and commitment to do this project. He genuinely perceived Nick's do or die commitment and Mark came to believe that Nick could and would deliver. Here are but a few of Mark's professional credits: He was lead singer and song writer for the popular L.A. based power pop group The Makers. Mark worked with Paul Fishkin to help produce Billie Idol, Bernie Taupin, Stevie Nicks, Montell Jordan, Tupac Shakur to name just a few. Mark's work with Stevie Nicks earned the record label a platinum record as well as many other gold records made possible by Mark's work. Nick and Mark began working together. This is where the magic happened; it was during this time that Nick found his signature voice as a solo artist and developed his unique sound. “I think it was an expression that had always been there but was chained up. Essentially, it was the real me coming out,” he says. This is evident on Nick’s new EP Some Times, where for instance, he covers Nancy Wilson's single “Rain Sometimes,” but his version borrows from the style of Matt Monro’s 1967 version (via the quicker tempo). Nick’s version, though, features a smooth jazz piano, giving it an overall, undeniable air of “cool.” The next song is “Just A Gigolo” which is paired in a medley with another old standard “I Ain’t Got Nobody,” much like the version done by Louis Prima in 1956. Track three on the EP is the oft-covered jazz classic “Summertime” made popular by the likes of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Willie Nelson. Nick’s version, however, has its own soulful swing, complete with a twangy guitar, lush horns, and an organ solo that starts off lazy and soft then intensifies, surely leaving you to press play over and over. The fourth tune is a cover his inspiration, Frank Sinatra’s “At Long Last Love.” However, unlike the original (written by Cole Porter), Nick’s version features swingin’ saxophone and piano solos between his verses of a swooning, one of a kind vocal that builds to a crescendo, all which makes for a rousing vocal and instrumental rendition. And last but not least, Nick cover’s “Mack The Knife,” a song made popular by Bobby Darin in 1961. Originally, the song was like a solemn funeral dirge from an early 20th-century stage play called The Threepenny Opera, but Nick’s version applies a hip jazz approach compared to the previous versions. All recorded with live instrumentation, Some Times is authentically jazz and authentically genuine. Nick Talks "No matter what the result of this effort will be, I am grateful for passion which drove me do this project - which nearly did me in. I know that Richard Lepore's statement is true, "success is in the attempt". I was young at that time and I struggled with the meaning of this message, until my life experience made this message self evident: If there is no attempt, there can be no failure or setbacks (and I have had many). Failures and setbacks are necessary to learn how to become and remain successful. This album is the best work I have ever done and it began with an attempt." - Nick Papadakis

Keyboardist-Composer Marcos Silva Unveils First Recording in 30 Years On "Brasil From Head to Toe," Set for May 3 Release by Goose Egg Productions Silva's Long-Awaited Third Album Features a Quartet With Saxophonist Gary Meek, Bassist Scott Thompson, & Drummer Mauricio Zottarelli Plus Special Guests CD Release Show at California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley, Saturday, April 6 April 4, 2019 Keyboardist and composer Marcos Silva returns to the recording spotlight after 30 years with Brasil From Head to Toe, set for a May 3 release on his Goose Egg Productions imprint. The third album from the Brazilian-born, Bay Area-based musician and educator features an extensive cast of musicians, anchored by a core quartet with saxophonist Gary Meek, bassist Scott Thompson, and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli. It also includes 10 original compositions of invigorating Brazilian jazz fusion by the master himself. Silva spent the three decades since recording his first two albums, 1987's Here We Go and 1989's White & Black, touring and recording with the likes of Flora Purim and Airto (for whom he also served a 24-year stint as music director), Paquito D'Rivera, and Jon Lucien, as well as keeping busy on the Bay Area's ascendant Brazilian jazz scene and teaching for more than two decades in the Brazilian Music department at Berkeley's California Jazz Conservatory (formerly The Jazzschool). With Brasil From Head to Toe, he summarizes everything he's done and learned in that long and accomplished career. "It's a chance to learn where I'm coming from," Silva says. "This is who I am. All of my DNA is in there." Not just Silva's DNA, but also his incomparable experiences as a musician living in Brazil and the United States and traveling the world. Tracks like "In 7 & 2," "Hathor," and "Dry Land" (among others) recall the electrified Brazilian fusion Silva played with Purim and Airto. "Dos Pés À Cabeça" gives traditional samba music a charge of slippery but bruising funk; "Escape" inclines toward progressive jazz (with the support of vibraphonist Dillon Vado); "Prediction" and "Spring" are slow samba-infused ballad offerings -- the last featuring a lush arrangement for 12-piece string ensemble. "I don't think I wrote anything in here," Silva says of these pieces. "I'm the vehicle that translates the musical messages sent from above. I'm on the outside listening." Silva's sumptuous but exacting compositions -- which have been recorded by such artists as Purim, Romero Lubambo, Bud Shank, and Herbie Mann -- call for interpretation by the highest caliber of musicians, and Silva's bandmates are more than up to the task. Zottarelli, a New York (by way of São Paulo)-based drummer and percussionist, is highly sought after in the jazz, Latin, and Brazilian music communities. Meek, who lives in Monterey, is a fellow longtime veteran of Flora Purim and Airto's working band (of whom Silva says, "after Michael Brecker, Gary is the saxophonist"). East Bay bassist Thompson is a protégé and colleague of Silva's at CJC's Brazilian Music department, and the son of woodwinds player Mary Fettig, with whom Silva worked on his first two albums. Marcos Silva was born September 8, 1954 in Rio de Janeiro. He studied classical guitar, bass, and drums at the city's Museum of Image and Sound, becoming a mainstay on the music scene but ambitious to make his way into jazz. To that end, he arrived in New York City in March 1980, soon meeting famed vocalist Flora Purim and her percussionist husband Airto Moreira. The connection redirected Silva's career, including his place of residence. He soon followed his new employers to their home base of Santa Barbara, California, relocating again three years later to the San Francisco Bay Area. He continued working with Purim and Airto, as well as joining guitarist Ricardo Peixoto's Voz do Samba and later collaborating with Claudio Amaral's Viva Brasil, and working with Brazil's elite composers such as guitarist Toninho Horta and Dori Caymmi. In 1987 he made his debut album, Here We Go, following it two years later with White & Black. In the ensuing years, Silva became an active partner in the Bay Area jazz scene, helping to fuel a surge in its Brazilian jazz contingent and giving a boost to vocalists like Claudio Gomez, Claudia Villela, and Sandy Cressman. In the late 1990s he joined the faculty at The Jazzschool (now the California Jazz Conservatory) in Berkeley, helping to establish the new institution's Brazilian Music department. He has remained there ever since as department head while also continuing to compose and perform actively. Marcos Silva will perform with his quartet at the California Jazz Conservatory, Hardymon Hall, 2087 Addison Street, Berkeley, on Saturday 4/6 at 8:00pm (tickets here). Photography: Diogo Sabre Web Site: marcossilva.com

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Fred Stamps has retired as an Eskimo. https://3downnation.com/2019/04/02/former-star-receiver-fred-stamps-retires-as-an-eskimo/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/04/02/fred-stamps-signs-one-day-contract-retire-eskimo/ ***** The AAF made the end of their season official this afternoon. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001025120/article/aaf-suspending-operations-canceling-end-of-season https://www.cbssports.com/aaf/news/as-aaf-suspends-operations-lets-take-a-look-at-10-players-whove-earned-an-nfl-shot/ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/apr/02/alliance-of-american-football-suspends-operations-after-just-eight-games

The AAF is apparently suspending operations. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/aaf-to-suspend-operations-report-says/ar-BBVwKdD?ocid=spartandhp https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/football-world-reacts-to-reports-of-the-aaf-suspending-league-operations/ar-BBVxTMw?ocid=spartandhp https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/johnny-manziel-offers-surprisingly-sensible-advice-for-fellow-aaf-players/ar-BBVxRJN?ocid=spartandhp https://3downnation.com/2019/04/02/aaf-suspending-football-operations-reports/ https://3downnation.com/2019/04/02/aaf-players-who-could-be-on-their-way-back-to-the-cfl/ https://3downnation.com/2019/04/02/johnny-manziel-takes-shot-at-alouettes-money-situation/

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