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Jim, that was my first thought as well!

Howdy, the word used to be "dropping," as in "dropping like a lead balloon." So maybe somebody thinks "impacting" is better.

The 14 Jazz Orchestra "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be" Impacting: April 1 2019 Format(s): Jazz Artist Title Time The 14 Jazz Orchestra 16 Tons (Give or Take) 04:46 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Armando's Rhumba 04:31 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Blue Miles 04:41 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Dance Cadaverous 06:45 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Firewater 04:36 The 14 Jazz Orchestra I'll Be Seeing You 05:17 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Pandamandium 06:10 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Rice Pudding 04:44 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Ruth 05:28 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Seventh Sign 07:11 The 14 Jazz Orchestra Triste 05:41 Dan Bonsanti & The 14 Jazz Orchestra: The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be | Jazz Journal This is the second album (the first was Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy (reviewed in Jazz Journal, April 2016) by arranger, saxophonist and educator Dan Bonsanti. Every member of the 14 Jazz Orchestra is a graduate of the University of Florida’s prestigious Frost School of Music. Nine of the album’s themes were arranged by Bonsanti. Special guests include Randy Brecker, Danny Gottlieb, and Mark Egan. Proceedings start with Chick Corea’s Armando’s Rhumba, with Ed Maina’s piccolo solo as a highlight. Firewater features guest tenor Mark Colby and trumpeter Cisco Dimas. Chick Corea’s composition Blue Miles features Jim Gasior’s blues-inflected piano, followed by straightahead orchestral choruses, Ed Maina’s wailing alto and Ed Calle’s authoritative tenor, with crisp punctuation from drummer Jack Ciano. Jobim’s haunting Triste starts with, and maintains, a pulsating bossa nova rhythm, with lilting flute by the versatile Maina. Perhaps the standout track is a mischievous and witty cover of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s hit, retitled 16 Tones (Give Or Take), with funky guitar licks from Tom Lippincott, muted trumpet by Ray Chicalo and Peter Brewer’s down-home baritone solo. Also well worthy of attention are Wayne Shorter’s original Dance Cadaverous with solos from Gasior and trombonist Dante Luciani, and Seventh Sign with Mark Egan on bass and Danny Gottlieb on drums. Rice Pudding is an out and out swinger from start to finish, with more blues-flavoured guitar from Lippincott, Randy Brecker’s high-voltage electric trumpet, and guest drummer Marko Marcinko keeping everyone together. The closing track, the evergreen ballad I’ll Be Seeing You, arranged by Bonsanti, showcases Rick Margitza’s evocative tenor and the versatile Maina on flute. If your preference is for present-day big bands staffed by highly competent musicians playing carefully crafted arrangements, then Dan Bonsanti and his numerous disciples should be preaching to the already converted. Discography Armando’s Rhumba; Firewater; Blue Miles; Triste; Dance Cadaverous; Pandamandium; 16 Tons (Give Or Take); Seventh Sign; Rice Pudding; Ruth; I’ll Be| Seeing You (59.49) Bonsanti (arr), orchestra includes Randy Brecker, Rick Margitza (t); Mark Colby (ts); Ed Calle (ts, ss, and f); Mark Egan (b); Danny Gottlieb, Lee Levin (d). No recording details. Dabon Music, LLC Proud to announce our 12th week on the JazzWeek (Top 50 Jazz Radio Play) Chart. It's been a great run, peaking at #5 and remaining in the top 18 for 9 weeks. Special thanks to all the creative artists and engineers whose talents made this recording project possible. Additional information about the ensemble, players, director, and the recording sessions for this project is available online at our websitewww.14jazzorchestra.com

ALBUM PRODUCED BY RICK RUBIN & Featuring BUIKA Releasing 6/7 Santana has sold over 100 million albums and played to over 100 million fans in concert; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee; won 10 Grammy awards; Billboard Latin Music Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient; Kennedy Center Honoree; scored at least 1 Billboard Top 10 album for 6 consecutive decades THE YEAR OF SANTANA: 2019 is the 20th Anniversary of Supernatural (15X Platinum in US) and the 50th Anniversary of Santana’s performance at Woodstock SOLD OUT NATIONAL TOUR 6/20/2019 Irvine, CA-FivePoint Amphitheatre 6/22-Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion 6/23-Chula Vista, CA-North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre 6/24-Los Angeles, CA-Hollywood Bowl 6/26-Mountain View, CA-Shoreline Amphitheatre At Mountain View 6/27- Wheatland, CA-Toyota Amphitheatre 6/29- Auburn, WA-White River Amphitheatre 6/30-Ridgefield, WA-Sunlight Supply Amphitheater 7/2-Salt Lake City, UT-USANA Amphitheatre 7/3- Denver, CO-Pepsi Center 7/6- Dallas, TX-Dos Equis Pavilion 7/7-The Woodlands, TX-The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 7/9- Austin, TX-Austin-360 Amphitheater 7/11-Kansas City, MO-Sprint Center 7/12- Maryland Heights, MO-Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre St. Louis 8/3- Saint Paul, MN-Xcel Energy Center 8/4- Tinley Park, IL-Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago 8/6-Toronto, ON, Canada-Budweiser Stage 8/7-Cuyahoga Falls, OH-Blossom Music Center 8/9-Noblesville, IN-Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center 8/10- Cincinnati, OH-Riverbend Music Center 8/11- Clarkston, MI-DTE Energy Music Theatre 8/13-Charlotte, NC-PNC Music Pavilion 8/14-Bristow, VA-Jiffy Lube Live 8/16-Darien Center, NY-Live Nation Concerts at Darien Lake Amphitheater 8/17-Bethel, NY-Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 8/18- Holmdel, NJ-PNC Bank Arts Center 8/20-Mansfield, MA-Xfinity Center 8/21-Hartford, CT-XFINITY Theatre 8/23-Saratoga Springs, NY-Saratoga Performing Arts Center 8/24-Camden, NJ-BB&T Pavilion 8/25-Wantagh, NY-Northwell-Health at Jones Beach Theater 9/18 -Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues Las Vegas 9/20-9/22-Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues Las Vegas 9/25-Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues Las Vegas 9/27-9/29-Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues Las Vegas 10/30-Las Vegas, NV House of Blues Las Vegas 11/1-11/3-Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues Las Vegas 11/6-Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues Las Vegas 11/8-11/10-Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues Las Vegas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist Title Time Santana ft. Buika Breaking Down The Door (radio edit) 04:01 Santana ft. Buika Breaking Down The Door (album version) 04:30 Santana ft. Buika Africa Speaks 04:48 Santana ft. Buika Batonga 05:43 Santana ft. Buika Oye Este Mi Canto 05:59 Santana ft. Buika Yo Me Lo Meresco 06:13 Santana ft. Buika Blue Skies 09:08 Santana ft. Buika Paraísos Quemados 05:59 Santana ft. Buika Los Invisibles 05:55 Santana ft. Buika Luna Hechicera 04:48 Santana ft. Buika Bembele 05:52 Santana ft. Buika Candombe Cumbele 05:37

Performances This Weekend and Next Week: Friday, June 07, 2019 7:00 PM Victor Jones Orchestrio with Taeko Fukao, Alex Blake Deerhead Inn 5 Main Street Delaware Water Gap Pennsylvania Saturday, June 08, 2019 8:00 PM Victor Jones Orchestrio with Taeko Fukao, Alex Blake Maureen's Jazz Cellar 2 N Broadway Nyack NY Thursday, June 13, 2019 7:30 PM Roberta Piket Trio w/ Todd Coolman and Billy Mintz Mezzrow 163 W. 10th St. New York New York Friday, June 14, 2019 8:00 PM Spigame Big Band Directed by Victor Jones w/ Taeko Fukao, Alex Blake, Steve Hall, Cecilia Tenconi, Lisa Parrott, Stafford Hunter, et al 75 Club - Bogardus Mansion 75 Murray St. New York New York Roberta | Thirteenth Note Records | 751 Palisades Ave. #62, Teaneck, NJ 07666

David Garfield featuring Smokey Robinson, Michael McDonald and David Sanborn "One Like You" Impacting: June 6 2019 Format(s): Adult Hits, College, Jazz, Non-Commercial, NPR, Smooth Jazz, Top 40, Urban AC Impacting Radio June 10th and available on all digital outlets June 7th Keyboardist David Garfield is joined by Smokey Robinson, Michael McDonald, and David Sanborn on the new single “One Like You” co-written by the legendary Smokey Robinson The new single from David Garfield’s “Jammin Outside The Box” CD follows several radio hits such as “Go Home” and “Jamming”, which charted the Billboard Top 10. Garfield teamed up with iconic songwriter Smokey Robinson to write this new original song and brought in long-time collaborators Michael McDonald and David Sanborn to round out this all-star offering. “One Like You” is a romantic R&B, yet smooth groove leaning to the old-school vibe, definitely a song to be listened to on a candlelit Friday night in loving company. John JR Robinson (“Rock With Me” and “Ain‘t Nobody”) anchors this track along with groovemaster “Ready” Freddie Washington (“Forget-Me-Nots”). “One Like You” spotlights the classic vocal stylings of Smokey Robinson doing what he’s so well recognized for and complimented by the rich and familiar vocal textures of Michael McDonald. Garfield, who leads the band on keyboards and Fender Rhodes, also produced and arranged the track. One Like You video teaser Website: www.creatchy.com

Artist Title Time Ed Roth Nostalgia in Times Square 04:09 Ed Roth Milestones 04:01 Ed Roth Zingaro (Retrato en Branco e Preto) 06:15 Ed Roth Big Nick 03:04 Ed Roth Stolen Moments 06:37 Ed Roth Peace 06:32 Ed Roth Freddie the Freeloader 03:40 Ed Roth Crystal Silence 05:38 Ed Roth Blue in Green 05:28 Ed Roth Crystal Silence (extended dreamy version) 08:17 For Your Consideration: ED ROTH - JazzLand Impact / Add Date - June 7, 2019 Focus tracks: Track 2 - Milestones Track 8 - Crystal Silence Track 1 - Nostalgia in Times Square If you are not familiar with Ed Roth’s name, most likely you’ve heard his soulful keyboards both live and on albums, with his unique melodic, lyrical style. Roth has performed and or recorded with everyone from R&B superstars the Brothers Johnson and Mya, to Pop stars Annie Lennox, Sophie B Hawkins, and Taylor Dayne, to Rock legends Ronnie Montrose, Robby Krieger, Keith Emerson, Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes, Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, to rap star Coolio, to Americana stalwarts the Avett Brothers, and to critically acclaimed country acts Turnpike Troubadours and Cody Jinks. Roth has played with a total of nine Grammy winners. The Washington, DC. native, who grew up listening to the jazz and R&B played on his hometown Howard University radio station, has become one of the foremost keyboard session players in Los Angeles. Roth continues his impressive solo career with his latest critically acclaimed release “JazzLand”, (some reviews below). “JazzLand”, his third solo album, is a collection of straight ahead solo jazz piano versions of standards, some you’ve heard, and some you haven’t, covering songs by artists from Horace Silver to Jobim. Roth’s albums have spawned a pair of Top 10 iTunes Jazz singles in Europe, as well as a Top 10 iTunes Jazz album. In the US, the song “Blue” was one of Billboard’s Top 100 songs of the year, garnering more than 500,000 streams, and The Mad Beatnik album was a Top 25 iTunes Jazz Album, spending nine weeks on the Jazzweek Top 100 album charts. Roth’s music tells a story without words, his musicality enabling him to change genres and moods. His live set is an eclectic mix of jazz originals, mixed with songs by Mingus, Jobim, Miles Davis and Chick Corea, as well as some flipped classic rock and R+B surprises, the show is full of fire and churchy dynamics. He is a force of nature to watch. “Ed Roth shares a multitude of moods - from joyful and frolicsome to graceful and introspective - via masterful and deeply lyrical solo piano interpretations of classics by the legendary jazz greats who have inspired him. By creating imaginative twists with the works of Oliver Nelson, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Chick Corea, et al, Roth makes history engaging and the future of jazz-and his prospects as an important solo artist-feel exceptionally promising.” - Jonathan Widran - Music Connection “Pianist Ed Roth’s vibe, spirit, and touch make him a master at bringing his own flavor. Roth is a wizard player, with a determined touch and constant liveliness. From start to finish ‘Jazzland’ is a good time. This accomplished body of work leads us to wonder what’s coming next.” - Rosie Chavez - Subba Cultcha “His playing cuts across styles and genres as he masterfully executes jazz, rock, and pop sensibilities with a contemporary flavor. Ed Roth is truly a monster player, and his talent shines brightly on Jazzland, his debut album release for Funzalo Records out on February 22.” - All About Jazz “I’ve been playing with Ed Roth for a number of years, and in our sets, there are a few spots were he plays free piano solos as preludes to songs that the band plays. There’s never been one of these that I can remember where he played the same thing. It is always off the top and has the kind of fluency that most players have to rehearse to get. The thing about it is that when he stretches out, he goes places that most players don’t even think of. Please enjoy this music; you’ll hear new music every time he goes to the piano. I live for the moments when Ed plays free on our sets. Very cool music.” - Bill Champlin (two time Grammy winning song writer and 28 year member of Chicago)

In February 1987, Keith Jarrett recorded, on piano, the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was the first in a series of lauded Bach discs that Jarrett would make for ECM. On March 7, 1987, prior to the release of the studio set, he performed the complete WTC Book I for an audience in upstate New York at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, a venue renowned for its beautiful acoustics. With this release, ECM is presenting an archival live recording of this concert for the first time. When his studio album of the WTC Book I was released, Jarrett’s manner in these iconic preludes and fugues surprised many listeners with its poetic restraint, given his renown as a jazz improvisor. But the pianist was deeply attuned to what he called “the process of thought” in Bach; by not imposing his personality unduly on the music, Jarrett allowed the score to shine via the natural lyricism of the contrapuntal melodic lines, the dance-like pulse of the rhythmic flow. These qualities are strikingly apparent in the live recording, with its added electricity of a concert performance. LISTEN / BUY © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

Both the league and 3DownNation are tracking the training camp cuts in advance of Thursday's season opener. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/07/making-moves-tracking-roster-cuts-around-cfl/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/08/the-cfl-training-camp-cuts-tracker/

So now the pre-season has ended. Let's take a look at Thursday and Friday's games. Toronto 30....Hamilton 23 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2557/toronto-argonauts-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/06/argos-sink-ticats-in-final-pre-season-game-for-the-east-division-rivals/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-preseason-roundup-june-6-1.5165643 ***** Ottawa 20....Montreal 20 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2558/ottawa-redblacks-vs-montreal-alouettes/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/06/nobody-wins-redblacks-alouettes-tie-one-on-in-exhibition-finale/ There is no OT in pre-season games. ***** Winnipeg 35....Saskatchewan 29 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2559/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/07/riders-offence-shows-signs-of-life-in-pre-season-home-loss-to-bombers/ ***** BC 38....Calgary 36 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2560/calgary-stampeders-vs-bc-lions/ ***** BREAKING - ATTENTION JOE MEDJUCK - The Als have fired Phil Sherman. He will be replaced by Khari Jones. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/08/als-mike-sherman-party-ways/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/08/montreal-alouettes-fire-mike-sherman-khari-jones-takes-over-as-interim-head-coach/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes-fire-mike-sherman-1.5167941

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For those who are interested in the pre-season games (I am not), here are the results from last weekend. Argonauts 45....Alouettes 20 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2553/montreal-alouettes-vs-toronto-argonauts/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/30/argos-cruise-to-easy-victory-over-alouettes-while-playing-three-canadian-quarterbacks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/30/adams-jr-alouettes-learn-loss-toronto/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/30/pre-season-recap-toronto-45-montreal-20/ ***** Bombers 20....Eskimos 3 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2554/edmonton-eskimos-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ ***** Stampeders 37....Roughriders 1 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2555/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-calgary-stampeders/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/01/recap-calgary-37-saskatchewan-1/ ***** Tiger-Cats 25....Redblacks 21 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2556/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ ***** Now for the real news... Robert Wetenhall has returned the Montreal franchise to the league. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/31/cfl-alouettes-issue-statement-regarding-ownership/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/31/alouettes-sold-to-the-cfl/ ***** The Argos have cut Noah Picton. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/01/argos-release-four-including-picton-davis/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/03/riders-have-no-interest-in-regina-native-and-canadian-qb-noah-picton/ ***** The Redblacks have named ECU's Dominique Davis as their starter. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/03/report-qb-davis-start-season-redblacks/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/03/redblacks-name-dominque-davis-starting-qb/ ***** The Redblacks cut Troy Stoudemire. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/03/redblacks-release-db-troy-stoudermire/ ***** Anthony Parker is out for the year with a ruptured Achilles tendon. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/01/parker-season-ruptured-achilles/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/31/eskimos-receiver-anthony-parker-suffers-potentially-torn-achilles/ ***** The Ticats cut Shamawd Chambers. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/04/ticats-release-veteran-national-wr-shamawd-chambers/ https://3downnation.com/2019/06/04/ticats-cut-canadian-receiver-shamawd-chambers/ ***** 6/04 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/04/checking-camp-winds-competition-heats/ ***** The Argos cut Anthony Coombs. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/05/argos-release-national-wr-anthony-coombs/

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Rosana Eckert Offers a Diverse, Accomplished Array of Song Stylings on "Sailing Home," Set for June 21 Release by OA2/Origin Records Vocalist-Composer-Arranger Collaborates With Celebrated Vocal Artist & Songwriter Peter Eldridge On Her Fourth Album CD Release Shows at Kitchen Cafe, Dallas, 6/21-22 June 4, 2019 Vocalist-composer Rosana Eckertchannels her eclectic musical influences into a similarly eclectic collection of tunes on her long-awaited fourth album, Sailing Home, set for a June 21 release on OA2/Origin Records. The album is a collaboration with Peter Eldridge, the highly sought-after vocalist, songwriter, and keyboardist, who in addition to producing and playing keyboards on the album cowrote three of its 11 tunes. Eckert (and Eldridge) also wrote with her husband Gary Eckert, a poet, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who plays percussion on three tracks. Sailing Home is Eckert's first recording since 2010's Small Hotel. The lifelong Texan has spent the past nine years since then raising her young daughter but also working as a live performer, as well as behind the scenes as an arranger, clinician, studio singer/voiceover artist, book author, and principal lecturer of vocal jazz in the prestigious Jazz Studies program at the University of North Texas. "Rosana is so known and honored as an educator, and rightfully so," says Eldridge, a longtime friend of Eckert's. "But I wanted her to also see herself as a major artist, shaking off the educator title a bit while recording this project." "I had some songs I'd been performing for a while and I knew they needed a fresh ear to make them special and different," says Eckert. "Working with Peter was inspiring, natural, and very fun. . . . It was his idea to make this a guitar-driven album rather than piano-based, which had always been my approach before." (Eckert at left with Eldridge and engineer Tre Nagella.) That concept, combined with Eckert's omnivorous musical inspiration, creates a bright spotlight for guitarist Corey Christiansen. Its shifting directions -- from the gentle but steady swing of "Garby the Great," to the tender wistfulness of "Someone Else's Life," to the hard-edged New Orleans funk of "Coriander Stomp" -- provide him both ample solo space and opportunities to demonstrate his remarkable stylistic versatility. Not to be outdone, the other core members of the band (Eldridge, bassist Young Heo, and drummer Steve Barnes) also submit superlative performances throughout. So do guests Daniel Pardo, whose beautiful alto flute work illuminates the ballad "Empty Room" and bossa nova "Lovely Ever After"; Brian Piper, who dives into the gutbucket with his piano solo on "Coriander Stomp"; and Ginny Mac, whose accordion provides the secret sauce for the Tex-Mex shuffle "Waiting." Eckert, however, is the one who ultimately embodies Sailing Home. She wrote or cowrote all of its songs save one ("Empty Room," which Eldridge and Gary Eckert wrote together) and imbues them with her combination of powerful instrument, vast palette, and infallible technique. It is her performance that ultimately defines each song, bringing the sweet contentment to "Sailing Home," brash confidence to "For Good," exquisite warmth to the haunting "Meant for Me." Rosana Calderon Eckert was born in 1974 in El Paso, Texas and grew up on the singers that her Mexican-American parents loved. Living on the U.S.-Mexican border, she was also immersed in the musical traditions of both countries, as well as their cross-pollinations. She studied French horn in high school, winning four all-state honors -- as well as the scholarships that allowed her to enroll at the University of North Texas's (UNT) highly respected College of Music as a classical theory and French horn performance major. "On a lark," Eckert auditioned for the University of North Texas Jazz Singers, the school's premier vocal jazz ensemble, in her junior year. She was accepted and eventually became section leader, lead soprano, featured soloist, and arranger, later singing with the school's One O'Clock Lab Band and various other ensembles; chosen to tour with the Sisters in Jazz Collegiate Sextet; and selected for the Thelonious Monk Aspen Jazz Colony. She completed this shift in her musical trajectory by becoming the first vocalist in UNT history to earn a master's degree in jazz studies. The school then hired her as its first private jazz voice teacher. Meanwhile, Eckert began a parallel career as a working musician in nearby Dallas, performing with her own jazz band and doing commercial singing and voiceover work. She also began writing her own songs, which ultimately led to the creation of her 2003 debut recording At the End of the Day. It was followed by Two for the Road (2007) and the acclaimed Small Hotel(2010). Rosana Eckert will perform CD release concerts at the Kitchen Cafe, 17370 Preston Rd. #415, Dallas, on Fri. 6/21 and Sat. 6/22. Photography: Teresa Jolie Rosana Eckert "Sailing Home" CD promo Web Site: rosanaeckert.com

ECM Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian When Will The Blues Leave Paul Bley: piano Gary Peacock: double bass Paul Motian: drums Digital release date: May 31, 2019 CD release date: June 7, 2019 ECM 2642 B0030293-02 UPC: 6025 774 0423 8 “If music is conversation then questions will come up because in conversation there are many questions. Questions lead to answers, which lead to more questions. That is what makes the music continue: the questions and their answers.” Paul Bley When Will The Blues Leave, a previously unreleased recording rescued from the archives, bears testimony to the special musical understanding shared by three great improvisers. Long acknowledged by creative musicians as one of the influential groups of the ‘free’ era, Paul Bley’s pioneering trio with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian has been under-represented on record. A 1963 session with this trio formed part of the album Paul Bley with Gary Peacock, which ECM released in 1970, and a 1964 recording on which the three musicians were joined by saxophonist John Gilmore was issued in the mid-70s on Bley’s IAI label. Over the years there were recordings which presented the pianist either with Motian or with Peacock, as well as albums that featured the drummer and bassist in other contexts. But it wasn’t until 1998 that all three protagonists came together again, at Gary’s suggestion, for the ECM recording Not Two, Not One. On its release the following year, the reunited trio of Bley, Peacock and Motian played concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, and we are very pleased to present now this live album, drawn from a performance at Lugano’s Aula Magna in March 1999, which shows the group at the peak of its powers. More than a historical document, it’s also a great-sounding album, one of the finest in Paul’s trio discography. Paul Bley’s tune “Mazatlan”, which long-time Bley followers first encountered on the albumTouching, opens the proceedings and immediately ushers the listener into the trio’s quick-witted world, in which three independent spirits enjoy the fullest range of expression. “The beauty of having a drummer like Paul Motian,” Bley once famously said, “was that you were free to go wherever you wanted. He didn’t play accompaniment. So you didn’t have to worry ‘If I take a left turn will the drummer be able to follow me?’, because Motian had no intention of following you in the first place.” Both Motian and Peacock claim plenty of space inside “Mazatlan” and Bley makes some characteristic explorations of the piano’s lower reaches, with explosive clusters at the deep end. “Flame” burns steadily, with Bley and Peacock developing what might be described as parallel soliloquies. “Told You So” is a reminder of the pianist’s affection for the blues, constant through the fragmentation of its themes. The energetic “When Will The Blues Leave”, taken at a flying clip, is a piece that was introduced into Bley’s repertoire in 1958 when the tune’s composer, Ornette Coleman, was a member (along with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins) of Paul’s legendary quintet at the Hillcrest Club in Los Angeles. It can also be heard on the classic Footloose album and on Paul Bley With Gary Peacock. The latter album also includes Peacock’s “Moor”, a composition the bassist has returned to numerous times, always finding new things to play in it (other versions on ECM include a quartet rendering with Jan Garbarek, Tomasz Stanko and Jack DeJohnette on Voice From The Past-Paradigm, and a recent trio interpretation with Marc Copland and Joey Baron on Now This). Here, “Moor” begins as a robust bass solo, which gradually draws Motian’s drums and Bley’s piano into its orbit. These musicians were never inclined to play anything the same way twice, and “Dialogue Amour”, introduced a year earlier on Not Two, Not One, is transformed in the Lugano performance, with both Peacock and Bley free associating as the piece unfolds. At one point, Paul quotes from “Ornithology” by Charlie Parker (just one of the many giants Bley played with along the way). In the trio’s first collaborations in the early 1960s, the emphasis had been on original material as a doorway to free playing, but by the 1990s all three musicians, in their various projects, had re-embraced standard repertoire as well. The concluding piece here, Gershwin’s “I Loves You, Porgy” is another fascinating performance, with Bley at first surrendering to its romantic atmosphere, then splintering and abstracting the melody, driven – as he always was – to make the music new. *** Further ECM recordings with Paul Bley and Paul Motian include Fragments and The Paul Bley Quartet recorded, respectively, in 1986 and 1987, with a group completed by John Surman and Bill Frisell. In addition to albums mentioned above, Bley and Gary Peacock can be heard together on Ballads (recorded 1967), John Surman’s Adventure Playground (1991) and In The Evenings Out There (also 1991), jointly credited to Bley, Peacock, Surman and Tony Oxley. Gary Peacock and Paul Motian can be heard together with Keith Jarrett on the album At The Deer Head Inn (1992), and on recordings by Marilyn Crispell including Nothing ever was, anyway (1996) - featuring music Annette Peacock originally wrote for Paul Bley’s groups – andAmaryllis (2000). Paul Bley’s last recording for ECM was the live solo album Play Blue, recorded at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 2008. Paul Motian’s final recording as a leader for the label was Lost In A Dream, recorded 2009, with Chris Potter and Jason Moran. Motian died in 2011, Bley in 2016. Gary Peacock continues to record new music. Following the dissolution of Keith Jarrett’s ‘Standards’ trio (of which Gary was a member for 30 years), Peacock’s priorities have included his own group with Marc Copland and Joey Baron (albums are Tangents and Now This) and a duo with Marilyn Crispell (documented on Azure). ECM Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella, Eivind Aarset Lost River Michele Rabbia: percussion, electronics Gianluca Petrella: trombone, sounds Eivind Aarset: guitar, electronics Digital release date: May 31, 2019 CD release date: June 7, 2019 ECM 2609 B0030294-02 UPC: 6025 774 5607 7 Lost River is an evocative and richly-textured sonic event, and one of the outstanding beyond-category recordings of recent ECM history. Drummer Michele Rabbia and guitarist Eivind Aarset had played many duo concerts, and Rabbia had also worked with trombonist Gianluca Petrella in other contexts, but this recording marks a premiere for the trio, brought together at the suggestion of producer Manfred Eicher. Spontaneously improvised for the most part, and with mysterious detail flowering inside its soundscapes, Lost River keeps revealing new forms. Rabbia’s drumming is freely creative and propulsive, and enhanced through his use of electronics. Aarset’s flowing playing will intrigue listeners who have enjoyed his Dream Logic project and his contribution to recordings with Tigran Hamasyan, Andy Sheppard, Jon Hassell and Nils Petter Molvӕr (if Lost Rivers belongs to a tributary or subset of ECM recordings, it is one that includes Khmer). And Petrella’s role as a central instrumental voice here may surprise those who know him only as a great “jazz” soloist with Enrico Rava and Giovanni Guidi; his broad range is well-deployed in Eicher’s widescreen production on this recording, made in Udine in January 2018. All three players – Rabbia, Petrella and Aarset - share an interest in electronic music as a means for conveying or enhancing emotional expression and for shaping the environments and atmospheres in which instrumental interaction, melodic development and the coloring of sound can take place. *** Michele Rabbia was born in Turin in 1965. He studied drums firstly with Enrico Lucchini in Italy and subsequently in the US with Joe Hunt and Alan Dawson. He has worked with a huge cast of musicians, with collaborators including Marilyn Crispell, Vincent Courtois, Roscoe Mitchell, Andy Sheppard and Dominique Pifarély. Rabbia has previously appeared on ECM recordings with Stefano Battaglia including Raccolto (recorded 2003), Re: Pasolini (2005), and Pastorale(2009). With Maria Pia De Vito, François Couturier and Anja Lechner, he is a founder member of the group Il Pergolese, whose eponymous debut album (2012) draws freely upon compositions of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Born in Bari in the South of Italy in 1975, Gianluca Petrella took up the trombone at the age of 10, following in the footsteps of his father, also a trombonist. The younger Petrella immersed himself in the history of jazz, exploring its mutating styles while also keeping an ear open to the sounds of the city. Recognized now as one of the important figures in the new Italian jazz, he is also interested in contemporary composition, R & B and the roots of hip hop, film music and more. He has performed with Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer, leads several bands of his own, and has created soundtracks for movies. A co-leader on the ECM album Ida Lupino(recorded 2015), with Giovanni Guidi, Louis Sclavis and Gerald Cleaver, Petrella can also be heard on four records for the label with Enrico Rava - Easy Living (2003), The Words and the Days (2005), Tribe (2019), and Wild Dance (2015) - and as a member of the Orchestre National de Jazz under the direction of Paolo Damiani on Charmediterranéan (2001). Eivind Aarset, born in Kolbotn, Norway in 1961, started playing guitar at the age of 12, inspired initially by Jimi Hendrix. Other early influences included fellow Norwegian Terje Rypdal and Pete Cosey with Miles Davis’s Agharta group. Aarset has helped to shape a new role for the electric guitar in creative music, working in an almost painterly way with texture and color and atmosphere. Eivind’s ECM album Dream Logic was recorded in 2011 and 2012. It was followed by Atmosphères (2014) with an improvising quartet with Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen and Jan Bang. Other ECM recordings with Eivind include Nils Petter Molvӕr’s influential Khmer(1996-97) and Solid Ether (1999) , Small Labyrinths (1994) with Marilyn Mazur’s Future Song, Arild Andersen’s Electra (2002-03), Arve Heriksen’s Cartography (2005-06), John Hassell’s Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street (2008), Ketil Bjørnstad’s La Notte(2010), Food’s Mercurial Balm (2010-11), Michel Benita’s River Silver (2015), and three albums with Andy Sheppard: Movements In Colour (2008), Surrounded by Sea (2014) and Romaria (2017). ECM Marco Ambrosini / Ensemble Supersonus Resonances Marco Ambrosini: nyckelharpa Anna-Liisa Eller: kannel Anna-Maria Hefele: overtone singing, harp Wolf Janscha: jew’s harp Eva-Maria Rusche: harpsichord, square piano Release date: June 21, 2019 ECM 2497 UPC: 6025 776 3608 0 Led by nyckelharpa virtuoso Marco Ambrosini – first heard on ECM with Rolf Lislevand – Ensemble Supersonus applies its unique instrumental blend, capped by the otherworldly overtone singing of Anna-Maria Hefele, to very wide-ranging repertoire. Building bridges between cultures and traditions, Resonances sets compositions by Biber, Frescobaldi and Hildegard von Bingen next to Swedish folk music, Ottoman court music, and original pieces by the band members. Three pieces – “Ananada Rasa”, “Fjordene”, “Ritus” come from the pen of Wolf Janscha, the ensemble’s jew’s harp specialist. Ambrosini’s nyckleharpa solo “Fuga Xylocopae” opens the program, leading on to a fresh and sparkling account of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s ”Rosary Sonata No. 1”. All of Ensemble Supersonus contribute to the spirited arrangements of the music. The group was formed out of a shared search for a sound that would connect archaic styles with baroque and other early music. The current quintet line-up of Supersonus was established in 2014, the group members broadening the repertoire still further with their own compositions. In their work, contrasts, dissimilarities and musical extremes are not perceived as conflicts, but rather as sources of new energy. Resonances, recorded in 2015 in Lugano, is the band’s first album but both the ensemble and its constituent players have already gained a wide listenership. Anna-Maria Hefele is meanwhile recognised as one of the most creative contemporary exponents of overtone singing, and her polyphonic approach to this vocal technique has been the subject of a series of tutorial videos viewed millions of times. Born near Munich, Hefele graduated from the Carl Orff Institute of the Salzburg Mozarteum in 2018. She has been writing her own compositions for polyphonic solo voice since 2006, worked with choirs including the Obertonchor München, played folk music and music for ballet and theater. In addition to her unique vocals she also performs on harp and nyckelharpa in her solo concerts. On the Supersonus album she is the author of the piece “2 Four 8” on which overtones bounce like pebbles skimmed over the surface of a lake. Anna-Liisa Eller, who plays - with both gracefulness and strong dynamic sense - the Estonian plucked string instrument the kannel (from the Baltic zither family and closely related to the Finnish kantele), graduated from the Estonian Academy of music and took further studies with teachers including Rolf Lislevand in Lyon and Trossingen. She has won awards including First Prize at the Helsinki international Kantele Competition in 2011. Eller works in close cooperation with early music ensembles including Lislevand’s Ensemble Kapsberger, Vox Clamantis, Oni Wytars (co-founded by Ambrosini) and Rondellus and has also performed with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Keyboardist Eva-Maria Rusche composed the angular, propulsive ”Erimal Nopu” together with Marco Ambrosini, with whom she also performs in duo. Rusche was born in Tübingen and took lessons in piano and organ from an early age. After studies in physics and musicology in Heidelberg, she studied church music and organ in Lübeck and Stuttgart as well as harpsichord and historical keyboard instruments. She credits studies in Vienna with Michael Radalescu and Gordon Murray, numerous masterclasses for organ choir and improvisation with providing fundamental impulses for her artistic development. As a soloist, Rusche plays harpsichord and organ recitals. She plays, furthermore, in ensembles which bring together musicians of different backgrounds including – in addition to Supersonus - Oni Wytars, the Tabla-Takla Connection and Facilité. Wolf Janscha, born in Vienna, studied classical guitar but has, since the mid-1990s, devoted himself to the jew’s harp on which he is recognised as an authority and virtuoso. The humble lamellophone has a long history, dating back to at least the 4th century BC, and it continues to play a role in folk musics of many cultures around the world. Janscha has researched Norwegian, Austrian, Siberian and Indian playing techniques, among others. His own playing style tends toward strongly stressed rhythm and motivic overtone melodies (see for instance the concluding piece “Ritus” here.) Marco Ambrosini, born in Forlì, Italy, studied violin, viola and composition at the G.B. Pergolesi Institute in Ancona and at Pesaro’s Rossini Conservatory. One of very few nyckelharpa players working outside the Swedish folk tradition, he took up the instrument in 1983 and has since become one of its most outstanding exponents, shaping a new role for the instrument in baroque and contemporary music. An ECM recording artist since 2004, he has appeared on albums including Rolf Lislevand’s Nuove musiche and Diminiuito, Giovanna Pessi and Susanna Wallumrød’s If Grief Could Wait, and Helena Tulve’s Arboles lloran por Lluvia, as well as his duo project Inventio with accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier. He has also contributed to a further 150 recordings. As soloist and nyckelharpa player he has appeared at many of the world’s great concert halls, from Milan’s La Scala to New York’s Carnegie Hall. Ambrosini has been active across genres, collaborating in improvisational projects with Michael Riessler, Valentin Clastrier and others. And Ensemble Supersonus, similarly crossing borders, opened the summer 2019 season with an appearance at the INNtöne Jazz Festival in Diersbach, Austria, in June. ECM Gianluigi Trovesi and Gianni Coscia La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana Gianluigi Trovesi: alto and piccolo clarinets Gianni Coscia: accordion Digital release date: June 21, 2019 CD release date: July 5, 2019 ECM 2652 B0030410-02 UPC: 6025 773 8787 6 There is nothing more seductive than artfulness, when it has the humility to disguise itself as artlessness. And especially when it generates, at every new quotation or invention, a feast of timbre capable of getting the maximum possible out of the instruments, in a natural way … This then is one way to add a popular dimension to cultivated music and a cultivated dimension to popular music. So there’s no need to wonder about in which temple we should place the music of Coscia and Trovesi. On a street corner or in a concert hall, they would feel at home just the same. - Umberto Eco The late novelist and polymath Umberto Eco (1932-2016) was a lifelong friend of accordionist Gianni Coscia and an ardent champion of the Trovesi-Coscia duo. The author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum wrote liner notes for each of the duo’s previous ECM albums: In cerca di cibo (recorded 1999), Round About Weill (2004), and Frère Jacques: Round About Offenbach (2009). On the present recording, Gianluigi Trovesi and Gianni Coscia pay tribute to their distinguished comrade. Eco’s partly autobiographical novel La misteriosa fiamma della regina Loana (The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana), is also a meditation on the nature of memory, and it inspires Trovesi and Coscia on their own nostalgic and exploratory journey, referencing music mentioned in the book and free-associating upon its philosophical themes. As ever, the Italians cast a wide net. They play songs associated with Louis Armstrong (“Basin Street Blues”), Glenn Miller (“Moonlight Serenade”) and George Formby (“It’s In The Air”, quoted in “Volando”). They paraphrase Janáček’s In The Mists (fog is a recurring theme in Eco’s novel), and dip into movie music (from Casablanca’s “As Time Goes By” to “Bel Ami,” from the German film of the same name). And, of course, the two musicians improvise, most creatively, while keeping their dedicatee in view. Gianni Coscia: “We have tried to run back through some of the book’s countless musical cues, as best we could and with no claims to completeness. In some cases, we have also inserted a few things that the author certainly had in mind but didn’t express explicitly.” The album opens with “Interludio”, a piece that Umberto Eco and Gianni Coscia collaborated on more than 70 years ago - when Coscia was 14 and Eco 13. The music inspired the young Eco to write accompanying verse pertinent to the work at hand: “…Musician, absorbed and inclined / Unveiling new worlds of silence /Tender incarnations of phantasms in sound / Vanish, warily, into memory.” (Eco was himself an amateur musician, playing trumpet, cello and recorder.) “Basin Street Blues” is a particular delight among many here. Recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1928, it is for Coscia and Trovesi “an emblem of the early days of jazz and our musical intention is to stress the dazzling discovery, on this side of the Atlantic, of an art that was all but unknown when not prohibited.” Writing in Jazz Times about In Cerca di Cibo, Bill Shoemaker made the observation that“Musicians like Coscia [born in 1931] who made the transition to jazz early on, lacked the musical data to become faux Americans; by necessity, they filled the information void with an Italian sensibility. This produced a shot-in-the-dark synthesis of early jazz and folkloric improvisational traditions”, a synthesis which Trovesi and Coscia have continued to nurture. As Umberto Eco put it, “We are in the presence of a new transversality where distinctions of genre are vanishing.” In the eclectic sound-world of Gianluigi and Gianni, Eco said, “the meeting of apparently incompatible traditions conjures up the ghosts of non-existent musical families.” With the application of some ironic distancing, such ‘families’ may even include Italian patriotic songs of the Second World War such as “Inno dei sommergibili” (“The Submariner’s Song”), whose propagandistic lyrics spoke of “the brave marine laughing in the face of Lady Death” – also part of the soundtrack of the last century. Eco notes, in his Queen Loana book, that Italian radio in the early 1940s “made it seem as if life were running on two different tracks: on one, the war bulletins, on the other, the endless lessons in optimism and gaiety that our orchestras offered in such abundance.” In exploring such musical memories, the Trovesi-Coscia duo are also sketching a picture of an era. But they also venture beyond it with their “out of context homage”. The two pieces here called “Umberto” and “Eco” are, Coscia explains, “the improvised, polyphonic result of Trovesi’s gematria on the surname Eco and the name Umberto.” *** Gianluigi Trovesi was born in 1944 in the village of Nembro in northern Italy, and studied at the Bergamo Conservatory, gaining his diploma in clarinet in 1966. Hearing Eric Dolphy play at the Milan festival in 1964 was a significant experience, but Trovesi's interests and influences embraced virtually every type of music, from Italian folk to the jazz avant-garde. By 1978, he was working as first alto sax and clarinet with the Milan Radio Big Band, a position he would occupy until 1993. He arrived at ECM in 1994, his alto saxophone and clarinets soaring into the Skies of Europeproposed by the Italian Instabile Orchestra. The duo with old friend Gianni Coscia made an immediate impact with In cerca di cibo, a left-field recording full of mordant humour, improvisational wit, unrepentant nostalgia, and exceptional musicianship that roved easily between jazz and chamber music, folk and soundtrack music, with a hint of klezmer. Trovesi’s other projects on ECM include Vaghissimo Ritratto, on which he appears with Umberto Petrin (piano) and Fulvio Maras (percussion, electronics), hailed by the Irish Times as “improvised chamber music of stunning quality and adventure, melodic grace and rhythmic freedom” and Fugace, a rampant genre-hopping adventure by an all-Italian octet. His albumTrovesi All’Opera – Profumo di Violetta is a typically quirky Trovesi take on Italian opera performed, as Ivan Hewitt wrote in the Daily Telegraph, by “a turbo-charged version of a traditional Italian town band”. Gianni Coscia, born in Alessandria - also Eco’s hometown - was a lawyer for many years, work that relegated music to the back-burner. Even in this period however he played with visiting American musicians including Joe Venuti, Bud Freeman and Sir Charles Thompson. In 1985 he released a widely acclaimed album L’altra fisharmonica which featured his accordion in combination with a string quartet and explored variations on Italian popular themes. La Briscola, a 1989 recording, signalled a reunion with Trovesi, who has partnered the accordionist in many projects since then. Coscia has appeared with the Giorgio Gaslini Big Band and worked with orchestras playing music of Kurt Weill and Astor Piazzolla, and toured the world as accompanist to singer Milva, also working with Gioconda Cilio, Maria Pia De Vito and Lucia Minetti. He has also collaborated with Enrico Rava, Pino Minafra, Paolo Damiani and other Italian improvisers, and with composer Luciano Berio – who dedicated his Sequenza XIII to Gianni Coscia. La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana (album title suggested by Stefano Eco) was recorded at Night and Day Studio, Casinagrossa and mixed in Lugano. The CD booklet includes liner notes by Gianni Coscia (in Italian, English and German), drawings by Umberto Eco, and studio photography by Roberto Cifarelli. ECM Maria Farantouri / Cihan Türkoğlu Beyond The Borders Digital release date: June 21, 2019 CD release date: July 5, 2019 Maria Farantouri: vocals; Cihan Türkoğlu: saz, kopuz, vocals; Anja Lechner: violoncello; Meri Vardanyan: kanon; Christos Barbas: ney; Izzet Kizil: percussion The album title is the program in this meeting of remarkable artists brought together to interpret traditional music of Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Armenia, and to play original songs by Anatolian saz player Cihan Türkoğlu and lyricist Agathi Dimitroukas. In the spirit of the project, the new songs also bridge traditions and idioms and emphasize the potential of shared expression. Legendary Greek singer Maria Farantouri excels in this music beyond the borders, shaped also with the active participation of producer Manfred Eicher. German cellist Anja Lechner here draws on a knowledge of traditional folk forms gained partly through playing music of Armenian-Greek philosopher composer Gurdjieff. Armenian kanon (zither) player Meri Vardanyan has previously appeared on ECM as a member of the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble. Ney player and ethnomusicologist Christos Barbas, from Thessaloniki, has played everything from music of the baroque to ragas. Percussionist Izzet Kizil grew up in Eastern Turkey in an environment dominated by Sufi rhythms and has worked in many transcultural collaborations with artists from Natacha Atlas to Theodossi Spazzov, along the way evolving new approaches to traditional percussion. Beyond The Borders was recorded at Sierra Studios, Athens, in June 2017. ECM Marco Ambrosini & Ensemble Supersonus - Resonances Release date: June 21, 2019 Marco Ambrosini: nyckelharpa; Anna-Liisa Eller: kannel; Anna-Maria Hefele: polyphonic overtone singing, harp; Wolf Jansch: jew's harp; Eva-Maria Rusche: harpsichord, square piano Led by nyckelharpa virtuoso Marco Ambrosini - first heard on ECM with Rolf Lislevand - Ensemble Supersonus applies its unique instrumental blend, capped by the otherworldly overtone singing of Anna-Maria Hefele, to very wide-ranging repertoire. Building bridges between cultures and traditions, Resonances sets compositions by Biber, Frescobaldi and Hildegard von Bingen next to Swedish folk music, Ottoman court music, and original pieces by each of the band members.

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Jack DeJohnette / Ravi Coltrane / Matt Garrison June 1 Healdsburg, CA (Healdsburg Festival) June 15 New York, NY (Central Park Summerstage) Mark Turner / Ethan Iverson June 1 Berkeley, CA (California Jazz Conservatory) June 2 Healdsburg, CA (Healdsburg Festival) June 5 - 8 Charleston, SC (Spoleto Festival) June 25 - 27 New York, NY (Village Vanguard) Carla Bley TRIOS w/Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow June 2 Healdsburg, CA (Healdsburg Festival) Ralph Towner June 2 Santa Cruz, CA (Kuumbwa Jazz Festival) Heiner Goebbels June 3-9 New York, NY (Park Avenue Armory) Everything That Happened And Would Happen Till Fellner June 6 - 7 Minneapolis, MN (Orchestra Hall) Andrew Cyrille June 11 Brooklyn, NY (Spectrum) Vision Fest with Wadada Leo Smith and Brandon Ross Giovanni Guidi June 11 New York, NY (Italian Cultural Institute) June 14 New York, NY (Jazz Gallery) with John Escreet, Dezron Douglas and Gerald Cleaver Meredith Monk June 11 - 12 &14 Los Angeles, CA (Disney Hall) – ATLAS Kit Downes June 15 Luskville, PQ (Pontiac Enchante Concert Series) June 23 Rochester, NY (Rochester Jazz Festival) June 24 Rochester, NY (Rochester Jazz Festival) June 26 Toronto, ON (Toronto Jazz Festival) June 28 Brooklyn, NY (Shapeshifter) June 30 Minneapolis, MN (St Olaf’s) Vijay Iyer June 22 Princeton, NJ (McCarter Theater) – Sextet June 29 Baltimore, MD (Museum of Art, Sculpture Garden) Jakob Bro Trio June 23 Winnipeg, AL, Canada (Winnipeg Jazz Festival – Old Market Square) June 24 Edmonton, AL, Canada (Edmonton Jazz Festival – Yardbird Suite) June 25 Ottawa, ON (Ottawa Jazz Festival – NAC Fourth Stage) Kim Kashkashian June 23 - July 6 Ravinia Park, IL (Ravinia Festival) Vijay Iyer / Craig Taborn June 27 Montreal, PQ (Montreal Jazz Festival – Gesú) Tord Gustavsen June 28 Montreal, PQ (Montreal Jazz Festival – Gesú) Ethan Iverson Quartet June 28 - 29 New York, NY (Village Vanguard) © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

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 In 1999, a year after recording their reunion album Not Two, Not One, Paul Bley’s highly innovative trio with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian took to the road with concerts on both sides of the Atlantic. When Will The Blues Leave documents a terrific performance from this tour period with the musicians playing with the subtlety of master improvisers, recasting the music in every moment. LISTEN / BUY Lost River is an evocative post-ambient, richly textured sonic event, and one of the outstanding beyond-category recordings of recent ECM history. Spontaneously improvised for the most part, and with mysterious detail flowering inside its soundscapes, Lost River keeps revealing new forms. LISTEN / BUY Improvising vocalist, folk singer, storyteller, pianist: on her ECM debut Areni Agbabian focuses the range of her skills in music that casts a quiet spell. A sparse music in which voice, piano and subtle percussion continually shade into silence.  The California-born Agbabian, known through her work with Tigran Hamasyan, draws deeply upon and reinterprets her Armenian heritage, interspersing these elements among her own evocative compositions. LISTEN / BUY © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

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More catching up... With the retirement of Ricky Ray, Chad Rempel has become the league's oldest player. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/12/plot-twist-chad-rempel-is-leagues-oldest-player-after-all/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/12/who-is-the-cfls-oldest-player-following-the-retirement-of-ricky-ray/ ***** With their signing of Jon Ryan, the Riders have cut Josh Bartel. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/13/riders-release-punter-josh-bartel/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/13/riders-sign-canadian-punter-jon-ryan-report/ ***** The new union contract allows for tampering before the free agency date. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/16/tampering-prior-to-cfl-free-agency-made-legal-in-new-cba/ ***** Winnipeg preview https://3downnation.com/2019/05/16/john-hodges-blue-bomber-training-camp-preview/ ***** The Ticats cut Jalen Saunders. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/16/why-the-ticats-released-receiver-jalen-saunders/ ***** Remember Brett Boyko? He has signed with BC. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/15/b-c-lions-sign-ol-brett-boyko-who-could-be-really-really-good/ ***** The Eskimos cut Mason Woods. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/17/eskimos-release-canadian-ol-mason-woods/ ***** Bryant Mitchell signed with Tampa Bay. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/16/former-eskimos-receiver-bryant-mitchell-signs-with-the-tampa-bay-bucs/ ***** Josiah St. John has signed with the Argos. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/18/argos-sign-former-riders-no-1-pick-canadian-ol-josiah-st-john/ ***** Hamilton previews https://3downnation.com/2019/05/19/training-camp-preview-ticats-offence-looks-locked-and-loaded/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/20/training-camp-preview-for-the-ticats-defence-and-special-teams/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/26/what-van-zeyls-signing-means-and-other-thoughts-from-ticats-training-camp/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/21/steinauer-looking-at-all-options-for-rb/ ***** Ottawa preview https://3downnation.com/2019/05/20/redblacks-training-camp-primer-plenty-up-for-grabs/ ***** Calgary preview https://3downnation.com/2019/05/20/stamps-camp-to-defend-championship/ ***** Sergio Castillo has signed with BC. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/26/lions-ink-kicker-sergio-castillo/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/26/lions-ink-kicker-sergio-castillo/ ***** Montreal preview https://3downnation.com/2019/05/25/who-will-the-alouettes-seven-canadian-starters-be-in-2019/ ***** Jordan Reaves will miss the year due to a knee injury. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/27/riders-jordan-reaves-suffers-season-ending-injury/ ***** The pre-season games began Sunday with Edmonton beating BC 22-7. Very few starters played. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/26/eskimos-play-some-starters-beat-inexperienced-b-c-squad-in-pre-season-opener/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/26/pre-season-recap-edmonton-22-bc-7/ https://www.cfl.ca/games/2552/bc-lions-vs-edmonton-eskimos/#/preview https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/26/victory-good-starting-point-eskimos-qbs/ ***** 5/27 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/27/checking-canadian-o-line-capital/ ***** Here are looks at the Stampeders' Grey Cup ring. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/23/stamps-receive-106th-grey-cup-rings/ ***** Here are looks at this year's uniforms. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/23/new-era-launches-team-uniforms-2019-cfl-season/

Lots and lots of catching up to do. First let's finish up with the league's analyses of the teams. Toronto https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/17/off-season-depth-chart-toronto-argonauts/ Montreal https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/16/off-season-depth-chart-montreal-alouettes/ Edmonton https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/15/off-season-depth-chart-edmonton-eskimos/ BC https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/14/off-season-depth-chart-bc-lions/ Sask https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/13/off-season-depth-chart-saskatchewan-roughriders/ ***** My first CFL game was Sask at Hamilton in August of '76. Sask's head coach was John Payne. John Payne passed away May 18. RIP. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/22/former-riders-coach-john-payne-passes-away/ https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/rob-vanstone-former-saskatchewan-roughriders-head-coach-john-payne-was-a-good-man ***** Ciante Evans has signed with Montreal. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/22/report-alouettes-sign-corner-ciante-evans/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/22/alouettes-to-sign-standout-cover-man-ciante-evans/ ***** Adam Konar was cut by the Eskimos, and signed with BC. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/21/konars-homecoming-dream-come-true/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/19/report-lions-sign-canadian-lb-adam-konar/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/18/eskimos-release-lb-adam-konar/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/18/another-vet-gets-cut-adam-konar-released-by-esks/ ***** 5/19 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/19/checking-news-notes-day-1-camp-2/ ***** Montreal cut Ernest Jackson. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/19/als-release-veteran-ernest-jackson-ink-canadian-qb/ ***** Tyler Crapigna signed with the Argos. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/19/argos-bolster-canadian-content-st-john-crapigna/ ***** Chris Van Zyl was cut by the Argos, and signed with the Ticats. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/18/report-ticats-ink-van-zeyl-2020/ https://3downnation.com/2019/05/18/ticats-sign-canadian-ol-chris-van-zeyl-after-argos-release/ ***** Freddie Bishop has signed with the Argos. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/19/argos-sign-dl-freddie-bishop/ ***** Training camps opened Sunday, and the first exhibition game (BC at Edmonton) is today at 4:00 pm eastern. So 3DownNation has published a new power rankings. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/21/3down-power-rankings-theres-a-new-no-1-at-least-for-now/ ***** The XFL made it official, and named June Jones to be their Houston GM/HC. https://www.xfl.com/articles/xfl-names-june-jones-houston-head-coach ***** SirVincent Rogers, newly signed by the Eskimos, tore his left triceps, and may miss the year. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/24/sirvincent-rogers-could-be-out-for-the-year-and-thats-bad-news-for-the-esks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/24/esks-rogers-sidelined-indefinitely/ ***** Brad Erdos is out for the year. https://3downnation.com/2019/05/25/brad-erdos-out-for-season-leaving-stamps-thin-along-the-offensive-line/ ***** If you scroll down a little bit, you will see the list of each team,'s radio station. They appear to me to be unchanged from last year. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/05/23/watch-2019-cfl-pre-season-broadcast-schedule/ On the same link, you will see the list of the four exhibition games to be telecast. All four will be shown in the US on ESPN+.

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