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Ah. Be sure to let us know when it's over!!!

Mine is still scheduled for Feb. 15, unchanged from when I placed the order. PS - Bob, what March shenanigans are you referring to?

Thanks, Roger! I'll be saving up for that.

The New Seekers - The Albums 1970-73 (9 albums) - 21.49 GBP https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07JNPVQR3/

free agents... in general https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/05/ferguson-setting-stage-free-agent-frenzy/ ***** receivers https://www.cfl.ca/2019/01/25/position-strength-elite-receivers-headline-2019-fa-class/ ***** Jonathan Rose will return to Ottawa. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/01/25/position-strength-elite-receivers-headline-2019-fa-class/ https://3downnation.com/2019/02/05/redblacks-re-sign-db-jonathan-rose-who-will-likely-serve-suspension-in-2019/ ***** Abdul Kanneh will return to Toronto. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/01/argos-extend-db-kanneh-ol-sackey-2019/ ***** Mike Reilly possibilities https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/01/team-team-look-mike-reilly-sweepstakes/

Ralph Alessi Imaginary Friends Ralph Alessi trumpet; Ravi Coltrane tenor and sopranino saxophones; Andy Milne piano; Drew Gress double bass; Mark Ferber drums Trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s first two ECM albums as a leader justly earned him high praise. Here the trumpeter fronts a longtime working quintet in its first recording since 2010 featuring kindred spirits Ravi Coltrane and Andy Milne and a stellar rhythm section. The nine Alessi compositions include an irresistible highlight in “Iram Issela,” with its rich seam of bittersweet melody and exceptional soloing by Coltrane setting the scene for an album of quicksilver beauty. LISTEN / BUY Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry Joe Lovano tenor saxophone, tarogato, gongs; Marilyn Crispell piano; Carmen Castaldi drums, percussion The great saxophonist Joe Lovano makes his leader debut here, introducing a wonderful new group and music of flowing lyricism, delicate texture, and inspired interplay. Lovano and pianist Marilyn Crispell are in accord at an advanced level inside its structures. Lovano: “We play together like an orchestra, creating an amazing tapestry. I brought in the material, but there’s an equal weight of contribution, creating music within the music, and harmonizing it in a really special way.” LISTEN / BUY IN PRE-ORDER © *2018 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

Kwaku Boateng has agreed to return to the Eskimos. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/01/eskimos-extension-for-dl-kwaku-boateng-proves-draft-slide-was-a-fluke/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/01/eskimos-sign-boateng-two-year-extension/ ***** The Alouettes have revealed their new uniforms. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/02/the-montreal-alouettes-new-look-is-fantastic-and-long-overdue/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/01/31/oleary-boivin-sees-als-rebrand-connection-montreal/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/01/new-identity-montreal-alouettes-unveil-new-logo-uniforms/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/01/check-alouettes-awesome-new-threads/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/02/future-air-bowman-models-als-gear/ ***** It looks like Jacques Chapdelaine will be the Argos' new OC. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/03/argos-to-name-jacques-chapdelaine-offensive-coordinator-report/ ***** more free agent analyses... offensive tackles https://3downnation.com/2019/02/01/cfl-free-agent-rankings-offensive-tackles/ centres and guards https://3downnation.com/2019/02/02/cfl-free-agent-rankings-centres-and-guards/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/01/position-strength-o-linemen-lifeblood-cfl-free-agency/ defensive tackles https://3downnation.com/2019/02/03/cfl-free-agent-rankings-defensive-tackles/ ***** Jordan Williams-Lambert is going to the Chicago Bears. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/04/riders-losing-receiver-jordan-williams-lambert-to-the-nfl-unexpected/ ***** Josh Smith analyzes the Ticats. https://3downnation.com/2019/02/04/what-all-the-recent-re-signings-means-for-the-ticats/ ***** Kevin Glenn is still playing, but his two backups with the 2007 Bombers - Kliff Kingsbury and Zac Taylor - are now head coaches in the NFL. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/02/04/bombers-95th-grey-cup-now-nfl-head-coaches/ https://3downnation.com/2019/02/04/the-3-guys-that-backed-up-kevin-glenn-in-2007-are-all-coaching-and-hes-still-playing-11-years-later/

ECM Areni Agbabian - Bloom Please note: release date: April 12, 2019 Areni Agbabian: voice, piano; Nicolas Stocker: percussion 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 the subtle percussion of Nicolas Stocker (last heard on ECM with Nik Bärtsch's Mobile ensemble), continually shade into silence.  The California-born Agbabian, who came to international attention with the groups of Tigran Hamasyan, draws deeply upon her Armenian heritage, reinterpreting sacred hymns, a traditional tale, a folk melody transcribed by Komitas and more, and interspersing these elements among her own evocative compositions. Bloom was recorded in Lugano in October 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Not Now ***** Not Now ***** One Day ***** Not Now ***** One Day ***** Goldies ***** Reel to Reel ***** Big 3 ***** Big 3 ***** One Day ***** One Day ***** Reel to Reel ***** Big 3 ***** Not Now ***** Demon/Edsel ***** Chestnut ***** DOL / Vinylogy ***** The Intense Media ***** Dynamic Nostalgia ***** Enlightenment ***** Acrobat ***** Acrobat ***** The Intense Media ***** One Day ***** So these are typical box sets I receive emails about every day. In regard to the sound, which of these labels (if any) have a good reputation? Which (besides Not Now) have a poor reputation?

Steve and Hans, I am well aware that Bear Family and Ace (and Charly?) obtain access to the original sources. Nevertheless, I think that it is appropriate to refer to labels which seem to specialize in pre-1963 music as PD labels, because the music is in the public domain. But no need to quibble here about that. I am only concerned about which labels have the reputation of routinely puttying out good quality CDs of '50s music (and which labels to avoid for reason of their poor work product).

Scott, Amazon has two streaming services. The first is called Prime Music. It comes free with Prime. It has many artists, but not too much from each artist I am interested in. The second is Amazon Music Unlimited. It has a much larger offering, but costs $10 per month.

I receive at least one email every day from oldies.com. Almost all of them promote box sets from European public domain labels. Presumably the low prices appeal to most of the public, but I am primarily attracted to the collections themselves. However, I have purchased a couple that sound bad, and I have decided that I want to avoid those labels which don't make the effort to make good discs. So I would like the recommendations of those of you who have tried some of these labels. To my knowledge, they can be ranked... Good Quality Ace Bear Family Charly JSP Chronological Classics Jasmine ***** Satisfactory Avid ***** Poor Quality Not Now One Way Real Gone Any disagreement with these rankings? Any labels (with rankings) you would like to add? Thanks!

Our Song https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/our-song-alternate ***** Mucho Calor https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/mucho-calor ***** Blues in the Night https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/free-blues-in-the-night

Amazon sent me an email saying that I am entitled to three months of free Amazon Music Unlimited. I don't know why. Can anyone recommend any jazz albums available from that service which are not already well known to all of us?

Nancy Wilson and rock people... Nancy Wilson - Turned to Blue - $4.98 https://www.oldies.com/product-view/25025N.html ***** Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure - $5.98 https://www.oldies.com/product-view/74714O.html ***** The Beatles - Help! - $5.98 https://www.oldies.com/product-view/69325N.html ***** The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - $6.98 https://www.oldies.com/product-view/34703O.html ***** The Beatles - Abbey Road (Remastered Deluxe Package with Mini-Documentary) - $6.98 https://www.oldies.com/product-view/69334N.html

ECM Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn - The Transitory Poems Release date March 15, 2019 Vijay Iyer: piano; Craig Taborn: piano Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn in concert March 12 - Brooklyn, NY - Roulette March 24 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival Further tour dates to be announced... Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, two of creative music's most iconoclastic players, first learned to meld and mesh their artistic approaches in Roscoe Mitchell's Note Factory ensemble (as documented on Mitchell's 2007 recording Far Side). Since then, Iyer and Taborn have continued to play duo concerts together, beginning in early 2009 at The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ and several times since, the world over. The Transitory Poems,recorded live at the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest in March 2018, is their first duo album. A marvel of shared invention, it incorporates pieces offered as tributes to their common formative influences including pianists Cecil Taylor, Muhal Richard Abrams and Geri Allen, and the painter and sculptor Jack Whitten.

1/31 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2019/01/31/checking-loffler-bombers-drifting-apart/

Billy Hart Quartet Jan. 29 – Feb. 3 New York, NY (Village Vanguard) Kim Kashkashian Feb. 3 Boston, MA (Music for Food) Danish String Quartet Feb. 7-9 La Jolla, CA (Scripps Research Institute) Feb. 12-13 Santa Barbara, CA (UC Santa Barbara) Feb. 17 Berkeley, CA (UC Berkeley – Hertz Hall) Feb. 19 Logan, UT (Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall – CMS Logan) Feb. 20 Provo, UT (Madsen Recital Hall – BYU) Feb. 21 Laramie, WY (Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts – U. of Wyoming) Feb. 22 Los Alamos, NM (Duane Smith Auditorium) Feb. 24 Vancouver, BC (Vancouver Recital Society) András Schiff February 14,15,17 San Francisco, CA (Davies Symphony Hall) February 18 Napa, CA (First United Methodist Church, Chamber Music in Napa Valley) February 20 Denver, CO (Gates Hall) February 22 La Jolla, CA (Balboa Theatre) February 24 Aliso Viejo, CA (Soka Performing Arts Center) February 28 Seattle, WA (S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium) Joe Lovano Feb 16 St. Catharines, Ontario (Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival) Feb 19-23 New York, NY (Birdland) Vijay Iyer Feb 22 Sarasota, FL (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) Feb 23 Sarasota, FL (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) © *2018 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

Don Ellis - Shock Treatment - $7.00 prime https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005ABK7/

Bob died yesterday at 86. RIP. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bob-picken-passes-away-1.4999831 https://winnipegsun.com/curling/broadcasting-legend-bob-picken-gave-so-much-to-the-manitoba-sports-community http://www.cfhof.ca/members/bob-picken/

Big surprise! Matthias Goosen has retired. https://3downnation.com/2019/01/29/bombers-stud-canadian-ol-matthias-goossen-retires-from-football/ https://3downnation.com/2019/01/29/what-matthias-goossens-retirement-means-for-the-bombers/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/01/29/bombers-matthias-goossen-announces-retirement/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/matthias-goossen-retirement-1.4997780 ***** Some analyses of the free agents-to-be: Canadians ("nationals") https://www.cfl.ca/2019/01/30/canadian-content-ranking-national-free-agents-2/ ***** running backs and fullbacks https://3downnation.com/2019/01/30/cfl-free-agent-rankings-running-backs-and-fullbacks/ ***** receivers https://3downnation.com/2019/01/29/cfl-free-agent-rankings-receivers/ ***** quarterbacks https://3downnation.com/2019/01/28/cfl-free-agent-rankings-quarterbacks-2/ ***** Ottawa https://3downnation.com/2019/01/29/prioritizing-ottawas-pending-free-agents/ ***** Tim Maypray has died at 30. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/tim-maypray-dies-1.4982585

It's 22 and clear here in Raleigh. That's pretty cold for us, even in January.

Thanks Steve! Every day I receive an email from oldies.com promoting various pd labels.

BB Steve, what is the quality of the sound of your Avid cd?

ECM David Torn / Tim Berne / Ches Smith - Sun of Goldfinger release date: March 1, 2019 Tim Berne: alto saxophone Ches Smith: drums, electronics, tanbou David Torn: electric guitar, live-looping, electronics Sun of Goldfinger on tour: March 12th San Francisco, CA (Freight and Salvage) March 13th Los Angeles, CA (Zebulon) March 14th Portland, OR (Holocene) March 15th Seattle, WA (Royal Room) March 16th Denver, CO (workshop) March 17th Denver, CO (Dazzle) March 18th Minneapolis, MN Icehouse March 19th Madison, WI (Arts and Literature Laboratory) March 20th Pittsburgh, PA (Spirit) March 21st NY, NY (Nublu) March 24th Knoxville, TN (Big Ears Festival) April 18th Boston, MA (Regatta Bar) April 19th Portland, ME (Space Gallery) April 20th Newburgh, NY (Atlas)