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ECM Preview for early 2019 titles Joe Lovano - Trio Tapestry - January 25th 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.” Save the date: Trio Tapestry to play January 27th at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo NY subsequent touring will be announced soon. Ralph Alessi - Imaginary Friends - February 1st 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 the highest praise of his career thus far. 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 a career 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. Save the date : Ralph Alessi will bring this music to the ECM Winter Jazzfest stage at le poisson rouge on January 11th. Yonathan Avishai – Joys and Solitudes - January 25th Yonathan Avishai: piano; Yoni Zelnik: double bass Donald Kontomanou: drums Over the last few years pianist Yonathan Avishai has played on the ECM recordings of trumpeter Avishai Cohen while developing his own project with the trio heard here. Opening with Duke Ellington, the album continues with a series of original pieces that reference a broad range of musics and experiences. Diverse influences are filtered through Yonathan’s tradition-conscious piano playing, alert to old values of blues feeling and swing yet also strikingly original in its decisiveness and concision. Mats Eilertsen Trio - And Then Comes The Night – February 1st Harmen Fraanje: piano; Mats Eilertsen: double bass Thomas Strønen: drums Bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a distinctive presence on many ECM recordings and has long maintained several projects of his own, including this trio, now in its 10th year of existence. For this session “We came in with a number of compositional sketches and the intention to see what could be shaped from them”, says Mats. The result is an album of subtle group music, sidestepping many of the conventions of trio playing, in a recording that demands and rewards concentrated listening.

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lipi, I read that many years ago when I lived in Atlanta, very likely in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution.

Jim, the author only hints at the end of her piece of a major issue. Southern wheat spoils relatively quickly. Or to look at it from the other direction, northern wheat has a longer shelf life. Today that means nothing. But 200 years ago it meant everything. It was pointless to ship the southern wheat up north because it would go bad before it could be used. Today we are capable of transporting and enjoying southern wheat throughout the country, but the Yankees don't know better! By the way, how's the poutine in Texas?

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more Grey Cup picks https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2018/11/23/cfl-picks-stampeders-defensive-guru-claybrooks-might-ground-redblacks-and-harris.html https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/24/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-make-grey-cup-picks-3/ https://thegruelingtruth.net/podcast/cfl-grey-cup-preview-show-w-robert-drummond/ https://lastwordonsports.com/2018/11/24/lwos-grey-cup-predictions/ https://www.docsports.com/free-picks/cfl/2018/cfl-grey-cup-expert-odds-betting-predictions-702.html https://mybookie.ag/news/canadian-football/stampeders-redblacks-2018-cfl-grey-cup-betting/ https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-vs-calgary-stampeders-2018-grey-cup-pick-odds-and-ats-predictions https://www.oddsshark.com/cfl/grey-cup-preview-0 https://sportschatplace.com/cfl-picks/2018/11/25/ottawa-redblacks-vs-calgary-stampeders-cfl-grey-cup-pick-odds-prediction

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I had Paul Secor down at Ottawa with 45, but now I don't see it. Paul, did you delete your pick? Mods, is something up?

More from the CFL Awards... https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/22/lewis-ward-takes-home-outstanding-rookie-honours/ https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/22/adam-bighill-named-outstanding-defensive-player/ https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/22/chris-jones-named-cfl-coach-year/ http://3downnation.com/2018/11/22/riders-chris-jones-captures-cfls-coach-of-the-year-honour/ https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/22/brad-sinopoli-earns-outstanding-canadian-honours/ ***** Randy Ambrosie gave his State of the League address today. https://www.cfl.ca/live/2018/11/20/106gc-live-state-league-media/ https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/23/oleary-ambrosie-speaks-present-maps-future-annual-address/ http://138.197.137.206/2018/11/23/eight-things-need-know-randy-ambrosies-state-league-address/ http://3downnation.com/2018/11/23/learned-fan-state-league/ https://www.tsn.ca/talent/looming-wave-of-challenges-opportunities-will-test-ambrosie-s-leadership-1.1214576

And the winners are... Bo Levi Mitchell Adam Bighill Brad Sinopoli Stanley Bryant Lewis Ward Lewis Ward Chris Jones https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-awards-recap-1.4917486 https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/22/analysis-recapping-the-cfl-awards-presented-by-shaw/

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MILES DAVIS RUBBERBAND OF LIFE FEATURING LEDISI From The Lost 1985 Miles Davis Rubberband Sessions With Newly Recorded Vocals By Ledisi Featured On Rubberband EP Available Digitally Now In 1985, Miles Davis shocked the music world by moving from Columbia Records to Warner Bros. Records and started recording Rubberband. This album marked a radical departure for him, with funk and soul grooves, and was to include vocals by Al Jarreau and Chaka Khan. Produced by Davis, Randy Hall and Zane Giles, the line-up boasted Davis on trumpet and keyboards, keyboardists Adam Holzman, Neil Larsen and Wayne Linsey, percussionist Steve Reid, saxophonist Glen Burris, and Davis’s nephew Vince Wilburn Jr., on drums. Engineered by Reggie Dozier (brother of Lamont Dozier, part of the legendary Motown songwriting team), the Rubberband sessions took place at Ameraycan Studios in Los Angeles from October 1985 to January 1986. The album was subsequently shelved and Davis went on to record Tutu. “It was fat grooves, really funky, Miles talking. It was street and funky and dirty. We didn’t go after writing a great jazz song, Miles wanted the street thing; he wanted the chord changes he wanted to play. The basis was to take it to the street like On The Corner, it was Miles taking more chances,” said Hall. Giles added, “Miles kept saying ‘I don’t wanna do my usual stuff. I wanna do something different.’” 32 years after Rubberband was recorded, the original producers, Hall and Giles, teamed up with Davis’ nephew, Vince Wilburn, Jr., to finish and update the title track. In September 2017, they invited the 12-time Grammy nominee soulful singer Ledisi, appearing courtesy of Verve Label Group, to guest on vocals at the Village Studios in Los Angeles. The sessions, co-produced by Anthony "Mac Nass" Loffman and Arthur Haynes for SmashSound Syndicate, together with the original title track, were released as a 45rpm vinyl 12” EP on Record Store Day 2018, and are now available as a 5-track digital EP, including a new remix by Amerigo Gazaway. The cover artwork is a painting by Davis, courtesy of Miles Davis Properties L.L.C. For more information on Miles Davis, please visit www.milesdavis.com

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It's that time of year again! It's time for the annual Grey Cup contest. Past winners have included Noj (twice), indestructible, Bright Moments, brownie, paul secor, Soulstation1, danasgoodstuff, B. Clugston, ejp626 (twice) and BFrank. Here are the rules: 1) Pick the winning team. 2) Pick the number of total points scored by both teams (aka the tiebreaker). Since approximately half of us will pick the winning team, picking the total points is necessary to win the contest. Your total points prediction must be a number which is a multiple of five (5). The winning tiebreaker will be the one closest to the correct answer. If two are equally close, the winner will be the lower pick. If two people pick the same thing, the first to make the pick will be the winner. THE PRIZE: A $17.00 Mosaic Records Gift Card. The $17.00 represents one CD of a Mosaic box set. Deadline: Sunday Nov. 25, 6:00 pm eastern ***** The Grey Cup game: The Grey Cup is awarded to the world champion of what I think is the greatest game in the world, Canadian rules football. That is to say, the champion of the Canadian Football League. The Grey Cup was first awarded in 1909. They have played for it every year since then except three years during World War One. Therefore, this year's will be the 106th Grey Cup game. Fans from throughout Canada will attend the game. This year's game will see the Western champion Calgary Stampeders face the Eastern champion Ottawa Redblacks. These two teams met two years ago, and the Redblacks won in a huge upset. This will be Ottawa's third Grey Cup game in the past four years. But that's nothing. It will be Calgary's fifth in the past seven years. Calgary's long term success has been due primarily (IMO) to their General Manager John Hufnagel. The Stampeders went undefeated in 1948. One of their players that year was one of the first great black pro football players, Woody Strode. He later became an actor with a significant role in Spartacus. This year, the Stampeders were again the best team in the league, until after they clinched a playoff spot. Their quarterback is Bo Levi Mitchell, who played for Eastern Washington U. He won the Most Outstanding Player Award two years ago, and will likely win it again Thursday night. The Ottawa Redblacks were an expansion team in 2014. They were the best Eastern team this year, but were not consistent. Their quarterback is Trevor Harris, who played his college ball at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. The location of the game is chosen years in advance. This year's game will be played in Edmonton, which is just up the road from Calgary. Eastern fans always root for the Eastern champion, and Western fans always root for the Western champion. I fully expect the vast majority of the crowd to be cheering on the Stampeders. The game will be carried live in the US on ESPN2, starting at 6:00 pm eastern Sunday. You can listen to the game here: http://www.tsn.ca/radio (To listen to the game, you will need Windows Media Player which you can download for free. So you might want to plan ahead if you don't already have it.) You can study articles analyzing the upcoming game as well as articles about the season as it unfolded in the CFL thread, which I will be updating during the course of this week. Good luck everyone! ***** Here's my pick: I'm going to do you a favor. I expect Calgary to win, and win big. So I'm going to go with the Redblacks. Ottawa - 50

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