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"Chapter Five," Fifth Album by the Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington Bicoastal Collective, Set for Release May 19 by OA2 Records First Big-Band Album by North Texas State One O'Clock Jazz Lab Alums Features Their Original Compositions & Celebrates Their Modern Approach To Trumpet-Baritone Sax Front Line April 14, 2017 Since joining forces in 2008 as the Bicoastal Collective, trumpeter Paul Tynan and baritone saxophonist Aaron Lington have recorded a series of outstanding albums ranging in instrumentation from tentet to quintet to sextet to a quintet featuring a Hammond B-3 organist. Chapter Five, their fifth album and the first with a full 18-piece big band, adds a sumptuous new volume to the duo's already impressive discography. The new CD will be released May 19 by OA2 Records. As on its predecessors, Tynan and Lington shared writing and arranging credits; each contributed four compositions to the new recording."Our goal with every project has been to do all-original music, always with a different ensemble," Lington explains. "It's always been our dream to do a big-band record, and we were finally able to make this happen." The result is a highly original take on the trumpet-baritone frontline tradition pioneered by jazz masters who inspired them, such as Thad Jones-Pepper Adams and Chet Baker-Gerry Mulligan. Despite living on opposite sides of North America -- hence the name Bicoastal Collective -- Tynan and Lington have remained friends over the decades since meeting at University of North Texas, where both began work on their master's degrees in 1998 and both played in the school's One O'Clock Lab Band a year apart. (Tynan now lives in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where he's a Professor at St. Francis Xavier University, while Lington is Coordinator of Jazz Studies at San Jose State University in California.) They started recording together when both were in San Jose in 2008 and, on Lington's recommendation, Tynan spent a sabbatical year teaching at San Jose State and Chabot College and playing around Northern California with the likes of Poncho Sanchez, Keely Smith, and, of course, Lington. Arranging for the session to take place at the mid-continental point of Dallas (also close to their alma mater in Denton), Tynan and Lington recorded Chapter Five over two days in July 2016 with 16 handpicked players. "We wanted to record an album featuring all the people who we really trusted with the music," says Tynan. "A lot of them are our best friends, people we've worked with in the past or some we went to school with." The music on Chapter Five ranges from "Two Views," an extremely swinging Lington composition that finds Tynan and drummer Stockton Helbing in an inspired musical dialogue over the band's aggressive ensemble work, to "I Remember Every Day," which features solos by Lington and guitarist Noel Johnston and was inspired by a hypnotic groove by drummer Omar Hakim. Tynan penned "Charting Stars," which features his warm solos on flugelhorn, as a showcase for David Lown's soulful tenor saxophone. Tynan's ballad "Karma's Song" spotlights Lington's rich, at times biting baritone saxophone solo over the lovely ensemble arrangement. Paul Tynan was born in 1975 in Fort Erie, Ontario. The family moved to Houston when he was 5 and to Buffalo when he was 13. He took up the trumpet in the sixth grade. At the Crane School of Music/SUNY in Potsdam, New York, he studied with trombonist and composer Bret Zvacek and heard some of the university's jazz groups. He didn't begin playing jazz, however, until he met trumpeter Tim Hagans during a trip to Sweden. Aaron Lington was born in1974 in Houston and raised in nearby Highlands, Texas, where he played piano, violin, and guitar before taking up alto and baritone saxophones in high school. While doing his undergraduate work at the University of Houston, he did a number of short tours with rock 'n' roll legend Bo Diddley, with whom he played tenor sax. After earning his master's in 2001, Tynan began working at St. Francis Xavier University, where he presently teaches jazz trumpet, jazz history, and arranging. His arrangements, many of which have been recorded by college jazz bands, are available from Maxwell Tree Music, Eighth Note Publications, UNC Jazz Press, and Walrus Music Publishing. After receiving his doctorate from North Texas in 2004, Lington accepted his current position at San Jose State University. His charts have been performed by the Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau and the Count Basie Orchestra, as well as by the Pacific Mambo Orchestra, in which he plays. Four of the numbers on the 19-member mambo orchestra's 2014 Grammy Award-winning debut album were arranged by Lington. Tynan feels Chapter Five is the finest recorded example to date of the unique trumpet-and-baritone sax style he and Lington have created. Now that they've recorded their dream big-band album, the two are already talking about the Bicoastal Collective's next chapter: a trumpet-baritone-bass-and-drums set with no pianist using the same instrumentation Mulligan's famous piano-less quartet but in their own distinctive style. Chapter Six and counting. Photography: Bernice MacDonald (Tynan), Tracy Cavano (Lington) Web Site: paultynanjazz.com / aaronlington.com Like: Follow: Paul / Aaron

I enjoy the RIP threads because they often remind me of folks I haven't thought about in a long time.

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Happy Birthday Evan!

Thanks, guys.

There have been a few real news items since the last post, so let's begin. The Hall of Fame announced its inductees for 2017: Anthony Calvillo Geroy Simon Mike O'Shea Kelvin Anderson and 2 Builders: Stan Schwartz Brian Towriss http://3downnation.com/2017/03/22/calvillo-simon-headline-canadian-football-hall-fame-inductees/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/03/23/behind-scenes-look-hall-fame-makes-selections/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/03/23/hall-famers-oshea-calvillo-ticat-history/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/03/23/anthony-calvillo-credits-veteran-tracy-ham-helping-resurrect-cfl-career/#comments ***** Larry Highbaugh has died at 67. http://3downnation.com/2017/03/23/eskimos-larry-highbaugh-winner-six-grey-cups-dead-67/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/03/22/cfl-eskimos-mourn-passing-larry-highbaugh/ ***** The Lions traded Jovan Olafiore to the Alouettes for David Foucault and Vincent Brown. http://3downnation.com/2017/03/27/b-c-lions-trade-star-jovan-olafioye-alouettes-david-foucault/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/03/27/lions-traded-star-olafioye-als-hint-money/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/03/23/lions-verge-trading-star-ol-jovan-olafioye-alouettes/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/04/05/alouettes-sign-veteran-offensive-lineman-jovan-olafioye-extension/#comments ***** Terrell Sinkfield has signed with Minnesota. http://3downnation.com/2017/03/30/former-ticats-receiver-terrell-sinkfield-signs-vikings-db/#comments ***** The Argos released Ricky Foley. It was a payroll issue, not a comment on his abilities. http://3downnation.com/2017/03/31/argos-release-canadian-dl-ricky-foley/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/03/31/3down-podcast-foleys-release-grays-pro-day-smith-retires/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/thewaggle/ ***** Ryan Smith has retired. http://3downnation.com/2017/03/31/former-riders-bombers-receiver-ryan-smith-retires/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/03/31/ryan-smiths-retirement-means-bombers/#comments ***** Yesterday the Eskimos fired Ed Hervey. http://3downnation.com/2017/04/07/esks-gm-ed-hervey-relieved-duties-sources/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/04/07/3down-podcast-ed-hervey-got-fired-might-replace/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/04/09/len-rhodes-wrong-fire-ed-hervey/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/07/eskimos-part-ways-gm-ed-hervey/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/07/contract-philosophical-differences-key-herveys-dismissal/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/07/oleary-herveys-exit-signals-clear-mandate-esks-managment/ http://www.cfl.ca/thewaggle/ http://www.tsn.ca/eskimos-fire-general-manager-hervey-1.718178 ***** The Als have released Jonathan Crompton. http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/04/als-part-ways-veteran-pivot-crompton/ ***** The Bombers made a profit of C$2.8 million last year. http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/05/winnipeg-football-club-posts-operating-profit-2-8-million-2016/ ***** The Argos have released Logan Kilgore. http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/03/argos-release-quarterback-logan-kilgore/ ***** Avon Cobourne will not be returning to the Bombers' staff this year. http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/01/statement-running-backs-coach-avon-cobourne/ ***** John Ojo has signed with the New York Jets. http://www.tsn.ca/jets-sign-former-esks-cb-ojo-1.718553 ***** Now let's catch up on the status of this year's free agents. http://www.tsn.ca/2017-cfl-potential-free-agents-1.622946

Chuck, what year was that from?

You bet. He was the Twins' starting catcher for a number of years. My recollection is that in 1960 the Senators' starting catcher was Clint Courtney.

Happy Birthday 2017 Alison!

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Miller’s ECM debut has an international feel: the Latin influence of his heritage strong in such pieces as “Baden”, an early 20th-century Parisian air on “Le Pont” and the evocation of Celtic tunes on “Valium”. Miller has long been known as Sting’s right-hand man on guitar and a hushed instrumental take on “Fields of Gold” appears here. Miller has also worked with the likes of The Chieftains, Plácido Domingo and Paul Simon who points out Miller’s “beautiful touch” in the album’s liner note. © 2017 ECM | ECM Records USA | 1755 Broadway, 3rd floor | New York NY 10011

Absolutely! Sievers had played for Bill Veeck in St. Louis, and he wanted him in Chicago. As I recall, the Senators also received $150,000. cash. Mincher may have been the only player for both the original Senators and the expansion Senators. I'm sure he played for both, but I'm not sure he was the only one to do so.

He'll always be Big Drag to me! RIP. I liked him a lot, but I always thought that Jack E. Leonard was just a little bit better.

RIP Roy Sievers! I remember well the shock of Griffith trading him to the White Sox for Don Mincher and Earl Battey.

Was Lockjaw's sabbatical before his recordings for RCA?

Here is another 50-second sample. https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/50-seconds-a-minor-blues-in-f

I'm enjoying this one a lot. Pedicin is one of my favorite artists currently recording.

Happy Birthday 2017 Allen!

Happy Birthday 2017 jazzkrow!

CHICK COREA AND CHARLES LLOYD LEAD AWARD-WINNING LINE-UP FOR 2018 SAILING OF BLUE NOTE AT SEA Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton) Also Joins the Line-up of Grammy and Tony Award Winning Artists and NEA Jazz Masters 2017 marked the initial sailing of Blue Note at Sea, a nautical musical collaboration between Blue Note Records, Blue Note Jazz Clubs and Entertainment Cruise Productions. Don Was, president of Blue Note Records and a three time Grammy winning producer has called this three-way production team "the dream team of jazz at sea." With his expertise and direction, the production and programming savvy offered by Steven Bensusan and his team at Blue Note Jazz Clubs and the 17 years of jazz cruises produced by Entertainment Cruise Productions, Was' description seems apt. The 2018 cruise roster is nearly finalized and includes winners of 48 Grammys and 2 Tony Awards. The cruise also features 4 NEA Jazz Masters (the highest award in jazz), all of whom are sailing on Blue Note at Sea for the first time. These four illustrious performers are among the most celebrated jazz artists of our time: 22-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master Chick Corea, NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd, triple Grammy-winner and Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Legendary saxophonist (and Blue Note recording artist) Charles Lloyd will join the cruise in St. Thomas with his band The Marvels - Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland. Bridgewater, who, in addition to her three Grammys, has earned a Tony award, will be backed by her own band as well. Smith, a Hammond B-3 guru, has been featured on over seventy albums, and has recorded and performed with a virtual "Who's Who" of the greatest jazz, blues and R&B giants in the industry. Both Bridgewater and Smith will be joining the ranks of NEA Jazz Masters in 2017. Bridgewater is not the only Tony Award-winner who will be performing for audiences on the Celebrity Summit next February. Leslie Odom, Jr., best known for his role as Aaron Burr in the Broadway smash hit Hamilton, for which he took home both a Tony (for Best Actor in a Musical) and a Grammy (for Best Musical Theater Album), is set to bring his jazz chops to the forefront when he performs with his band on the cruise. The New York Times describes Odom's style as "tender jazz vocals with flashes of adult-contemporary R&B." Blue Note at Sea '18 will again be hosted by multi-Grammy winning bassist Marcus Miller. Other Grammy-winning artists who will be returning are Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway and David Sanborn. While Glasper and Sanborn will perform in the same configurations as they did on Blue Note at Sea's inaugural sailing, five time Grammy winner Hathaway will bring her own band on board this time out. The three bands feature 11 top jazz musicians, all of whom will be performing in other configurations and groups during the cruise. The multi-Grammy winning pianist Robert Glasper will also be appearing with the Blue Note All Stars, an incredible sextet of young visionaries who first formed in 2014 to celebrate Blue Note's 75th Anniversary. The band features Glasper along with his label-mates Ambrose Akinmusire, Lionel Loueke, Marcus Strickland, Derrick Hodge and Kendrick Scott. Both Don Was and Steven Bensusan will also participate on the cruise. Was will emcee several events and will interview many of the performers, as he did on the 2017 sailing. Bensusan will host the Blue Note Jazz Club at Sea, a gorgeous late night venue that offers cabaret style seating in the tradition of his many Blue Note Jazz Clubs. Featuring the most highly respected and renowned contemporary jazz performers in the world, Blue Note At Sea is a collaboration among Blue Note Jazz Clubs, Blue Note Records, and Entertainment Cruise Productions. From stunning main shows to their signature Night Music events to Late, Late Night shows and jam sessions, Blue Note at Sea defines what is new and hip in the world of jazz while also retaining and respecting those aspects of the genre that have made jazz one of the true enduring musical styles around the world. Blue Note at Sea will sail on Celebrity Summit from February 3 - 10, 2018, departing from Ft. Lauderdale, with ports of call in San Juan, St. Thomas, Coco Cay (Bahamas) and Labadee (Haiti). For more information about the cruise program, go to www.bluenoteatsea.com.

DOT TIME RECORDS releases CALL IT MAGIC A SOULFUL NEW ALBUM FROM VOCALIST TYPHANIE MONIQUE CD AND DIGITAL FORMATS AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE NOW! Typhanie Monique Vocals Ben Lewis Piano Josh Ramos Bass Dana Hall Drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6) Greg Arty Drums (tracks 2, 8, 9, 10) and more... SPECIAL GUESTS Ken Peplowski Clarinet Victor Goines Clarinet Tony Monaco Organ Joel Frahm Tenor Saxophone Produced by Jeff Levenson Click to Watch Chicago, April 4, 2017- Call It Magic is the fourth album from Chicago vocalist and educator Typhanie Monique. It is a long-awaited project that finds her channeling the passions, frustrations and complexities of love into a work of shimmering beauty. It is her most ambitious recording to date. It features her current quartet - pianist Ben Lewis, bassist Josh Ramos, drummers Dana Hall and Greg Arty - with special guests, clarinetists Ken Peplowski and Victor Goines, organist Tony Monaco and tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm. Call It Magic was produced by Jeff Levenson. And though Monique surveys standards familiar to lovers of the Great American Songbook, Call It Magic contains quite a few surprises - including originals and tunes from the pop music playlists of Coldplay, Don Henley and Dinah Washington. It is a 10-act master class on the art of pure singing, and she endows it with deep-seated poignancy. Downbeat's Frank Alkyer says, "This is an album that's been years - heck, decades - in the making. It's where the road has taken her and it's a beautiful spot to take in the view. It's music made with great thought, even more care and, yes, a little magic. That's the artistry of Typhanie Monique." Well known in Midwest jazz circles, Monique has studied with legendary vocalists Bobby McFerrin, Sheila Jordan and the late Mark Murphy. She has shared stages with foundational colleagues Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Mavis Staples and The Manhattan Transfer. All have made inspiring music that resides within her. Which helps explain the richness of Typhanie Monique and the soulfulness of Call It Magic - an album that travels straight to the heart. www.typhaniemonique.com TRACKS 1. Magic (5:25) 2. Just Friends (4:24) 3. This Bitter Earth (5:28) 4. What Is This Thing Called Love/This Thing (3:31) 5. Heart Of The Matter (5:05) 6. Where Is Love/Love Is (6:11) 7. Called Love (6:11) 8. Sister/Miss Celies Blues (6:41) 9. Letting My Love Go (4:52) 10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (3:03) "Monique has never lacked for stage presence or vocal audacity...One of these days the rest of the world is going to discover her." - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

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Sarah Partridge Expands Jazz Vocal Repertoire On "Brights Lights & Pomises: Redefining Janis Ian," Set for Release April 21 By Origin Records Partridge's 5th Album & 2nd for Origin Pays Homage to the Legendary Folk Singer With a Baker's Dozen of Ian's Songs, Two Co-Written with Partridge, Arranged in Jazz Settings CD Release Shows at The Bitter End, NYC, May 11 Trumpets, Montclair, NJ, May 20 March 31, 2017 Vocalist Sarah Partridge introduced an impressive body of original compositions on her 2015 Origin Records release I'd Never Thought I'd Be Here, but for her new project, she wanted to celebrate a singer/songwriter outside of her own genre and beyond the Great American Songbook. On Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian, her 5th album and 2nd for Origin Records, Partridge reimagines 11 well- and lesser-known works from the legendary singer/songwriter's discography, and also co-wrote two with Ian. The new CD will be released April 21. "To pay tribute to a folk artist like Janis was extremely interesting to me," says Partridge. "In her case, her very early songwriting seemed influenced by jazz, and I saw real possibilities for a reimagining of some of that work. We connected with each other last year through the Recording Academy and when I mentioned that I was thinking of doing an album of her songs, she lit up. She said she'd like to be helpful to me, and there it began. I don't think I've ever met a more generous artist." Ian exploded on the pop music scene in 1967's Summer of Love as a precociously talented singer/songwriter confronting the dark side of American life. She was just 14 when, in 1965, she wrote and recorded "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," her single about a young interracial couple ripped apart by prejudice. Championed by Leonard Bernstein two years later on his CBS-TV special Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution, the single went gold and established Ian as one of the era's most promising young performers. She recorded several critically praised albums for Verve over the next few years but didn't break through again until 1975's chart-topping Between the Lines, featuring the Grammy-winning single "At Seventeen," a song she performed that year on the debut broadcast of Saturday Night Live (and which is included on Bright Lights & Promises). As with her previous Origin outing, Partridge is joined on Bright Lights & Promises by her stellar working band of pianist Allen Farnham, bassist Bill Moring, and drummer Tim Horner. Trombonist Ben Williams, reed virtuoso Scott Robinson, and guitarist Paul Meyers are also back in the fold. Farnham, who produced the album, arranged 11 of the songs; two were arranged by Horner. Janis Ianherself provides vocals on the wry and briskly swinging opening track "A Quarter Past Heartache," which the women co-wrote. Raised in Boston and Birmingham, AL, Sarah Partridge grew up listening to her father's albums of Ella Fitzgerald, Dakota Staton, Irene Kral, and Sarah Vaughan. But she was drawn to acting and ended up majoring in theater at Northwestern University. After graduating in 1982,she worked around Chicago, and in 1983 landed her first feature role in Tom Cruise's breakout hit Risky Business. Relocating to L.A. in 1984, she worked steadily in film and television, carving out a niche doing voice-overs. Out with friends one night at the Improv, she accepted their dare to take a turn at karaoke and delivered a stunning rendition of "Summertime." The impromptu performance caught the ear of a booker, who promptly hired her to sing in a concert with the top tier of L.A. jazz musicians. It was a successful gig that rekindled a long-buried dream. Partridge spent years honing her technique in L.A. and New York City, where she moved in 1994, and instantly bonded with legendary trumpeter Doc Cheatham, "the first musician I played with in New York." Attending one of his regular Sunday brunch performances at Sweet Basil, Partridge's husband convinced pianist Chuck Folds to let her sit in. Her version of "Every Day I Have the Blues" went over well and Cheatham told her "You can come anytime you want." "After that, I sat in regularly and we did some gigs together," Partridge recalls. "I learned so much from him, just seeing the obsessive dedication he had. He was a real inspiration." Partridge released her widely-acclaimed debut I'll Be Easy to Find in 1998 ("She's a pleasure to hear in any emotional guise, whether one of regret or exaltation" -- Billboard) featuring jazz greats Frank Wess, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Gene Bertoncini. She has grown exponentially with each successive recording: Blame It on My Youth, 2004; You Are There, Songs for My Father, 2006; Perspective, 2010; and I Never Thought I'd Be Here, 2015. With her rich, fine-textured sound and rhythmically acute phrasing, Sarah Partridge puts an irrepressible jazz stamp on everything she sings, and Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian presents a portrait of an artist fully in command of her craft. Partridge and her band will be performing two CD release shows in May: 5/11 at New York's Bitter End (where Janis Ian performed nearly 50 years ago), and 5/20 at Trumpets in Montclair, NJ. Photography: Chris Drukker Sarah Partridge with Janis Ian: "A Quarter Past Heartache" Web Site: sarahpartridge.com