GA Russell

Who remembers who was on the cover of his first issue of Downbeat? I do. It was Larry Coryell. I loved his work with Steve Marcus. I was lucky enough to see him and Marcus together in the Foreplay band in Boston in '72. I'll go dig out Tomorrow Never Know and Count's Rock Band, and spend the rest of the day listening to them. RIP Larry!

I listened to this one today, and it occurred to me that this entire album reminds me very much of the last song on Miroslav Vitous's Infinite Search album, I Will Tell Him on You. I mention that because that's a popular album around here, isn't it?

Happy Birthday 2017 Mike!

Happy Birthday 2017 Hans!

Happy Birthday 2017 Alan!

Happy Birthday 2017 John!

Here is a great summation of all of the free agents, ranked by skill. Also noted is who has signed with whom, and who is left. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/18/every-single-cfl-free-agent-ranked-position/

And now Ivan Koloff has passed away at 74. I doubt that Ivan had a Master's! http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pattisonave/Legendary-wrestler-Ivan-Koloff-passes-away.html

Happy Birthday 2017 Sandy!

George "The Animal" Steele has died at 79. I knew that he was a high school teacher, but I had no idea that he had a Master's! http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/17/wwe-star-george-animal-steele-dead-at-79.html

Now again $19.96 prime.

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THE DRAWING CENTER Hideo Yamaki, Bill Laswell with Dave Douglas AVAILABLE ONLINE MARCH 10, 2017 AND VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM New York, February 14, 2017 - M.O.D. Technologies presents another stunning release as part of their digital Incunabula Series, this time with high-caliber artists Hideo Yamaki, Bill Laswell and Dave Douglas. Hideo Yamaki is Japan's most renown, respected and in demand drummer. He is a veteran of countless recordings and live projects with Japan's most celebrated pop / rock artists as well as many with Japanese icons such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Toshinori Kondo, DJ Krush, Akira Sakata and many others. Bill Laswell is a legendary Ikonoklast, bassist / producer, who has worked with Hideo Yamaki since the eighties in many diverse and unimaginable configurations. They have been able to establish a bass and drum dialog that explodes with fluid, spontaneous blasts of telepathy, an ever expanding, dynamic matrix. Dave Douglas is one of the leading trumpeters of his generation, and was recognized as "Trumpet player of the year" by the Down Beat critics poll for the first time in 2000. He continued that billing 13 times in the 15 years since. He has worked with John Zorn's Masada, Horace Silver, Anthony Braxton, Joe Lovano and many others. A transcendent style and sweeping vision. TRACK The Science of Imaginary Solutions (45:48) Recorded by Hiroyuki Sanada & Fuso Murase at The Drawing Center, NY, on August 19, 2016.

M.O.D. TECHNOLOGIES Releases ADAM RUDOLPH'S MOVING PICTURES GLARE OF THE TIGER AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE MARCH 10, 2017. HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM CD AVAILABLE VIA METARECORDS.COM CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO Adam Rudolph handrumset (kongos, djembe, tarija), sintir, cajon itotele, glockenspiel, gongs, percussion Alexis Marcelo fender rhodes, electric keyboards & hammond B3 Damon Banks electric bass Graham Haynes cornet, flugelhorn, electronics Hamid Drake drumset, percussion James Hurt sogo & kidi drums, oghene bell, okonkolo, fender rhodes, smart phone synthesizer module & sound design Kenny Wessel electric guitar, electronics Ralph M. Jones c flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, soprano & tenor saxophones husli, bamboo flutes New York, February 14, 2017 - We are excited to announce the first release by Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures in over five years. It is a perfect example of creative music looking to the future while expressing the sound of now. The amazing chemistry and collective language amongst the musicians reflects their many years of developing and performing Rudolph's concept. These musicians each have direct and personal connections to the roots and history of jazz as they have performed with and have been mentored by key figures in 20th century creative music such as Ornette Coleman, Yusef Lateef, Roy Haynes, Don Cherry, Sam Rivers, Jon Hassel and many more. The exceptional and modern, recorded sound of Glare of the Tiger was done by long-time collaborator James Dellatacoma, head engineer at Bill Laswell's Orange Music Studio. "This recording is the fullest realization of aesthetic and concept, which I have been developing for the past three decades. My aim was to compose music that inspired the musicians to express their inner voice, while still maintaining a clear focus on aesthetic and overall sound. It is my feeling that to honor tradition, one should look forward and not backward. The tradition is to sound like yourself and create a NEW music that reflects the NOW. To put it another way, Yusef Lateef often said to me, "Brother Adam, we are evolutionists." A Pioneer in World Music - The New York Times A Percussion Wizard - DownBeat TRACKS 01. Glare of the Tiger 13:44 02. Interlude One 0:25 03. Ecstaticized 5:43 04. Interlude Two 0:21 05. Rotations 6:00 06. Dialogics 4:06 07. Ciresque 7:31 08. Interlude Three 0:39 09. Lehra 3:08 10. Wonderings 12:43 11. Interlude Four 0:44 Compositions by Adam Rudolph. Produced, arranged, edited, mixed, processed by Adam Rudolph and James Dellatacoma.

"Horizonte," 3rd Album by Brazilian Pianist/Composer David Feldman, Set for March 10 Release Trio Date with Bassist André Vasconcellos & Drummer Márcio Bahia Features Guest Appearances by Guitarist Toninho Horta & Trombonist Raul de Souza February 14, 2017 With his new album Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro-based pianist David Feldman has fully come into his own as a composer artfully extending the samba jazz tradition. Feldman introduces his superlative working trio with bassist André Vasconcellos and drummer Márcio Bahia, and welcomes two very special guests to the proceedings, the legendary guitarist/composer Toninho Horta and the brilliant trombonist Raul de Souza. Horizonte will be released by Feldman's imprint, David Feldman Music, on March 10. "This album blurs the boundaries," Feldman says. "I'm trying to incorporate song forms into this language that's called samba jazz. But my music is going somewhere else and I don't know if we have a label for it yet. It's Brazilian and it's jazz, but not straight-ahead samba jazz." The great bossa nova vocalist Rosa Passos calls Horizonte "one of the best CDs of Brazillian instrumental music that has been released in the last 10 years." And composer Ivan Lins asserts that "hearing this music leaves in my soul a confirmation that the new generation that is making quality music today . . . will continue to keep up the beautiful reputation of Brazilian music." David Feldman with bassist André Vasconcellos, guitarist/composer Toninho Horta, and trombonist Raul de Souza. While Feldman focuses on his original compositions on the new CD, he includes three tunes by other artists. Horizonte opens with a fleet version of Oscar Castro-Neves's "Chora Tua Tristeza" and closes with a rhapsodic reading of Johnny Alf's "Céu e Mar," a standard from an earlier era. Toninho Horta's gorgeous "Soccer Ball" is the album's only quintet track. "You can't have Toninho on your album and not have him playing one of his songs," says Feldman. The leader's original pieces reflect a refined and supremely lyrical sensibility gleaned from deep listening and study of Brazilian and American masters. Among the album's numerous highlights, his "Adeus" stands out as the tune most likely to be picked up by fellow artists, with its graceful waltz feel and sumptuous melody. Horta is featured on the ballad "Tetê," and de Souza on the supple samba jazz of "Sliding Ways." Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1977, David Feldman grew up in a family immersed in European classical music. He started piano studies at four, and within a few years he began resisting the expectation that he should play only what was written on the page, preferring to elaborate on the score. Introduced to jazz by Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso," he sought out teachers versed in improvisation, eventually studying with Luiz Eça, the pianist from the pioneering Tamba Trio (and composer of the standard "The Dolphin"). Feldman eventually enrolled at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, graduating in 2002. While in New York he played with veteran masters like Slide Hampton, sat in with the Mingus Big Band, and performed with outstanding young musicians such as Matt Garrison and Eli Degibri. He forged particularly close ties with samba jazz pioneers Claudio Roditi and Duduka da Fonseca, appearing on three of the drummer's recent albums. "Duduka is a great influence on me," says Feldman, who continues to work with da Fonseca, performing in his trio and hiring him for trio gigs in New York. "I'd go to Duduka's place and he'd tell me stories about bossa nova. It's a style that feels very natural for me to play. Duduka introduced me to Claudio, another musician I admire a lot. They gave me this injection of samba jazz." A semi-finalist in the Montreux Jazz Festival's 2004 Solo Piano Competition, Feldman has thrived since moving back to Rio. He's performed widely at jazz festivals at home and abroad, maintained a steady presence in New York City, and released his critically hailed debut album in 2009. Featuring bassist Sérgio Barroso and drummer Paulo Braga, O Som do Beco das Garrafas is an homage to the musicians who forged the bossa nova sound in Bottles Alley, and focuses on well- known Brazilian standards by composers like Johnny Alf, João Donato, Carlos Lyra, and Jobim. He followed up in 2014 with the solo Piano, a project that showcases his keyboard command. "My thing is jazz and improvisation," he says. "The new album isn't about the pianism. I try to think like a movie director, always looking at the bigger picture, but I'm always thinking about bringing people into the music. I like things to sound simple, but with a lot of hidden complexity." "Soccer Ball": David Feldman Trio with Toninho Horta and Raul de Souza. Web Site: davidfeldmanmusic.com

Duane, I think the milk was delivered every other day because most families had only one car (at most), which Dad took to work. So Mom could get her fresh milk without the lengthy walk to the store. But that's just a guess. Anybody disagree?

Happy Birthday 2017 bFB! Have you found a better streaming site than Spotify to use?

Happy Birthday 2017 Joe!

With people like Ron Carter, Russell Malone and Victor Lewis on this date, I figured that this would be the type of music I like best, and it is. However, what makes it worth your while is that Dixon is a cellist; so the lead instrument is going to be one you probably don't have many jazz records of. If you will be in Montclair or Brooklyn next month, it might be worth your while to go see the band, and catch something different.

Here are a few more thoughts about this year's schedule. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/08/bombers-schedule-decidedly-mediocre/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/02/08/good-bad-hamiltons-2017-schedule/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/02/08/scratching-pod-much-ado-schedule/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/02/09/six-thoughts-redblacks-schedule/#comments ***** Two hours after he was cut by the Ticats today, Pete Dyakowski signed with the Argos. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/16/pete-dyakowski-signs-toronto-argonauts/#comments ***** Dan LeFevour has signed with Winnipeg. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/16/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-quarterback-dan-lefevour/#comments

Dana must be going nuts with all of these people signing with the Riders. The latest is Chad Owens! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/roughriders-sign-1.3985042

Happy Birthday 2017 ZA!

ECM Julia Hülsmann Trio Sooner And Later Julia Hülsmann: piano Marc Muellbauer: double bass Heinrich Köbberling: drums U.S. Release date: March 17, 2017 ECM 2547 B0026299-02 UPC: 6025 572 3858 7 For her sixth ECM album, Sooner and Later, German pianist Julia Hülsmann returns to the trio format heard on End of a Summer (2008) and Imprint (2011). With her acclaimed trio members, bassist Marc Muellbauer and drummer Heinrich Köbberling, still at the core, more recently she has been focused on adding personnel to her recordings such as the quartet heard on In Full View (2013), and the 2015 quintet album A Clear Midnight – Kurt Weill and America which featured singer Theo Bleckmann. Over the last years the trio has also embarked upon extensive travels to distant destinations – among them the US, Canada, Peru, Central Asia and China – during which “something special developed”, says Hulsmann. “When traveling you not only gain new perspectives, but also experience even long standing partners anew. It helped to open up new sonic territory for us”. A notable example is on the track “Biz Joluktuk” where those Central-Asian weeks find their most explicit expression. This is a tune the band heard in performance from a 12 year old violinist in Kyrgyzstan and which was later re-harmonized by Julia. As on their previous albums, all three members of the group have contributed compositions. “Heinrich’s pieces all start, as you would expect from a drummer, on a rhythmic level”, explains Hülsmann, “but then he always surprises me with his very friendly melodies. He infuses very special harmonic colors into our sound.” Whereas Marc Muellbauer’s compositions, as Hülsmann puts it, “are mostly based on quite complex, very clever harmonics – but when you finally play them, they reveal a great clarity and self-evidence.” And Hülsmann’s own pieces continue to be part of the band’s stage repertoire, “where they could develop and mature in a natural, organic way“, as the leader says. The track entitled “Thatpujai” is an anagram of the late German jazz pianist “Jutta Hipp” (February 4, 1925 – April 7, 2003), with its theme comprised of phrases from her solos. And the program is rounded out by a cover of Radiohead’s “All I Need” which, like the sometimes almost clubby grooves of Hülsmann-penned tracks “J.J.”, “Soon” or “Mond”, emphasizes the subtle rhythmic aspects of the trio’s music. Sooner and Later was recorded in September 2016 in Oslo’s Rainbow Studio, and produced by Manfred Eicher. * Julia Hülsmann (born in 1968 in Bonn) began playing piano when she was 11 and formed her first band at the age of 16. In 1991 she moved to Berlin and played in the Bundesjugendjazzorchestra under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer. After recordings featuring singers Roger Cicero, Rebekka Bakken, and Anna Lauvergnac, she brought her music to ECM. The album End of a Summer, emphasizing the unique character of her trio, marked a new beginning. Bassist Marc Muellbauer (born in London in 1968) also leads his own nine-piece band, Kaleidoscope and founded the Wood & Steel Trio. He has a wide musical background ranging from contemporary classical to tango, as well as jazz with diverse formations. Currently he is also a member of the Lisbeth Quartett. Muellbauer teaches double-bass at the Jazzinstitut Berlin. Drummer Heinrich Köbberling (born in Bad Arolsen/Hessen in 1967) has worked with Aki Takase, Ernie Watts, Anat Fort, Richie Beirach and many others: he has played on around 50 jazz albums. A 1997 leader date, “Pisces” included Marc Johnson and Ben Monder as sidemen. Köbberling teaches drums at the FMB Conservatory in Leipzig.

Yesterday saw some familiar names change teams, but today we have a big headline. Ernest Jackson has signed with the Alouettes. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/16/ernest-jackson-signs-alouettes-report/#comments ***** Andre Durie has retired. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/16/argonauts-slotback-andre-durie-announces-retirement-tweet/#comments ***** The Ticats have cut Pete Dyakowski. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/16/ticats-release-veteran-offensive-lineman-pete-dyakowski/#comments ***** Mitchell Gale has signed with Calgary. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/15/former-riders-qb-mitchell-gale-signs-stampeders/#comments ***** Chris Williams has signed with BC. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/15/receiver-chris-williams-agrees-terms/#comments ***** Phillip Hunt will go to Edmonton. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/15/eskimos-agree-terms-dl-phillip-hunt/#comments ***** Marc-Olivier Brouillette will go to Regina. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/15/riders-agree-terms-star-canadian-db-marc-olivier-brouillette/#comments ***** Winston Venable will go to Toronto. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/14/linebacker-winston-venable-agrees-to-terms-with-argos/#comments ***** Abdul Kanneh will go to Hamilton. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/14/two-time-star-db-abdul-kanneh-agrees-terms/#comments ***** Derek Dennis (2016 MOL) will go to Regina. http://3downnation.com/2017/02/14/derek-dennis-agrees-terms-riders/#comments

Happy Birthday 2017 Victor!