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Parks and Recreation - Season 7 - $9.96 prime https://www.amazon.com/Parks-Recreation-Season-Farewell/dp/B00SG15XW0

Happy Birthday 2016 gdogus!

Happy Birthday Ron!

John D. Loudermilk passed away Wednesday at 82. RIP. His Wikipedia page lists his most famous compositions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Loudermilk

As you may have noticed, I'm not finding the weekly picks like I used to in past years. 3Down Week 14 picks http://3downnation.com/2016/09/23/week-14-picks-no-respect-bombers-showdown-stamps/#comments ***** Curtis Rush Week 14 musings https://www.thestar.com/sports/argos/2016/09/20/redblacks-potent-offence-mired-in-dry-spell.html ***** Justin Dunk Week 14 picks http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/week-14-cfl-picks-steele-adds-riders-chances-vs-ticats/

Yes! Well, not till next year anyway. Justin Dunk - 10 college players currently not ranked by the Scouting Bureau. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/22/10-players-not-ranked-by-cfl-scouting-bureau-but-could-be/#comments ***** When Angelo Mosca met George Chuvalo. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/21/cool-story-time-george-chuvalo-met-angelo-mosca/#comments ***** This one is for Dana. Darrell Davis analyzes the Riders' playoff hopes. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/21/assessing-riders-minuscule-playoff-hopes/#comments ***** Drew Edwards - Are the Ticats any good? http://3downnation.com/2016/09/19/awkward-question-sure-ticats-actually-good/#comments ***** Week 14 game notes http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/22/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-14/ ***** Jamie Nye - Week 14 picks http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/21/weekly-predictor-will-blue-bombers-make-eight-straight/ ***** Week 14 checking down http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/21/checking-injury-bug-bites-ticats-week-14/ ***** The Stampeders have put Bakari Grant on the six-game list. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/20/bakari-grant-added-6-game-injured-list/ ***** The Stampeders' Junior Turner will be out at least two weeks. http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-turner-out-after-knee-surgery-1.571079

Steve Reich has been described by The Guardian as one of “a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history" and as “the greatest musical thinker of our time” by The New Yorker. Reich celebrates his 80th birthday on October 3, and The ECM Recordings brings together the landmark albums Music for 18 Musicians, Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase/Octet and Tehillim in a limited edition set to mark the occasion. Originally released in 1978, 1980 and 1982, each of these recordings had a decisive influence which continues to reverberate across musical idioms. The 3-CD box set includes a 44-page booklet with original liner notes by Steve Reich, a new essay by Paul Griffiths, and session photography by Deborah Feingold and Barbara Klemm. Kim Kashkashian viola / Lera Auerbach piano Armenian-American violist Kim Kashkashian, one of the major musical voices of ECM New Series, introduces a new duo with Russian composer-pianist Lera Auerbach. Their first recording together features Auerbach’s viola and piano version of Dmitri Shostakovich’s often playful 24 Preludes op. 34, and Auerbach’s own, darker, sonata for viola and piano, Arcanum. Lera Auerbach says, "Arcanum means ‘mysterious knowledge’, and I was fascinated by the inner voice within each of us, some may call it perhaps intuition, some may call it guided meditation, but there is some knowledge that we have, which we may not necessarily verbalize or rationalize, but that allows us to see the truth, to be guided, to seek answers.” Auerbach wrote her sonata for Kashkashian: “There is a quality of life-or-death-intensity to her performing, which is rare and wonderful.” Sopranos: Jaanika Kuusik, Jaanika Kilgi, Anna Mazurtšak, Eve Kopli-Scheiber / Altos: Kadri Hunt, Miina Pärn / Tenors: Mikk Dede, Anto Õnnis, Sander Pehk, Kuldar Schüts, Erik Salumäe, Endrik Üksvärav, Mikk Üleoja / Basses: Tõnis Kaumann, Taniel Kirikal, Ott Kask, Aare Külama / Jaan-Eik Tulve artistic director and conductor Mari Poll: violin / Johanna Vahermägi: viola / Heikko Remmel, Taavo Remmel: double bass / Robert Staak: lute / Toomas Vavilov: clarinet / Susanne Doll: organ The second ECM New Series album to fully showcase pure-toned Estonian vocal group Vox Clamantis is devoted to compositions by their great countryman, Arvo Pärt – whose music has been the most performed globally of any living composer over the past five years. This album – titled The Deer’s Cry after its first track, an incantatory work for a cappella mixed choir – is also the latest in an illustrious line of ECM New Series releases to feature Pärt’s compositions, the very music that inspired Manfred Eicher to establish the New Series imprint in 1984. Along with such classic works as Da pacem Domine, the new album includes first-time recordings of the a cappella pieces Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fátima and Habitare Fratres. There is also an a cappella version of Alleluia-Tropus, which Vox Clamantis previously recorded alongside instruments for the acclaimed New Series album Adam’s Lament. Rarely recorded material makes up nearly half of this new release, including three pieces with instrumental accompaniment: Von Angesicht zu Angesicht, Sei gelobt, du Baum and Veni Creator. Carolin Widmann violin / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Violinist Carolin Widmann brings together the last major orchestral works of two German composers: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Violin Concerto op 64, celebrated from the outset as a masterpiece, and Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto WoO 23, which had to wait for so many years to find due recognition as one of the greatest compositions of the Romantic era. Widmann leads the widely-acclaimed Chamber Orchestra of Europe in these inspired performances, recorded at Baden Baden’s Festspielhaus. Her earlier ECM recording, in 2007, of the Schumann violin sonatas received the highest international praise, including a Gramophone Award nomination and each of her releases since then – with music from Schubert to Morton Feldman, Xenakis and Tüür – has emphasized her resourcefulness. In 2013 she was named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards. ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019

Now let's finish up last weekend's games. Calgary 48....Ottawa 23 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2327/ottawa-redblacks-vs-calgary-stampeders/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2327/ottawa-redblacks-vs-calgary-stampeders/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2327/ottawa-redblacks-vs-calgary-stampeders/#preview http://www.cfl.ca/games/2327/ottawa-redblacks-vs-calgary-stampeders/#videos http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/cfl-30-week-13-redblacks-vs-stampeders%7E955617 ***** Sask 26....Edmonton 23 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2328/edmonton-eskimos-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2328/edmonton-eskimos-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2328/edmonton-eskimos-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#preview http://www.cfl.ca/games/2328/edmonton-eskimos-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#videos http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/cfl-eskimos-23-roughriders-26-ot~953947 http://3downnation.com/2016/09/18/joy-riderville-saskie-posts-improbable-comeback-win-esks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/18/riders-claim-second-victory-ugly-dramatic-fashion/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/19/latest-esks-loss-deja-vu/#comments ***** The Ticats have traded QB BJ Daniels back to the Riders. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/19/riders-re-acquire-qb-b-j-daniels-deal-ticats/#comments ***** Justin Dunk - 9 thoughts on 9 teams http://3downnation.com/2016/09/19/nine-thoughts-nine-teams-2-7/#comments ***** The Ticats are banged up. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/20/ticats-injury-list-long-scary/#comments ***** Two more comments on the Als' situation. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/13/3min-3down-not-well-alouettes/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/19/3min-3down-jim-popp-montreal/#comments

Let's finish up with Week 12. I gave you the videos on the 13th, so I'll skip them this time. BC 38....Montreal 27 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2321/montreal-alouettes-vs-bc-lions/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2321/montreal-alouettes-vs-bc-lions/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2321/montreal-alouettes-vs-bc-lions/#preview http://3downnation.com/2016/09/10/jeremiah-johnsons-runs-roughshod-alouettes-lions-win/#comments ***** Winnipeg 17....Sask 10 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2322/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2322/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2322/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#preview http://3downnation.com/2016/09/10/riders-no-one-blame-banjo-bowl-loss/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/11/bombers-finish-sweep-riders-_-thoughts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/11/bombers-win-banjo-bowl-extend-win-streak-six/#comments ***** Calgary 34....Edmonton 28 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2323/calgary-stampeders-vs-edmonton-eskimos/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2323/calgary-stampeders-vs-edmonton-eskimos/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2323/calgary-stampeders-vs-edmonton-eskimos/#preview http://3downnation.com/2016/09/11/stamps-esks-now-unbeaten-10/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/11/five-annoying-things-esks-loss-stampeders/#comments ***** Toronto 33....Hamilton 21 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2324/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-toronto-argonauts/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2324/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-toronto-argonauts/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2324/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-toronto-argonauts/#preview http://3downnation.com/2016/09/11/collaros-pummelled-lefevour-shines-argos-ticats/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/12/good-bad-hamiltons-loss-argos/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/15/dan-lefevour-gets-groove-back/#comments ***** Now let's look at today's headlines. Malcolm Kelly 9/20 power rankings http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-1.3770366 cfl.ca 9/20 power rankings http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/20/nissan-titan-power-rankings-redblacks-rise/ ***** BC has signed Terrell Sinkfield. http://www.tsn.ca/radio/vancouver-1040-i-1410/lions-get-lift-with-sinkfield-signing-1.569974 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/19/lions-sign-receiver-terrell-sinkfield/ ***** The Riders sent Shane Herbert to the Ticats for a neg list name. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/19/tiger-cats-acquire-db-herbert-from-riders/ http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-acquire-db-herbert-from-riders-1.569627 ***** Now let's start with last weekend's games. Hamilton 20....Montreal 17 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2325/montreal-alouettes-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2325/montreal-alouettes-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2325/montreal-alouettes-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#preview http://www.cfl.ca/games/2325/montreal-alouettes-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#videos http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/cfl-30-week-13-alouettes-vs-tiger-cats%7E955613 http://3downnation.com/2016/09/16/ticats-earn-last-second-win-alouettes/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/17/good-bad-hamiltons-ugly-win-alouettes/#comments ***** Winnipeg 46....Toronto 29 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2326/toronto-argonauts-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2326/toronto-argonauts-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2326/toronto-argonauts-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#preview http://www.cfl.ca/games/2326/toronto-argonauts-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#videos http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/cfl-30-week-13-argonauts-vs-blue-bombers~955615 http://3downnation.com/2016/09/17/argos-fail-defuse-red-hot-bombers/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/17/bombers-push-winning-streak-seven-ahead-tough-contest-calgary-_-thoughts/#comments ***** Week 13 Plays of the Week http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/19/mcduffie-goes-untouched-all-the-way-into-wk-13-kegsize-plays-of-the-week/

SHIRLEY HORN "Reflecting and Reminiscing" WATCH NOW! Resonance's Newly Produced 33-Minute Music Documentary Below Shirley Horn - "Reflecting and Reminiscing" paints a loving portrait of the great jazz vocalist and pianist, from her quaint family life in Washington D.C. to the bright lights of Las Vegas. Follow Resonance producer and fellow Washington D.C. native, Zev Feldman, on a journey through the Live at the 4 Queens recording and Horn's legacy, bringing to life voices from the liner notes including Steve Williams, James Gavin, Sheila Jordan, Rusty Hassan, Jean-Philippe Allard, Sheila Mathis and Rainy Smith - all sharing memories, feelings and insights about the legendary songstress. "At Resonance we're really passionate about creating genuinely interesting promotional material about our projects that draw people in. Since Shirley Horn is such a personal artist for me, I wanted to go the extra mile and let our talented engineer and video director Fran Gala stretch out a little more on this one. I don't know of any other record label that invests the time and energy into creating such special experiences for their albums, and if you're not familiar with the great Shirley Horn, Reflecting and Reminiscing and Live at the 4 Queens are great places to start!" - Zev Feldman

Happy Birthday 2016 Niels!

I'll get to the ball games later today. The breaking new is that Jim Popp has stepped down as head coach of the Als. Jacques Chapdelaine will be the interim coach. http://www.tsn.ca/popp-steps-down-chapdelaine-named-als-interim-head-coach-1.569696 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/19/als-popp-relinquishes-coaching-duties-chapdelaine-named-interim-head-coach/ http://3downnation.com/2016/09/19/jim-popp-steps-alouettes-head-coach/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/18/deciphering-comes-next-montreal/#comments

Now Dunk's report on Popp is being denied. http://www.tsn.ca/reed-denies-reports-popp-stepping-down-as-als-head-coach-1.568825

Justin Dunk reports that the Als players have been told that Jim Popp will be replaced as head coach before their next game. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/17/alouettes-players-told-popp-head-coach/#comments

3Down Week 13 picks http://3downnation.com/2016/09/16/week-13-picks-glimmer-hope-riderville/#comments ***** The league has decided to no longer include the articles of Justin Dunk and Rod Pedersen on its website. Apparently their scoops and opinions bothered some of the teams. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/16/cfl-punts-dunk-pedersen-website/#comments ***** This year's Hall of Famers were inducted this weekend. Doug Brown James West Rodney Harding Mookie Wilson Don MacDonald (builder) http://3downnation.com/2016/09/14/cfl-brings-hall-famers-back-hamilton/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/16/derrell-mookie-mitchell-among-legends-honoured-hamilton/ ***** Should Kevin Glenn be elected to the Hall of Fame when the time comes? Gary Lawless says yes. http://www.tsn.ca/the-rouge-glenn-is-having-hall-of-fame-career-1.567430

Wolfgang Muthspiel guitar, Ambrose Akinmusire trumpet, Brad Mehldau piano, Larry Grenadier double-bass, Brian Blade drums Wolfgang Muthspiel – whom The New Yorker has called “a shining light” among today’s jazz guitarists – made his ECM leader debut in 2014 with the trio disc Driftwood, featuring him alongside two long-time colleagues, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Brian Blade. All About Jazz declared the album “sublime,” while JazzTimes praised its “rapt atmospheres,” calling Driftwood “haunting.” For his follow-up – Rising Grace – the Austrian guitarist has convened a very special quintet, adding jazz luminary Brad Mehldau on piano and a star among young trumpeters, Ambrose Akinmusire, to the subtly virtuosic Grenadier/Blade rhythm section. Muthspiel moves between electric guitar and classically tinged acoustic six-string, his playing by turns grooving (“Boogaloo”) and enchanting (“Rising Grace”). The lyrical flights of Akinmusire’s trumpet and the probing improvisations of Mehldau run through Muthspiel’s rich set of compositions like golden threads, the tracks including a warm tribute to a late, great ECM artist, Kenny Wheeler (“Den Wheeler, Den Kenny”). Rising Grace also includes a deeply melodious piece that Mehldau composed especially for the album, “Wolfgang’s Waltz.” ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019

Let's get started with some post-Sept. 1 items. Winnipeg 28....Sask 25 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2318/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2318/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2318/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#preview http://www.cfl.ca/games/2318/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#videos http://3downnation.com/2016/09/04/kicking-coaching-cost-riders-labour-day-classic/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/04/bombers-win-final-labour-day-classic-mosaic-stadium-penalty-aided-final-drive-14-thoughts/#comments ***** Calgary 45....Edmonton 24 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2319/edmonton-eskimos-vs-calgary-stampeders/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2319/edmonton-eskimos-vs-calgary-stampeders/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2319/edmonton-eskimos-vs-calgary-stampeders/#preview http://www.cfl.ca/games/2319/edmonton-eskimos-vs-calgary-stampeders/#videos ***** Hamilton 49....Toronto 36 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2320/toronto-argonauts-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#boxscore http://www.cfl.ca/games/2320/toronto-argonauts-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#playbyplay http://www.cfl.ca/games/2320/toronto-argonauts-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#preview http://www.cfl.ca/games/2320/toronto-argonauts-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#videos http://3downnation.com/2016/09/05/ticats-take-argos-true-labour-day-classic/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/06/good-bad-labour-day-classic-lived-name/#comments ***** Drew Edwards analyzes the league's Labor Day television ratings. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/09/decoding-cfls-fuzzy-tv-numbers/#comments ***** Now some news from today. Cato still hasn't cooled down. We'll see how this affects his performance. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/15/alouettes-qb-rakeem-cato-storms-interview/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/14/a-day/#comments ***** The Scouting Bureau has released its September rankings. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/15/senior-headlines-central-scouting-bureau-september-rankings/ http://3downnation.com/2016/09/15/breaking-2016-cfl-scouting-bureau/#comments ***** Week 13 game notes http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/15/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-13/ ***** Week 13 picks Curtis Rush https://www.thestar.com/sports/argos/2016/09/13/bombers-forced-to-add-wrinkles-to-offence-after-argos-trade.html Door Flies Open (Who?) http://doorfliesopen.com/index.php/2016/09/14/cfl-beat-16/

Happy Birthday gs!

This one is a big surprise to me. No offense to Owen Cordle, but I didn't expect to like it. Instead, this is one of my top albums of the year. It is very modern by my standards, though some of you might disagree. Considering that this is a pianist's tribute to another pianist, I'm surprised that the piano doesn't stand out here.

Week 13 picks Dan Ralph http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/cfl/tj-heath-drew-willy-dont-have-to-wait-long-to-see-former-teammates-393484231.html Jamie Nye http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/14/weekly-predictor-will-argos-make-two-straight/ ***** Justin Dunk - 9 thoughts on 9 teams http://3downnation.com/2016/09/12/nine-thoughts-nine-teams-2-6/#comments ***** 9/13 checking down http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/14/checking-eyes-andrew-harris-heading-week-13/ ***** Calvin McCarty broke his leg, so the Eskimos put him on the six-game injured list. http://www.tsn.ca/eskimos-fb-mccarty-placed-on-six-game-ir-1.566122

photo credit: Kenny Schick JENNY MAYBEE & NICK PHILLIPS Present HAIKU BOLSTERED BY PIANIST/VOCALIST JENNY MAYBEE, NICK PHILLIPS RETURNS WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF INSPIRATIONAL JAZZ RECORDINGS. AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE NOW. Nick Phillips Trumpet Jenny Maybee Piano, Vocals on tracks 1-4, 6, 9, 11 Paul Eastburn Acoustic Bass New York - Haiku - the premiere recording collaboration between multifaceted pianist/vocalist/songwriter/arranger, Jenny Maybee, and veteran jazz record producer/trumpet player/songwriter/arranger, Nick Phillips - is a mesmerizing mix of vocal and instrumental jazz recordings in which refreshingly original compositions and imaginative arrangements of standards are brought to life with inspired, risk-taking, live-in-the-studio performances. The Maybee/Phillips musical partnership began with a chance meeting at the 2014 West Coast Songwriter's conference. They discovered a shared love for music arising from a place of stillness conveying frequencies of appreciation and awe. Focusing their shared musical exploration on creating anenvironment for relaxed improvisation, the duo organically developed original compositions and reimagined favorite standards, for the pure joy of making music together. Opportunity knocked when Cookie Marenco - an esteemed, audiophile engineer/producer with several GRAMMY® nominated recordings to her credit-approached Phillips about recording his next project at her legendary OTR Studios. Marenco's proprietary Extended Sound Environment (E.S.E.) recording technique and state-of-the-art, ultra-high-resolution audio technology-Quad-rate DSD, aka DSD256, which records at a sampling frequency that's 256 times that of a CD-captures Maybee and Phillips' stirring and nuanced performances in a breath-taking sonic landscape that is at once warm and intimate, yet detailed and spacious. While the recording technology is leading edge, the approach was decidedly "old school": Three musicians-Jenny Maybee (piano, vocals), Nick Phillips (trumpet), and Paul Eastburn (acoustic bass)- together in the studio for an afternoon. No headphones, no isolation between musicians, no overdubs, no Auto-Tune. Just real, responsive, in-the-moment jazz in complete, unedited takes. Although record producer Phillips is no stranger to working with jazz vocalists - having been at the helm of acclaimed jazz vocal projects, including GRAMMY®-nominated albums by Karrin Allyson and Nnenna Freelon - Haiku marks his first album collaboration with a vocalist as a co-leader and recording artist. And while pianist Maybee has long been a fixture in envelope-pushing improvisation ensembles in the San Francisco Bay Area, Haiku marks the multi-talented artist's long-overdue recording debut as a jazz vocalist. http://maybeephillips.com TRACKS 1. HAIKU (Nick Phillips-Clifford Goldmacher) 6:58 2. YOU (Nick Phillips-Clifford Goldmacher) 6:35 3. INTERSTELLAR (Jenny Maybee) 5:18 4. THE MEANING OF THE BLUES (Bobby Troup-Leah Worth) 5:33 5. BLUE MONK (Thelonious Monk) 4:55 6. THE SETTING SUN (Jenny Maybee) 4:03 7. AUTUMN MOON (Paul Eastburn-Jenny Maybee-Nick Phillips) 2:16 8. WINTER BUTTERFLIES (Jenny Maybee) 5:55 9. HEAVEN (Jenny Maybee) 5:13 10. IDYLL SURREAL (Nick Phillips) 6:14 11. NOW AND THEN (Nick Phillips-Jenny Maybee) 7:01 ABOUT JENNY MAYBEE Jenny Maybee is a classically-trained jazz pianist and vocalist whoapproaches music as the art of expressing the human body through song-structures and improvisation. Her compositions are inspired by her studies of the martial and healing arts and the vast sonic landscape of jazz and world music. Her playing reflects her range of exploration, dancing from stunning open space and intricate use of silence to powerful rhythmic intensity. Drawn to the San Francisco Bay Area to complete her law degree at U.C. Berkeley, she has recorded and played in jazz groups including her own trio, the Empty Chamber Ensemble, the Heftpistole Chamber Ensemble, and Noertker's Moxie. www.jennymaybeemusic.com ABOUT NICK PHILLIPS Perhaps best-known as a jazz record producer-with credits on countless internationally-distributed releases including more than a dozen GRAMMY-nominated projects-Nick Phillips' warm-toned, lyrical jazz trumpet playing was put in the spotlight in 2014 with release of his own debut album, Moment to Moment, co-led with jazz pianist Cava Menzies. Cracking the top 20 of the Billboard Jazz chart, reaching the top 30 and spending nine consecutive weeks on the JazzWeek chart, and garnering both a 4-star review and a coveted spot on DownBeat magazine's "Best Jazz Albums of 2014" list, the album drew laudatory comparisons to the work of jazz trumpet legends Miles Davis ("The Ballads Album Miles Davis Never Recorded" -East Bay Express) and Chet Baker ("... pristine, and moving, trumpet sound...Phillips nods to his predecessor's [Baker's] fragility but also imparts a feeling of strength that comes through a sense of restraint." -DownBeat). www.NickPhillipsMusic.com

“To hear composers take my work and take it seriously … it’s a thrill.” – Stephen Sondheim US concert pianist Anthony de Mare pays tribute to Stephen Sondheim in a fascinating project. De Mare invited composers from a broad variety of genres – from Sondheim’s own world of musical theater to jazz, classical, pop, film and beyond – to “re-imagine” a Sondheim song of their choice as a solo piano piece. Contributing re-composers included Steve Reich, Wynton Marsalis, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson, William Bolcom, Duncan Sheik, Nico Muhly, Eve Beglarian, Gabriel Kahane, Thomas Newman, Jake Heggie, and more - in total, 36 composers, ranging in age from 30 – 75 and representing seven countries and 29 Grammy, Pulitzer, Tony, Academy and Emmy Awards! “Each of the composers is having a conversation with Mr. Sondheim,” Anthony de Mare told the New York Times, “with his material but also his influence, his musical wit and his craft.” PRESS REACTION “Breathtaking… It’s thrilling to hear just how much material there is in a Sondheim creation for another composer to seize on… many of the composers give de Mare plenty of opportunities for virtuoso showing off – which he grabs with gusto. The whole undertaking is a triumph.” – Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle “Stephen Sondheim, the undisputed master of the American music theater, enjoys plaudits from Broadway babies and classical connoisseurs alike. The indefatigable pianist Anthony De Mare does him deserved honor with this project in which an impressive collection of composers were commissioned to write “answer” pieces to Sondheim’s songs” – Russell Platt, The New Yorker “A fascinating and ambitious project… (The songs’ ) essence remains, but in most cases they sound utterly new, allowing the listener to reconsider the originals in previously unimaginable ways.” – Peter Margasak, The Chicago Reader “The result is a brand new world-class piano repertory that reveals Sondheim’s influence across multiple genres, generations and continents, making the case for him as one of the 20th century’s greatest composers.” – Broadwayworld.com “An astonishing three-CD recording that explores, distorts, and honors…” – Jesse Green, New York Magazine ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019

Happy Birthday 2016 Dan!

Sopranos: Jaanika Kuusik, Jaanika Kilgi, Anna Mazurtšak, Eve Kopli-Scheiber/ Altos: Kadri Hunt, Miina Pärn / Tenors: Mikk Dede, Anto Õnnis, Sander Pehk, Kuldar Schüts, Erik Salumäe, Endrik Üksvärav, Mikk Üleoja / Basses: Tõnis Kaumann, Taniel Kirikal, Ott Kask, Aare Külama / Jaan-Eik Tulve: artistic director and conductor Mari Poll: violin / Johanna Vahermägi: viola / Heikko Remmel, Taavo Remmel: double bass / Robert Staak: lute / Toomas Vavilov: clarinet / Susanne Doll: organ The second ECM New Series album to fully showcase the pure-toned Estonian vocal group Vox Clamantis is devoted to compositions by their great countryman, Arvo Pärt – whose music has been the most performed globally of any living composer over the past five years. Two premiere recordings appear with classic a cappella works and rarely recorded material including three pieces with instrumental accompaniment. ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019 Atmosphères Tigran Hamasyan/Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang This far-reaching double album, recorded and mixed in three days in Lugano, introduces a new quartet with Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang. The Norwegians had played in diverse configurations on ECM - Jan Bang on Eivind Aarset’s Dream Logic, for instance, and Bang and Aarset on Arve Henriksen’s Cartography - but with Hamasyan at the center of the sound, bringing with him ancient folk melodies transfigured in the compositions of Komitas, other inspirations come into play. All four players are at a creative peak here, whether freely reflecting upon Armenian themes or spontaneously shaping atmospheric soundscapes together. ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019 Andrew Cyrille drums, percussion | Bill Frisell guitar | Richard Teitelbaum synthesizer, piano | Ben Street double-bass The great avant-jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille – whose associations have ranged from a long, vintage collaboration with Cecil Taylor to co-leading current all-star collective Trio 3 with Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman – makes his ECM leader debut with The Declaration of Musical Independence. Featuring a quartet with guitar luminary Bill Frisell, keyboardist Richard Teitelbaum and bassist Ben Street, the album kicks off with an artfully oblique interpretation of John Coltrane’s “Coltrane Time,” led by Cyrille’s solo drum intro. The disc then features a sequence of sonically arresting originals, including Street’s luminous “Say…” and Frisell’s deeply felt “Kaddish” and “Song for Andrew,” with Frisell’s guitar alternately cutting and billowing, the edge evoking some of his most illustrious past ECM performances. There are three atmospheric spontaneous compositions by the band – including the dynamic soundscape “Dazzling (Perchordally Yours)” - that highlight Cyrille’s individual sense of percussive drama. Cyrille appeared on classic ECM and WATT LPs by the likes of Marion Brown, Carla Bley and the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, but this album puts a deserved spotlight on an icon of jazz drumming. Jakob Bro guitar | Thomas Morgan double bass | Joey Baron drums On his second leader album for ECM – following on from the prizewinning Gefion - Danish guitarist Jakob Bro continues to refine his trio project, with its emphases on melody, sound, space, layered textures and interaction. The rapport between Bro and Thomas Morgan (Bro calls him “my musical soul mate”) has become something extraordinary, and often guitarist and bassist develop improvisational ideas in parallel. There’s an historical aptness, too, in the choice of Joey Baron as the band’s new drummer, for Bro first encountered Morgan when the bassist was playing in Baron’s band a decade ago… On Streams Joey Baron dives into the music’s detail with obvious pleasure. This recording features five new Bro pieces: “Opal”, “Full Moon Europa”, “Shell Pink”, “Sisimiut” and “Heroines” (heard in both a trio version and a particularly lovely solo version). Completing the album’s repertoire is the freely improvised “PM Dream”, dedicated to the late Paul Motian. Jakob’s approach to melody acknowledges the influence of Motian, and both Bro and Morgan played in the late drummer’s ensembles. Streams was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in November 2015 and produced by Manfred Eicher. Giovanni Guidi piano | Gianluca Petrella trombone | Louis Sclavis clarinet, bass clarinet | Gerald Cleaver drums Pianist Giovanni Guidi and trombonist Gianluca Petrella, key figures in what some are hailing as a “golden age” of Italian jazz, found their strong improvisational rapport inside Enrico Rava’s band (see for instance the 2010 ECM album Tribe) and, keen to play more, formed the duo Soupstar, giving many concerts in which they are intermittently joined by guests. For this studio recording, producer Manfred Eicher brought the dynamic duo together with US drummer Gerald Cleaver and French clarinetist Louis Sclavis, for an outgoing set of music which includes lyrical free improvising and tunes composed by Giovanni and Gianluca. The piece called “Gato!” tips the hat to Mr Barbieri, and title track “Ida Lupino” serves double duty as a salute to composer Carla Bley in her 80th year (Petrella once played in a big band under Carla’s direction) and as a tribute to Paul Bley, who popularized the tune and influenced so many improvisers (not least Giovanni Guidi). ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019 Tora Augestad vocal / Trygve Seim saxophones Frode Haltli accordion / Svante Henryson violoncello Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim sets the mystical poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), one of the wisest thinkers of the ages, using the inspired contemporary English-language versions of Coleman Barks as his source texts. Trygve responds both to the musicality of Barks’s translations and to Rumi’s gifts as a storyteller and with Rumi Songs seems to have invented a new kind of Lieder with a Nordic-Oriental orientation. Tora Augestad is a highly experienced classical mezzo-soprano, who has recently been performing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with members of the Oslo Philharmonic. She finds a more intimate tone to convey Rumi’s thoughts, which are underlined by the elegant arrangements for sax, accordion and cello. Iro Haarla piano, harp / Hayden Powell trumpet / Trygve Seim soprano & tenor saxophones Ulf Krokfors double bass / Mika Kallio drums & percussion Norrlands Operans Symfoniorkester / Jukka Iisakkila, conductor Ante Lucem, a powerful suite for jazz quintet and symphony orchestra by Finnish pianist/harpist/composer Iro Haarla, was premiered at the Umeå Jazz Festival in October 2012. It was recorded at the Concert Hall of NorrlandsOperan in Umeå, and the album is drawn both from the premiere concert and from sessions on the following days. Ante Lucem is comprised of four separate yet closely linked pieces which reflect in different ways, the composer says, upon the “struggle between darkness and light.” In a review of the premiere for Allaboutjazz, John Kelman observed that “Haarla’s writing moved from maelstrom-like turbulence to deeper melancholy … Whether it was more dramatic turns with the full orchestra or breakdowns into smaller subsets, it was an evocative and provocative performance.” Frode Haltli accordion / Trondheim Soloists / Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan violin / Ralf Ehlers viola Lucas Fels violoncello) The innovative Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli is heard here with chamber orchestra, with string quartet and solo, performing music written for him by Danish composers Bent Sørensen and Hans Abrahamsen. Sørensen, he notes, has been an influence on his development as a player, challenging perceptions of what can be achieved on the accordion through tone control and nuances in soft dynamics, a subject explored in detail on It is Pain Flowing Down Softly on a White Wall, where Haltli is heard with the Trondheim Soloists. Hans Abrahamsen’s Three Little Nocturnes find the accordionist in the company of the redoubtable Arditti Quartet. For the title composition Air, Hans Abrahamsen returned, at Frode Haltli’s suggestion, to the early solo work Canzona, reworking until it became a new piece “characterized by a great sense of peace and a cohesive form”. ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019