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Happy Birthday 2016 vajerzy!

Michael Nesmith - OAC - $11.75 + $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-MICHAEL-NESMITH/dp/B00ZWMFZ3I ***** Harry Nilsson - OAC - $11.61 + $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-HARRY-NILSSON/dp/B002JI8MNI ***** David Sanborn - OAS - $11.77 + $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Series-DAVID-SANBORN/dp/B003U7RP76

Sonny Rollins - OAC - $11.99 prime http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-5-CD/dp/B003JA5MKQ/

Let's continue on. The Stampeders released Juwan Simpson. http://3downnation.com/2016/01/04/stamps-cut-ties-with-veteran-linebacker-simpson/#comments ***** Barron Miles will join the Eskimos' coaching staff this year. Markus Howell will be the Riders' new receivers coach. http://3downnation.com/2016/01/05/bombers-lose-two-from-coaching-staff/#comments ***** The Redblacks traded Mo Price to the Riders for two draft picks. http://3downnation.com/2016/01/11/the-price-was-wrong/#comments ***** Duron Carter has been let go by Indianapolis, and is now a free agent. http://3downnation.com/2016/01/13/bombers-interested-in-free-agent-duron-carter/#comments ***** Mike Benevides will be the Eskimos' new DC this year. http://3downnation.com/2016/01/14/eskimos-hire-benevides-as-defensive-coordinator/#comments ***** Shawn Lemon asked the Redblacks to release him so that he could try out for NFL teams. But 37 days later, he signed with the Riders. Something's wrong here. http://3downnation.com/2016/01/14/lemon-leaves-bitter-taste-in-nations-capital/#comments

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Live Anthology (4 CDs) - $12.97 prime http://www.amazon.com/The-Live-Anthology-4-CD/dp/B002P4VUNU

Thanks for that Times link, BF! I have always associated him primarily with The Yardbirds.

I''ll continue soon with the events of December, but I thought you would like to know promptly that Chris Jones surprised everyone yesterday by releasing both Weston Dressler and John Chick! http://www.tsn.ca/riders-cut-chick-dressler-sign-lemon-1.422997 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/01/14/riders-release-dressler-chick/

Happy Birthday 2016 HBJ!

The NFL has approved both the Rams and the Chargers returning to Los Angeles. The Chargers are said to have an "option." http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/01/12/rams-to-relocate-to-los-angeles-chargers-have-option-to-join.html If the Chargers decline to exercise their option, the Raiders will have the right to move.

I think I would start a college, and only the people who agree with me could be on the faculty.

LOL! I want to talk about the Royal Bank of Scotland and whether there will be a worldwide collapse of the economy this year, and you guys want to talk about Alex Jones!

Larry, thanks fore the link. That was an enjoyable read. I have found that InfoWars is one of those sites which thinks that the Democrats and Republicans are all in it together. Their views are not mainstream, but I have never known them to lie. A well-respected economist named Paul Craig Roberts submits a column from time to time. And Donald Trump made an appearance and complimented the site a few weeks ago. Thanks, TD. I didn't know that. I will be interested to see how the British stock market tomorrow reacts to the RBS advisory. And now I see that Bing is highlighting this story. https://www.bing.com/search?q=RBS+sell+everything&filters=tnTID%3a%2294C9CDA5-CFA4-4ac4-B200-4E55BA445892%22+tnVersion%3a%221243622%22+segment%3a%22popularnow.carousel%22+tnCol%3a%228%22+tnOrder%3a%22e68e4ee5-e645-4c98-9032-59581e09a4f5%22&FORM=BSPN01&crslsl=0

The Royal Bank of Scotland today predicted a major depression in 2016, and recommended to its clients that they sell everything except "high quality bonds." http://www.infowars.com/great-depression-2-0-sell-everything-2016-cataclysmic-year-for-stocks-warns-rbs/ RBS is respected, right? Is this something being discussed on UK radio or television? What do you think?

Frank Malzone passed away on the 28th at 85. RIP. I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1973, and he was a very nice guy. Always smiling. I learned just last year that the first year the Golden Glove Awards were given out (1957), they only gave out one per position. Then the following year they started giving one per position for each league. Malzone won it in '57, and thus could say that the writers considered him the best fielding third baseman in the majors. Then Brooks Robinson came along, and started winning them every year, I think starting in 1960 or 1961. As you can see, the New York Times considered Malzone to be worthy of a lengthy obit. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/sports/frank-malzone-star-fielder-for-boston-red-sox-dies-at-85.html?_r=0

Happy Birthday 2016 Andy!

I like this guy. I'll look forward to hearing this one. Saxophonist/Composer Russ Nolan's First Live Recording, "Sanctuary from the Ordinary: Live at Firehouse 12," To Be Released February 12 By His Rhinoceruss Music Imprint His Quartet Features Pianist Mike Eckroth, Bassist Daniel Foose, Drummer Brian Fishler CD Release Shows Include Stops in Chicago (Jazz Showcase 4/13) & Akron (BLU Jazz 4/9) January 11, 2016 Saxophonist/composer/arranger Russ Nolan has been documenting his explorations of Latin rhythms and modern jazz harmony on record since the release of his 2004 debut, Two Colors. He has worked with special guests like percussionist Victor Rendon and pianists Kenny Werner and Manuel Valera while deepening ties with players who eventually coalesced into his working group. For his sixth CD, Nolan set himself up for a new challenge by recording the session live in performance. The inspired results may be heard on Sanctuary from the Ordinary: Live at Firehouse 12, which will be released on the saxophonist's Rhinoceruss Music label on February 12. In the company of pianist Mike Eckroth ("one of the best in combining jazz and Latin and salsa"), bassist Daniel Foose (a fellow University of North Texas alum), and longtime drummer Brian Fishler ("he sounds good on everything"), Nolan presented his music to the appreciative audience at the popular New Haven, Connecticut jazz venue/state-of-the-art recording studio. "It was both an exciting and scary endeavor," he says. "We had one night and one take per tune, but there is no substitute for playing in front of people that gave back as much as we gave them. I believe it's our best effort to date." The program opens with a striking reworking of Thelonious Monk's "Green Chimneys," keyed to bata drum and New Orleans second line accents. On the title song, mambo and straight-ahead funk commingle. On the amusingly titled original "Stravinsky's Mambo," a 12-tone row is combined with a mambo beat -- and a Bitches Brew-type groove. Nolan gained proficiency in Latin rhythms in an unusual way -- by not only learning salsa dancing, but also becoming a stylish expert at it. "The Latin dancing made me stronger rhythmically," he says. "Playing good time is usually the last thing horn players develop, and dancing has helped me get the rhythm in my body much in the same way a drummer develops four-way coordination." Sanctuary from the Ordinary offers a wide variety of Latin-influenced sounds -- including tango on the lovely "Take 2," written for his wife while they were honeymooning in Buenos Aires -- as well as some non-Latin surprises. "Memorial Day" is based on the haunting recurring theme of the Netflix series, House of Cards. "It's slow and incredibly simple, as written," he says. "I was inspired by the changes in harmony." The Illinois native (b. 1968) started out on clarinet at age 10 while attending school in Gurnee, but sports took precedence and Nolan envisioned becoming a professional athlete. Albums by Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, and the Brecker Brothers turned his head around, however, and he eventually entered the esteemed jazz program at North Texas State (now the University of North Texas). Nolan moved to Chicago after graduation and studied with local saxophonist Rich Corpolongo and with visiting New Yorkers Dave Liebman, Chris Potter, and Kenny Werner. Nolan also studied with Dave Bloom, founder of the Bloom School of Jazz, whose words of wisdom have reverberated through the years for him. "I learned a lot about appealing to non-musicians from Dave, to the people who were paying to see you," he says. "One of his messages to musicians was to stop babbling, stop playing all those notes. People were drawn to melody and rhythm, not to how fast or complicated you could play." Since relocating to New York City in 2000 (encouraged by the visiting pros he'd taken lessons from in Chicago), Nolan has put the pieces of his career as a saxophonist, writer, arranger, and clinician together. He's emerged as a prolific recording artist. And he's connected with the city's burgeoning pan-American scene, for the last three years leading a salsa band that performs for dancers. Nolan also tours regularly, with the following dates in support of Sanctuary from the Ordinary presently in place: 4/1 Duke's Southern Table, Newark, NJ; 4/9 BLU Jazz, Akron, OH; 4/13 Jazz Showcase, Chicago; 4/17 Redstone Room @ River Music Experience, Davenport, IA; 4/21 Black Hawk College, Moline, IL. Web Site: russnolan.com

I can't say that I was a fan, but he sure was popular in the '70s and later. It appeared to me that people in the business considered him to be a visionary. Anyone have any favorite stories?

Happy Birthday 2016 7/4!

Joe, under the $43 price, you will see "28 New from $5.64." Click on "28 New," and you will go to the page that offers the box for $5.64, noting that the seller is Amazon. It says, "Temporarily Out of Stock," but when I placed my order, I was surprised to find that they offered the AutoRip download immediately.

Coltrane - Complete 1961 Village Vanguard (with AutoRip) - $5.64 (Prime) http://www.amazon.com/Complete-1961-Village-Vanguard-Recordings/dp/B000003NA3

Tenor Saxophonist/Composer Matt Parker Debuts His Trio With Bassist Alan Hampton & Drummer Reggie Quinerly On "Present Time," To Be Released February 12 By Parker's BYNK Records CD Is a Follow-Up to 2013's "Worlds Put Together" CD Release Show at National Sawdust, Brooklyn, February 11 January 6, 2016 Tenor and soprano saxophone virtuoso and visionary composer Matt Parker made a vivid impression with his 2013 debut recording, Worlds Put Together. "Restlessly inventive" (Down Beat), Parker is "a fully formed artist with his own unique voice [who] sounds comfortable promenading down multiple paths" (All About Jazz). For his new recording Present Time, Parker pared down the sextet of Worlds to a powerhouse trio comprised of bassist Alan Hampton and drummer Reggie Quinerly, colleagues of his since all three were classmates at the New School nearly 20 years ago. Scheduled for release on February 12 by Parker's BYNK label ("Because You Never Know"), the CD consists of seven Parker originals, one old standard, and a previously unrecorded tune by the late, great Charles Mingus. Vocalist Emily Braden is added on three tracks, and Jerome Jennings plays tambourine on another. Few saxophonists have internalized so much of the instrument's history in jazz as has Parker. In his playing, one hears echoes of Ben Webster's gentle and brutish sides, Lester Young's lyricism, Sonny Rollins's unfettered imagination, Rahsaan Roland Kirk's adventurousness, and the types of extended techniques associated with John Coltrane and Albert Ayler. The CD opens with "Noah's Arc," a swinging groove blues featuring Parker on tenor that he has reworked from an earlier composition to partially exemplify his philosophy of "present time." "There are many meanings behind 'present time,'" he explains. "I've often thought about what it would be like to visit the past knowing what I know now. One change I made was to manipulate the blues form. You have an elongated blues that modulates to a traditional 12-bar blues." L. to r.: Reggie Quinerly, Matt Parker, Alan Hampton. The trio, with Parker on tenor, is joined by Braden for the lovely "Winter's Gone." "I love working with vocalists," the leader says. "Once Emily starts, she never stops. It lends itself to time and the fact that the seasons wait for no one." The oft-recorded "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" was first popularized by Louis Armstrong in 1930. The present lightly swinging version features Braden's warm alto pipes and Parker's big-toned tenor. "I love Louis Armstrong and Lester Young, and this gave me an opportunity to play one of my favorite songs by them," he says. Prior to being recorded by Parker on tenor, Charles Mingus's lullaby-like "Song to Keki" had no title and had been heard only in 46- and 20-second versions played by the composer on piano for his then-5-year-old daughter Carolyn (nicknamed "Keki") in the documentary film Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968. Parker, who has been playing with the Mingus Big Band periodically for the past year, was given permission by Sue Mingus to record it and she named it after her late husband's child. At times during Parker's arrangement of the song, he, Hampton, and Quinerly all seem to be flying off in different directions while the underlying pulse remains steady. "One of the things that I am very fond of that appears in Charles Mingus's music is elasticity -- the idea of stretching the time," the saxophonist explains. Born (in 1979) and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Matt Parker started out on alto saxophone and switched to tenor, which he played on a life-changing summer gig in New Orleans as a teenager. That experience inspired his first composition, "Sixteen," which is revisited on Present Time. Parker moved to New York City in 1999 and enrolled at the New School, where his classmates included Hampton and Quinerly, with whom he has played frequently ever since. Among his New York mentors were Junior Mance, Jane Ira Bloom, Reggie Workman, and Charli Persip. Parker was a member of Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau Band from 2004 to 2006 and made his debut recording as a soloist on the album M.F. Horn VI: Live at Ronnie Scott's. Besides performing with his trio at Cornelia Street Cafe and Nublu, both in New York City, and subbing in the saxophone section of the Mingus Big Band at the Jazz Standard, Parker has toured internationally for the past five years with HessIsMore, a band led by Danish drummer and composer Mikkel Hess that plays, in Parker's words, "disco punk jazz." The saxophonist has also appeared around the Big Apple with Beastie Boys rapper and guitarist Ad-Rock and drag-king comedian Murray Hill and was seen playing saxophone in the television series The Real Housewives of New York and the motion picture John Wick. Parker will bring his Present Time trio to a CD release concert 2/11 at National Sawdust, 80 N. 6th Street in Brooklyn, 7:00 pm; tickets are $25. Photography: Javier Oddo Web Site: mattparkermusic.com

Happy Birthday 2015 Cliff!

I read a year or so ago that a former child actor, I think named Cory something, said that there was a great deal of child molestation going on when he was a star. I gathered that he was talking about boys.

Scott, I didn't click to see. They just pointed out that I was agreeing to their collecting data.

Jim, I haven't seen anything yet, but since you've asked, I'll be sure to keep an eye open. ***** Ed Hervey didn't wait long to hire a replacement for Chris Jones. By Dec. 13, He had hired Jason Maas. http://3downnation.com/2015/12/13/eskimos-reportedly-hire-jason-maas-as-head-coach/#comments http://3downnation.com/2015/12/14/maas-mayhem/#comments ***** However, Ottawa raised a stink, and demanded that Edmonton compensate them for signing Maas. http://3downnation.com/2015/12/14/to-compensate-or-not-to-compensate-should-not-even-be-a-question/#comments ***** Maas promptly hired Noel Thorpe, Montreal's OC, to be his own OC - without first obtaining Montreal's permission! http://www.tsn.ca/cfl-investigating-thorpe-s-resignation-1.409982 ***** At that point, the Commissioner stepped in, and put a temporary halt to the coaching carousel. http://3downnation.com/2015/12/16/cfl-places-moratorium-on-coaching-moves-after-thorpe-bolts-for-esks/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/orridge-pushes-pause-on-cfl-coaching-carousel-1.410239 ***** The commissioner then decided that Thorpe's resignation was void. So Thorpe met with the Als' brass, and decided to stay in Montreal! http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/17/136035/ http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/21/alouettes-announce-thorpe-to-return-in-2016/ ***** Meanwhile, Chris Jones released nearly half the Riders team! http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/15/brackenridge-allen-among-surprising-riders-cuts/ http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/21/riders-extend-george-release-mccallum/