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Sept. 27 Vincent Youmans - 1898 Bud Powell - 1924 Red Rodney - 1927 Randy Bachman - 1943 Meat Loaf - 1947 Russ Kunkel - 1948 Shaun Cassidy - 1958 Avril Lavigne - 1984 ***** Sam Adams - 1722 William T. Orr - 1917 William Conrad - 1920

Week 17 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2024/09/26/cfl-beat-222/ https://rodpedersen.com/week-17-cfl-picks-2024/ ***** Power Rankings https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-power-rankings-week-16/ ***** 9/26 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/26/checking-down-bethel-thompson-masoli-under-centre-in-week-17/ ***** 9/26 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/26/cfl-ca-game-notes-shemar-bridges-close-to-record-breaking-season/ ***** Week 17 previews https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-week-17-edmonton-elks-5-9-at-winnipeg-blue-bombers-8-6-preview-odds-injury-report-prediction/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/26/bombers-elks-open-week-17-with-western-clash/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/bc-lions-7-7-week-17-preview-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats-5-9-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds-keys-to-the-game-player-to-watch/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/26/lions-ticats-meet-at-bc-place-for-friday-night-football/

Sept. 26 George Gershwin - 1898 Ted Weems 1901 Julie London - 1926 Romano Mussolini - 1927 Dick Heckstall- Smith - 1934 Gary Bartz - 1940 Joe Bauer - 1941 Bryan Ferry - 1945 Gal Costa - 1945 Lynn Anderson - 1947 Olivia Newton-John - 1948 Craig Chaquico - 1954 Carlene Carter - 1955 ***** Derek Ho - 1964

I'm looking forward to this one as well. The late Eisenhower and early Kennedy administrations was a great era for orchestra arrangements, IMO.

I don't have to tell you that football season records (and also career records) are inflated because they play more games now. When I was growing up, the season was 14 games long. Today every team has played 14 games. So let's look at the current stats. https://www.cfl.ca/stats/ Mitchell has thrown for 4,000 yards. Oliveira has rushed for 1,000 yards. McInnis and Hardy have both caught for 1,000 yards. Streveler has scored (by rushing) 10 touchdowns. McInnis has scored (by receiving) 7 touchdowns. I bet somewhere in a closet the league has the record book of the final year of the 14-game schedule, which would show who holds these records for a 14-game season.

League games are once again being carried by SiriusXM. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/25/now-hear-this-siriusxm-back-for-more-cfl-games-new-exclusive-content-2/ ***** Week 17 preview https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/25/costabile-4-storylines-to-watch-in-week-17/

"Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959," Latest Installment in Gibbs's Archival "Dream Band" Series, To Be Released Oct 11 (CD), Nov 8 (Digital) On Whaling City Sound As Gibbs Turns 100 Legendary Vibraphonist/Bandleader Unearths Incandescent Big Band Performances of Work by All-Star Arrangers, Live in Hollywood in March & November 1959   September 23, 2024 The gift of Terry Gibbs’s vast tape archive keeps on giving with the October 11 release of Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 on Whaling City Sound (digital release November 8). The newly discovered tapes find the vibraphonist and first-generation bebopper (still alive and kicking as his 100th birthday approaches on October 13) leading his legendary 16-piece Dream Band at two Hollywood nightclubs in March and November 1959. The 18 tracks feature superb performances by some of the finest arrangers in jazz history, delivered in stunning high fidelity. Gibbs and his son, drummer/bandleader/co-curator Gerry Gibbs, thought they had exhausted the surviving documentation of Terry’s swing-boppin’ big band with the 2002 release of Vol. 6: One More Time. (Vols. 1-5 came out in fairly quick succession between 1986 and 1991.) Then, earlier this year, the elder Gibbs was going through the archival files on his son’s computer when he stumbled across one labeled “1959 Jazz Party.” “I said, ‘Hey, what the hell is that?’” he recalls. “So I played it and it was the Dream Band.” Gibbs had booked the ensemble in the winter of 1959 at the Seville in Hollywood as a way of rehearsing them for a recording session without breaking union rules; when they packed the place, they were asked to stay on. After several weeks they moved to the Sundown, a club on the Sunset Strip, where they remained for about a year. During that time, Gibbs built up a book with charts from an unbelievable list of arrangers, whose talents are on display here: Bob Brookmeyer (“Don’t Be That Way”), Al Cohn (“Cottontail”), Marty Paich (“Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”), and the band’s tenor players, Med Flory (“Flying Home”) and Bill Holman (“Begin the Beguine”). “I talked with my arrangers,” explains Gibbs in Vol. 7’s liner notes, “and I wanted to have arrangements that presented the band as an ensemble band.” That full-band focus doesn’t stop the soloists—among the best of the day—from giving crackling, hard-swinging performances. Trumpeter Conte Candoli sounds off brilliant on both the driving “Bright Eyes” and the ballad “Moonglow”; trailblazing trombonist Carl Fontana brings his brawny sound to “Let’s Dance”; and drummer Mel Lewis, soon to be big band royalty in his own right, defies the title of “No Heat” with his simmering fills and brief solo. And then there’s Gibbs himself, whose dusky signature tone on the vibes nevertheless illuminate “The Song Is You,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Prelude to a Kiss.” “It was a labor of love,” says Gibbs of the Dream Band’s superlative work. “I made $11! The band got $15, but they didn’t mind! They were playing for the love of it!” On Dream Band, Vol. 7, that love for the music shines through. Terry Gibbs was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 13, 1924, as Julius Gubenko. A member of a musical family (his father was a violin teacher and orchestra leader), he found his way to the mallets by playing his older brother Sol’s xylophone. He took lessons with drummer-percussionist Fred Albright at 9, won a radio talent show at 12, and hit the road with singer Judy Kayne’s band at 16. While serving in the Army during World War II (stationed Stateside), Gibbs—who had taken the name to sound punchier on concert marquees and programs—heard Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie playing the new sounds of bebop, and it changed his life forever. Before long he was playing the music himself, making records with Allen Eager, Tadd Dameron, and Stan Getz in addition to touring and recording in the big bands of Bill De Arango, Buddy Rich, and Woody Herman (of whose “Four Brothers” band Gibbs was a vital member). In the intervening decades, the list of names on Gibbs’s resume reads like a roll call for the Jazz Hall of Fame, from Benny Goodman to Ray Charles to Alice Coltrane. He has led quartets, quintets, sextets, and big bands, including the house bands for Mel Tormé, Steve Allen, and Jerry Lewis; played on recording sessions for John Lennon and Leonard Cohen; and written an award-winning biography in 2003’s Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz before he retired from performance at the age of 92. Gibbs continues to live an active life, however, appearing weekly on Facebook with his TG Q&A Show. Photography: Rebekah Gibbs      Terry Gibbs Web Site  

I am currently looking at two CD releases of Percy Mayfield singles. The first is on Jasmine. The other is on Acrobat. Do either of these labels have a reputation of being better than the other? https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Love-1947-1962-RECORDINGS-REMASTERED/dp/B01KO9GBXQ/ https://www.amazon.com/Singles-Collection-1947-62-Percy-Mayfield/dp/B07RH67W4Q/ Thanks!

Black Friday sales this year will begin on October 6! https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php

Week 17 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-17-picks-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/weekly-predictor-jumping-on-board-with-the-boatmen/ ***** Power Rankings https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/amsoil-power-rankings-a-land-of-opportunity/ ***** Playoff Scenarios https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/111th-grey-cup-playoff-scenarios-als-redblacks-bombers-eye-spots/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/cfl-playoff-picture-remains-murky-in-west-heading-into-week-17-1.2178586 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/24/ottawa-redblacks-winnipeg-blue-bombers-looking-to-clinch-playoff-berths-in-week-17/ ***** In the wake of such poor showings by the Ottawa and Edmonton offenses Saturday, it looks like Masoli and MBT will start this week. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/report-jeremiah-masoli-takes-first-team-reps-on-tuesday/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/jeremiah-masoli-to-start-for-ottawa-redblacks-against-roughriders-1.2178662 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/24/ottawa-redblacks-to-start-qb-jeremiah-masoli-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders-report/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/report-mcleod-bethel-thompson-to-start-for-elks-vs-bombers/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-qb-mcleod-bethel-thompson-expected-to-start-in-rematch-with-winnipeg-blue-bombers-1.2178697 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/24/mcleod-bethel-thompson-to-start-for-edmonton-elks-vs-winnipeg-report/ ***** Colton Hunchak has signed with the Riders. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/riders-sign-national-wr-colton-hunchak/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/24/saskatchewan-roughriders-sign-former-calgary-stampeders-receiver-colton-hunchak/ ***** Fan voting for this year's All-CFL team starts today. Vote here: https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/make-it-count-all-cfl-fan-vote-now-open/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/24/time-to-vote-players-make-their-case-for-all-cfl/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/make-it-count-all-cfl-fan-vote-now-open-1.2178759

Sept. 24 Blind Lemon Jefferson - 1893 Fats Navarro- 1923 Anthony Newley - 1931 Mel Taylor - 1933 Gerry Marsden - 1942 Taylor Eigsti - 1984 ***** Arthur Guinness - 1725

Armstead's 207 yards is a new league record: most yards rushing by a player in his first game with a team. https://3downnation.com/2024/09/22/riders-ryquell-armstead-sets-cfl-record-for-rushing-yards-in-debut-with-new-team/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/riderville-roundup-september-22/ ***** Montreal 24....Ottawa 12 The Redblacks were thoroughly unimpressive. If the power rankings were based on this weekend's games alone, Ottawa would be last. The defense was decent, but no better. The offense showed nothing. The Alouettes clinched (at least) second place. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/recap-montreal-24-ottawa-12/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/alouettes-clinch-home-playoff-date-with-win-over-ottawa/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/21/montreal-alouettes-clinch-home-playoff-game-with-win-over-redblacks/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/21/ottawa-redblacks-roll-over-late-in-loss-to-alouettes-13-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/22/alouettes-win-battle-of-the-east-will-host-a-playoff-game-seven-other-thoughts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/montreal-alouettes-clinch-home-playoff-date-with-win-over-ottawa-redblacks-1.2177540 https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-scores-today-montreal-alouettes-24-ottawa-redblacks-12-alouettes-defense-dominates-in-road-win/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/3-stats-that-defined-montreals-week-16-win-over-ottawa/ ***** Winnipeg 27....Edmonton 14 The game was tied 10-10 after three. Winnipeg led 13-10 with ten minutes left. Who were the imposters wearing the green jerseys? The Elks' woeful defense did very well till the fourth quarter, while their great offense did nothing. Ford sure didn't look like anybody special. Oliveira scored his first two touchdowns of the year. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/22/recap-winnipeg-27-edmonton-14/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/blue-bombers-stifle-elks-for-sixth-straight-victory/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/21/winnipeg-blue-bombers-shut-down-tre-ford-in-win-over-edmonton-elks-12-other-thoughts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/winnipeg-blue-bombers-blitz-edmonton-elks-for-sixth-straight-win-1.2177621 https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-scores-today-winnipeg-blue-bombers-27-edmonton-elks-14-bombers-pull-away-late-in-road-victory/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/3-stats-that-defined-winnipegs-week-16-win-over-edmonton/ ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2024/09/23/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-ticats-roar-back-into-contention/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/piffles-power-rankings-week-17/ ***** Week 16 reviews https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/23/landrys-5-takeaways-from-week-16-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/23/mmqb-its-like-they-never-left/ ***** In university news, York beat Varsity Saturday 19-17. It was their first non-forfeiture win since they beat Varsity in October of 2019. https://3downnation.com/2024/09/21/york-lions-beat-toronto-varsity-blues-to-record-first-non-forfeiture-win-since-2019/ ***** Now let's look at the standings. Every team has played the same number of games. Every team has four games left. In the West, every team has one fewer win than the team above it. Mathematically, the Stampeders have a good chance to make the playoffs. The problem is that they haven't looked good for a very long time. In the East, for a team that has been in last place the entire season, the Ticats are looking very strong. It is very conceivable that they can catch the Argos. The Ticats have played their three games against the Argos, and won every one of them. An 8-10 record is good enough to make the playoffs, so I always look at "the all-important loss column." Edmonton, Calgary and Hamilton cannot afford to lose two of their last four games. But as we can see from yesterday's post, Edmonton and Calgary have among the easiest remaining schedules. ***** PS - In recent years, the league has made a special effort to appeal to the indigenous (American Indian) folks. The logos shown in the standings column are each team's logo stylized in the indigenous manner.

Sept. 23 John Lomax - 1870 John Coltrane - 1926 Ray Charles - 1930 Les McCann - 1930 Jerry Cole - 1939 Roy Buchanan - 1939 Jeremy Steig - 1942 Julio Iglesias - 1943 Steve Boone - 1943 Po Powell - 1946 Don Grolnick - 1947 Bruce Springsteen - 1949 Ani DiFranco - 1970 ***** William Holmes McGuffey - 1800

Not jazz. Disc One. In 1964 the English radio show Top of the Pops was syndicated in the US, and I remember hearing Unit 4+2. They explained that they had been a vocal quartet, and added bass and drums to get gigs where the beat groups played. I enjoy this music, but it is nothing like Concrete and Clay. It reminds me of The Brothers Four.

For the remainder of the season, the Argos have the toughest schedule, and the Riders the easiest. Maybe the Stamps, Elks and Riders are in danger of missing the playoffs because they have had the hardest schedules up till now!

Sept. 22 Bill Smith - 1926 Joni James - 1930 Marlena Shaw - 1942 Toni Basil - 1943 Debby Boone - 1966 Nick Cave - 1957 Andrea Bocelli - 1958 Joan Jett - 1958 ***** Gene Mingo- 1938 Harald Hasselbach - 1967

Some of these people I've never heard of! https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-worlds-top-selling-albums-2001-2023/

Thanks rostasi! I'll look at Wikipedia for it. Thanks TTK!

Hamilton 33....Toronto 31 Great, great game. Evenly matched teams, with many lead changes. Liegghio won it with a walk-off field goal. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/20/recap-hamilton-33-toronto-31/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/20/tiger-cats-win-thriller-to-sweep-season-series-with-argonauts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/marc-liegghio-s-late-field-goal-earns-hamilton-tiger-cats-win-over-toronto-argonauts-1.2177301 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/21/tiger-cats-walk-off-argos-to-sweep-season-series-seven-other-thoughts/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/20/3-stats-that-defined-hamiltons-week-16-win-over-toronto/ ***** Sask 37....Calgary 29 Good game, but paled following the Argos-Ticats game. In his first game with Sask, Armstead rushed for over 200 yards. Both teams looked like they were worthy of making the playoffs, but both may not make it. This was the Riders' first win since July 19, and their first win after Labor Day since November of 2021. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/recap-saskatchewan-37-calgary-29/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/riders-ends-slide-against-stamps-on-friday-night-football/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-hold-off-calgary-stampeders-behind-dominant-ryquell-armstead-1.2177353 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/21/3-stats-that-defined-saskatchewans-week-16-win-over-calgary/

Do you recall the episode Laurindo Almeida worked on?

Week 16 picks https://3downnation.com/2024/09/20/3downnation-cfl-picks-will-alouettes-or-redblacks-rebound-in-critical-east-division-clash/ ***** Hamilton - Toronto previews https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/toronto-argonauts-7-6-week-16-preview-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats-4-9-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/hamilton-tiger-cats-4-9-week-16-preview-vs-toronto-argonauts-7-6-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-games-today-september-20th-2024-saskatchewan-vs-calgary-hamilton-vs-toronto-tv-channels-odds/ ***** Sask - Calgary previews 0-6-1 vs. 0-4-1 https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/saskatchewan-roughriders-5-7-week-16-preview-vs-calgary-stampeders-4-8-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/calgary-stampeders-4-8-week-16-preview-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders-5-7-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/game-day-somethings-gotta-give-as-riders-and-stamps-both-look-to-shake-off-winless-skids/ ***** Montreal - Ottawa preview https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/montreal-alouettes-10-2-1-week-15-preview-vs-ottawa-red-blacks-8-4-1-keys-to-the-game-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ ***** GA Russell's Week 16 picks Toronto over Hamilton (The Argos have been inconsistent all year, but I have a hunch they will do well at home. However, the Ticats are improving, and the Argos will need to play well.) Calgary over Sask (I like the Riders, who have been losing close games since July 19. But the Stamps perform much better at home [they are winless on the road]. The Riders have won only 2 of 7 road games. CFL games between two teams on losing streaks are often terrific!) Montreal over Ottawa (The Redblacks are undefeated at home, but they have injury problems this week.) Winnipeg over Edmonton (I'll be rooting for the Elks, but the Bombers seemed to have solidified more. However, the Bomber QB situation is dangerous with Collaros often injured, and his only back-up Streveler out for the year. Ford will start for Edmonton. His twin will start at DB for Winnipeg, so that might be interesting.) ***** This thread's view count today is 406,600; which is an increase of 900 in the past 7 days.

I'm very surprised to see Mercedes at the bottom.

This from Quora. https://www.quora.com/What-would-Casey-Stengel-do On September 6, 1950….Yankee shortstop…..Phil Rizzuto….got a threatening letter…. …….”If you show up in uniform against the Red Sox, you’ll be shot”…. The Scooter turned the letter over to the FBI and told Manager Casey Stengel. Casey gave his 1950 MVP…..Phil Rizzuto…....a different uniform…..and…. gave Rizzuto’s number 10 uniform to rookie…..Billy Martin….