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Pianist/Composer Peter Horvath's Second Album as a Leader, "Absolute Reality," To Be Released March 25 By His Foreign Matter Records Collaborators Include Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Victor Bailey, & Lenny White March 10, 2016 Based in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid-1980s, keyboardist/ composer Peter Horvath has thrived in the region's highly diverse environment, where various music scenes often overlap. He's played post-bop with Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Eddie Henderson, and Charles McPherson, and funk fusion with the Victor Bailey Group, Marcus Miller, Bennie Maupin, and Lenny White. He's played Latin jazz with Arturo Sandoval, Ray Obiedo, and Pete Escovedo, and funk and R&B with Pee Wee Ellis, Lalah Hathaway, Melba Moore, Ledisi, and Rosie Gaines. But his in-demand status left him little time for his own music. Now, picking up where he left off in 1995, when Lake Street Records released his critically hailed chart-topping debut Foreign Matter, Horvath is following up with Absolute Reality, his second album as a leader. The CD, which will be released by his Foreign Matter Records on March 25, showcases some of most potent improvisers in jazz and Latin music including trumpeter Randy Brecker, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, drummer Lenny White, bassist Victor Bailey, and guitarist Ray Obiedo. "It's kind of crazy it's been 20 years since my last album," says the Hungarian-born musician. "During that time I was on the road constantly, both nationally and internationally, with artists like Victor Bailey and Lalah Hathaway. When my touring schedule slowed down a bit in 2012, I decided it was time to focus on my own music and get it out there." Absolute Reality is a highly personal and supremely engaging album by an artist eager to celebrate the musical riches he's experienced in the Bay Area. The opener and title track is both a manifesto and a statement of purpose co-written by saxophonist Norbert Stachel, who provides consistently smart horn arrangements throughout the album. "Carla," featuring a gently insinuating groove from Lenny White and a soulful, lyrical performance by Bob Mintzer, showcases Horvath's gift for crafting yearning melodies. No tune better captures the singular mélange of styles that came together in the Bay Area than "Fake Out," a funk-driven tune that sounds like a theme for a 1970s street-wise detective show by way of Steely Dan. "Escape from Oakland" marks the first encounter between Victor Bailey and Ricky Lawson, who together "create this ferocious groove," says Horvath. For pure straight-ahead blowing, Horvath digs in with "Foreign Matter," a treacherous post-bop workout that features Randy Brecker's witty and casually virtuosic trumpet. The album closes with Horvath's tune for his son, "Braden's Song," a striking, ebb-and-flow solo piano piece that provides a tantalizing glimpse at another side of the artist. Born in Budapest, Peter Horvath grew up behind the Iron Curtain at a time when availability of American jazz recordings was very limited. But as the son of Hungarian pop star Mátrai Zsuzsa, he had access to recordings she brought back from touring outside the country. He also credits his maternal grandfather with introducing him to the infinite possibilities of the piano. "My mom was the Barbra Streisand of Hungary, but I wanted a normal mom," Horvath recalls. "In hindsight it was a wonderful thing. Through her I got exposed to jazz. She still lives in Budapest and still performs." Already passionate about the piano, Horvath experienced a jazz epiphany as a young teen when he heard the music of Oscar Peterson. While pursuing his love of jazz, he continued to immerse himself in the European classical tradition, studying at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music. At 17, he won the National Jazz Combo Competition in Gyor, Hungary and a year later he chose to leave his homeland behind. Horvath went on to study at the Vienna Conservatory of Music, a move that also led to steady jazz work on the Austrian scene. A scholarship to Berklee brought him to the United States in 1983, when he was 22, and by the end of the year he had left Boston to settle in the Bay Area. He arrived in California as a straight-ahead jazz player, but working with funk vocalist Rosie Gaines introduced him to the jazz-steeped Bay Area R&B scene, where he flourished. All of those influences are readily apparent on his 1995 album Foreign Matter, a highly successful project featuring regular compatriots such as John Pena, Steve Smith, Ray Obiedo, Walfredo Reyes Jr., Benny Rietveld, Santana's Tony Lindsay, and David Garibaldi (with whom he collaborated on a series of widely influential instructive videos for Warner Bros.). He draws on some of the same cast on Absolute Reality, in addition to the great Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Victor Bailey, Lenny White, Dean Brown, and others. It took some time, but Horvath's second album marks the return of a bandleader with a singular and expansive musical vision "that encompasses all the things I've been exposed to," he says. "I wanted to do something that represented all this musical and cultural diversity." Peter Horvath "Absolute Reality" Web Site: peterhorvath.com Follow:

The Ticats today promoted Eric Tillman to GM. I think we can say that his rehabilitation is now complete. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/11/15613/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-promote-tillman-to-gm-1.451957 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/03/11/ticats-promote-tillman-to-gm-allemang-burke-appointed-assistants/ ***** Drew Edwards points out that the Ticats had the most free agents, but came out OK. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/09/free-agency-could-have-been-a-disaster-for-ticats-it-definitely-wasnt/#comments ***** The Rules Committee has recommended expanding video replay and these three other changes: "• Offensive lineman will now be able to gesture to defensive players while outlining blocking assignments pre-snap while in a three-point stance. • teams that gives up a field goal in the last three minutes of a game will be forced to receive a kickoff instead of being able to take the ball at the 35-yard line. • a defensive player who gives a ball to a fan after a turnover would no longer be flagged for objectionable conduct." http://3downnation.com/2016/03/10/cfl-looks-to-further-expand-replay-use/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/cfl-rules-committee-recommends-eye-in-the-sky-1.451523 Darrell Davis thinks that more video review is a terrible idea, and will cause too many delays. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/11/15606/#comments ***** Arland Bruce had sued the league regarding concussions. Today the trial judge ruled that it is a matter covered by the collective bargaining agreement, and therefore not in his jurisdiction. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/11/b-c-judge-throws-arland-bruce-lawsuit-out-of-court/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/talent/b-c-judge-rules-in-favour-of-cfl-in-concussion-lawsuit-1.452031 ***** The Bombers took Andy Mulumba with the second overall pick in the 2013 draft. He instead played three years in the NFL. He is now a free agent for both leagues. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/11/andy-mulumba-becomes-nfl-and-cfl-free-agent/#comments ***** The various regional combines have been held this week. However, the number one prospect isn't participating. David Onyemata of the Manitoba Bisons will have his own "pro day" Monday before both CFL and NFL scouts. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/10/15600/#comments ***** I never pay attention to the combines because so many first round picks fail to live up to expectations. Justin Dunk gives five reasons why fans should care. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/11/15609/#comments

I'm loving Disc One of this. There is so much to absorb that I'm going to wait a long while before I open up Disc Two.

Thanks, bluenoter!

Happy Birthday FFA!

Happy Birthday 2016 jazztrain!

I swear that we had a thread about Neil Young's Pono company, but I can't find it now. This evening I came across this Salesforce ad piggybacking on Pono, and I thought that some here might like to see it. https://www.salesforce.com/form/communities/pono-ebook.jsp?d=701300000025ZDw&nc=70130000000f7f3&ban=US_Taboola

Thanks guys! I have installed FlashStopper, and will study it tomorrow.

I find that all of the websites of television channels automatically play a video of the text I am reading. I want to stop that. Is there a way that I can stop it with my browser (currently Firefox), thereby doing it only once, for all websites? Thanks!

Doug Flutie will compete on Dancing with the Stars this year. http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/entertainment/dancing-with-the-stars-season-22-reveal-feat/index.html ***** Bob O'Billovich will return to the Lions' payroll as a scout. Geroy Simon will scout the Canadian colleges for them. http://www.tsn.ca/lions-add-o-billovich-diedrick-as-scouts-1.450045 ***** Moe Racine reminisces here about playing in the Autostade. Many years ago, Terry Evanshen told me the same thing that Racine says, about how cold the winds were! http://3downnation.com/2016/03/08/rough-rider-success-in-montreals-autostade/#comments

Happy Birthday 2016 Bhreandain!

Happy Birthday 2016 Jazzjet!

Although this is not free jazz, I think that most of you who like free jazz would enjoy this.

Grammy Award-Winning Multi-Instrumentalist Nicholas Payton Balances Studio Work As Bandleader, Producer With International Touring Schedule "Textures," His Fifth Album on Paytone Records, Set for Spring Release March 7, 2016 Grammy award-winning Nicholas Payton -- one of the era's definitive artists -- has been quite busy this winter blowing with the all-star Monterey Jazz Festival on a nationwide tour, putting the finishing touches on Textures, his fifth release for his very own label, Paytone Records, as well as producing and arranging Jane Monheit's latest project, The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald. As a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, bandleader, producer, arranger, and essayist, the New Orleans-born and -bred Payton will debut his Afro-Caribbean Mixtape, a blazing new quintet featuring bassist Vicente Archer, pianist Kevin Hays, percussionist Daniel Sadownick, and rising New Orleans drummer Joe Dyson, at the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Set to record this spring, the rhythmically encompassing ensemble explores "how rhythms came from Africa and transmigrated throughout the Caribbean to New Orleans, and affected popular music all over the world," Payton says. His latest album, 2015's Letters on Paytone Records, features his trio with bassist Vicente Archer (an essential Payton collaborator for more than a decade) and veteran drummer Bill Stewart. The two-disc album features 26 original Payton compositions that run from "A" to "Z," a series of distilled motifs on which he moves gracefully from trumpet to piano, Fender Rhodes, organ, and even vocals. "It's largely uncharted territory and the landscape is wide open," Payton says, referring to the unorthodox method of playing both keyboards and trumpet simultaneously. "When I'm playing keys I'm functioning more in the rhythm section and thinking of orchestration. These pieces are springboards to get the creative energy flowing." Payton's creative universe keeps expanding, and with each new ensemble, project, and endeavor, the visionary artist redefines the parameters of #BAM (Black American Music). A whirlwind of activity, he's in the midst of a banner year marked by extraordinary new ensembles, new music, and exquisite new collaborations. In the process of mixing Textures, the latest in a series of conceptual albums geared towards defining a neological lexicon of #BAM, Payton has been composing using the Apple sequencing software Logic while collaborating with New Orleans visual artist Anastasia Pelias. "We both went into the studio not knowing what to expect, her with a blank canvas, and me with a MIDI keyboard controller and a laptop," Payton says. "We played off of each other and that first day I walked away from the studio with a new composition and she with a new painting." Payton is also applying his expertise and creative vision in service of other artists. He produced vocalist Jane Monheit's new album The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (Emerald City Records), a project that revels in her glorious sound while revealing unexpected facets of her musical personality. "I love to hear the creative process, to bear witness to how that manifests and unfolds from artist to artist," Payton says. "For The Songbook Sessions I wanted to make a quintessential Jane Monheit album, to find the timeless DNA of these melodies and lyrics while taking free rein with rhythms and chord changes. I feel my job as producer is to make the artist comfortable, but also uncomfortable, to push them into spaces they might not go." Payton's influence extends far beyond the studio and stage. Payton, the polymath, is the creator of the #BAM movement. The conversation he's leading extends far beyond terminology. Payton's #BAM is a statement about social justice, self-definition, and refusing to allow one's creativity to be bounded by other's rules, language, and expectations. "I'm not the first person to talk about Black music," Payton says. "The information has been there: Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet said it. So did Charlie Parker, Ahmad Jamal, and the AACM [Association for the Advancement for Creative Musicians, Inc.]. I'm just here to deliver the message at this time. I've evolved and embrace the fact that I do more than one thing. I'd expect the artistic community to be open to that, but it's not always the case." Born September 26, 1973 in New Orleans, Nicholas Payton is the son of the late bassist and sousaphonist Walter Payton and former operatic singer and pianist Maria Payton. A professional musician before reaching his teens, he joined his first band at age 11 with the All Star Brass Band under the leadership of James Andrews (Trombone Shorty's eldest brother), and landed his first regular gig with legendary New Orleans guitarist/banjoist Danny Barker at The Famous Door on Bourbon Street. Since his debut as a leader on 1994's From This Moment (Verve), Payton has released more than a dozen albums under his own name, including the Grammy Award-winning Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton (Verve). Payton has toured and collaborated with many of the greatest artists in music, including Roy Haynes, Joe Henderson, Dr. John, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Stanley Jordan, Daniel Lanois, Zigaboo Modeliste, Marcus Roberts, Jill Scott, Clark Terry, Allen Toussaint, Cassandra Wilson, and Dr. Michael White. Payton continues to maintain a busy touring schedule, with the following dates booked through the summer: March 11: College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL March 12: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign March 13: City Winery, Chicago (Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour w/ Ravi Coltrane, Raul Midon, Gerald Clayton Trio) April 7-10: Jazz Showcase, Chicago (trio w/ Vicente Archer, b; Joe Dyson, d) April 28: One Eye Jack, New Orleans (w/ Eric Krasnow & Chapter 2) April 29: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival April 30: Prime Example, New Orleans (Afro-Caribbean Mixtape w/ Vicente Archer, b; Joe Dyson, d; Daniel Sadownick, perc) May 1: New Orleans Jazz Festival (w/ Trumpet Mafia) May 6: Motorco Music Hall Art of Cool Festival, Durham, NC (trio w/ Vicente Archer, b; Joe Dyson, d) June 19: Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ, San Francisco (w/ Stanton Moore) June 22: Clifford Brown Festival, Wilmington, DE (special guest) June 23-24: Blues Alley, Washington, DC June 27: Rochester (NY) International Festival (trio w/ Vicente Archer, b; Joe Dyson, d) Web Site: nicholaspayton.com

Last week's Checking Down http://www.cfl.ca/2016/03/03/checking-tebow-sheets-lighter-bo-levi-mitchell/ ***** Paul McCallum has decided to retire, and as a Lion. http://www.tsn.ca/kicker-mccallum-to-retire-a-lion-1.449344

The league feels that there were too many penalties called last year. However, a proposal to expand the use of replay review is feared to make the games drag on. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/04/15550/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/talent/cfl-to-consider-expanding-video-review-1.446631 ***** There are changes at the top of the BC organization going on. The President and CEO Dennis Skulsky is stepping down, and as you know Wally is returning to head coaching duties. http://3downnation.com/2016/02/29/15531/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/29/bc-lions-president-ceo-dennis-skulsky-to-move-to-vice-chairman-role/ ***** Emanuel Davis had tryouts with a number of NFL teams, but has decided to re-sign with the Ticats. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/02/15541/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/03/03/15549/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-sign-db-davis-to-one-year-deal-1.446778 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/03/03/ticats-sign-playmaking-defensive-back-davis/ ***** Justin Hickman has left the Ticats, and signed with the Argos. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/02/argos-sign-dl-justin-hickman/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/argonauts-sign-veteran-dl-hickman-1.446812 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/03/02/argos-former-ticat-hickman-agree-free-agent-deal/ ***** Here's an analysis of the 2016 schedule. I'm going to need to read it more than once to understand it all! http://3downnation.com/2016/03/06/15566/#comments ***** Al Bradbury was the referee of last year's Grey Cup. Here's an interesting article about him. http://3downnation.com/2016/03/06/15570/#comments

Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr. (complete) - $12.96 prime http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F7CMPE Amazon customers love this show. I don't know it. Does anyone here have an opinion?

Scientists in London believe that they may have found a cure for cancer; but they have not tried it yet on humans, so it is too early to say for sure. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35718491

25 years ago I picked up a Gusto cassette of Charles Brown's great King Christmas album.

Thanks felser! Maybe I'll get it for Easter.

Guitarist Dave Fiuczynski Blends Microtonality, Exotic Bird Calls, Pan-Asian Music, J Dilla Beats On New RareNoise Album Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian MicroJam Guest Appearance By Rudresh Mahanthappa CD, VINYL AND MULTIPLE DIGITAL FORMATS AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE ON MARCH 25, 2016 AND THROUGH WWW.RARENOISERECORDS.COM. CD RELEASE EVENT AT SHAPESHIFTER LAB ON APRIL 14, 2016 WITH SPECIAL GUEST RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA. FINAL LINE-UP TO BE CONFIRMED. WWW.SHAPESHIFTERLAB.COM CD PERSONNEL: David Fiuczynski guitars, keybards, percussion Helen Sherrah-Davies violin Yazhi Guo suona (Chinese oboe) and percussion Utar Artun microtonal keyboards, fender rhodes Jake Sherman microtonal keyboards, fender rhodes, piano Justin Schornstein electric bass Alex 'BisQuiT' Bailey drums and percussion Rudresh Mahanthappa alto sax (on tracks 8/9/10) (see CD-R for specific track-by-track lineups) All compositions by David Fiuczynski. ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in 2008 by two Italians, entrepreneur Giacomo Bruzzo and music producer Eraldo Bernocchi. Located in London, the label's mission is to detect and amplify contemporary trends in progressive music, by highlighting their relation to the history of the art-form, while choosing not to be bound by preconceptions of genre. It seeks to become a guiding light for all those enamored by exciting, adventurous and progressive sounds. For further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com. New York, March 3, 2016 - Fiuczynski opened the Pandora's Box on non-Western tuning on his 2012 RareNoise Records debut, Planet MicroJam. He pushes the envelope even further on his latest microtonal project, Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian MicroJam! Jointly dedicated to 20th century classical composer Olivier Messiaen and innovative hip-hop record producer J Dilla, this ambitious venture has the guitarist-composer pursuing his passion for the notes that fall in between the cracks with his intrepid microtonal crew. The seven movements that comprise Flam! instigated by Fiuczynski receiving a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship, show the connections between exotic bird calls and J Dilla's famous 'flam beats' while also referencing the colors of Messiaen's music, Gagaku, the ancient court music of Japan, and other Pan-Asian ingredients. The three extra tracks that comprise Blam! feature special guest Rudresh Mahanthappa on alto saxophone. Fiuczynski is joined on both portions of his latest release by former Microjam Institute students Utar Artun on microtonal keyboard, Yazhi Guo on suona (Chinese oboe) and percussion, Helen Sherrah-Davies on violin, Jack Sherman on microtonal keyboard, Justin Schornstein on bass and Alex Bailey on drums. After first hinting at a non-tempered vocabulary through his whammy bar articulations and fretless guitar playing with his band Screaming Headless Torsos during the '80s and '90s, guitarist-educator Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski now finds himself knee-deep in the exotic world of microtones. As a guitar professor at the Berklee College of Music and director of its Planet MicroJam Institute, which engages in the study of microtonal harmonies that go beyond the 12-tone Western chromatic scale, the acclaimed guitarist and sonic adventurer maintains that 12-tones to an octave is just a suggestion. As he tells his students: "There are other opportunities, things you can do. And when it comes to groove music, in terms of microtonality, you can really be a musical Captain Kirk and go where no man has gone before. The field is wide open." Throughout FLAM!, Fuze utilizes field recordings of five bird calls (the Common Loon, the Carolina Chickadee, the Northern Nightingale, the Blackface Solitaire and the Brazilian Uirapuru) and transcribes them to be played by the various instruments in his microtonal ensemble. On the opening "Loon-Y Tunes," he employed the calls of the Common Loon and the Carolina Chickadee, then transposed the calls note-for-note onto fretless guitar, violin and microtonal keyboard. Pan-Asian aspects come into play in Fiuczynski's Indian-flavored slide guitar solo on this first track. The call of the Northern Nightingale is used on "Flam" while "Q&A Solitaire," a stunning showcase for violinist Sherrah-Davies, employs the call of the Blackfaced Solitaire. "Oiseaux JDillique" incorporates JDilla's flam beats, Pan-Asian motifs and the call of the Nightingale while "Gagaku Chord Candy," which contains elements of free jazz, has Fuze emulating an ancient Gagaku orchestra on his fretless guitar while utilizing some of Messiaen's chords. And the final piece of FLAM!, "Waldstimmen" ("Forest Voices") reprises all the bird calls together for a fitting conclusion. The three additional tracks feature fire-breathing saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa on "Uira Happy Jam," which is entirely based on the song of that sonorous Brazilian bird, the sparse "Organ Wren," and the intense closer "Loon-ly Solitaire," which has Fuze screaming with distortion-laced delight on his fretless guitar. TRACKS 1. Loon-Y Tunes 2. Dance Of The UiraPuru 3. Flam 4. Q&A Solitaire 5. Oiseaux JDillique 6. Gagaku Chord Candy 7. Waldstimmen 8. Uira Happy Jam 9. Organ Wren 10. Loon-Ly Solitaire BOOKING INFO David Greenberg DOG & PONY INDUSTRIES phone: 603-379-6602 davidg@dogandponyindustries.com www.dogandponyindustries.com Constanze Schliebs AsiaNetwork phone: +49 - 30 - 612 85 671 asianetwork@web.de www.asianetwork.de

Billy Cobham - The Atlantic Years (8 CDs) - $23.09 + $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/The-Atlantic-Box-Set-1973-1978/dp/B012HPDCSW Does anyone have an opinion of this music? How about the OAS for $13.82 + $3.99? http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Billy-Cobham/dp/B009PHRIEA/

Happy Birthday Al!

Happy Birthday 2016 Garth!

There has been a little bit of news in the past week, so here we go. Last week's Checking Down http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/24/checking-raising-roof-canadian-quarterback/ ***** Chris Getzlaf has signed with Edmonton. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/24/report-esks-getzlaf-close-to-a-deal/ ***** The Bombers think they won free agency. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/25/blue-bombers-won-free-agency/ ***** Calgary released Matt Walter. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/26/walter-released/ http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-release-rb-walter-1.444100 ***** Jerald Brown has signed with Toronto. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/26/argos-ink-jerald-brown-free-agent-deal/ http://www.tsn.ca/argonauts-sign-veteran-db-brown-1.444033 ***** Hasan Hazime has signed with Sask. http://www.tsn.ca/roughriders-sign-canadian-dt-hazime-1.443139 ***** Don Getty has died at 82. I had his bubble gum card in 1964. http://www.tsn.ca/former-eskimo-don-getty-dies-at-82-1.443931 ***** Kory Sheets has worked out for Ottawa. http://www.tsn.ca/sheets-reveals-on-social-media-he-worked-out-for-redblacks-1.444622 ***** In December, the league staff picked out its favorite plays of the year. returns http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/18/top-10-returns-of-2015/ interceptions http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/18/top-10-interceptions-of-2015/ offensive TDs http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/18/top-10-offensive-touchdowns-of-2015/ runs http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/18/top-10-runs-of-2015/ defensive plays http://www.cfl.ca/2015/12/18/top-10-defensive-plays-of-2015/