GA Russell

Belated Happy Birthday 2015 WD45!

Is the Japanese fellow still competing?

Montreal 29....Calgary 11 http://cfl.ca/article/dream-debut-cato-magic-as-als-upset-stamps http://www.tsn.ca/rookie-cato-shines-as-alouettes-defeat-stampeders-1.325230 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=833818 Surprise! The Als started rookie Rakeem Cato, who wasn't even on the roster last week, and he looked terrific. He looked like an All-Star. The Als' o-line protected him very well the entire game. Nik Lewis also had a good game against his former team. Bo Levi Mitchell spent the game overthrowing his receivers. The Als' new kicker is Boris Bede. Tom Higgins likes him because of the hang time he gets on his punts (which the new rules favor). But I've got real doubts about his future as a placekicker. Because the line of scrimmage for the two-point convert has been moved up to the three, we've been seeing teams try that fairly often so far, and I expect to see a lot more of it. Last night Matt Dunigan said while announcing the game that he thought that teams should go for two every time, with a short pass to the front of the end zone.

Here's more on the Ticats' win last night. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=833602 http://3downnation.com/2015/07/02/ticats-dismantle-bombers-52-26/ http://www.tsn.ca/bombers-lose-home-opener-and-qb-willy-against-ticats-1.324341 ***** Paul LaPolice discusses the new punt coverage rules. http://www.tsn.ca/video/coach-s-playbook-new-punt-cover-rules-1.324322 ***** Lowell Ullrich BC season preview http://www.theprovince.com/sports/football/bc-lions/Ullrich+Lions+youngest+team/11183899/story.html

Hamilton 52....Winnipeg 26 http://www.cfl.ca/article/all-three-phases-cats-pile-on-points-in-win-over-bombers http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/hamilton-tiger-cats-winnipeg-blue-bombers-20150702/stats Drew Willy was hurt at the end of the first quarter, perhaps with a concussion. Brian Brohm played the rest of the game for the Bombers, but the hit that Willy took seemed to take the life out of the Bombers. Zach Collaros looked terrific.

Luke Ridnour was traded again yesterday, this time to Toronto. http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/7/2/8883993/luke-ridnour-on-getting-traded-4-times-in-a-week-i-just-laughed-about

Speaking of The Hollies... The Complete Hollies, 4/63-10/68 (6 CDs) - 11.49 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Clarke-Hicks-Nash-Years/dp/B004QJL4D8?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelproducts-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B004QJL4D8 ***** The Complete Hollies, 1/69-3/73 (5 CDs) - 18.99 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/Changin-Times-The-Complete-Hollies/dp/B00Y3RLZ8M/ref=pd_bxgy_15_text_y

I remember seeing cassettes of OJC's in the store, perhaps around 1987. When I saw that, I thought that that was an indication of something.

M.O.D. Technologies ADDS RE-IMAGINED COLLABORATION TO ITS DIGITAL INCUNABULA SERIES TIMEZONE Lost Nations AVAILABLE ON MAY 19, 2015 AS HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLINE AND VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM Jon Humboldt Gates guitars, thunder drum & voices TIMEZONE EAST Konstantine Baranov guitar, percussion, vocals Pavel Hotin keys Sergei Starostin lead vocals, panpipes, ruzhoak Inna Zhelaniya backing vocals Iger Zhavade- Zade drums, percussion Sergei Kalachev bass, percussion, vocals Vladimir Missarzhevzki congas, percussion, vocals Peter Mamonov vocals Dmitri Kononenko drums Iger Zhuravlev guitar, percussion, vocals Volodya Kruglov guitar TIMEZONE WEST Joyce Hough lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar Robby Jarvis keys, drums Steve Berman balalaika, folk percussion Brooks Otis pedal steel guitar Gary Davidson bass Francis Vanek sax Paul Demark percussion Richter Replogle keys New York, April 14, 2015 - Timezone is world beat music that emerged during the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union. Artists from Moscow and Humboldt County, California, have built on ethnic diversity and bilingualism to cogenerate an exciting new music. Interwoven with rock, reggae and African rhythms. This decade-long musical journey began in the early 80's, before Gorbachev and Chernobyl. Timezone moved under the guidance of Jon Humboldt Gates, a Russian speaking guitarist and songwriter from Northern California. The first Timezone sessions were inspired by two blind Russian musicians who Gates met and played music with during several trips to the city of Kiev, in the Ukraine. In '90, Gates took the Timezone north to Moscow where the recordings began. The Lost Nations album evolved as studio tapes and were flown back and forth across an 11 hour time difference between Moscow and Northern California. Musicians from Timezone East and Timezone West eventually co-created the Timezone sound from the far sides of the world. Nineteen artists participated in the project. The recordings were dramatically interrupted in August of 91 when tanks rolled into Moscow and thousands of people went to the barricades to protest. The Russian recordings were finally completed in December of '91, the same week the Soviet Union was dissolved. The American sessions were finished in '92, and mixed at Russian Hill Recording Studios in San Francisco.... In 93, backed by the Performing Arts Center at Humboldt State University, Gates raised money through the Soros Foundation to fly seven of the Russian musicians to California where they rehearsed with their American counterparts for one month. Following those first face to face sessions, 18 artists played a historic, three night concert series at HSU's Van Duzer Theater that was captured on video. The live concerts included several new Timezone songs that were co-written, but never recorded in studios. This release is the result of Bill Laswell's mix translation and re-imaging of the original recordings (2014). Continuing his full-length-album-remix concepts, others have included Bob Marley, Miles Davis, Carlos Santana and on and on.... Future Past - Past Future. TRACKS 1. Rodina - Zahnika 14:56 2. Black Sea - Siberian Crossing 16:32 3. Barikada - To Answer! 16:05 Original project produced by Jon Humboldt Gates. Recorded at MDM Recording, Moscow, Russia by Konstantine Baranov.Mamonov Recording, Moscow, Russia by Peter Mamonov.Humboldt Records, Trinidad, California by Robby Jarvis. Reconstruction & mix translation by Bill Laswell at Orange Music Studios, NJ. Engineering: Bob Musso and James Dellatacoma. ABOUT THE LABEL M.O.D. Technologies - revealing light on the development of new sound experiences in material culture. A multi-directional music / sound / information system. Initiated in 2010 by bassist / producer Bill Laswell and Giacomo Bruzzo, co-founder of the progressive / future music label Rare Noise.M.O.D. - A futuristic hybrid of music exploration - dub / dub step / reggae / world / africa / drum'n'bass / mutant hip hop / avant metal / experimental / vocal music / instrumental / DJ culture and much more. M.O.D. resumes and continues the legacy of AXIOM, the timeless imprint established in 1989 by Bill Laswell with Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records. http://www.mod-technologies.com. ABOUT THE DIGITAL INCUNABULA SERIES The digital-only Incunabula Series promises to present rare and unique, one time only captured events, in some cases originally experienced by a fortunate few and recover unusual, lost until now studio recordings. Documenting as far back as the early 80s up to present time. Moments seldom heard or experienced by anyone.

M.O.D. Technologies TO RELEASE HU VIBRATIONAL'S The Epic Botanical Beat Suite With Special Guests! AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE MAY 19, 2015. HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM CD AVAILABLE VIA METARECORDS.COM VINYL COMING SOON. Adam Rudolph bata, slit drum, rebolo, gankogoui, udu, percussion Brahim Fribgane cajon, tarija, udu, percussion James Hurt sogo, kidi, igbo bell, udu, percussion Matt Kilmer frame drum, djembe, kanjira, udu, percussion Tim Kieper dusun'goni, pandiero, caxixi, udu, percussion Keita Ogawa earthtone & frame drum, hadjira, pandeiro, udu, percussion Tripp Dudley kanjira, cajon, bayan, frame drum, percussions SPECIAL GUESTS Eivind Aarset electric guitars Steve Gorn bansuri flutes Bill Laswell electric bass Alex Marcelo fender rhodes New York, April 14, 2015 - Hu Vibrational's new album mixes deep percussive African rhythms and Afro-jazz with elements of hip-hop and electronica. Recorded and mixed at Bill Laswell's state of the art studio, this is the fourth album by Hu Vibrational and for those who bought the previous 3 releases this will not disappoint! Produced and mixed by Adam Rudolph together with longtime Laswell engineer James Dellatacoma, the album features 7 world music percussionists along several special guests including Bill Laswell hitting the deep pockets on bass plus Norwegian guitar whiz Eivind Aarset creating ethereal electronic palettes. Joining Rudolph in the groove department are the percussionists from his Go: Organic Orchestra project, Brahim Fribgane, James Hurt, Matt Kilmer, Tim Kieper, Keita Ogawa and Tripp Dudley. Each of these great drummers has performed extensively worldwide; here they perform Rudolph's rhythm compositions on a wide variety of world percussion. The tracks were electronically processed and transformed in the mixes into a true ancient to future expression; a dance music style Hu calls "Boonghee Music." With 2 acclaimed releases on Soul Jazz Records (Beautiful and Universal Mother) and Scott Heren's (Prefuse 73), Eastern developments label, Hu Vibrational's deep spiritual music draws on the links between Africa, jazz music and avant-garde hip-hop. TRACKS 1. Akete 6:08 2. Charas 4:14 3. Soma 5:21 4. Hikuli 4:36 5. Kwa-Shi 5:00 6. Agobi 5:08 7. Ya-Jey 4:38 8. Akete (Remix) 9:22 Compositions by Adam Rudolph. Produced, arranged, edited, mixed, processed by Adam Rudolph and James Dellatacoma. ABOUT ADAM RUDOLPH Adam Rudolph is known for his work with Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders and other great jazz artists, as well as his 25-year partnership with the legendary Yusef Lateef. He currently leads his Moving Pictures Octet and the 36-piece Go: Organic Orchestra. Almost 10 years after the last Hu Vibrational release, Boonghee Music, Rudolph turns his creative energies back to HU by creating a deep groove masterpiece - indeed; a vision of future dance music. As Tommy Chong so aptly puts it, "When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world."

Mark Fulton Week 2 preview (stats) http://3downnation.com/2015/07/02/week-2-preview-by-the-numbers-p-1/#comments ***** John Hodge Week 2 picks http://3downnation.com/2015/07/02/week-two-cfl-picks/#comments ***** Week 2 game notes http://cfl.ca/article/cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-2 ***** Some CFL games will be shown on English TV this year, so the BBC has today posted an article about the league. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33324426?SThisFB ***** Week 2 trick shot http://www.tsn.ca/thursday-night-trick-shots-week-2-1.323855

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Thanks for resurrecting this thread. I had forgotten about it. I'll start from the beginning, and read it all again.

LOL! I now realize that we are now in July, and that this is over. Oh well.

METALLIC TASTE OF BLOOD Doctoring The Dead NEW ALBUM RELEASED ON RARE NOISE The band is lead by guitarist and soundscape designer ERALDO BERNOCCHI & bassist COLIN EDWIN, joined by drummer TED PARSONS and keyboard player ROY POWELL. AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE NOW AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Eraldo Bernocchi Guitars, Electronics Colin Edwin Bass Guitar, Ebow Ted Parsons Drums & Percussion Roy Powell Keys & Electronics on "Ipsissimus", "Blind Voyeur" and "Day of Bones" ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist/arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com. New York, May 28, 2015 - Metallic Taste Of Blood, the instrumental math-rock/outer rock unit lead by Italian guitarist and soundsculptor Eraldo Bernocchi and Australian bassist Colin Edwin is back with a vengeance, joined now by legendary drummer Ted Parsons, whose earlier ventures included Swans, Prong, Buckethead, Godflesh and Killing Joke, and British keyboard player extraordinaire Roy Powell, whose recent work includes InterStatic and Naked Truth. The vigor and inventiveness which characterized Metallic Taste Of Blood's first release still sits center stage, a natural outflow of the band founder members' very wide palette of musical experiences/collaborations and individual talents, spanning an incredibly rich vocabulary which extends from ambient and electronica, to progressive rock and avant-jazz, to noise and industrial electronics, all firmly anchored by the deep and precise dub beats laid out by Ted Parsons, sparkled, on select tracks, by the surprising keyboard inventions of Powell. This variety of influences and musical idioms manifests itself in a very specific kind of sound, one that is now characteristic of the band, one which is predicated and thrives on the very notion and practice of the contraposition of opposites. The music of Metallic Taste Of Blood is both incredibly brutal and delicate, distorted, but incredibly clear, boiling hot and yet suddenly very cool, sweet yet suddenly brackish, that very peculiar unity in contradiction to which the band's own name refers to. Doctoring The Dead, recorded in Prague at Faust Studios, mixed in Italy and mastered in the US by Mike Fossenkemper, though moves ahead towards new territory by bringing in a new, focused single-mindedness; witness to this are the album's eight tracks, starting with "Ipsissimus," where an deep dub rhythm section supports the entangled duel of baritone electric guitar and synth, to "Pashupati," whose guitar lines dance between extreme cleanliness and growling distortion, to the cosmic Ambient Bass inflections of "Synthetic Tongue," to the calming riff and distorted electronica of the title track, to Blind Voyeur's beyond-post-rock grandeur, the dark ambient glitch of "Day of Bones," and further down to "Murder Burger" and beyond, towards the closing "Death Of Pan." Out of contrast perfect balance is reached, when distorted guitars sound clean and soothing, while cascades of piano notes suddenly morph into threatening shards - listening to this will lift you into a state not unlike that of cognitive dissonance, one of deep, uncomfortable enjoyment. TRACKS 1. Ipsissimus 2. Pashupati 3. Synthetic Tongue 4. Doctoring the Dead 5. Blind Voyeur 6. Day of Bones 7. Murder Burger 8. The Death of Pan

Bassist-Composer-Producer Lorenzo Feliciati Releases KOI RareNoise concept album, blending ambient music and prog-rock, features Japan drummer STEVE JANSEN & King Crimson drummer PAT MASTELOTTO AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE NOW AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Lorenzo Feliciati Fretless and fretted electric basses, electric guitar, keyboards & sound design Alessandro Gwis Acoustic piano with Reaktor running on laptop Steve Jansen Drums, percussion, rhythm design & programming AND Pat Mastelotto Drums on "Noir Alley Verdigris" Angelo Olivieri Trumpet Nicola Alesini Soprano Sax on "Noir Alley Verdigris" HORN SECTION Stan Adams Trombone Pierluigi Bastioli Bass Trombone Duilio Ingrosso Baritone Sax Horn section arranged and conducted by Stan Adams ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist/arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com. New York, May 28, 2015 - For his sixth recording for RareNoiseRecords, following his 2011 solo album Frequent Flyer and subsequent collaborations with vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Berserk!) and Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin (Twinscapes) as well as two albums with the adventurous jazz-rock outfit Naked Truth (Shizaru, Ouroboros), the restlessly creative bassist-composer-producer Lorenzo Feliciati has realized his most ambitious and personal project to date in Koi. A concept album based on the life of the renowned river carp fish, Koi features former Japan drummer Steve Jansen and current King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto along with pianist Alessandro Gwis, trumpeter Angelo Olivieri, saxophonist Nicola Alesini and a horn section consisting of trombonist Stan Adams, bass trombonist Pierluigi Bastioli and baritone saxophonist Duilio Ingrosso. A suite-like offering that intersperses mesmerizing ambient interludes with full-blown prog-rock type anthems, Koi brilliantly showcases Feliciati's composerly vision while highlighting his considerable chops on fretted and fretless electric basses. Traditional Chinese folktales tell the story of Koi fish that swam up the Yellow River, and though taunted by demons, would not relent in their quest to jump over waterfalls; the gods noticed and celebrated their perseverance and endurance by transforming them into golden dragons, a symbol of strength and power. The Japanese recognized these fish not just for their beauty but for their ability to induce otherworldly states of perception in the observer. These altered states of perception ultimately lead to the attraction of high energy, which manifests itself in the form of prosperity of all kinds in our lives. The musical journey of Koi begins with the spacious, echo-laden piano soundscape "Kohaku" and is followed by the hard-hitting "New House," a Feliciati composition with Steve Jansen on drums and Alessandro Gwis on keyboards, that is brimming with kinetic momentum and based on a repetitive riff augmented by punchy horns. Lorenzo's fretless bass melody is doubled here by muted trumpet while baritone sax deepens the groove. The icy and hypnotic interlude "Kumonryu" is followed by the moody, slow-grooving requiem "Oxbow." Following another ambient interlude, "Black Kumonryu" Feliciati is reunited with his Naked Truth band mate Mastelotto, who provides the rhythmic pulse on "Noir Alley Verdigris", a potent number which falls somewhere between King Crimson and Weather Report."Ogon" provides a breath before Feliciati and crew launch into the dynamic, odd-metered "Narada", featuring a strong 7/8 groove by Jansen, nearly a dance beat, where distorted bass and horn section mesh to unison. Feliciati turns in his most expressive fretless playing on "Margata", a homage to Jaco Pastorius; following another mesmerizing interlude in "Kuchibeni," Feliciati unleashes his fuzz bass chops on the powerhouse "Fish Bowl", which incorporates trombones and bass in a low-end unison motif before yielding to a throbbing vamp. This piece originally started as a Frank Zappa-influenced bass/horn section unison riff, but morphed during the final arrangement into something quite different altogether - Feliciati's bass line moving around Steve Jansen's drums and electronics giving the impression that it is Jansen moving around Feliciati. The collection closes with the title track "Koi", which travels from minimalist intro to cinematic crescendo - the Koi has now become a Golden Dragon. TRACKS 1. Kohaku 2. New House 3. Kumonryu 4. Oxbow 5. Black Kumonryu 6. Noir Alley Verdigris 7. Ogon 8. Narada 9. Margata 10.Kuchibeni 11. Fish Bowl 12. Koi

BILL LASWELL CURATES THE STONE, NEW YORK JUNE 23-28, 2015 Tuesday, June 238 PMBlue BuddhaLouie Belogenis (sax) Dave Douglas (trumpet) Bill Laswell (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) 10 PMBlue Buddha with Graham HaynesLouie Belogenis (sax) Graham Haynes (trumpet) Bill Laswell (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) Wednesday, June 248 & 10 PMJames Blood Ulmer, Bill Laswell, Don McKenzie and Adam RudolphJames Blood Ulmer (guitar, voice) Bill Laswell (bass) Don McKenzie (drums) Adam Rudolph (percussion) Thursday, June 258 PMBill Laswell and John Zorn DuoBill Laswell (bass) John Zorn (sax) 10 PMBill Laswell and Milford GravesBill Laswell (bass) Milford Graves (drums) Friday, June 268 & 10 PMMethod of Defiance Column 3Henry Kaiser (guitar) Dr Israel (voice) Grandmixer DXT (turntables) Steven Bernstein (trumpet) Bill Laswell (bass) Guy Licatta (drums) Adam Rudolph (percussion) and many special guests Saturday, June 278 & 10 PMThe Last PoetsAbiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, Babatunde Sunday , June 288 & 10 PMMethod of Defiance Column 6Foday Musa Suso (kora) DJ Logic (turntables) Dominic James, Bill Buchen (guitars) Bill Laswell (bass) Guy Licata and more ADDRESS:The Stone Avenue C & 2nd StreetNew York City http://thestonenyc.com ADMISSION:$20

BARTON RAGE / BILL LASWELL Realms I AVAILABLE JUNE 30, 2015 AS HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLINE AND VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM New York, June 12, 2015 - The "Realm" project is a concept series of albums aimed at connecting ideas that revolutionized popular music from the 80s and 90s onward - involving genres such as Hip Hop, Ambient and Drum & Bass, coupled with contemporary extensions expressed in styles such as Future Jazz, Electronica, Dub Step, etc. The primary philosophy driving this series is to create singular identities within each album. Each work is crafted with the unique sound and style of artists who have created shape-shifting music, as well as partnerships with modern contributors. The first album, "Realm I," was made in collaboration with renowned producer and musician Bill Laswell, whose groundbreaking work can be heard across music's conventional stylistic boundaries. TRACKS 1. Mater 8:12 2. Waters of Mirage 9:29 3. Triad Seer 8:27 4. Seraphim 8:00 5. Beyond the Abyss 7:42 6. Nama 7:47 ABOUT BARTON RAGE Barton Rage (born on Dec. 8, 1982) is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger & producer. His music draws upon many different genres, mainly avant-garde and future jazz, but also funk, fusion, metal, world, classical, reggae, drum 'n' bass, dub, and ambient music. He incorporates diverse styles to explore open minded ways of expression in harmonic, melodic and rhythmic development. His composing methods focus on intuitive approach to sound and dynamics in music as a whole, aiming at creating a self existing esthetic sound flow experience in each work. Rage's music can be characterized as morphing sounds and melodic noises of not clearly distinguishable electronic and acoustic instruments. Gradual transformation of textures into clear melodies, "alien" sounding improvisation or rich spheric background sounds, play a big role in an emotional development of each song. Also rhythmic grooves in melodic instruments as well as drum and percussive instruments undergo a metric mutation between chaotic and steady beats - chaos within order, and order within chaos... http://bartonrage.com

ABOUT THE LABEL M.O.D. Technologies - revealing light on the development of new sound experiences in material culture. A multi-directional music / sound / information system. Initiated in 2010 by bassist / producer Bill Laswell and Giacomo Bruzzo, co-founder of the progressive / future music label Rare Noise.M.O.D. - A futuristic hybrid of music exploration - dub / dub step / reggae / world / africa / drum'n'bass / mutant hip hop / avant metal / experimental / vocal music / instrumental / DJ culture and much more. M.O.D. resumes and continues the legacy of AXIOM, the timeless imprint established in 1989 by Bill Laswell with Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records. http://www.mod-technologies.com. ABOUT THE DIGITAL INCUNABULA SERIES The digital-only Incunabula Series promises to present rare and unique, one time only captured events, in some cases originally experienced by a fortunate few and recover unusual, lost until now studio recordings. Documenting as far back as the early 80s up to present time. Moments seldom heard or experienced by anyone.

PRAXIS Sound Virus Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain with John Zorn, Mick Harris, Yamatsuka Eye AVAILABLE JUNE 30, 2015 AS HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLINE AND VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM New York, June 12, 2015 - Post modern super group with an ever changing line-up. Mutant Metal, Noise, Dub and beyond... The core group of virtuoso guitar shredder Buckethead, futurist bassist / producer Bill Laswell and drummer Brain (Guns N' Roses, Primus, Godflesh, Tom Waits) is joined here by legendary composer / saxophonist John Zorn, Mick Harris, (Napalm Death, Scorn, Painkiller) and Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms). Restored, enhanced, edited and remastered from original recordings. Intense, dark, humorous and virtuosic. An uncompromising ride. Play it loud! TRACKS 1. Suspension 2:22 2. Warcraft Triad 9:15 3. Skull Crack Cathedral 4:16 4. Inferno 9.23 5. Low Time Machine 4:16 6. Stronghold 1:35 7. Turbine 6:45 8. Nine 3:17

THE ROYAL BOPSTERS PROJECT TRACK LISTING AND CREDITS 1) Music in the Air (Wildwood) (4:37) (Gigi Gryce/John Hendricks) Second Floor Music/BMI Featuring Jon Hendricks Soloist: Dylan Pramuk Additional Lyric & Arrangement: Darmon Meader 2) On The Red Clay (Red Clay) (5:33) (Freddie Hubbard/Mark Murphy) Hubtones Music Company/BMI Featuring Mark Murphy Additional Lyric & Arrangement: Dylan Pramuk 3) Peace (4:57) (Horace Silver) Ecaroh Music/ASCAP Featuring Sheila Jordan Arrangement: Darmon Meader 4) Basheer, The Snake and The Mirror (5:58) (Gigi Gryce/London, Meader, Pramuk & Ross) Second Floor Music/BMI Arrangement: Dylan Pramuk 5) Senor Blues (4:54) (Horace Silver) Ecaroh Music/ASCAP Featuring Mark Murphy Soloists: Amy London, Darmon Meader Additional Lyric: Amy London Arrangement: Amy London, Dylan Pramuk 6) Invitation (6:23) (Branislaw Kaper/Paul Frances Webster) EMI Robbins Catalog Inc, Webster Music Corp./ASCAP Soloist and Arrangement: Darmon Meader 7) Bird Chasin' (Chasin the Bird) (4:14) (Charles 'Yardbird' Parker/Amy London) Atlantic Music Corp./BMI Reading from Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road': Mark Murphy Arrangement: Dylan Pramuk 8) Music Is Forever (6:21) (Russ Freeman/Annie Ross) Encore Music c/o Microhits Music Corp./ASCAP Featuring Annie Ross Vocal Adaptation: Dylan Pramuk Arrangement: Rich De Rosa 9) Bebop Lives (Boplicity) (5:00) (Miles Davis/Holli Ross/Ray Passman) Anita Evans D/B/A Bopper Spock Suns Music/BMI, Kobalt Songs Music Publishing/ASCAP Featuring Mark Murphy Soloist: Holli Ross Arrangement: Bill Mays, Dylan Pramuk 10) Just Step Right Up (6:12)(Roger Kellaway/Holli Ross) Raybird Music, Inc/BMI Soloist: Holli Ross Arrangement: Holli Ross, Dylan Pramuk 11) Nothing Like You Has Ever Been Seen Before (4:24) (Bob Dorough) Songs of Universal, Inc./BMI Featuring Bob Dorough Additional Lyric: Amy London Arrangement: Amy London, Dylan Pramuk 12) Let's Fly (3:44) (David Ball, Annie Ross) Copyright Control Soloist: Amy London Additional Lyric: Amy London Arrangement: Amy London, Dylan Pramuk

The Royal Bopsters Project is a singular recording with a one-two vocal jazz punch. It simultaneously introduces a powerful new vocal jazz quartet -London, Meader, Pramuk & Ross - while it serves as a stellar vehicle to honor five of the most influential jazz vocalese legends of all time: Mark Murphy, Bob Dorough, Jon Hendricks, Sheila Jordan, and Annie Ross. This epic and historic release is co-produced by Motema artist Amy London with vocalist/arranger Darmon Meader, the founder, tenor and key arranger of the famed New York Voices. Street date for The Royal Bopsters Project is September 4th and it will be supported by a week-long series of concerts, with performances by various permutations of its 'royal bopster' featured singers from September 15th through 19th at Birdland in New York City. (Sadly royal bopster Mark Murphy, who sings on four tracks on this record, is not well enough to perform - but hopefully he may be well enough to come and cheer from the sidelines for some of the shows.) With singers ranging from age 33 to 93, The Royal Bopsters Project is a multi-generational vocal summit on which the talents of singers Amy London, Darmon Meader, Dylan Pramuk and Holli Ross unite in harmony to pay tribute to the art of vocalese singing and to the forefathers and mothers of their favored art form. This homage features five vocalese pioneers, each of who helped to invent the bop-vocal or 'vocalese' art form. Six-time Grammy nominee Mark Murphy (b. 1932), considered one of the most influential vocalists in jazz, appears on four tracks, including an outstanding new version of Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay," a song which stands very tall among Murphy's many breakthrough recordings. Four of the 'bopsters' ­ ­- NEA Jazz Masters and Grammy Award-winners Jon Hendricks (b. 1921) and Annie Ross (b.1930) who represent two thirds of the pioneering vocalese group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross; NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan (b.1928); and Arkansas Hall of Famer and Schoolhouse Rock mastermind Bob Dorough (b. 1923) have one feature track on this recording. Four years in the making, The Royal Bopsters Project was initially conceived by producer/vocalist/arranger Amy London as a twilight years feature for her musical hero and close friend Mark Murphy, who she cites as a key influence, (as do scores of other successful jazz singers.) One by one, the other 'royal bopsters' signed on for the project at London's behest. " I can't believe my luck to have all of my vocal jazz heroes on this one recording," says London, a jazz vocal hero herself at this point, having helped to found the prestigious New School Jazz Vocal program, one of the first and most respected such programs in the country, out of which many top young vocalists have emerged. "I wanted to honor these elders and bring their music to a new generation who may not be aware of their importance to this music." London, who has released two acclaimed albums on Motema (When I Look in Your Eyes and Let's Fly), happily returns to her group singing roots with The Royal Bopsters Project. London was still in her teens when she first saw Mark Murphy perform at the Blue Wisp in her hometown of Cincinnati. It was that show that set her on the path to becoming a jazz singer, a career which has led her to many prestigious endeavors, including an extended run as one of the original cast members chosen by Cy Coleman for his Broadway hit musical, City of Angels. In 2010, Amy and her longtime group-singing pal, Holli Ross, went to visit Murphy, then 78, to cheer him up after health issues caused him to move to the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, NJ (not far from London's and Ross' homes). The three became fast friends as London and Ross visited regularly and took their vocal hero on outings to clubs in NYC and to London's classes at the New School. In fact, the initial spark of this recording was a 2011 concert that London staged at the New School to feature Murphy. For that show, she put together a ten student jazz choir, which included one of her students, Dylan Pramuk, a young and gifted bop bass vocalist and arranger from the West Coast, as a key member. Also featured were Holli Ross and London herself, who sang the soprano lead. The concert was a resounding success, and London immediately recognized that the one-night collaboration was greater than the sum of its individual parts. With her own soprano, Pramuk's bass and Ross' alto in place, she just needed a tenor to round out a new quartet that she envisioned that night. Fortunately, she was able to tap the talents of her dear friend Darmon Meader to join and to eventually co-produce this recording. It took three years for the recording to come together, due mainly to the schedules of the four other vocal legends that London recruited as the project evolved. While Murphy was the 'featured star,' eventually the guest list expanded to include four more masters: Bob Dorough, the famed pianist, singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and producer, who shines here on his own "Nothing Like You Has Ever Been Seen Before; Jon Hendricks - who more than lives up to his the monikers, the "Poet Laureate of Jazz" and the "James Joyce of Jive" with his lively vocal banter with Pramuk on the opening track;" Sheila Jordan, who proves here, with her alluring version of Horace Sliver's "Peace," that, as Scott Yanow once wrote, she is still "one of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers" not to mention that, as Charlie Parker used to say, " she has million dollar ears;" and Annie Ross, who, according to Rex Reed, personifies "a master class in how to sing jazz inside out, upside and down;"( Ross touchingly sings her NEA Jazz Master's acceptance song "Music is Forever" by Russ Freeman for which she wrote lyrics that eulogize the many lost greats of jazz.) Providing instrumental support to this incredible compendium of vocal prowess are four musicians who are more than up to the task. Pianist Steve Schmidt, a close friend of London's since her childhood in Cincinnati, played for many years with Murphy at the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati as well as on the road. Bassist Sean Smith also played with Murphy for many years, and is the composer of the gorgeous "Song for the Geese," the title tune of a late 80's Mark Murphy record, which Murphy says was one of his favorites of his career (and for which he wrote the lyrics.) Smith and Murphy have collaborated on music and lyrics extensively for the past three decades. Drummer Steve Williams worked with Shirley Horn, (Murphy's favorite singer), for 30 years, and percussionist Steven Kroon, well versed in the art of rhythmically supporting singers, has performed with such vocal icons as Luther Vandross, Diana Krall and Aretha Franklin. In addition to this strong cast of players, bassist Cameron Brown, who counts Sheila Jordan among his mentors, and London's husband, the guitarist Roni Ben Hur, make guest appearances on the album. The repertoire on The Royal Bopsters Project spans three generations of swinging songwriting, brought into the present day by additional lyrics from various members of the ensemble, and by inventive arrangements primarily by Meader and Pramuk. The 1940's are represented by a swinging quartet version of Annie Ross and David Ball's "Let's Fly," (with London in the lead), as well as by Charlie Parker's "Chasin' the Bird", updated here to "Bird Chasin'" - both tracks featuring fresh lyrics by London. On "Bird Chasin'," Murphy reanimates the beat generation with an energetic reading from Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Tribute is paid to the 1950s with such standards as Branislaw Kaper's "Invitation" and Horace Silver's "Senor Blues," as well as the quartet's creative new rendition of "Basheer's Dream" by Gigi Gryce. The 1960s represent via Bob Dorough's "Nothing Like You," and a vocalese version of Roger Kellaway's "Step Right Up," for which Holli Ross wrote new lyrics. Penned in the 1970s is Murphy's vocalese version of Freddie Hubbard's bop-funk classic, "Red Clay." Murphy's lyrics first appeared on his 1975 Muse album Mark Murphy Sings, and appear again here with a vigorous and fresh new take. Another Muse release, 1981's Bop for Kerouac, which many consider to be Murphy's greatest recording, featured Murphy's vocalese take on Miles Davis' "Boplicity;" here the "royal bopsters" harmonically propel this classic into the new century, with new lyrics again contributed by Hollis Ross. Noted jazz author James Gavin provides the liner notes.

LONDON, MEADER, PRAMUK & ROSS: THE ROYAL BOPSTERS PROJECT WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 4 ON MOTEMA Stunning Multi-Generational Vocal Summit, Featuring Jazz Vocal Legends Mark Murphy, Bob Dorough, Jon Hendricks, Sheila Jordan and Annie Ross, Brings Vocalese into the Present While Honoring Its Rich Past NYC Release Concerts September 15th through 19th at Birdland in New York City

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