GA Russell

I thought about Fantasy, but I'm doubtful. In the '50s they had Dave Brubeck's group and Cal Tjader's group. Anyone else of note? Vince Guaraldi (Tjader's pianist) recorded his own albums in the '60s, but for the '50s I'm stumped regarding Fantasy. Norman Granz of Verve I would certainly call a towering figure, although his taste was I think for the most part for the older musicians.

Hey Chuck, you're going to enjoy this. At Christmastime, I received from a charity a request for a donation; and enclosed was a sheet of return address labels for "Ms. Georgia Russell!"

I read just a couple of weeks ago something that I didn't know - that Apple Mac doesn't make much effort to ensure that its OS upgrades will handle programs that are more than four years old.

Ok, Keepnews was obviously an important individual in some ways, but calling him a "towering figure" (side by side with Sonny Rollins!) is absurd. (GA, sorry about the harsh wording. No offense intended.) No problem, Guy! It seems to me that the founders/co-founders of Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside, Pacific Jazz and Contemporary were all towering figures of '50s jazz.

Happy Birthday 2015 Al!

Happy Birthday 2015 Garth!

Here's the video of the Pistons dancer making her shot. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4086777402001/detroit-pistons-dancer-makes-an-incredible-shot/?intcmp=features#sp=show-clips

Guess it depends on how you define "towering". Jimmy Heath, Kenny Burrell, Bill Holman, Dave Pell, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross are still alive and kicking That's a good list, Duane.

RIP. Other than Sonny, was he the last of the '50s' towering figures left?

Minnie Minoso has died at 92. RIP. I think that as long as Bill Veeck was in baseball, Minnie could count on having a job. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2015/03/01/chicago-1st-black-major-league-baseball-player-minnie-minoso-dies/

Here's a video of Rider lineman Dan Clark catching a touchdown pass.

Early '70s? Was that when Zitro was in the band?

He last checked in Jan. 24.

Happy Birthday JCR1992!

Happy Birthday 2015 wesbed!

The Toronto Star is reporting today that Angelo Mosca was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's. http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2015/02/27/sports-giant-angelo-mosca-copes-with-alzheimers.html

Here is the latest regarding the free agents: http://www.tsn.ca/2015-cfl-free-agent-tracker-1.155639 As you can see, the Als had a huge number, but so far only one has signed elsewhere. There are quite a number of names still available, but many of these guys are long in the tooth. Maybe the general managers are looking to go toward youth. Maybe the teams will wait until after the draft to sign these guys... JR LaRose Jordan Matechuk Quincy Butler Hugh Charles Luca Congi Rennie Curran Marcellus Bowman Bakari Grant Dahrran Diedrick Josh Bartel Diamond Ferri Jason Barnes Maurice Mann Romby Bryant Glenn January Looking at that list, I have to think that the careers of a lot of those guys might be over. I won't take the time to see how many are over 30, but I'm guessing it's quite a few. ***** In 2013, the Edmonton nominee for the CFL Awards for both Rookie of the Year and Special Teams was Eric Samuels. The Eskimos released him today. http://esks.com/article/eskimos-release-db-eric-samuels ***** Joey Moss, the Edmonton Locker Room Attendant since 1984, was named to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame today. He was born with Down Syndrome, and has proven to be an excellent employee. http://cfl.ca/article/joey-moss-named-to-alberta-sports-hall-of-fame

I see that the two "in Tokyo" Chet Baker Estate CDs are currently not available at Amazon today. I wonder what's up.

Happy Birthday Noj!

ESPN's Adam Caplan is reporting that Detroit will sign former Bomber Philip Hunt. http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions ***** Here's Six Degrees of Bacon, CFL-style. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/six-degrees-of-canadian-bacon--tracing-cfl-history-and-the-league-s-connections-to-movie-stars-000705323.html

The league made public today the names of the college players who have been invited to attend this year's combines. http://cfl.ca/article/combine-season-2015-combine-lists-revealed

Bev, a few months ago I was given a promo by ECM of a Scandinavian folksinger named Sinikka Langeland. The album is called Starflowers. I didn't review it because I didn't think anyone here would be interested. It's the only Scandinavian folk music I have ever heard, so I don't know how to compare it to others of that genre. I enjoy it because it is unique in my collection. I can't say that I understand it, or that it's up your alley, but you might like it too. Attention Bev! Sinikka Langeland has a new album out with Trygve Seim called The Half-Finished Heaven.

The record industry has decided that it will release new music on Fridays throughout the world. http://news.yahoo.com/music-industry-moves-friday-global-album-release-131728097.html;_ylt=AwrSyCUWVe9UAiMAoOjQtDMD

Happy Birthday 2015 Michel!

Today I received an email from daytrotter, saying that they have a new policy. One may, without paying, stream two songs of your choice from each and every recording session they have (over 5,000).