GA Russell

Here's a follow-up from today's Sun-Times that pretty much reiterates what has been said here. http://www.suntimes.com/m/29402134-773/the-cubs-a-franchise-stuck-in-the-mud.html#.U_fS2qPlr1I

In a nutshell, the author claims that the Cubs' current owners did not appreciate what exactly they purchased. I enjoy how he refers to Harry Carey as "a graceless blowhard." (!) http://online.wsj.com/articles/why-wrigley-field-is-suddenly-so-empty-1408578101?mod=trending_now_5

I'll plan to catch up tomorrow when I have a chance. I just wanted you to know that today I learned that Mike Soles is yet another CFL alum who has come down with ALS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Soles

I guess I'm surprised that people would be unprofessional on an account with their names, as opposed to a sock puppet. http://emgn.com/entertainment/12-tweets-that-got-people-fired-from-their-jobs/1/

I can't see myself having a need for a majority of the recent inventions that I read about, but this is one that I could have used many times in my life. And they say that when it's not in use, you can walk or even run with it on. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/tech/innovation/the-chairless-chair/index.html

Two Skye LPs (Plugs In and Solar Heat) on one CD. I can't speak for this CD issue, but I love the two albums. Cal Tjader - Mambo Sangria - $1.47 + $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/Mambo-Sangria-Cal-Tjader/dp/B0006B655C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408574237&sr=8-1&keywords=cal+tjader+mambo+sangria

Very sorry to hear that. As I think we've discussed before, only Bob Hope, Milton Berle and Don Pardo signed lifetime contracts with NBC. RIP. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=don+pardo&FORM=VIRE4#view=detail&mid=876A343F101AC53C53FF876A343F101AC53C53FF

Happy Birthday 2014 Laurie!

I saw Manfred Mann Chapter III in Washington in May, 1970. They were fantastic!

+1,000! Bob, many years ago (probably 1995) I read the book Mannerisms: the Five Phases of Manfred Mann by Greg Russo. http://www.amazon.com/Mannerisms-Five-Phases-Manfred-Mann/dp/0964815710/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408249078&sr=1-2&keywords=the+five+faces+of+manfred+mann In it, the author says that Chapter III recorded about half enough for a third album, which he had heard. I would love for Universal to release a box set of the two released albums, this half-an-album, and alternate takes, a few of which have been released as bonus tracks on later CD releases of the two issued albums.

Here is the link for the highlights videos - the Top Ten Plays for each week, from #1 to #7. http://cfl.ca/video/index?sub_channel=1227

The Als placed Troy Smith on the six-game injured list. Pardon my skepticism. http://cfl.ca/article/als-place-smith-on-6-game-injured-list ***** Calgary 30....Hamilton 20 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4716540 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459543 The Stamps led the whole way, but the Ticats didn't quit and made a game of it. The Stamps scored a TD with 33 seconds left to seal the victory. ***** Sask 16....Montreal 11 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4716592 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459556 Both teams played poorly. Tom Higgins may be losing control of the team. The Als scored a TD with 3:34 left to make the score 12-10. A two-point convert would have tied the score. Instead, Higgins chose to go for one point. A number of Als expressed their disagreement with the decision to him on the sideline. Good video http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/100887

felser, to my knowledge, there has never been a box set of Manfred Mann Chapter Two's complete Fontana recordings, but I believe that every song has been issued on CD. As Is http://www.amazon.com/As-Manfred-Mann/dp/B0006FGH74/ref=sr_1_21?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1408166557&sr=1-21&keywords=manfred+mann What a Mann http://www.amazon.com/What-Man-Manfred-Mann/dp/B00007KKXF/ref=pd_sim_m_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=05EJVSFY1ZNN744QJ5D4 Up the Junction http://www.amazon.com/Up-Junction-Manfred-Mann/dp/B0006FGHF6/ref=pd_sim_m_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=05EJVSFY1ZNN744QJ5D4 Might Garvey http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Garvey-Manfred-Mann/dp/B0006FGHEM/ref=pd_sim_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=05EJVSFY1ZNN744QJ5D4 These are their four Fontana albums. You will note that this CD of What a Mann includes songs which did not make their LP's, including I Wanna Be Rich, Let It Be Me, Miss JD, All I Wanna Do, Last Train to Clarksville, Sunshine Superman and My Name is Jack. Here is another collection. Mannerisms http://www.amazon.com/Mannerisms-Manfred-Mann/dp/B0006FGHEW/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_3_WAVC?ie=UTF8&refRID=1M0GH4FCPZXGX1EPVP82 Mannerisms has other songs which did not make their LP's: Sleepy Hollow, There is a Man, Fox on the Run, Too Many People, Ragamuffin Man and A "B" Side. In early 1969, Fox on the Run was the #1 song in Washington, DC, and to my knowledge not played on the radio anywhere else in America! As you probably know, it was later a country hit. (It may interest you to learn that A "B" Side was recorded with lyrics on Manfred's next album, Chapter Three, with the title Travelling Lady.) I am not aware of any other tracks they recorded for Fontana. Hope this helps!

Edmonton 10....Ottawa 8 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4716419 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459450 Ottawa blew it. Edmonton played a very poor game, but the Redblacks failed to capitalize on their chances. Grant Shaw kicked a 27-yard field goal with 20 seconds left in the game to give the Eskimos their first lead of the night and the victory. PS - Good video. http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/100825

CBC power rankings http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/football/opinion/2014/08/cfl-power-rankings-week-7-2.html ***** Chris Schultz Week 8 picks http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459127 ***** There was a game Tuesday! I didn't realize it, and I woke up Wednesday reading the score of a game I didn't know was on the schedule. Argos 38....Bombers 21 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4715710 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459224 Ricky Ray threw four TD passes. ***** Noel Prefontaine has decided to retire. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459422 http://cfl.ca/article/prefontaine-to-retire-a-an-argo-at-sundays-game ***** cfl.ca Week 8 game notes http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-8 ***** friends of Gregg Xenakes Week 8 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4715870 ***** Chris O'Leary Week 8 picks http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/08/15/week-8-cfl-picks-with-gregory-alexandre/ ***** Mike Beamish Week 8 picks and power rankings http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Week+Picks+power+rankings/10115996/story.html ***** Dan Ralph Week 8 picks http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2014/08/11/hurting_argonauts_in_tough_against_blue_bombers.html ***** Lowell Ullrich Week 8 picks http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/08/12/the-picks-week-8-in-the-cfl/ ***** Blogspot Week 8 picks http://cfl-football.blogspot.com/2014/08/canadian-football-league-week-8-picks.html

The Als have shaken up their coaching staff. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459194 http://cfl.ca/article/sideline-shuffle-alouettes-shake-up-coaching-staff ***** Alex Brink will start for the Als tomorrow. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=459210 ***** cfl.ca power rankings http://cfl.ca/article/cflca-power-rankings-riders-moving-on-up ***** Argos new third uniform http://cfl.ca/article/bold-blue-look-argos-unveil-cfl-signature-uniform

We have a lot of catching up to do! Riders 23....Bombers 17 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4714729 The game was pretty slow, but picked up in the fourth. The Bombers probably should have won it it, but they let the game get away from them. Good video. http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/100285 ***** Eskimos 33....Alouettes 23 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4715002 The Eskimos controlled the entire game. I don't expect Troy Smith to start another game for the Als. ***** BC 36....Ticats 29 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4715036 Kevin Glenn was named the Player of the week for his efforts. ***** Stampeders 38....Redblacks 17 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4715157 Another game never in doubt. Henry needs some help from his receivers. Good video http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/100439 ***** New Riders third "Signature" uniform http://cfl.ca/article/bold-new-look-riders-unveil-signature-uniform ***** cfl.ca Week 7 review http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cfl-replay-a-look-back-at-week-7

Nice group of people he has here. Trombonist/Composer Jason Jackson To Release the Orchestral Recording "Inspiration," His First CD Since 2001, October 14 Soloists Include Roy Hargrove, Slide Hampton, Terell Stafford, Steve Wilson; Arrangements by Jackson, Slide Hampton, Eddie Karam, & Evan Christopher CD Release Show by Jason Jackson Orchestra Set for Saturday, Nov. 29, at Smalls, NYC August 12, 2014 With the release of Inspiration, the second CD to appear under his name and first new one in 13 years, Jason Jackson emerges as a jazz master whose gifts as a composer and arranger match his virtuosity as a trombonist. His inspired combination of horns, strings, and rhythm is quite unlike anything else being recorded these days. The new disc will be released October 14 by Jack & Hill Music (the label venture he operates with his vocalist wife Rosena Hill Jackson) in association with Planet Arts. Ten years in the making, Inspiration finds Jackson at the helm of full orchestras made up of rhythm, horn, and string sections. As one of the most respected and in-demand trombone players in New York City since settling there 21 years ago, Jackson was able to call on the services of friends and colleagues such as trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Terell Stafford, trombonist Slide Hampton, clarinetist Evan Christopher, saxophonists Pete Christlieb, Dick Oatts, Rich Perry, and Steve Wilson, pianists Roger Jones II and Michael Melvoin, bassist Rufus Reid, drummers John Guerin and Dennis Mackrel, and percussionist Roger Squitero. Of the ten selections on the CD, six of the arrangements were written by Jackson, one by his friend and former teacher Slide Hampton, one by Christopher, and two by the prolific motion picture composer Eddie Karam. The remarkably varied program on Inspiration opens with the lively samba- and montuno-driven original "Brazilian Bop," which came out of Jackson's travels to Brazil with Ray Charles and the two years he spent in Dominican salsa singer Raulin Rosendo's band. The standards "Spring Is Here" and "Tenderly" showcase Jackson as a supremely lyrical interpreter of ballads in the tradition of such trombone predecessors as Tommy Dorsey and Urbie Green, both of whom he credits as influences, although he cites J. J. Johnson, his onetime instructor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, as his all-time favorite. Other standouts are the swinging Jackson composition "Wake Up Election 2000" for full orchestra, with solos by Wilson (on alto), Stafford, and the leader; Vernon Duke's "April in Paris," for which Jackson's arrangement combines polyrhythmic swing with an Afro-Cuban feel; and "The Spot," the trombonist's swinging salute to jam sessions. "It's where musicians have sort of a social gathering; otherwise we're working all the time," he says. "It's where we go to play and hone our skills and be inspired by each other's ideas." Jason Jackson was born on September 11, 1971, in San Bernardino, California, to an Italian-American mother and an African-American father, both of whom were jazz fans. While growing up in nearby Yucaipa, he picked up a trombone that belonged to his uncle and blew into it. "They were so amazed that I got a sound out of it, they gave it to me," he says of his family. He went on to play the instrument in the jazz band at Yucaipa Intermediate School. "I knew within my first year that this was what I wanted to do," he remembers. In 1989, after graduating from Idyllwild preparatory school, he enrolled at Oberlin in Ohio, where for one semester his instructor was modern jazz trombone pioneer J.J. Johnson. "I couldn't believe I was sitting next to my idol," Jackson recalls. "He was such a force in my life and trombone playing for so many years." Jackson received a Bachelor of Music Degree from Oberlin in 1993 before relocating to New York to study privately with Slide Hampton on an NEA grant and to work on a Master's Degree in Jazz and Commercial Music at the Manhattan School of Music, where his trombone instructors included Steve Turre and Jack Gale. In addition to the two years he spent touring the world with Ray Charles not long after his arrival, he has been the lead trombonist in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band for the past decade and also currently plays that part in orchestras led by Roy Hargrove and Charles Tolliver. And on Mondays, his off-nights from playing in the pit bands of such Tony Award-winning Broadway productions as The Color Purple, Wonderful Town, Nice Work If You Can Get It, and presently Motown the Musical, he has been a member for the past 10 years of the Grammy Award-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the Village Vanguard. He also teaches part-time at City College of New York, performs about once per month in a group he co-leads with his wife, and even finds time to occasionally sit in at jam sessions. Jackson will be appearing 8/26-31 at the Jazz Standard, NYC, as lead trombonist and featured soloist with the Ron Carter Big Band, and is touring Japan 10/27-11/2 with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. His own Jason Jackson Orchestra, featuring music from Inspiration, will perform a CD release show at 11/29 at Smalls, NYC. "I needed to go ahead and go for it," Jackson says of his exciting new role as leader. Web Site: jasonjacksonmusic.com Follow: Like:

Happy Birthday Soul Stream!

mjzee, that's interesting about the Parlophone logo!

This is Parlophone material. All Parlophone recordings, except for The Beatles, went to Warner as part of the sale of EMI to Universal. Other labels that went to Warner include Colpix and Roulette. MJZ, I don't think that these were Parlophone. I think they were on His Master's Voice. Maybe Warner got all of the HMV recordings as well. Discogs says His Master's Voice as well: http://www.discogs.com/artist/180634-Manfred-Mann

A European study shows that people can't tell the difference between three of Europe's most popular beers. http://www.wine-economics.org/aawe/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AAWE_WP165.pdf

I'm definitely going to eat more of these! http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/12/8-foods-that-brighten-your-smile/?intcmp=obnetwork

Thanks Mark! Bennett made the comment when he was promoting his new album Perfectly Frank. I think it was Jay Leno who wondered if Sinatra would make a tribute to Bennett album, and Tony said, "He already did." He then went on to mention Sinatra recording with Basie, as I mentioned above,

Tony Bennett made a comment on TV twenty years ago that led me to believe that he recorded an album with Basie, and later Frank Sinatra recorded with Basie an album of the same songs. Is that about right?