GA Russell

1) So what is the price now, and what is the limit on the number of albums you may download? 2) Is Concord/Fantasy family considered a major and now gone, or are they still there?

With Winnipeg's loss, Calgary has become the first team to clinch a playoff berth. Stamps 31....Riders 24 http://cfl.ca/article/comeback-denied-tate-scores-late-td-for-the-win Great game. You will recall that the Riders were shut out last week. Tonight at the half the Stampeders led 9-0. The Stamps stretched their lead to 24-0 with four minutes left in the third. The Riders put Pitt's Tino Sunseri into the game, and he led the team back to tie the score at 24! Drew Tate led the Stamps on a long final drive, and scored the short touchdown himself with 32 seconds left to win the game.

Lowell Ullrich Week 15 picks http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/10/03/the-picks-week-15-in-the-cfl/ ***** It turns out that Andre Dure broke his clavicle, so the Argos have put him on the six-game injured list. http://www.tsn.ca/argonauts-place-sb-durie-on-six-game-injured-list-with-broken-clavicle-1.98180 ***** The total scoring of last week's games was the lowest since 1974! ***** cfl.ca Week 15 preview http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-15 ***** Redblacks 42....Bombers 20 http://www.tsn.ca/redblacks-end-nine-game-skid-with-win-over-bombers-1.98631 http://cfl.ca/article/capital-gains-williams-carries-redblacks-to-victory Very entertaining first half, with both an interception and a wide field goal attempt returned for touchdowns. Ottawa controlled the second half. The Prime Minister attended the game, and Bob Irving noticed two snipers up on the roof! ***** The league has released its October US broadcast schedule. http://cfl.ca/page/2014-us-broadcast-schedule ***** PS - The Redblacks have sold out every home game so far. They have 17,000 season ticket holders.

Happy Birthday 2014 Ken!

Looks interesting. Does anyone have any of his previous recordings? I see four of his albums on Spotify... More than Love Purple Refrain Nordic Noon The Eternal Triangle "The Disciple," 10th CD by Pianist Peter Zak For the SteepleChase Label, To Be Released Oct. 21 Trio Recording Features Bassist Peter Washington & Drummer Willie Jones III CD Release Show at Smoke, New York City, With Trio Plus Special Guest Peter Bernstein, Wednesday, Oct. 22 October 2, 2014 For his tenth CD in as many years, all for the Danish SteepleChase label, pianist Peter Zak continues his brilliant series of jazz trio explorations, this time in the company of bassist Peter Washington and drummer Willie Jones III. The new disc, The Disciple, will be released October 21. "The fact that the piano is the lead instrument in terms of playing the melody appeals to me," Zak says of the trio format. "There's that, and the hookup between the ride cymbal and the bass doesn't get any better than that. The reason I play jazz is basically for that feel." Washington, who's on board for his fourth consecutive Zak session, "is one of the best musicians I've ever played with," says the pianist. "He really knows how to break up the time and to really find the groove when it needs to be found. He hears everything that's happening immediately." Zak's association with Jones dates to 1998 when both were sidemen on trumpeter Ryan Kisor's The Usual Suspects CD. "He's got a lot of energy but he's not bombastic," Zak says of the much-in-demand drummer. "I just like his sensibility about swinging." Zak is a stylistic disciple of some of the greatest jazz pianists of the bop and post-bop eras. He salutes six of them on The Disciple with personalized interpretations of compositions by Chick Corea ("The Loop"), Elmo Hope ("Barfly"), Horace Silver ("Nutville"), Herbie Hancock ("Requiem"), Hampton Hawes ("Jackie"), and Thelonious Monk ("Criss Cross"), along with three originals and one by the Russian classical composer and pianist Alexander Scriabin. He hadn't initially planned a CD of tunes made up entirely of tunes by piano players. It just turned out that way, as did the fact the set opens and closes with waltzes: Corea's "The Loop" and his own "The Disciple." His decisions must have been subconscious, as he has long shown himself to be master of programming music who often selects great yet little-known songs for his recordings and live performances. "I want to do things that are off the beaten track, something that hasn't been done a lot," he explains. Peter Zak, 49, was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Columbus and Kent, Ohio, then moved with his family at age 16 to Oakland. At the University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in history, he studied with Susan Muscarella (founder/director of Berkeley's Jazzschool, now the California Jazz Conservatory). Zak played on an extracurricular basis in combo and big band settings, with the UC Jazz Ensembles. He also freelanced in bands with noted bassist Herbie Lewis, who had recorded with one of Zak's major influences, McCoy Tyner, as well as Jackie McLean and local hero Bobby Hutcherson. Following his graduation from UC Berkeley, Zak played clubs, concerts, and festivals with such notables as saxophonists Frank Morgan and John Handy. Since moving to New York in 1989, Zak has enjoyed ongoing recording and performing associations with saxophonists Walt Weiskopf, Jim Snidero, and Stephen Riley; trumpeter Ryan Kisor; and guitarist Tom Guarna. Zak has accompanied such name artists as George Coleman, Billy Hart, Jon Hendricks, Etta Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Scott Hamilton, and Junior Cook. He's been on the faculty in the Jazz and Contemporary Music College of the New School since 1995 and currently teaches an ensemble class there. Zak has recorded steadily as a leader since making his debut, in 2005, with The Peter Zak Trio, a trio date with Paul Gill and Al Foster. That same year, he was the recipient of a $10,000 commission from the Doris Duke Foundation to compose and perform a new work for his trio. In his notes to The Disciple, Zak describes the composition process as something "by turns challenging, intriguing, frustrating, and finally rewarding" and discusses the value of standard jazz repertoire "as springboards to improvisation and collective interaction. . . . You still need that foundational element that's built on a basis of collective knowledge among the performers, and oftentimes the audience. Only then do we stand a chance for that deep groove, and for imagination to truly take flight." Peter Zak and his trio (Paul Gill, bass, and Joe Farnsworth, drums) plus guest soloist Peter Bernstein will be performing a CD release show for The Disciple at Smoke, 2751 Broadway, New York City, on Wednesday 10/22. Sets are at 7:00, 9:00, and 10:30 pm. Photography: Javier Oddo Web Site: peterzakmusic.com Follow:

Week 15 picks... Chris Schultz http://www.tsn.ca/risky-business-week-15-predictions-in-the-cfl-1.94454 Mike Beamish with power rankings http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Week+Picks+power+rankings/10256278/story.html Dan Ralph http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2014/10/01/stampeders_could_clinch_a_playoff_berth_this_weekend.html ***** Quincy Butler is in his fourth year with the Stampeders, but he has now been informed by Immigration Canada that he is not eligible to work in Canada! So he has left the team, and is not expected back. http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-butler-leaves-team-over-immigration-issue-1.97376 ***** The Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons will provide the halftime music at this year's Grey Cup. http://www.tsn.ca/imagine-dragons-to-play-halftime-of-102nd-grey-cup-1.97021 http://cfl.ca/article/imagine-dragons-set-to-rock-halftime-at-grey-cup ***** The league will make a special effort this year to design a Grey Cup fashion collection for women. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/cfl/cfl-partners-with-canadian-online-retailer-eluxe-on-grey-cup-fashion-collection-277939871.html?cx_navSource=d-tiles-2 http://cfl.ca/article/cfl-and-eluxe-partner-to-present-mygreycup ***** Andre Dure hurt his shoulder at yesterday's practice, and won't play this week. http://cfl.ca/article/argos-durie-sits-out-practice-due-to-shoulder-injury

RIP, Hans. Very sad to learn the news, but will remember his positive spirit!

Happy Birthday Rod!

A few things here that I didn't know, so maybe you too. I read last night that Dawn Wells was the only cast member to get paid for the syndication. The other day was the fiftieth anniversary of the show's premier, so I guess that's why the internet is full of all things Gilligan. http://magazine.foxnews.com/celebrity/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-gilligans-island?intcmp=HPBucket

I've been listening to this one quite a bit for the past week and a half, and I really like it. My initial impression has grown stronger - the folks who would enjoy this album the most probably won't take the time to hear it because they are not Oscar Peterson fans!

Gregg Xenakes Week 15 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4728118 ***** Third-stringer Seth Doege will start for the Riders this week. http://www.tsn.ca/roughriders-name-doege-starting-qb-against-stampeders-1.96434

cfl.ca power rankings http://cfl.ca/article/pintys-power-rankings-eastern-uprising ***** I see that the Ticats have won four of their last five, and the Bombers have lost four straight. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/stand/standings.aspx ***** Malcolm Kelly power rankings http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/football/opinion/2014/09/cfl-power-rankings-week-14-2.html

Happy Birthday 2014 Edward!

Click to Buy Vijay Iyer/Prashant Bhargava RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi Vijay Iyer composer/piano Prashant Bhargava film director/editor International Contemporary Ensemble RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi is a vivid multimedia collaboration by composer-pianist Vijay Iyer and filmmaker Prashant Bhargava, who were inspired by the centennial of the Stravinsky-Nijinsky Le Sacre du Printemps to explore another rite of spring: the Hindu festival of Holi, famous for its revelry of color in celebration of the love between the divine Krishna and mortal-born Radha. In northern India, Bhargava filmed the ravishing images of an eight-day Holi festival held in the city of Mathura, mythic birthplace of Krishna. Iyer – who released his ECM debut, Mutations, earlier this year – then composed his score as the musical complement to Bhargava’s beautiful visual ballet, drawing at times on the rhythms and chants of the Holi festival; the result is one of Iyer’s warmest, most colorful creations to date, as rich melodically as it is texturally. Released by ECM on Blu-ray and DVD, RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi is a kaleidoscopic experience. Bonus material includes making-of documentary. RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi will be screened in four cities with the International Contemporary Ensemble and Vijay Iyer performing his score live. Iyer’s Mutations for string quartet, piano and live electronics will complete the program. November 6 Washington, DC (The Strathmore) November 8-9 in Nashville, TN (OZ) December 5 Los Angeles, CA (CAP UCLA at Royce Hall) December 18 – 20 New York, NY (BAM Next Wave)

The Detroit Free Press quotes the compilation of insurance.com to determine the 20 auto models most ticketed in the US (by percentage of owners). #1 is the Subaru WRX. Anybody here got one? http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2014/09/30/study-subaru-wrx-ticketed-car-percent-us/16478571/ The story provides a link to a list of 526 models.

Monterey Pop Festival (4 CDs) - $20.68 + $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DSNITGI/ref=s9_simh_co_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=11BHW9ZD2MHKJVYA91FA&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_p=1774864282&pf_rd_i=typ01

The FCC voted today to repeal the league's blackout rule. http://preview.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/us-fcc-votes-to-do-away-with-sports-tv-blackout-rule/ar-BB6uKGF?pfr=1

The injuries keep piling up. Taj Smith is out for the year with a broken clavicle. http://www.tsn.ca/riders-lose-wr-smith-for-rest-of-season-to-broken-clavicle-1.94475 ***** The Eskimos have signed Parris Jackson. http://www.tsn.ca/eskimos-sign-veteran-wide-receiver-jackson-1.94868 ***** The Lions have placed Andrew Harris (their leading rusher) on the six-game injured list because of a dislocated ankle. http://www.tsn.ca/lions-place-leading-rusher-harris-wr-burnham-on-six-game-injured-list-1.94455 ***** Week 14 Plays of the Week video http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/103655

On Sept. 28, 1954, Willie Mays caught Vic Wertz's fly ball. That's sixty years ago yesterday.

Chris Schultz Week 14 review http://www.tsn.ca/talent/schultz-offensive-woes-tough-to-endure-for-redblacks-blue-bombers-1.94285 ***** cfl.ca Week 14 review http://cfl.ca/article/cfl-replay-a-look-back-at-week-14

http://www.amazon.de/Wayne-Shorter-Quartet-Language-DVD/dp/B00L3EZEJ4/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1412006410&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=wayne+shorter+quintet http://www.amazon.de/Wayne-Shorter-Quartet-Language-Blu-ray/dp/B00LU8URBI/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1412006480&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=wayne+shorter+quintet Amazon.de has both the DVD and the Blu-Ray for EUR 30,99.

I attended my first CFL game the first week of August, 1976. The Ticats hosted the Riders. I had a good seat close to the front, and I can still remember Pigskin Pete leading the Oskee Wee Wee cheer. I was saddened to learn that Pete passed away Sept. 10. I see now that he was officially Pigskin Pete III, and that he has been replaced by Pigskin Pete IV. RIP. You will note that his CBC obituary says that he started in 1976, and worked through the 2006 season. My CFL encyclopedia says that I saw him in his second game! He certainly seemed to be experienced to me! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/former-pigskin-pete-paul-weiler-dies-wednesday-1.2762128 http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2625088 ***** After two terrific weekends, this week saw the return of boring football. Als 15....Redblacks 7 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4727054 ***** Eskimos 24....Riders 0 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4727088 http://cfl.ca/article/run-away-win-esks-run-and-defence-lead-the-way A shutout in the Canadian league is very rare. ***** Ticats 16....Bombers 11 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4727334 http://cfl.ca/article/ticat-tough-defence-leads-the-way-in-gutsy-win Drew Willy returned to action. The Bombers were so strong the first two months of the season, but they don't look so strong now. ***** Stamps 14....Lions 7 http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-top-lions-in-low-scoring-affair-1.93255 http://cfl.ca/article/cornish-collects-in-stampeders-win-over-lions ***** Believe it or not, the Argos have added Chad Kackert to their practice roster! http://cfl.ca/article/kack-is-back-argos-add-running-back-to-practice-roster ***** Bomber fans have voted Chris Walby the team's best-ever offensive lineman. http://www.tsn.ca/radio/walby-voted-as-bombers-all-time-top-lineman-1.92232

Final score... Sydney 2.3, 5.3, 8.5, 11.8 (74) Hawthorn 5.5, 11.9, 16.11, 21.11 (137) Congratulations Hawthorn Hawks!

After three quarters... Sydney 2.3, 5.3, 8.5 (53) Hawthorn 5.5, 11.9, 16.11 (107)

It appears that there is no free stream of TV or radio of the game. It's now halftime, and Hawthorn is leading 5.5, 11.9 (75) to Sydney's 2.3, 5.3 (33). I can't see Sydney coming back. I am following live commentary here: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-match-centre/2014-afl-grand-final-live-coverage-20140926-3gqo8.html