GA Russell

I don't know what the lingo is in Britain, but I think that in the US... An album is an album. It could be the collection of 78s (thus the original use of the word "album," because it was much like a photo album); it could be a cassette tape; it could be a vinyl 33 1/3 long-playing (thus, LP) record or it could be a compact disk. It appears to me that the author uses the term "LP" to mean an album, when in the US it is used to refer to vinyl. I think that some posters here are confused, and that the interest of millenials in vinyl is not relevant to the article.

Lathe Of Heaven, Mark Turner’s ECM leader debut (and his first leader album in twelve years) featuring Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass) and Marcus Gilmore (drums), will release on September 9th. Here is a brief EPK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar_g4lmRFkw The Mark Turner Quartet will tour starting a week after the album release: Sept 16 in Cambridge, MA at Regattabar Sept 18-21 in New York, NY at Jazz Standard Sept 23 in Chicago, IL at Constellation Sept 24 in San Francisco, CA at Yoshi’s Sept 25 in Santa Cruz, CA at Kuumbwa Sept 26 in Columbus, Ohio at Wexner Arts Sept 27 in Denver, CO at Dazzle Sept 28 in Los Angeles, CA at Broad Stage Mark Turner also appears on Joy In Spite of Everything, Italian star pianist Stefano Bollani’s beautifully textured new album with Jesper Bodilsen (double-bass) Morten Lund (drums) and Bill Frisell (guitar), releasing August 25th. Here is a brief EPK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVjqpdOnBE

Lowell Ullrich Week 6 picks http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/07/31/the-picks-week-6-in-the-cfl/ ***** cfl.ca Week 6 game notes http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-6 ***** Rod Pedersen Week 6 picks http://www.rodpedersen.com/

To follow up on the Basie Roulette OAS, it is now going for $16.57 + $3.99. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JH53O98/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sounds great. I'll look for it.

Bev, is there anyone in the current lineup I might have heard of? Who is the leader?

Gary Lawless + 5 Week 6 picks http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/week-6-cfl-picksby-gary-lawless-269329441.html ***** Dan Ralph Week 6 picks http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/4727789-cfl-picks-als-and-argos-look-to-right-sluggish-start/ ***** Mike Beamish Week 6 picks and power rankings http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/football/lions/Week+Picks+power+rankings/10077271/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/sports/football/lions/Week+Picks+power+rankings/10077271/story.html?rel=917166

The Als have hired Don Matthews and Turk Schonert as consultants. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=458314 ***** cfl.ca power rankings http://cfl.ca/article/cflca-power-rankings-unbeaten-stamps-on-top-again ***** Gregg Xenakes Week 6 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4712733

The original Manfred Mann recorded for EMI, as did their singer Paul Jones after he left the group. Yet now I see that Warner will issue next week an Original Album Series box of their material. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KM478P4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=15OXMQC9Z0YS9&coliid=I1SFY5HTKU2UTR I wonder what other EMI material Warner obtained.

New release date: Sept. 23.

MICHAEL CARVIN EXPERIENCE FLASHES FORWARD WITH NEW MOTEMA RELEASE Acclaimed Drummer Introduces His New Band on Flash Forward (August 19, 2014), His First Release in Eight Years Master drummer Michael Carvin waited eight years after releasing his last album (2006’s Marsalis Honors Series: Michael Carvin) to add another recording to his impressive catalog, for one simple reason. “I just didn’t feel like it. I wanted to take a break,” explains the 70-year-old Carvin, whose talents have been on display for five decades, through his work with such artists as BB King, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gilespie, Pharoah Sanders, Hampton Hawes, McCoy Tyner, Illionois Jacquet, Pat Martino, and Jackie Maclean, as well as on ten albums as a leader. Now, with the August 19 release of Flash Forward, his debut release on Motema Music and his first with his new band, Michael Carvin Experience, Carvin is eager to impress fans old and new with a reinvigorated sound, one which layers a modern approach over a strong traditional foundation. “This band is the first I’ve worked with in a very long time where I could go home after a session, lay my head down and fall fast asleep,” continues Carvin. “I was that comfortable working with them. There was no drama, no ego. It’s the band I wish I’d found years ago.” That band – Jansen Cinco (Sean Lennon, Estee Maria) on bass, Yayoi Ikawa (Reggie Workman, Charles Fambrough, Harlem Renaissance Jazz Orchestra) on piano, and Keith Loftus (Benny Carter, Cedar Walton, Nancy Wilson) on tenor sax – represents more than the melding of generational influences. In the Michael Carvin Experience, the drummer has assembled a band that shares his vision, and that allows him to express the scope of his vast experience through the filter of their fresh perspective. Flash Forward features eight tracks composed by such legacy jazz artists as Miles Davis, Horace Silver, and Dizzy Gillespie. “These are the songs that made me fall in love with jazz,” says Carvin, “but this time I set out to deliver them with a fresh rhythm in the hope that they’d excite the young players in my band the same way they excited me back in the day.” Ballads, such as “Autumn Leaves” and “You Stepped Out of a Dream,” are here infused with a vital energy, and up-tempo tracks, such as “Night in Tunisia” (Carvin’s own arrangement that he brought to Dizzy Gillespie when he was working with him) and “So What,” seethe with an unbridled momentum. The album’s two selections that are not standards (Bobby Hutcherson’s “Same Shame” and Horace Silver’s “Sayonara Blues”) – so very dissimilar in tone and texture – are both indicative of the intimate connection the four players in the band share. Carvin is markedly expressive when discussing his three band-mates’ roles. “Jansen, he’s the anchor. He keeps us in place,” he says of the Philippine-born bassist. “Keith is the poet. He delivers the lyrics with his saxophone. And Yayoi, she’s the decorator, adding sparks to the music with her beautiful embellishments.” And how does Carvin see himself? The drummer describes his role as “the painter.” “I use certain colors to evoke a specific reaction, or to capture an emotion,” he explains. “Somehow all these various elements combine to create an entirely unique whole, something that couldn’t otherwise come into existence.” “Another way to understand how it all comes together is to think of the music like an ensemble of clothing,” continues Carvin. “Unless they match, a pair of pants and a jacket don’t even make a suit. Once you’ve got a suit, you add all the accessories, and you’ve got yourself an outfit. You’re really happy when someone notices and says to you, ‘Where did you get that outfit?’” After appearing on over 250 albums in the course of a career that began when he was a 12 year old in Houston, Texas, Carvin certainly knows first-hand about successful ensembles. His career as a touring musician began when he hit the road with Rhetta Hughes and Tennyson Stevens in 1964, and was interrupted by his two-year tour of duty with the US Army in Vietnam. His military duty left an indelible mark on him, perhaps best denoted by his work some 40 years later on two projects with fellow Vietnam veteran violinist Billy Bang - Vietnam: The Aftermath and Vietnam: Reflections (both on Justin Time Records.) After receiving his Honorable Discharge from the army, Carvin settled in Los Angeles, where he spent two years as a staff drummer at Motown Records in the late 1960s. In addition to extensive studio and television work, he also performed in support of BB King, Hugh Masekela and others. After working with jazz greats Bobby Hutcherson and Freddie Hubbard , he moved to New York in 1973, which coincided with his first major jazz recordings (with Jackie McLean, including the innovative duo performance Antiquity), followed by associations with the likes of Pharoah Sanders and Dizzy Gillespie. 1973 also marked the debut of his Michael Carvin School of Drumming, which has given Carvin the opportunity to shape the conceptions of some of the most important drummers from all over the world, and in the process to establish himself as one of the world's most respected drum coaches (he prefers that term to ”teacher”) and clinicians. He's attracted students from Europe, South America, Australia, Japan and India. Now in its fourth decade, the school has a list of distinguished alumni that includes Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin and Wood), Michael Shrieve (of Santana), Ralph Peterson, Jr., Eric McPherson, Nasheet Waits, Allison Miller, Kim Thompson (Beyoncé) and Rodney Green, among many others. Carvin has also shared his knowledge through ongoing relationships with the New School, the University of Hartford and the University of Kansas/Kansas City. With his new band, new label and new album, Michael Carvin is doing precisely what the title of his new release implies. With its balance of traditional compositions and adventurous musicality, Flash Forward represents a grand leap toward the future by this dynamic artist, who is powerfully bringing the finest that the jazz tradition has to offer along with him as he ventures into fresh and exciting new territories.

Week 5 highlights video http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/99691 ***** The Stampeders have signed Hugh Charles. http://cfl.ca/article/charles-to-calgary-stamps-ink-tailback-to-practice-roster ***** The Ticats have put Zach Collaros on the six-game injured list. http://cfl.ca/article/collaors-no-closer-ticats-pivot-placed-on-6-game-injured-list ***** Chris Schultz Week 6 picks http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=458172

Happy Birthday 2014 Gary!

Stampeders 26....Eskimos 22 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4711489 Good game! The Eskimos might have won it, but they made some questionable play calls. With the win, Bo Levi Mitchell ties Jeff Garcia's record of starting hiss career with 7 consecutive wins. Edmonton's 50/50 raffle set a club record - $348,534! http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457939 ***** Bombers 23....BC 6 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457976 The Bombers led the entire game, thus bouncing back from their poor showing against Calgary last week. ***** Ticats 33....Redblacks 23 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4711940 Another great game! It was tied at 23 with six minutes left in the game. Dan LeFevour won his first game as a starter. ***** Riders 37....Argos 9 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4711963 Newly signed Will Ford ran for three touchdowns, and the Argos were never in it. ***** cfl.ca Week 5 review http://cfl.ca/article/cfl-replay-a-look-back-at-week-5-20140724012419

Happy Birthday 2014 bichos!

Lowell Ullrich Week 5 picks http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/07/24/the-picks-week-5-in-the-cfl/ ***** I don't think I saw this when I was posting the pre-season previews, so here is Lowell Ullrich's: http://www.theprovince.com/sports/football/bc-lions/2014+preview/9974241/story.html ***** cfl.ca Week 5 game notes http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-5 ***** Bo Levi Mitchell has won his first 6 starts in the CFL. The record is 7 by Jeff Garcia. Mitchell has the chance to tie Garcia tonight. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457811 ***** Here's an article about the league's dealings with ESPN. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/2014/07/22/21825941.html ***** Mike Beamish Week 5 picks and power rankings http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/sports/football/lions/Week+Picks+power+rankings/10056677/story.html

Blue Train (incl. Auto-Rip) - $4.99 http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Train-John-Coltrane/dp/B0000A5A0T/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1406218653&sr=1-1&keywords=blue+train+john+coltrane

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Speaking of the devil, we can see his group in performance tonight at 7:30 pm and 10:45 pm eastern here: http://new.livestream.com/jazz/belgrave

Mike Renaud has injured his hamstring, and will be out for several weeks. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457586 ***** cfl.ca Week 4 review http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cfl-replay-a-look-at-week-4 ***** Week 4 video highlights http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/99273 ***** cfl.ca power rankings http://cfl.ca/article/cflca-power-rankings-alberta-reigns-supreme ***** The Riders have signed Will Ford. http://cfl.ca/article/saskatchewan-adds-rb-will-ford-to-practice-roster ***** The Stamps have put Jon Cornish on the six-game injured list. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457741 ***** Bill Stephenson has died at 85. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457786 ***** Chris Schultz Week 5 picks http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457660 ***** Gregg Xenakes Week 5 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4711130 ***** Dan Ralph Week 5 picks http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2014/07/23/cfl_week_5_picks_surprising_eskimos_face_archrival_stampeders_in_battle_of_unbeaten_clubs.html

There's a huge amount of his work available. http://www.oldies.com/performer-view/James-Garner.html http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A2625373011%2Ck%3AJames%20Garner http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=James+Garner&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AJames+Garner

Nice list of people he's played with over the years. Reed Master Harvey Wainapel's "Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2" Due for September 2 Release By His JazzMission Records Disc Is a Showcase for His Musical Alliances With Some of Brazil's Top Composers, Players, & Arrangers CD Release Shows Include Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz, 9/4 California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley, 9/5 Rhythm & Rye, Olympia, 10/6 The Royal Room, Seattle, 10/7 July 22, 2014 Saxophonist and clarinetist Harvey Wainapel has been dividing his time between Berkeley and Brazil for nearly 15 years now, and in the course of his expansive Brazilian travels he's forged deep musical friendships with an array of that country's notable composers and instrumentalists. Many of them were showcased on Wainapel's gorgeous 2007 travelogue Amigos Brasileiros, and many more are in the spotlight on its follow-up, Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2. The new disc will be released by Wainapel's JazzMission Records on September 2. "I've been pretty ambitious with both of these CDs, but I'm still just scratching the surface," Wainapel says. "There are so many traditions and styles that are very localized and not commercial, so you won't hear them on the radio." The sessions took place in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, and Recife, Brazil; one track featuring carioca pianist and U.S. resident Weber Iago ("Palavras de Menina") was recorded in Washington state. Rhythms such as xote, caboclinho, maracatú, baião, frevo, marcha, and choro infuse intoxicating compositions by Léa Freire ("Mamulengo"), Spok ("Nilinho na Aldeia"), Wilson Lopes ("Árvore"), and Marco César/João Lyra ("Triunfando"). The leader contributes "Nas Ruas de Perdizes," a composition selected as a semi-finalist for the 2010 Curitiba Choro Festival (and the only entry by a non-Brazilian). In many ways Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2 serves as a savvy on-the-ground survey of the contemporary Brazilian scene, a thoughtfully curated guide to musicians' musicians in a nation bound together by sound. Instrumental music is overshadowed in Brazil by vocal music, which means many of the Amigos Brasileiros players and composers are unsung at home. "I wanted to reflect what's happening now with the people I meet," says Wainapel, "and they were kind enough to include me on their scene. There's so much creative energy down there. You never get to the end of it." Equally adept on clarinets and saxophones, Wainapel (pronounced wine-apple) has also collaborated with some of jazz's most acclaimed musicians over the past three decades, including pianists Kenny Barron and McCoy Tyner, tenor saxophonists Joe Henderson and Joe Lovano, and drummer Billy Hart. It was while living in New York City, in 1979, that he first contracted his fever for Brazilian music. He landed a weekly gig playing in a large Brazilian jazz ensemble led by Thiago de Melo, which also included drummer Duduka da Fonseca, Wainapel's onetime Berklee classmate Claudio Roditi, and pianist Marcos Silva. The fever became an obsession. "It's led me to making these annual trips," says the saxophonist, a native of upstate Ellenville, New York, "though I play jazz there too. Brazilians love jazz, so it's 50/50. The Brazilian side injects a lot of emotion into my playing, and it opened up my concept of melody and harmony." Wainapel has gone on to tour internationally with Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, and perform in the U.S. and Brazil with such top figures as composer Guinga, guitar virtuoso Paulo Bellinati, and master pianists Jovino Santos Neto and Nelson Ayres. Wainapel relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1982 and quickly became an in-demand player. He made his recording debut as a leader in 1994 with At Home/On the Road, followed by Ambrosia: The Music of Kenny Barron (1996) and The Hang (1998), with Barron at the piano. Wainapel's first full recording of Brazilian music was 2004's New Choros of Brazil, a duo album with guitarist Paulo Bellinati that focused on previously unrecorded choros by masters like Sérgio Assad, Guinga, and Dori Caymmi. The saxophonist is planning a special series of shows to celebrate the release of Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2. He'll be appearing 9/4 at Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz, and 9/5 at the California Jazz Conservatory (formerly the Jazzschool), Berkeley, with special guests Vitor Gonçalves on piano (Hermeto Pascoal, Maria Bethânia, Anat Cohen) and Cleber Almeida on drums and percussion (Hamilton de Holanda, Banda Mantiqueira), plus bassist Scott Thompson and percussionist Brian Rice. He'll also be performing as a duo with Gonçalves 9/10 at Sonoma State University (1-3 pm) and 9/12 at Old Siskiyou Barn, Ashland, Oregon. Wainapel and carioca vocalist (and longtime California resident) Claudia Villela are scheduled to appear together at the Monterey Jazz Festival 9/19. In October, Wainapel will head to the Northwest for additional CD release gigs with pianist and frequent collaborator Jovino Santos Neto and his group: 10/6 at Rhythm & Rye, Olympia (also featuring Filó Machado) and 10/7 The Royal Room, Seattle. And then the saxophonist will pack his bags for another temporada in Brazil, staying for most of the remainder of 2014. "Time to start working on Volume 3!" says Wainapel. Photography: Don Fogg Web Site: harvjazz.com Follow:

Are any of you New Yorkers familiar with her? MAYIMBA MUSIC TO RELEASE VIDA. ARTE. AMOR. A BRAZILIAN JOURNEY WITH MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST LAURA DREYER AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE AUGUST 27, 2014 Laura Dreyer sax, flute Itamar Assiere piano Jefferson Lescowich bass Mila Schiavo percussion Aldivas Ayres trombone Davy Mooney guitar & Bernardo Bosisio Marcio Amaro drums Karen Rodriguez vocals Débora Watts Teri Koide New York, July 22, 2014 - Laura Dreyer, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has established herself as a vital member of the New York jazz scene. Always drawn to Brazilian music, the composer, educator and multi-instrumentalist created a "latinized" fusion incorporating elements of jazz, funk, and rock. Dreyer was a founding member and contributing arranger for the big band DIVA. In this capacity, she worked with luminaries Dave Brubeck, Rosemary Clooney, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Slide Hampton and Clark Terry, among others. Additionally she has performed with Dr. Billy Taylor, Mel Lewis, Robert Palmer, Nnenna Freelon, Lea Delaria, Leny Andrade and Portinho. She was a band member for the award-winning musicals "Hot and Sweet" and the Duke Ellington tribute, "Hit Me With A Hot Note." The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Dreyer grants in performance and professional jazz study/composition. She participated in the BMI Jazz Composer's Workshop and four of her songs have received an honorable mention in Billboard Magazine's songwriting contests. Dreyer has been active as an educator, and continues to write for music publications. Of her current work she says, "I discovered an intrinsic emotional quality in Brazilian music that helped me find a deeper level of self-expression. After having performed many times with Brazilian jazz artists throughout the years in New York City and Brazil, I began to envision recording my newest album in Rio de Janeiro. I had worked with world-class Rio-based jazz artists in Brazil, and realized that I had found the perfect group of musicians to perform my music and complete my vision." In the spirit of creating a multi- cultural recording, vocalist and music educator Professor Roger Wesby wrote lyrics in Spanish for one of Dreyer's compositions. Brazilian vocalist Débora Watts adapted these lyrics to Portuguese, and penned lyrics to another one of Dreyer's songs. Vocalist Teri Koide contributed her vocal talents and English lyrics to another piece, and Karen Rodriguez helped with further Spanish lyrics and stellar vocals. The repertoire was completed with the addition of two arrangements of a composition by the legendary Romeo Santos. The 14 tracks of the CD were recorded in the historic neighborhood of Santa Teresa with engineer Carlos Fuchs at his state of the art studio. Dreyer concludes, "I am grateful that the magic I felt during the recording session, and my passion for the fascinating sounds of Brazil, are captured on Vida. Arte. Amor." TRACKS Caminhos Novos Beauty & The Beast Ping Pong La Pena El Placer (Portuguese Version) Beijo del Sol (Rio Version) Spring St. Vale La Pena El Placer O Outro Lado do Seu Amor Perdendo Voce A Somba Se Foi Until Daybreak Arcade A Danca dos Cacharros Perdiendote For further info please visit www.lauradreyer.com or http://mayimbamusic.com.

I see that Big Lots is selling a new flavor of Brach's candy corn called Carrot Cake. http://www.biglots.com/p/c/new-arrivals/brachs-carrot-cake-candy-corn

Happy Birthday 2014 Joel!