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Happy Birthday aurelio!

Here's the word on Scott Flory and the others elected to the Board of the players' union. I'm curious as to why Flory ran for the office. Is he more or less militant than Mike Morreale? http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=447906

There will be a new video posted each week to promote Road Shows, vol. 3.

Mike Nock - In, Out & Around Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message Henry Mancini - Music from Peter Gunn Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall - Mosaic box Bill Evans - Village Vanguard 1961 box

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Thanks Jim and everyone! I've learned so much here.

Congratulations Alexander!

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Ben Archibald has retired. And the Lions have released Anton McKenzie. http://cfl.ca/article/archibald-retires-lions-release-mckenzie http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=447646 ***** The players' union is meeting in Las Vegas this weekend. They voted last night for President, and Scott Flory beat Mike Morreale. http://scratchingpost.thespec.com/2014/03/flory-in-morreale-out-as-cflpa-president.html http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=447707 The union contract expires in a few weeks, so we'll see how hard a stance Flory takes.

Mine arrived from the UK today. I didn't expect it till Wednesday.

Happy Birthday 2014 jlhoots!

I once read that Robert Wyatt surprised Nat Hentoff by being able to sing the entirety of Donna Lee. And Dave Lambert sang Donna Lee at the 1965 Bird Memorial concert.

Does anyone know Denson from his years with Lee Konitz? pfMENTUM Records to Release Two Duo CDs by Bassist Jeff Denson-- "I'll Fly Away" with Pianist Joshua White & "Two" with Clarinetist Claudio Puntin-- On April 15 West Coast CD Release Shows, With Jeff Denson Trio Featuring Joshua White, Scheduled for Early June March 28, 2014 Best known for his work in the celebrated cooperative trio Minsarah (which he founded with Florian Weber and Ziv Ravitz) and his seven-year tenure in the Lee Konitz New Quartet, bassist and composer Jeff Denson has also led a highly regarded quartet featuring Weber, Ralph Alessi, and Dan Weiss. Now Denson is preparing to showcase other aspects of his virtuosity and exquisite musicality with the April 15 release, by the San Diego-based pfMENTUM label, of two very different duo albums, I'll Fly Away and Two. The discs provide a fascinating window into Denson's vast range as an improviser. A singular collaboration with the powerhouse San Diego pianist Joshua White, I'll Fly Away is an emotionally charged project devoted to hymns and spirituals. Two is a melodically rich free improv session with the remarkable Swiss clarinet virtuoso Claudio Puntin. In many ways the projects couldn't be more dissimilar, but they're united by Denson's insistence that the bass can play any musical role. "I don't want to be tied down to being a function player," he says. "I don't want to have to only play the role of the bass as a supportive root function instrument. I love doing that, but I don't want to always have to do that. Even in more straight-ahead situations I find ways to play melodies. I want to be able to play textures. In a duo setting, there's a great deal of freedom." It's a context perfectly suited to his interactive sensibility. "When you play in duo you have 50 percent of the responsibility and you need to be 100 percent committed to what you're doing if the music is going to travel and work and move places," Denson says. "You're either connecting directly with them or not. Everything they play, you must notice. But there are so many options. Deciding not to go with them can be really exciting too." The sacred music project with White grew out of several hymns that Denson performed at funerals for his father and his maternal grandmother who helped raise him, including the title track, performed in three divergent renditions, and the breathtaking solo arco version of "Amazing Grace." The session was recorded in one day and all but one track is a first take, "a really good demonstration of how we share and communicate and share musical aesthetics. We are both really adventurous and take a lot of risks. I just wanted to do what we do." The collaboration with Puntin had a very different genesis. It began, Denson writes in his succinct notes for Two, "in Cologne, Germany in 2008, and ended two years later on a rainy day in Berlin: two musicians, from two continents, two years apart, on two different days, in two different cities, met and recorded this music without discussion or plan . . . . " Investigating a wide array of moods and textures, the music can be playful or threatening, innocent or carnal. "We didn't talk about anything beforehand," says Denson. "We turned the mics on and just played. The music is completely improvised; the chord changes that appear are all spontaneous." Jeff Denson, 37, was born and raised in the Washington, DC area. He attended Berklee (where Minsarah was formed), earned his Master's in jazz studies at Florida State University, and relocated to Southern California to pursue his doctorate (at UC San Diego) in contemporary music performance with an emphasis in composition. Based since 2011 in the East Bay, he is a full professor at the California Jazz Conservatory (formerly the Jazzschool Institute) and has forged ties with some of the Bay Area's top players, including bassoonist Paul Hanson and guitarist Mimi Fox. A prolific composer and arranger, Denson has written music for an array of jazz settings, from big band to trio, as well as for string ensembles, solo bass, and a chamber opera (which he plans to premiere in 2015). While New York City offered a bustling life as a freelancer, Denson has found musical fulfillment on the West Coast. "I can make my living playing everybody else's music being a supportive player, but I wasn't so interested in that," Denson says. "I'm most interested in doing something unique musically by pushing my own work. And I love teaching. So I can inspire people, and focus on what I want to do." Denson will be working with his trio featuring Joshua White (far left) and drummer Jon Arkin at the following West Coast CD release shows: 5/31 Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco; 6/2 SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, Santa Barbara; 6/3 Jazz at the CAP, Los Angeles; 6/4 The Loft at University of California San Diego, La Jolla; 6/7 Café Stritch, San Jose; 6/8 Duende, Oakland; and 7/25-26 Moody's Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee. He'll also be performing with the Joshua White Quintet 6/5 at the Del Mar (CA) Foundation. Jeff Denson's Secret World European Tour 2014, featuring trumpeter Cuong Vu, pianist Alex Conde, and drummer Jon Arkin, is now being finalized for late October. The quartet will be appearing in Heilbronn, Cologne, Osnabrük, and Dortmund, Germany, among other cities. A European CD Release Tour for Denson's trio is being scheduled for January 2015. Photography: Peter Varshavsky Web Site: www.jeffdenson.com Like: Follow:

This is now up on Spotify. I like it! It is quite laid back. It could have been recorded sixty years ago. If these guys played in a neighborhood bar, I'd go there all the time.

Season One and Season Three are now $10.96.

Now I'm jealous of Bill Murray! http://beerstreetjournal.com/this-is-bill-murray-in-pbr-pants/

I never particularly liked All Our Reasons. I like One is the Other much, much more.

This was my first Clifford Brown album, and I still enjoy it.

The NLRB ruled today that the Northwestern football players can unionize. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/03/26/college-football-players-can-unionize-federal-agency-says/ Here's ESPN's take. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10677763/northwestern-wildcats-football-players-win-bid-unionize

mjee, that's a Membran box. Do you have it, and if so, how is the sound? Don't most people here look down on Membran?

Check this out! The league's chief statistician used the data to pick four dream teams. http://www.macleans.ca/interactive-cfl-dream-teams/

This is a favorite of mine from EMI/Blue Note. 60 Great Jazz Classics for Lovers (used - $7.45) http://www.amazon.com/60-Great-Jazz-Classics-Lovers/dp/B00008ES6Y/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=11THRBMFZMWGGPMZHKQR These are probably just as good. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Jazz-Classics-Various-Artists/dp/B00008ES6X/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NCKQND5C8D8XZ2X06F8 http://www.amazon.com/60-Great-Jazz-Classics-Movies/dp/B00008ES6Z/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0J7KV7TZJNSDPFB185M5

It's been two and a half weeks since March 8, so I'll try to list things in chronological order. The Toronto city government is pushing for the Argos to play in BMO Field, the current home of Toronto's soccer team. http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2014/03/07/mlse_city_pushing_to_move_argos_to_bmo_field.html ***** The Argos released Khalif Mitchell so he could pursue NFL opportunities. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=445832 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4675645 ***** The Eskimos released Chris Thompson. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=446278 http://cfl.ca/article/esks-release-veteran-db-thompson ***** The Riders have hired Avon Cobourne to be their running backs coach. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=446535 http://cfl.ca/article/backfield-help-cobourne-joins-riders-coaching-staff ***** Rey Williams has retired as a player, and will become the Riders' Director of Player Development. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=446537 http://cfl.ca/article/reys-day-williams-announces-retirement ***** Chad (Ochocinco) Johnson tweeted that he would like to play with BC. Wally gave it some consideration and turned him down, so Jim Popp added him to the Als' neg list. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=446799 ***** The Rules Committee has recommended that defensive pass interference be subject to video review. I am not aware of the Board of Governors ever turning down the Rules Committee. http://cfl.ca/article/video-review-of-pi-gets-one-step-closer http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=446862 ***** The draft's projected #1 pick, McGill OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, skipped the league's combines last week, and will try out for Arizona, Seattle and Cleveland. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=447199 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=447337 ***** Winnipeg has been awarded the 2015 Grey Cup game, says Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/2015-Grey-Cup-willed-be-played-in-Peg-251972661.html?device=mobile ***** One more. Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson passed away today, so now we can expect the press on slow news days to speculate about the Bills moving to Toronto. http://www.tsn.ca/nfl/story/?id=447323#YourCallTop

This one is now up on Spotify. It is much more out than his last album (which wasn't out at all), but I like it very much. It reminds me of something but I can't think of what. Maybe you will know what I am referring to when you listen to it. It swings hard throughout.

My bank has charged me $26.94. I was thinking around $30, so I'm happy.