GA Russell

The King of Queens: Complete Series - $24.99 http://www.amazon.com/King-Queens-Complete/dp/B005D0OHA6/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1387323141&sr=1-1&keywords=the+king+of+queens+complete+series ***** That '70s Show: Complete Series - $25.99 http://www.amazon.com/That-70s-Show-Complete-Series/dp/B00BUWD7Y8/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_text_y ***** 3rd Rock from the Sun: Complete Series - $17.49 http://www.amazon.com/3rd-Rock-Sun-Complete-Series/dp/B00BM2JVAA/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_text_y

Happy Birthday!

RIP. http://www.horacesilver.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Silver I didn't know that his last name was Silva.

I dropped by Big Lots today to see if their selection this year is comparable to last year's. For the past two Sundays Big Lots has advertised in their circulars that they had $5 DVDs and CDs. Sad to say, they had very few CDs this year. It's possible that they got in a nice supply and sold them all, but I doubt it. I did pick up two: McCoy Tyner - Horizon (Keepnews Collection) http://www.amazon.com/Horizon-Mccoy-Tyner/dp/B000UDQR4A/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387249037&sr=1-1&keywords=mccoy+tyner+horizons Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits of the '60s http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits-60s-Tony-Bennett/dp/B003W77U9C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387249110&sr=1-1&keywords=tony+bennett%27s+greatest+hits+of+the+%2760s I also saw: Sergio Mendes - Bom Tempo http://www.amazon.com/Bom-Tempo-Sergio-Mendes/dp/B0038YIDH2/ref=sr_1_8?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387249331&sr=1-8&keywords=sergio+mendes Jimi Hendrix - South Saturn Delta. http://www.amazon.com/South-Saturn-Delta-Jimi-Hendrix/dp/B00B8O4VHU/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387249190&sr=1-11&keywords=jimi+hendrix

Sinatra Buble & Bennett - My Kind of Music (2 CDs, 40 songs) - 3.00 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sinatra-Buble-Bennett-Kind-Music/dp/B006J3GGUK/ref=zg_bs_231201_7

Looking at Holger's list, I didn't know that Donna Hightower passed away this year. I saw her in a club in Madrid in 1967. RIP.

Flurin, see here:

LOL! dgs, I've only now seen that you pm'd me your address on the fourth, so I have immediately ordered your Mosaic gift card. It should arrive in a few days. Let us know what you spend it on!

The Ottawa expansion draft begins tomorrow (Monday) morning at 11:00 am. You can keep up with live coverage at these two sites: http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?id=109590 http://cfl.ca/expansiondraft#DraftTracker

Almost done. I still have three things left.

Dirty Harry (four movies) - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00388PK7O/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ***** Clint Eastwood American Icon Collection (four movies) - $4.81 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001M9ELQ2/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=RVSBV717YT9&coliid=I3EEJ893YE8TTU

Bev, I got The Cheque is in the Mail ca. 1980, and as I recall it was a disappointment. I probably have it in a box somewhere, and maybe I'll make it a resolution for 2014 to find it and listen to it.

There are two Sonny Rollins OACs! Both share four albums. The fifth of one is The Bridge. That of the other is Now's the Time. The Bridge - $27.05/11.86 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UO7IMY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=RVSBV717YT9&coliid=I1JZKD6AMNIFVO Now's the Time - $14.98/10.23 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JA5MKQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=RVSBV717YT9&coliid=I3RDRO5BJDKJA7

Is this a great country, or what? A Broward County Walmart employee was unhappy that a co-worker was named Employee of the Month so he shot her car! Investigators said they’re still stumped on the exact motive for the shooting. “Perhaps (Mitchell) wanted to be employee of the month but clearly these actions that we saw in response to this, I think we see why he wasn’t chosen as employee of the month,” Coleman-Wright said. http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/12/13/cbs4-exclusive-wal-mart-employee-arrested-for-shooting-co-workers-car-over-award/

Hey GA - just wanted to thank u for these posts. Got a couple of things that u helped me save big bucks for. You're very welcome, b-b! It's great to know that people are taking advantage of the efforts of the posters!

The Mel Brooks Collection (eight movies) - $18.96 http://www.amazon.com/Brooks-Collection-Blazing-Saddles-Frankenstein/dp/B000E6ESIK?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelhomealerts-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000E6ESIK

Manfred Mann recorded God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemenn (sic). http://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-The-Road-Apiece-Recordings/dp/B000QGDHU8/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_17 http://www.amazon.com/God-Rest-Merry-Gentlemen-1999/dp/B008ILOEJ6/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1387074926&sr=1-3-catcorr&keywords=manfred+mann+god+rest+ye http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I50R/ref=dm_ws_ps_cdp?ie=UTF8&qid=1387074926&s=music&sr=1-3-catcorr

The Lions have promoted Mark Washington to be their new defensive coordinator. http://cfl.ca/article/lions-name-washington-clubs-new-defensive-coordinator http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=438837 ***** Cordarro Law has tried out with New England. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=438794 ***** Paul LaPolice has told the Lions that he is not interested in becoming their offensive coordinator. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=438792 ***** Henoc Muamba and Chris Matthews have tried out with Minnesota. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=438886 ***** Rich Stubler interviewed with Mike O'Shea regarding becoming the Bombers' defensive coordinator. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=438943

Happy Birthday 2013 Gheorghe!

Happy Birthday 2013 Jim!

The Times acknowledges its error on its website. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/arts/music/keith-jarrett-and-his-trio-will-play-at-carnegie-hall.html?_r=0

Klaus Doldinger - Blues Happening Manfred Mann Chapter III - the unreleased third album

Congratulations CJ!

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Reed Player/Composer Matt Renzi To Release 8th CD as a Leader, "Rise and Shine," On Three P's Records Jan. 14 CD Features His Longtime Trio, Bassist Dave Ambrosio and Drummer Russ Meissner, Plus Guests Ralph Alessi, Giridhar Udupa, A.R. Balaskandan CD Release Show at Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, Feb. 18 December 12, 2013 For his eighth CD as a leader, Rise and Shine, the versatile reed player and composer Matt Renzi further solidifies his reputation as a unique innovator and deeply probing musical traveler. Heard here on tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, and clarinet, the Rome-based Renzi reunites with his longtime trio -- bassist Dave Ambrosio and drummer Russ Meissner -- who are joined by three intriguing guests. The new CD will be released January 14 by the Three P's label. "We've developed our language," Renzi says of his trio-mates. "Once I explain the essence of a particular song, we let the music breathe and go where it wants to go in that particular moment, which takes a lot of trust musically." Sharing the frontline on three tracks on Rise and Shine is the acclaimed trumpeter Ralph Alessi, while South Indian masters Giridhar Udupa and A.R. Balaskandan contribute vocal percussion and mridangam respectively on the CD opener "Noasis," an arresting swinger with its dancing, warm-toned tenor, double-stop bass figures, and exacting vocalisms. (Renzi studied Indian classical music with the brilliant improvising vocalist and composer R.A. Ramamani and has been studying Carnatic Rhythm on the kanjira, a South Indian frame drum, for many years now.) But even without the Indian accents, Renzi creates magnetic currents through his interaction with Ambrosio and Meissner. The 41-year-old Renzi, a San Francisco native who lived, worked, and studied in New York, Boston, and India before relocating to Rome, performs throughout Europe as well as the United States, where he has strong followings in New York and on the West Coast. "During my time in Europe, I've matured as a composer," he says. "Wherever I am, I'm continuously analyzing contemporary scores, experimenting with orchestration, and researching my new sounds. I've developed a lot as a performer as well." Matt Renzi is a third-generation musician. His father, Paul Renzi, was principal flutist for the San Francisco Symphony for 50 years (he retired in 2004). His grandfather, Paolo Renzi, was principal oboist with Arturo Toscanini's legendary NBC Symphony Orchestra; his father also played with Toscanini. "I knew I wanted to play the saxophone when I was 12 or 13," says Matt. He studied for a time with Joe Henderson, who lived in the neighborhood and continued to be a friend and influence once their formal studies ended. Other mentors included his father, drummer Eddie Marshall, and bassist Herbie Lewis. Renzi headed to Boston to pursue a degree in music performance at Berklee College of Music, then to New York, where he first connected with Ambrosio and Meissner. "Musically it was fantastic," he recalls of the trio's busy time on the jazz scene. "We did various tours of Japan as well as Europe and the U.S. together." Returning to the West Coast to acquire a master's degree in arts in classical composition at San Francisco State, Renzi immersed himself in the compositions of 20th-century giants including Stravinsky and Elliott Carter. His studies there, he says, "got me away from using traditional chords to organizing more abstract sounds, and to thinking more in terms of orchestration." "Vetro," the atmospheric final track on Rise and Shine, pairs Renzi's oboe with lyrical modern percussion. "I plan to use the oboe more in improvisational settings," he says. "These days, I use it in my cello quartet, in which I try to mix contemporary classical music with improvisation. I also play oboe on certain gigs I have as a sideman. It's a technically and physically demanding instrument, so it makes you really think about every note you play." Matt Renzi, Dave Ambrosio, Russ Meissner. In addition to his work with the cello quartet, he performs a separate repertoire with a larger version of the band, Arm-Sized Legging, which features cello, viola, reeds, bass, and drums. He's also working on a solo CD using saxophone, clarinet, and English horn and exploring texture, sound, and microtonality. "I would love to write a piece for orchestra and saxophone," says Renzi. He also is continuing his studies of south Indian percussion to become even more fluent in that musical language. On a West Coast swing next month, Renzi plans to feature his cello quartet at a Chez Hanny concert (San Francisco) 1/12, with the leader on saxophone, oboe, and English horn joined by cellist Misha Khalikulov, bassist Kim Cass, and drummer Smith Dobson V. His U.S. CD release show takes place 2/18 at Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn (with Alessi, Ambrosio, Balaskandan, Meissner). Upcoming European appearances include Perugia Jazz Winter 1/16 with Renzi/[stefano] Senni/[Jimmy] Weinstein Trio (which plays completely improvised music from beginning to end); and 2/27 with Matt Renzi's Arm-Sized Legging at La Cantiere, Rome. He's also curating a twice-monthly concert series, "Esplorazioni," at Teatro Studio Keiros in Rome, and will perform a CD release show there 1/24 with European musicians. Web Site: mattrenzi.com