GA Russell

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I see that this got two Grammy nominations, for Best Large Jazz Ensemble and Best Arrangement (Gil Goldstein).

Happy Birthday 2013 Z!

Happy Birthday David!

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Target/target.com is advertising today that it has the following DVD box sets for $14.99: Justified - Season 3 Downton Abbey original UK edition Breaking Bad - Season 4 The Walking Dead - Season 1 The Sopranos - Season 1 Girls - Season 2 Mad Men - Season 5

Tonight's Mega Millions numbers are... 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and Mega Ball 7 Once again I failed to get a single number. Is anyone here my new best friend?

You may recall the thread on Russ Nolan's last album, Tell Me. I've been playing that regularly in recent months, and have really come to enjoy it. I ranked it #9 on my list of best new albums of 2013 in CraigP's thread. Now we see that he has a new one coming out January 21. I'll look forward to it. "Relentless," 4th Album by Tenor Saxophonist/Composer Russ Nolan, Due January 21 from Rhinoceruss Music Featuring Pianist Manuel Valera, Bassist Michael O'Brien, Drummer Brian Fishler, Percussionist Yasuyo Kimura CD Release Shows in Chicago (Jazz Showcase, Jan. 21) & New York (Kitano Hotel, March 21) December 17, 2013 Tenor saxophonist/composer/arranger Russ Nolan continues his exploration of Latin rhythms on his fourth CD Relentless, which will be released by his Rhinoceruss Music label on January 21. Picking up where last year's critically acclaimed Tell Me left off, Relentless features the contributions of Grammy-nominated Cuban pianist Manuel Valera as well as Tell Me's rhythm section of Michael O'Brien on bass and drummer Brian Fishler. Nolan's concern with rhythm began coming into clear focus in the late 1980s, when he was living in Chicago. Then-teenage saxophonist Chris Potter came through town with Red Rodney's band and gave Nolan the first of what would become many lessons. "He could have talked to me about scales and harmony and all this other stuff," Nolan recalls, "but he really impressed upon me that the horn player has to have the same mastery of time as the rhythm section and can't rely on them to carry him along." Having taken up salsa dancing nearly seven years ago has further served to strengthen Nolan's rhythmic sensibility. "Instead of just having the music in my head, it's also in my body," he explains. "It's something that's natural for drummers because they play such a physical instrument, but for somebody who just moves their fingers and occasionally their head, as a horn player I feel the music differently than I used to." Afro-Cuban grooves as well as samba and Bomba beats infuse Nolan's originals, including "Cassa Cerrado," one of a number of tunes on the album that the saxophonist wrote during a seven-month engagement at a midtown Manhattan hotel as the leader of an organ trio that included drummer Fishler, and the samba "It Ain't Child's Play," one of three tunes featuring percussionist Yasuyo Kimura. Also included on Relentless are Nolan's readings of the Stephen Sondheim ballad "Not While I'm Around" (from Sweeney Todd) and Duke Ellington's "Solitude." Russ Nolan, 45, born in Waukegan, Illinois, and raised in nearby Gurnee. He took up clarinet at age 10 and switched to saxophonist a couple years later because, he says, "I was attracted to the sound and the power that I wasn't finding on clarinet." Although he played in his high school marching and jazz bands, playing basketball and baseball were his primary passions and he dreamed of one day becoming a professional athlete. He eventually turned his focus back to music and spent three and a half years at the University of North Texas, studying saxophone and jazz arranging and earning a B.A. in jazz performance. During a summer vacation from North Texas, he studied with legendary Chicago tenor saxophonist Joe Daley. Nolan moved to the city after graduation and studied with local saxophonist Rich Corpolongo and with visiting New Yorkers Chris Potter, Dave Liebman, and Kenny Werner. In 2000, pianist Werner convinced Nolan to move to New York City -- and would play on the saxophonist's 2008 CD With You in Mind (Nolan's debut recording was 2004's Two Colors). A 10-year resident of Sunnyside, Queens, Nolan has performed with his own group at Smalls Jazz Club and Jazz at the Kitano, both in New York City, and in Canada, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Orleans, Chicago, and Washington, DC. He frequently conducts workshops and clinics while on tour. He's a member of an all-star band that has been playing for jazz services at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side once a month for the past decade and since March 2013 has been playing for dancers with his own salsa quintet. Russ Nolan will celebrate the release of Relentless with upcoming shows in Chicago and New York. On Tuesday 1/21 he plays two sets at the Jazz Showcase, Chicago, with Jim Trompeter, piano; Larry Gray, bass; and Jon Deitemyer, drums. He brings the band from his new CD (Manuel Valera, Michael O'Brien, Brian Fishler) to the Kitano Hotel in New York on Friday 3/21. Photography: John Abbott Web Site: russnolan.com

Agree Me just wants to new issues of great bands with great musicians Top of the list would be Mat Maneri's Quintet with Oscar Noriega, Craig Taborn or Kris Davis, Ed Schuller and the great Randy Peterson. Remains the most exciting and invigorating live ensemble I've seen over the past 3 years. Then put up some money and do it. That's how I started my label. Chuck, you're the expert! How much money would it take to get started?

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.

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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!

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