GA Russell

The Baron is down to $9.98!

Coltrane OAS - 9.99 euros http://www.amazon.de/Original-Album-Series-John-Coltrane/dp/B0050I2OXI/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1 ***** Passport OAS, Vol. 2 - 13.97 euros http://www.amazon.de/Original-Album-Series-Vol-2-Passport/dp/B00DU3YH8K/ref=pd_sim_m_18

I'll put her in my prayers, dgs.

dgs, I'll plan to post the Grey Cup contest Sunday night or Monday. Remember, you have to pick the winner, and the tiebreaker must be a multiple of 5. No fair making your pick before I post the contest! I think the Riders have a good chance against the Stamps this week because I think the Stamps are going to miss Marquay McDaniel who is injured. I also think that the Argos are going to miss Chad Kackert, so it wouldn't surprise me too much if the Ticats beat them Sunday. However, i like Jerious Norwood, and he may do a good job filling in for Kackert. ***** Wade Miller has been Acting President and CEO of the Bombers, and today the team gave him the job permanently. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=436446

This looks like it will be interesting. Different, for sure. "Far Away from Everyday," 3rd CD by Harp Guitarist/Pianist/Composer Brad Hoyt, To Be Released by Harp Guitar Music December 3 Guest Artists from the Jazz & Fingerstyle Worlds Include Jeff Coffin, Howard Levy, Evan Cobb, Joscho Stephan, Phil Keaggy, Antoine Dufour, Stephen Bennett, & Many Others November 12, 2013 Brad Hoyt originally conceived of his ambitious new album, Far Away from Everyday, as a logical expansion of his 2009 Together Alone debut for the Harp Guitar Music label. He wanted to explore the harp guitar's role in various ensemble settings and planned to build on the earlier album's piano/harp guitar duet format by adding new instruments, inviting players he'd admired, been inspired by, and occasionally performed with over the years. The result is "most often a sort of 'chamber jazz' -- a unique blend of meticulously written arrangements and wild improvisation," says co-producer (and Harp Guitar Music label head) Gregg Miner. Harp Guitar Music will release the new CD on December 3. Three years in the making, Far Away from Everyday boasts 14 original tunes and 30 musicians from around the world, including such notables as Nashville-based harp guitarist Muriel Anderson, the first woman to win the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship; recent ASCAP Golden Note Award honoree Phil Keaggy, guitar; bassist Michael Manring; and Czech violinist Tomás Mach. Hoyt himself plays a variety of instruments including various incarnations of the piano and his one-of-a-kind 30-string harp guitar. Chicagoan Howard Levy, who has written and performed harmonica concertos and was a founding member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, was one of the first musicians Hoyt asked to appear on the new CD. Levy agreed to listen to Hoyt's music, liked what he heard, and a few months later contributed to five tracks. Jeff Coffin in turn was eager to record with Levy. They play together on two songs: "The Relative Sea," featuring Coffin on soprano saxophone and Antoine Dufour on harp guitar, and "Alternate Timeline," with Coffin on flute and Mike Doolin on his own "Doolin" harp guitar. The album, Hoyt's third following Histories, a collection of music he recorded between 1990 and 2002, and the aforementioned Together Alone, lives up to its title with a unique blend of gypsy jazz, atmospheric soundscapes, Viennese-flavored reflections, and "funked-up acoustic music" (as Gregg Miner describes it). All of the music is carried by strong melodies that in many cases once had lyrics attached to them. They take on new life here. Brad Hoyt, 42, was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. As a Ball State University undergrad, he took lessons in both classical guitar and jazz piano and performed there in big bands and small groups, with his own blues band, and as a solo. When he began experimenting with plucked piano strings, he was so taken with the sound that he started envisioning a fingerstyle string instrument on which he could imitate that sound. A 12-string guitar or mandolin came close, but he preferred an instrument meant to be played with the fingers instead of a pick. After college, Hoyt moved to New York and freelanced. He had some of his music placed in TV and film, including NBC's Today Show. He also performed at such venues as the legendary CBGB's with the rock fusion group NightPeople. Three years later, he got married and relocated to Colorado, where he continued to write and record his compositions. In 1999, he and his wife Andrea moved to her hometown of Prague, where they had their first child. While in Europe, he recorded and performed with the group Art House, which he founded with bassist Alexander Jurman. In 2002, massive flooding in the Czech capital led to Hoyt moving back to Indiana with his family. (They currently reside in the Denver area.) He took with him a renewed fascination in stringed instruments, and finding the "portable plucked piano" he had in his head. Having become taken with the harp guitar, a guitar-like instrument with a second tier of open, non-fretted strings, he attended the 2004 International Harp Guitar Gathering in Williamsburg, Va., hoping to find a luthier who could make the model he envisioned. That man proved to be British harp guitar specialist Stephen Sedgwick, who, through a gradual and painstaking process, worked with Hoyt in introducing bold new features to the 10-string Brazilian folk guitar that served as their starting point. Dubbed by Sedgwick the arpa viola caipira -- Portuguese for harp country guitar -- Hoyt's dream instrument featured 15 bass, fretted, and super-treble double-courses totaling 30 strings. The more Hoyt has defined himself as an artist, having immersed himself in the harp guitar world, combined his fingerstyle and jazz influences, and designed his own custom instrument, the more surprised he is at how little known the string virtuosi he associates with are known by jazz's top players -- and vice versa. With Far Away from Everyday, he continues his personal mission to break down those walls. Brad Hoyt will be performing solo CD release shows in Denver at the Meadowlark Bar, 11/30, 9:00 pm; and at the Mercury Café, 12/13, 7:30 pm. Web Site: www.bradhoyt.com Follow Brad:

Happy Birthday 2013 Eric!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give to you... My Mother the Car - $18.72 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G5N6C8U/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Chad Kackert broke his ankle during practice Friday. He's gone for the season. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=436456 ***** Semi-Finals highlights video http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/92797/autostart/true

Calvillo said today that he is leaning toward retiring. http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/92747/autostart/true http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=436389

Death in Paradise (Series 1 & 2) - 11.25 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Paradise-Box-Set-DVD/dp/B00ER15JGS/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1384222217&sr=1-3&keywords=Death+in+paradise ...Season 1 - $31.48 http://www.amazon.com/Death-in-Paradise-Season-One/dp/B00D49YE4W/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1384222821&sr=1-2&keywords=death+in+paradise+series+1+-+2-dvd+set ...Season 2 - $31.48 http://www.amazon.com/Death-in-Paradise-Season-Two/dp/B00DC5JZTW/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_text_y ***** Downton Abbey: Series 4 - 19.50 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/Downton-Abbey-DVD-Maggie-Smith/dp/B00AQVMZ1U/ref=sr_1_11?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1384222217&sr=1-11&keywords=Death+in+paradise ...$34.96 http://www.amazon.com/Masterpiece-Downton-Abbey-Season-U-K/dp/B00F1BFRA6/ref=sr_1_11?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1384222708&sr=1-11&keywords=Downton+Abbey

I receive a couple of emails a week from oldies.com. Over the weekend I went window shopping over there, and I was surprised to see an unadvertised special: free shipping for orders over $35. I have to think that they are doing this to match Amazon's new policy.

Happy Birthday 2013 S-O-W!

Here's a column from last Monday by Matt Dunigan in which he analyzes the playoffs' quarterbacks. http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/matt_dunigan/?id=435856 ***** Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19....Montreal Alouettes 16 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4638794 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=436312 http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/10713 Very low scoring game. It was raining and windy in Guelph. CJ Gable scored late in the fourth quarter to give the Ticats the lead, but the Als came back to tie it at 13 with a Sean Whyte field goal as time expired. In OT, the Als got a FG, and Dan LeFevour quarterback-sneaked it in from two yards out to win it. ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 29....British Columbia Lions 25 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4638852 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=436328 http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/10715 The Lions dominated the first 3 1/2 quarters of the game, but the Riders came back with 13 unanswered points in the fourth to win it. It was very cold in Regina. Chris Milo put the Riders ahead for good with a field goal.

In today's Sunday paper circular, Target says that it will have Vol. 2 tomorrow for $17.99.

Thanks, Jeff. Now that I think about it, I know you're right.

Like Jim, I don't know how to vote either.

I got that Shakti album as part of the McLaughlin OAC box in the spring for Easter. I haven't opened it up yet. I guess I should! http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-John-Mclaughlin/dp/B000UH8BT0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1384052692&sr=1-1&keywords=john+mclaughlin+original+album+classics

I ordered Volume 2, and Amazon emailed me tonight that it has shipped. For whatever reason, they are promising that it will be delivered Monday the 11th rather than Tuesday the 12th. I thought all albums are released on Tuesdays. I plan to save mine for under the Christmas tree.

Brad, are you referring to Miles' Cellar Door box? I think that that was 1969, wasn't it?

Benevides has decided that Lulay will start tomorrow's game against the Riders. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4638412 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=436241 ***** Here's a look at the health status of the members of tomorrow's four teams. http://cfl.ca/article/status-report-whos-in-and-whos-out-for-sunday

Well this is something near and dear to our hearts! http://blog.cookingchanneltv.com/2013/09/23/health-benefits-of-beer/?oc=outbrain&c4=Health-Benefits-of-Beer

I would like to learn more about LinkedIn, so I thought that some of you might find this useful as well. http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/23454/the-ultimate-cheat-sheet-for-mastering-linkedin.aspx?source=hspd-outbrain-the-ultimate-cheat-sheet-for-mastering-linkedin-20131105

Malcolm Kelly final power rankings http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/football/opinion/2013/11/cfl-power-rankings-week-19-2.html ***** Mike Beamish Semi-Finals picks http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/picks+Semifinals+Sunday/9145072/story.html ***** Chris Schultz Semi-Finals picks http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/schultz/

I am not aware of a store which carries a selection of new jazz CDs in this area. To be precise, the only seller of new CDs that I am aware of is Walmart, and they sell mostly Hispanic material.

CFL.ca Semi-Finals picks http://cfl.ca/page/cflca-writers-make-their-semi-final-predictions ***** There is a new book out about the league's expansion into the US called End Zones & Border Wars by Ed Willes. Last year for Christmas I received the author's book on the WHA called The Rebel League, and I enjoyed it very much. http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/11/06/new-cfl-book-nice-trip-down-memory-lane/ http://www.amazon.com/End-Zones-Border-Wars-Expansion/dp/1550176145/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383947535&sr=1-3&keywords=Ed+willes