GA Russell

The Byrds: Complete Columbia Albums Collection (13 CDs) - $26.29 http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Album-Collection-The-Byrds/dp/B005APT8A8/ref=pd_ys_sf_s_5174_b2_94_p

Training camps open today. Chris Williams is suing to have his contract voided, so he didn't show up. So the Ticats suspended him. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424554

Little House on the Prairie, each season $13.99 http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Prairie-Complete-Season/dp/B00009QG5O/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1370205893&sr=1-1

Woodstock (2 DVD Director's Cut) - $10.49 http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-Three-Two-Disc-Anniversary-Directors/dp/B001NXDSLQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=RVSBV717YT9&coliid=I178GLFLN0XCYN

Here's a report that says that Tim Tebow has been told by his advisors not to expect to play in the NFL again. http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/05/31/report-tebows-camp-says-nfl-career-might-be-done/

I've never smoked cigarettes. I smoke a pipe. I used to smoke cigars, and was in the business for a while ten years ago.

CP is reporting that the Riders have come to terms with John Chick. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424483 ***** The Eskimos have released Kyle Koch. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424522

Happy Birthday Durium!

The Argos changed their mind and released Mike Williams today. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424436

Comets bassist and Hall of Famer Marshall Lytle has died at age 79. http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0529/Marshall-Lytle-dies-leaves-Rock-Around-the-Clock-legacy

Something seems to be going on. The Amazon Marketplace price for John Coltrane - Side Steps is down to $18.69, and Amazon's price is its lowest ever, $21.99. http://www.amazon.com/Side-Steps-John-Coltrane/dp/B002N57XBO?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B002N57XBO

Ottawa has scheduled a June 8 press conference to reveal the team's name. TSN is reporting that it will be the RedBlacks. Other names suggested to focus groups have been Nationals, Rush, Voyageurs, and Raftsmen. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424313 ***** After three years in the NFL, John Chick is now a free agent, and is shopping himself to CFL teams. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424323 ***** Kyle Quinlan has told the Als that he will not report to camp. The word is that he will coach at McMaster instead. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424342

Happy Birthday Pete!

RIP. Forgive me if I am mistaken, but I believe that he was on one disc of a Joe Lovano 2-CD Village Vanguard release, with Tom Harrell on the other disc. That's a favorite of mine.

Thanks Kevin! Ten for a hundred doesn't sound too bad.

For many years I have stored my LPs in cardboard moving boxes. They fit perfectly. Recently I have had a bit of a bug problem in my apartment, and I think that the bugs are attracted to the cardboard. Is there such a thing as a plastic box perfectly sized for LPs? One with a lid would be preferable. Thanks for your suggestions!

Bat Masterson: Complete Season One - $8.94 http://www.amazon.com/Bat-Masterson-Complete-Season-Gift/dp/B009OE2NS0/ref=pd_rate_ft ***** Maverick: Complete Second Season - $27.93 http://www.amazon.com/Maverick-The-Complete-Second-Season/dp/B00B00HUC0/ref=pd_cp_mov_3 ***** The Rockford Files: Season One - $14.78 http://www.amazon.com/The-Rockford-Files-Season-One/dp/B000BGR1B4/ref=pd_cp_mov_1 ***** NCIS: Complete Sixth Season - $14.96 http://www.amazon.com/NCIS-The-Complete-Sixth-Season/dp/B002C2KAS6/ref=pd_cp_mov_2 ***** This Week in Baseball: Season One - $9.99 http://www.amazon.com/This-Week-Baseball-Season-One/dp/B00A2YFPXQ/ref=pd_ys_sf_s_2644980011_b1_75_p

This arrived in the mail today. I'm looking forward to hearing it. Steve Lindeman, Salt Lake City-Based Composer/ Arranger/Educator, To Release Debut CD "The Day After Yesterday" On Jazz Hang Records June 11 Modern Big Band Session Features All Lindeman Originals Performed by Synthesis, Brigham Young University's Award-Winning Ensemble May 21, 2013 Steve Lindeman's distinctive approach to modern big band composing is on ample display on his impressive debut CD, The Day After Yesterday, to be released by Jazz Hang Records on June 11. The Brigham Young University professor's originals are performed by BYU's Synthesis under the direction of Ray Smith, who also produced the album. Nearly all of the compositions on the stylistically far-reaching disc had their genesis in Lindeman's participation, from 2008 through 2011, in the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. Commuting to New York from his Salt Lake City home twice a month during that three-year span, Lindeman impressed Workshop Director Jim McNeely with his steely commitment -- and the depth of his talent. "It's been a pleasure to know Steve and see him develop into a jazz composer with a unique voice," says McNeely. Offbeat sonorities and unusual instrumental combinations, episodic shifts, extended silences, and overdubbed vocal choruses are all part of Lindeman's approach, which loses nothing in the way of swinging urgency or harmonic sweetness in embracing what Oliver Nelson called "the abstract truth." "I'm not a fan of traditional big band music -- it doesn't speak to me," said Lindeman, a late bloomer at 58 whose music reflects an early love for rock artists such as the Beatles, the Doors, and Stevie Wonder, as well as jazz-rock pioneer Chick Corea, whose use of the Fender Rhodes electric piano "opened a door" for him as a keyboardist and composer. In McNeely, distinguished pianist and composer-in-residence with the Vanguard Orchestra, Lindeman found a kindred spirit. "He was always encouraging experimentation, thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo, while respecting and tipping our hat to the lineage of Gil Evans, Manny Albam, and Bob Brookmeyer," Lindeman said. The rich diversity of sounds at the BMI Workshop "pushed me in a new direction." Synthesis, recipients of DownBeat magazine's "Top University Jazz Big Band in the Country" award in 2013, have performed extensively on festival and concert hall stages around the world and since 2006 have recorded several albums under their own name, most recently Flyin' High (2011). CD producer Dr. Ray Smith has been Professor of Saxophone in the Brigham Young University School of Music for over 30 years; he is also the school's Director of Jazz Studies. A member of the BYU faculty jazz quintet Q'd Up (as is Lindeman) and the Utah Saxophone Quartet, Smith is a multi-reed virtuoso who appears as a guest soloist on The Day After Yesterday. Steve Lindeman grew up in Columbus, Indiana (50 minutes south of Indianapolis) and earned his undergraduate degree at Indiana University, where his teachers included David Baker. He acquired a master's in music theory from Queens College and a Ph.D. in theory and history from Rutgers. Before joining the music faculty at BYU in 1996, Lindeman lived on the East Coast for 20 years, "surviving" musically as a freelance pianist while studying with such distinguished artists as Ronnie Mathews, Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, and Israeli Tamir Hendelman. He started out composing for small ensembles, and thanks to BYU, which funded his trips to the BMI Workshop as well as the recording of The Day After Yesterday, he has attained his dream of becoming a full-fledged jazz large ensemble artist. Lindeman's musical outlook has been strongly shaped by the Salt Lake City lifestyle and the natural beauty that surrounds him there. "The pace of life is much slower here than in New York," he said. "Looking across the salt flats, which I've done a lot with all my commuting, you can't help but absorb the pastoral quality of life out here. That is certainly reflected in my compositions -- in the sustained chords, for example, and the long silences and rests." Steve Lindeman and Synthesis will be performing a CD release concert on Saturday 6/15, 7:30 pm, at the Varsity Theatre, Wilkinson Center, Brigham Young University in Provo. Lindeman will be appearing with Synthesis on Hammond B-3 organ, and conducting part of the concert. Web Site: www.stevelindemanmusic.com Follow Steve:

Ian Logan has decided to retire. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424133

I Can See Your House From Here is currently $3.39. http://www.amazon.com/Can-Your-House-From-Here/dp/B000005GWE?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000005GWE

I remember a Scandinavian from 2002 or 2003 very frequently posting on AAJ that death metal was better than jazz.

The Closer: The Complete Seventh Season - $14.96 http://www.amazon.com/The-Closer-Complete-Seventh-Season/dp/B004UXVDJA/ref=pd_ys_sf_s_2644980011_b1_31_p The Complete Fifth Season - $14.96 http://www.amazon.com/The-Closer-Complete-Fifth-Season/dp/B0027VST2Q/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_text_z The Complete First Season - $16.93 http://www.amazon.com/The-Closer-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000ENC6QY/ref=pd_cp_mov_3

Prayers sent!

Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell (Complete Chess 1960-1966) - 27.97 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001U0HB9C/ref=s9_wish_gw_d16_g15_ir07?ie=UTF8&colid=15OXMQC9Z0YS9&coliid=I2H723Z58QHC9Y&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=1T2P4ZPQS0RSXJYNP390&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358549927&pf_rd_i=468294

Bertrand, I can't speak from experience regarding blu-rays; but for region-free players, I recommend that you look at a Chicago retailer called Bombay Electronics (from whom I bought my r-f DVD player). http://www.bombayelectronics.com/Multi_Region_Free_DVD_Player_s/22.htm