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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

Number one is JC Penney. Number two is the Nook. http://247wallst.com/2013/05/23/ten-brands-that-will-disappear-in-2014/

The Argos' first round draft pick, Matt Sewell, has decided to take advantage of a one-time opportunity to earn an MBA at McMaster before joining the team. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=423924 ***** The Lions have signed Joey Elliott to a three-year contract. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=423903

Gheorghe, that was my first record of his as well. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ed-shaughnessy-20130526,0,6466298.story

The Baron is now $12.98. http://www.oldies.com/product-view/2457FD/c_TE02.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TE02&utm_source=oldies

The Baron: Complete Series - $12.98 http://www.oldies.com/product-view/2457FD/c_TE02.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TE02&utm_source=oldies ***** Home Run Derby: Complete Series - $8.98 http://www.oldies.com/product-view/2050ED/c_TE02.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TE02&utm_source=oldies

Here's a favorite of mine from Amazon UK... 'Allo 'Allo: Series 3 and 4 - 2.39 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000163X5C/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

Happy Birthday Jim!

Person of Interest: The Complete First Season - $10.95 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053O8AKU/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Steve Forrest has died at age 87. The obituary suggests that he is best remembered for the TV show SWAT, but I remember him best as The Baron. http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-me-passings-20130524,0,5265991.story http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Baron-Complete-Series-DVD/dp/B0009P7VV2/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=15OXMQC9Z0YS9&coliid=IPR03TD68JGAE

John Coltrane - Fearless Leader is now $22.38. http://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Leader-John-Coltrane/dp/B000H30CBM/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_z

Not a box, but Bird is only $3.00. http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Forest-Whitaker/dp/B003ASLJJK/ref=sr_1_309?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1369435174&sr=1-309 And now I see that 'Round Midnight is only $2.63. http://www.amazon.com/Round-Midnight-Dexter-Gordon/dp/B0016OM3TU/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_text_y

John Coltrane - Side Steps is down to $22.30. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002N57XBO/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

This is a newly released album from an April 20, 1975, Los Angeles club gig. $7.00 download. http://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/art-n-warne

The Argos have signed former USC star and NFL first round draft pick Mike Williams. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=423838 ***** The Ticats have traded Jermaine McElveen to the Riders for Lyle Leong, Jr. McElveen led the team with six sacks last year. The Riders also released Tristan Jackson, which surprises me. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=423831

My Camry is an '87 with 286,000 miles on it. My Marantz 2015 receiver is from '74.

This news is two months old, but in case you missed it, details here: http://www.sportspromagazine.com/news/f1_lotus_announce_tie_up_with_columbia_records/