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Marcello, I think that the agent agrees with you, and is suggesting that the club owner is turning down the opportunity to make good money to pay that rent.

Brandon Whitaker is out for the year with a torn ACL. That should be a huge loss for the Als. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405559

This one goes on sale today. I find it unique because it is all over the board. There is light mainstream jazz, a couple of female vocals, a spoken word track; I don't have an album like it. I'll let you know if I find it on Spotify. "Music Inspired by Freedmantown," Debut CD by Drummer/Composer Reggie Quinerly, To Be Released Sept. 18 By Redefinition Music Supporting Cast Includes Tim Warfield, Mike Moreno, Gerald Clayton, Vicente Archer, Enoch Smith Jr., Sarah Elizabeth Charles CD Release Shows Scheduled for Dec. 5, Smoke, NYC & Dec. 29, The African American Museum at The Gregory School, Houston August 20, 2012 On his forthcoming debut CD, jazz drummer and composer Reggie Quinerly taps a rich vein of cultural history from his native Houston to produce an ambitious, soulful, and uniquely resonant work -- Music Inspired by Freedmantown. The disc will be released September 18 by Quinerly's Redefinition Music label. Although Quinerly attended grammar school in the heart of the historic African-American district once known as Freedmantown (now the Fourth Ward), he knew little of the significance of the area. But a melody he composed while in his second year at Juilliard opened the door to memories of his hometown and, soon, an obsession with learning everything he could about the neighborhood and its past. "Over time I began to discover how this area became home to Houston's largest population of African-American homeowners immediately following the Emancipation Proclamation," says Quinerly, 31. "I learned how its history has played a significant role in the advancement of racial and economic equality, impacting the lives of all Texans from then on." The streets of Freedmantown, he says, "were becoming the backdrop for this project. I wanted to capture the very soulful essence of Freedmantown's voice." With the exception of the standards "I'm Old Fashioned" and "Sentimental Journey" (the latter his mother's favorite song), all of the songs on the CD were composed by Quinerly and most relate directly to Freedmantown. A world-class cast of players was on hand to help the leader breathe life into his evocative sound portraits: tenor saxophonist Tim Warfield, pianist Gerald Clayton, guitarist Mike Moreno (a classmate of the drummer's at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts), and bassist Vicente Archer. Also featured, on two selections, are trumpeter Antoine Drye, tenor saxophonist Matt Parker, and trombonist Corey King, as well as vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles (on "Victoria") and pianist/organist Enoch Smith Jr., who sings his own lyrics on the church-influenced track "Freedmantown" (The soul of this place / is written on every citizen's face). Reggie Quinerly started playing drums at age 8 after hearing Lester Grant playing at the church Quinerly attended with his family. "Many people, including myself, come to jazz through church, with the latter helping to shape the way we hear and play the former. In my mind, he was a jazz drummer first," Quinerly says of Grant, with whom he studied for a year. "Much later I discovered he had been a top session drummer in the '50s for many traveling blues and jazz acts, which explained why the way he played wasn't necessarily from the gospel tradition. It wasn't shoutin' music. Sitting at his side, I developed my sensibility for hearing the drums a little bit differently. It was definitely more low-key." Quinerly subsequently studied with Sam Dinkins, who "knew how to play all the percussion instruments -- not just drums, not just the drum set, but all of the world percussion. I was exposed to all kinds of music and all kinds of styles. He was also the consummate professional. Being a drummer, even a great one, was never enough. He stressed the importance of building businesses and creating opportunities for other artists to thrive. Those lessons have stayed with me." After high school, Quinerly went straight to New York City and enrolled at the Mannes School of Music at New School University, studying with Jimmy Cobb, Lewis Nash, and Kenny Washington. He earned his Master's in Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School. Since leaving Texas, Quinerly has worked with such notable musicians as Von Freeman, Vincent Herring, John Hicks, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis, and Greg Osby. With saxophonist Marcus Strickland, he also played and lectured in New York City schools as part of Lincoln Center's Jazz in the Schools program. For the last six years, Quinerly has played drums every Sunday at Paterson, New Jersey's Calvary Baptist Church (where Enoch Smith Jr. serves as musical director). Quinerly is looking forward to bringing Music Inspired by Freedmantown to the stage. He will perform a CD release show at Smoke in New York City on 12/5, and a very special concert is planned for 12/29 at Houston's African American Museum at The Gregory School. "I feel extremely privileged," he says, "for the opportunity to present this music at The Gregory School, a special venue that celebrates the collective achievements of all people, past, present, and future." Photography: Javier Oddo Web Site: www.reggiequinerly.com Follow: (trio version of "Fenster")

Marcello, his last two albums have threads in the New Releases forum. I like him a lot.

You're welcome!

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Edmonton today signed Matt O'Donnell. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405510

I have a couple of problems with the NHL. First, our local team the Hurricanes is not on broadcast TV, so I have never seen them except when they were in the Stanley Cup Finals a few years ago. Second, I think that there might be as many as six teams too many. I suspect that there are too many players who are not of major league calibre.

I see that this is now up at Spotify.

Any views about the lockout? You know that Donald Fehr isn't going to bend over. It wouldn't surprise me if the season is lost again.

Congrats kinuta! You're in the lead with 2 degrees!

Montreal Alouettes 28....Saskatchewan Roughriders 17 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4529967 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405446 The Als dominated the first half, and the game didn't look like it would be much. But the Riders held the Als to six points in the second half, and in the process made a game of it. For most of the fourth quarter, the Als led 22-17. Drew Willy started for the Riders. I believe that Darian Durant was dressed but did not play because of his hip flexor injury from last week.

BF, when spotify started in the US a year ago, I read that the artist (as opposed to the record company) is paid $0.004 per song per play, up to a maximum of $0.04 per album per play.

Thanks Pete and Mike! Both of those labels I would like to become more familiar with.

British Columbia Lions 28....Toronto Argonauts 23 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4529720 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405388 The Lions were the dominant team, but were unable to get safely ahead of the Argos. Travis Lulay threw a TD pass for the 22nd consecutive game, which moves him into second place behind Sam the Rifle Etcheverry.

Google has a new feature. If you type in a famous person's name followed by bacon number, Google will say how many degrees that person is separated from Kevin Bacon. Congratulate me, boys! I'm three degrees from Kevin Bacon! As you know, I have met two women who were internationally famous for their beauty, so I plugged their names in. Stephanie Zimbalist is only 2 degrees from Bacon, and Jean the Shrimp Shrimpton is only 3 degrees separated from him. So you add one degree for yourself to the number of the famous person you have met, and there you go.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 51....Edmonton Eskimos 8 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4529623 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405361 Edmonton scored the first 8 points, and Hamilton scored the next 51. It was a good game in the first half. Kerry Joseph started, although Steven Jyles did come in to play in the second half, as did the third string quarterback Goltz. The momentum changed on the last play of the first half. The Ticats led 9-8, when Brody McKnight's first field goal attempt as a pro (a 48 yarder) was blocked and run back for a touchdown by Bakari Grant. It was all Ticats in the second half.

Thanks Quincy!

Happy Birthday 2012 gslade!

Calgary Stampeders 44....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4529442 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405307 The Bomber offense is brutal. I think they got 12 net yards in the first half. Apparently the problem is not just that they are playing with the backup quarterbacks (they played all three tonight), but their o-line isn't doing the job either. The defense soon became exhausted and the Stampeders were able to cruise. Nik Lewis joined Allen Pitts as the only Stampeders to have 10,000 yards receiving in a career. There are now 16 in league history with 10,000 receiving yards. Buck Pierce will return from the injured list next week to start for Winnipeg.

jlh, by no means am I saying that Isaacson is an idiot. But over the years I have seen very little analysis of the Apple products, and a lot of applause for their sales figures. Any idiot can do that. In fact, I learned a great deal from the book about why someone might want to be an Apple customer. By the way, I did feel that Isaacson glossed over the fact that Apple products are (relatively speaking) for those for whom price is no object. Jobs focused on making the best products, rather than offering the best value. Of course, it's for each consumer to decide for himself whether Apple (during his second tenure) offered the best items and whether the closed system offered the best value.

I just heard what I believe is the single from Krall's new album. It is called something like "I've got a wide, wide river to cross". It's country! Her singing and the musicians with her were quite good. Unfortunately, it is a very boring song with the same riff repeated ad nauseum. But that never stopped country music fans! This could be a breakthrough for her.

I finished Walter Isaacson's book about Steve Jobs last week. I suppose that any idiot can say that a successful businessman is a genius. I wonder what people would have said about Jobs and his products if he had put out the same things but not many people bought them.

I just saw this! Congratulations Roger!!!

Thanks guys! I'll look into moving it onto my hard drive. I guess I'll just have to eat the cost of a short spindle of DVD blanks. It's not the end of the world. By the way, the movie is out of print, and this was the only seller except for one who was very, very high. So I guess that explains it.