GA Russell

Jon Stewart?

Correct Jim! My avatar is thirty years old, and that is a recent picture.

Pete, I have no problem with that priest serving his entire sentence. But I feel that he is a fall guy, not a decision maker. I think that it is the bishops who should most be fearing being sent up the river, not priests in their offices. Of course in this case the bishop is dead. The judge here said that the priest could have done more, but the article doesn't say what. Short of renouncing his vows and going public, it's not clear to me what the judge expected of him. That solution wouldn't bother me and I think nearly all Catholics as well, but if that is what the judge wanted she should have said so (the article doesn't say).

I see that this is now available at Spotify.

I see that this is now available at Spotify.

I see that this is available at Spotify.

I see that Meridies is now available at Spotify.

I see that this Hailey Niswanger is now available at Spotify.

I see that this is now available at Spotify.

I can't tell whether the silence regarding the second woman in post #1286 is because no one wants to guess or because it is too obvious. Which is it? I will say that when I saw that photo, I immediately thought, That looks like Colleen Dewhurst.

I imagine that one current problem is that in these hard economic times people are not going to festivals they have already been to before.

This is a promo I received two months ago and never got around to. Rebecca Sullivan is from York, PA. I lived in York for three years, and my sister and her family have lived there for the past forty, so that piqued my curiosity. Sullivan has a very nice voice, but a little too high pitched for my preference. This is a very nice album with excellent song selection and playing, but it is not jazz. I suppose it should be categorized as cabaret because it is for adults and is urban-sophisticated. You can catch it on Spotify. Chicago Vocalist Rebecca Sullivan Debuts With "This Way, This Time," A Duo Session with Guitarist Mike Allemana Sullivan's Rhyme or Reason Records to Release CD June 12 Chicago CD Release Show with Allemana At Szold Hall/Old Town School of Folk Music Sunday, June 24 May 16, 2012 Rebecca Sullivan came into her own as a jazz vocalist in Chicago, where she's been based since 2006 and where she's frequently gigged with guitarist Mike Allemana. Their compelling musical chemistry is the main event on Sullivan's forthcoming debut recording, This Way, This Time, a duo session that will be released on Rhyme or Reason Records on June 12. "Rebecca has a lovely, liquid instrument, often evocative of Billie Holiday yet completely personal and unpretentious," says saxophonist Geof Bradfield, who produced the album. "Her delivery is so intimate, and it really works seamlessly with Mike's inspired colors and textures." On the new CD, Sullivan mixes affecting interpretations of infrequently heard standards by Johnny Mandel ("The Shining Sea"), Friedrich Hollaender ("Strange Enchantment"), and Hoagy Carmichael ("Ivy") with boldly personal versions of songs by the Beach Boys ("Wouldn't It Be Nice"), Nick Drake ("Blossom Friend"), and St. Vincent ("Human Racing"). She also contributes two originals (including the title track, co-written with Allemana), and closes the album with Dave Frishberg's poignant "You Are There." "Rebecca really gets inside the lyric," says Allemana. "Unlike many young singers, she never manipulates the melody or takes it out of context. She knows the composer wrote it that way for a reason." Mike Allemana and Rebecca Sullivan A native of York, Pennsylvania, Rebecca Sullivan grew up with several music traditions -- singing in her family's a cappella gospel group, studying classical piano (and winning competitions), steeping herself in American standards from the 1940s and '50s. As a student at Portland's Reed College, she performed folk music on open-mic nights, accompanying herself on guitar. But her first exposure to jazz came in the unlikely place of St. Petersburg, Russia, where in 2004 she spent a semester abroad studying Russian literature. There she had the opportunity to hear live jazz: "I had no idea songs could sound like that," she recalls of that epiphany. While in Russia, Sullivan put in serious listening time to recordings by Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Carmen McRae, and once she returned home she was already on her way to pursuing a career as a jazz vocalist. She relocated to Chicago in 2006 to study at the Bloom School of Jazz, and also began attending tenor saxophone legend Von Freeman's weekly jam session at the New Apartment Lounge. She made a deep impression on Mike Allemana, Freeman's longtime guitarist. "It's so refreshing to find a young singer who knows these beautiful old songs," he says. Before long Sullivan quit her day job (at the University of Chicago Press) to devote herself full-time to singing. "When I worked up the nerve to ask Mike if he would do a gig with me," she says, "I really felt like I was in over my head. But he said yes, it worked pretty well, and we ended up doing more gigs and eventually recording the album together." Come fall, Sullivan, now 29, will be starting the next chapter in her musical journey in Boston, where she plans to pursue a master's degree at the New England Conservatory. "I'll be studying with Dominique Eade, and then I'll have a separate improvisation teacher," she says. "I decided to go there because I want to be immersed in the intense musical learning environment they offer, as well as to improve as a musician and songwriter. Also, some great jazz musicians whom I really admire studied at NEC: Roberta Gambarini, Luciana Souza, Bill McHenry. And I can't wait to be back on the East Coast!" Rebecca Sullivan will be performing with Mike Allemana at a CD release show on Sunday 6/24, 8:00 pm, at Szold Hall (Old Town School of Folk Music), 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Tickets are $12 ($11 Old Town School members), and may be purchased online or by phone at 773-728-6000. Photos: Ingrid Karolewski www.rebeccasullivanjazz.com Follow: Like:

I see that both Things to Come and Lyrical, Vol. 1 are available at Spotify.

Matthew Scianitti Week 5 picks http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/07/cfl-picks-week-5-winless-bombers-hope-for-better-luck-at-home/ ****** Al Cameron Week 5 picks and power rankings http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/07/my-picks-and-rankings-going-into-week-5/

Greg Xenakes Week 5 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4516092

Greg Mohns has died. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=401419 http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/07/lions-confirm-passing-of-greg-mohns/ http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4516154

This is a very fine album that you can catch on Spotify. Imagine Stacey Kent making a contemporary bossa nova album. I find that most albums frontload the best songs, but to my taste that is not the case here. Brazilian Vocalist Carol Saboya Makes Her U.S. Solo Debut with "Belezas: The Music of Ivan Lins & Milton Nascimento" CD Was Produced and Arranged by Pianist Antonio Adolfo June 12, 2012 Already established as a premier recording artist in her native Brazil and in Japan, with eight albums to her credit, vocalist Carol Saboya is poised to make her U.S. solo debut with the July 10 release of Belezas: The Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento. The CD, on the AAM Music label, features guest appearances by saxophonist Dave Liebman and harmonica master Hendrik Meurkens, and was produced and arranged by renowned pianist (and Saboya's father) Antonio Adolfo. Having previously recorded an album based on the Antonio Carlos Jobim songbook, Saboya decided on a different tack for the new recording. "I thought about great Brazilian composers who are known in the States, and Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento made sense," she says. "They're modern in a way that's not bossa nova. They have these great harmonies and beautiful melodies, and their music really lends itself to jazz." On Belezas Saboya sings in both Portuguese and English, including a new translation of Lins's "Estrela Guia" -- a paean to Nascimento -- by the New York Voices' Kim Nazarian that was commissioned by the composer especially for this project. Other Lins songs on the CD include "Abre Alas," a 1970s-era song of protest against the Brazilian military dictatorship; "Doce Presença," with an English lyric by Jane Monheit; and "Soberana Rosa" (She Walks This Earth), which Carol sings in both English (lyric by Brenda Russell) and Portuguese. Among the Nascimento songs are "Bola de Meia, Bola de Gude" (Sock Ball and Marbles), a lively baião/maracatu that dates from early in Nascimento's career; "Tarde," one of his most magnificent ballads (with Dave Liebman featured on tenor saxophone); "Três Pontas," inspired by the train station in the small Minas Gerais town of Três Pontas, where the composer grew up; and "Beleza e Canção" (Beauty and Song), presented here in a Brazilian afoxé style. As for the arranger's tasks, "I tried to build this bridge between Milton and Ivan, so you can't tell one from another," Adolfo says. "I brought some of Ivan's harmony style to Milton and vice-versa, those intervals of fourths pioneered by McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea. And in one of Ivan's songs I use phrases from the first song that Milton presented at a festival in 1967. They have much in common. They came to the scene at the same moment, when there was a very strong musical movement." Saboya is backed by a stellar quartet featuring Antonio Adolfo on piano; bassist Jorge Helder (often heard with Chico Buarque and Maria Bethânia); drummer Rafael Barata (Edu Lobo, Rosa Passos, Mônica Salmaso); and guitarist Claudio Spiewak, who's recorded with a wide range of Latin music stars from Nestor Torres to Elba Ramalho. "Carol floats with the group with her supple dynamics and her soft, very energetic voice," Adolfo says. "I asked the band not to play grooves like bossa nova. I wanted them to play very freely, and she's like the fifth musician." In many ways, Belezas is Saboya's reintroduction to America, as she spent several formative teenage years living in Los Angeles. The elder of Adolfo's two musical daughters, Saboya, now 37, made her first recording at eight, but began her professional career as an adult on Sergio Mendes's Grammy-winning 1992 album Brasileiro, recorded during the family's Southern California sojourn. When the family moved back to Rio, Saboya continued to study and refine her craft, releasing an impressive debut album in 1997, Dança da Voz, which won Brazil's Sharp Prêmio award for Best New Pop (MPB) Singer. Saboya has released a series of acclaimed albums, including a 1999 session exploring the music of Jobim with guitarist Nelson Faria, Janelas Abertas. In 2007, father and daughter released the award-winning collaboration, Antonio Adolfo and Carol Saboya Ao Vivo/Live, a seductive set of Brazilian standards, and followed up with 2010's Lá e Cá (Here and There), a session devoted to classic jazz tunes and American Songbook gems. It's a Brazilian artist's love letter to American jazz, a passion that Adolfo passed on to his daughter. (She also guested on two tracks of Adolfo's 2011 CD, Chora Baião.) "There are many, many, many great composers here [in Brazil], and it's an honor to be able to sing them," Saboya says. "I can do something different with these songs. It took me a while, but I always knew that Ivan and Milton were there, waiting for me someday." Web Sites: www.carolsaboya.com www.carolsaboya.com.br

Correct, Valerie! Wikipedia says that Colleen's dad Fred played for the Ottawa Rough Riders! Now don't you think these two ladies look alike, or am I nuts? (And is the second too obvious for everyone to say?)

Correct, Jim! Now don't these two ladies look a lot alike?

Have we done this lady yet?

The Als have released Aaron Hunt. He was a league All-Star last year, and started every game this year. Very odd. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=401352

Happy Birthday 2012 Marcel!

The Complete Woody Shaw Columbia Albums Collection - $33.28 http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Woody-Columbia-Albums-Collection/dp/B005QOR1ZM?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B005QOR1ZM

I agree. The evidence against everyone is very damning, but we haven't heard their sides of the story yet. I would still like to learn more about what the local police knew, and if they failed to act.

NBA teams will have ads on their uniforms starting in 2013. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/nba-board-of-governors-approves-ads-on-jerseys/article4429148/