GA Russell

Nope, that didn't work! Nothing happened.

I wonder if Meet the Beatles would fit the bill for a lot of people.

Kevin, do you know how to turn sticky keys off?

Conrad, the Easy Eyes looks interesting, but it still has the small shift button with the control button almost as big. Whose idea was that?!

Thanks Conrad! I never knew that existed. I'll study it. PS - Thanks, too, Jim!

I am running Windows 7, which is also new to me. I installed the new keyboard with the new refurb computer I got two months ago. This keyboard makes me feel like I am a beginner who doesn't know how to type and will have to learn from the beginning. It is a Logitech.

I bought a new computer keyboard for Christmas, and I have had a geat deal of trouble with it. It was not expensive, but came highly rated per customer reviews. 1) I have owned a computer since 1987, and my biggest problem with this keyboard is the repeat of letters if you hold the key down too long. That is not a feature that I have ever wanted, and I don't know why it exists. This is the first computer keyboard I have had this problem with. Apparently my touch is too heavy for it. Is there a way to turn off this feature? 2) My second problem is that the shift key is small, and the control key is below it rather than beside it. I find that I (apparently) am hitting the control key rather than the shift key, so no letter appears in most cases. Is there a keyboard with a large shift key like old typewriters had? Thanks for your suggestions!

It's not like Bobby Broom is my favorite guitarist of all time, but I consistently like his records, and I'm looking forward to this one with the trio. "Upper West Side Story," New CD by Guitarist Bobby Broom's Trio With Dennis Carroll & Kobie Watkins, To Be Released by Origin Records May 15 The Trio's Fifth CD, & Their First New Recording Since 2009, Features All Broom Originals April 26, 2012 Bobby Broom's new CD, Upper West Side Story, is the guitarist's tenth album in as many years -- the culmination of a golden period of prolific creativity and steady artistic growth. Five of those recordings have featured his jazz trio with bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Kobie Watkins, who've worked as a unit since 1997. Origin Records, Broom's longtime label, will release the CD on May 15. Providing an intimate look at Broom's musical personality and the trio's fully developed group chemistry, the original compositions on Upper West Side Story are described by Broom as "an ode to where I'm from." They reflect a wide range of influences across a spectrum of genres while always remaining deep in the tradition of the modern jazz guitarist. Included is the first studio recording of Broom's "D's Blues," a live video of which has been a fan favorite online for several years. "I purposely waited to make a record of all originals," says Broom. "I feel that can be sort of a run-of-the-mill thing to do -- that everyone is doing it. But, you know, I've been out here 30 years now and people need to know who I am beyond my guitar sound and style. This album reveals more of me." "In my twenty years of playing with Bobby," says bassist Carroll, "I've always felt that his style of playing melds the feelings of all-American blues with an urban hip soulfulness that really speaks to the progression of jazz." "B is one of the great guitarists and musicians of this generation," adds drummer Watkins. "Playing with him and this trio has meant so much for my development and prepared me to have intelligent musical conversations." Dennis Carroll, Kobie Watkins, Bobby Broom For the last two years, Broom has also been working with the young drummer Makaya McCraven, who is heard on three tracks of the new CD. "Playing with Bobby," says McCraven, "you always have to dig deeper. His depth in vocabulary allows the music to go anywhere with ease." The CD cover photo was shot on 95th Street and West End Avenue, a very short walk from Broom's childhood home at 95th and Columbus. Though Broom, 51, has now lived over half his life as a Chicagoan, he was born in Harlem and raised on the Upper West Side. He attended the High School of Music and Art, made his Carnegie Hall debut at 16 with Sonny Rollins, and debuted as a leader on record at 21 with Clean Sweep (GRP). Broom remains a New Yorker at heart. The move to Chicago came in 1984, after which he continued to tour with Rollins (1982-1987, 2005-2010), joined forces with Kenny Burrell & the Jazz Guitar Band, played briefly with Miles Davis, and performed and recorded with local leading lights such as Charles Earland. "Broom has one of the few truly recognizable styles among modern guitarists, and one of the most satisfying solo concepts in mainstream jazz," critic Neil Tesser has written in the Chicago Examiner. After recording the all-star blowing session Modern Man in 2001, Broom commenced his series of trio albums with Stand followed by Song and Dance (which Pat Metheny called "one of the best jazz guitar trio records I've ever heard"), The Way I Play, and 2009's Plays for Monk. He also remained busy with the Deep Blue Organ Trio, the group he has co-led with Chris Foreman and Greg Rockingham since 2000. Their fourth album Wonderful!, a Stevie Wonder tribute, was a #1 JazzWeek album shortly after its summer 2011 release. Deep Blue has toured as Steely Dan's opening act on several occasions in recent years. As jazz finds itself in a more academic period ushered in by programming and institutions, Bobby Broom and his trio(s) continue to operate from jazz's natural standpoint -- the black music aesthetic in rhythm and the blues, and the distinctly urban-American-influenced jazz strain that continues to thrive and evolve from each generation to the next via recordings and tutelage on the stage. Broom and his bandmates have come by their perspective having worked with many of jazz's Golden Era legends, who taught that listeners will respond to music they can understand and feel. Web Sites: www.bobbybroom.com www.deepblueorgantrio.com Follow: YouTube: D's Blues AllAboutJazz.com interview

That's a lot of hits/songs that boomers are very familiar with.

Now $5.00

Congrats Allen!

Thriller: The Complete Series - $52.49 http://www.amazon.com/Thriller-Complete-Boris-Karloff/dp/B003NOGNQU/ref=xs_gb_A1U8VYGUVCNA3E?pf_rd_p=441937901&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0DR4W1JVGSNXV416X9N9

Obby Kahn announced his retirement today. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394191 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/winnipegs-obby-kahn-calls-it-quits/article2413611/

Jason Clermont announced his retirement today. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/roughriders-jason-clermont-retires/article2413185/ http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394132

Here's an article listing the Canadians who could get picked in the NFL draft. As mentioned in the post #1106 link, this greatly alters the CFL draft, because the guy will be lost to the CFL for three years while he kicks around the NFL trying to land a job. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/canadians-could-make-mark-in-nfl-draft/article2413173/

The Bombers announced today that they will return to their helmet logo look they used from the 60s through 1994. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=394094 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/blue-bombers-unveil-new-logo/article2412433/

Chris Ethridge of The Flying Burrito Brothers has died of pancreatic cancer. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/chris-ethridge-founding-member-of-flying-burrito-brothers-dies-at-65.html

This one is head and shoulders above most of the promo CDs I receive. I'm enjoying it. Saxophone Virtuoso Hailey Niswanger Releases Much-Anticipated 2nd CD, "The Keeper," On Her Calmit Productions Label April 24 Powerhouse Follow-Up to 2009's "Confeddie" Features 8 Vibrant Originals & 3 Jazz Classics With Her First-Rate Quartet Plus Guest Trumpeter Darren Barrett April 9, 2012 Hailey Niswanger created an indelible impression in the jazz world with the release of her 2009 debut, Confeddie. Then 19, the saxophonist was even the subject of an enthusiastic Wall Street Journal profile by veteran jazz critic Nat Hentoff. The headline read: "This Teenager Has Got It." Now 22, freshly graduated from the Berklee College of Music and newly residing in New York City, the alto and soprano saxophone dynamo is preparing to release her second CD, The Keeper (Calmit Productions), on April 24. Unlike many of her jazz musician contemporaries, Niswanger (pronounced "NICE-wonger") unabashedly embraces the deep traditions of jazz. "Today you see a lot of artists mixing and mashing genres, but I want to stay true to jazz, I want to honor it," says Niswanger, a native of Houston who was raised in Portland, Oregon. "While I listen to all kinds of music -- classical, jazz, R&B, hip-hop -- I want to be known primarily as a jazz artist." The Keeper certainly backs up that aim. The CD includes eight engaging Niswanger compositions, reflecting a wealth of modern and contemporary jazz moods, as well as classics by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and Cole Porter. Her colleagues on the session are pianist Takeshi Ohbayashi, bassist Max Moran, and drummer Mark Whitfield Jr., plus, on three selections, guest trumpeter Darren Barrett. These inventive musicians are all associates from her days at Berklee, where she completed her B.Mus. in Jazz Performance late last year. The time-shifting title track (and the album itself) is dedicated to Jeff Cumpston, her high school band director who died in a traffic accident in Zimbabwe, where he taught elementary school. The percolating "Straight Up," which reveals, as elsewhere, what an amazingly mature player Niswanger is on both alto and soprano, was written for onetime Eddie Harris trumpeter Thara Memory, an afterschool arts program instructor during her high school days. "He changed my life, speaking exactly what he felt about my playing, my behavior, everything," says the composer. The sweetly-swinging "Norman," which showcases Niswanger's rich alto sound, is for 94-year-old Portland resident Norman Leyden, who has been an influence since the saxophonist was 10; "'B' Happy," a potent blues written for two beloved childhood toys, spotlights the crisp work of drummer Whitfield -- to whom the buoyant waltz, "Balance," is dedicated. Speaking of pianist Ohbayashi, she could be describing the contributions of all her bandmates: "No matter what direction I decide to go in, I know he's going to pull through brilliantly." He does, and they do. Hailey Niswanger began her musical life with piano at age 5, then took up clarinet at age 8 and saxophone at age 10. She also played accordion for several years. "I was playing all the time," she says. After graduating from Portland's West Linn High School in 2008, she entered Berklee. There she was named a member of the inaugural class (as were her bandmates Ohbayashi and Whitfield) of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, under the artistic direction of Danilo Perez. In 2009, Niswanger became the alto saxophonist in Boston's eclectic Either/Orchestra, a position previously held by Miguel Zenon and Jaleel Shaw. The first female member of the band in its 25-year history, Hailey remained with E/O until early 2012, when she moved to Brooklyn to focus on recording and developing the next phase of what is sure to be a brilliant career. Hailey Niswanger will be performing with Esperanza Spalding's band (subbing for Tia Fuller) on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Thurs. 4/12. Hailey and her band will be opening for the Bad Plus at the Blue Note, NYC, on Wed. 4/25 (6:30 pm). She's also looking forward to an appearance at the Saratoga (NY) Jazz Festival, Sat. 6/30 (12:15 pm), with other dates to be announced very soon. Photography by Kaitlin Dale . www.haileyniswanger.com Follow: YouTube: Hailey performs "Straight Up" at the Kauai Red Clay Jazz Festival

"All Our Reasons", due for release March 16, along with an Anders Jormin title. There'll be a giveaway for All Our Reasons at AAJ later this month or early next month. Billy Hart's All Our Reasons surprises me. I thought that it would be fairly mainstream, or as mainstream as ECM gets. But instead it is quite ECM-ish. I'll need to listen to it more to decide how much I like it.

The XM channels are/have been free on Sirius this week, and last night I was listening to the end of the Florida-New Jersey game. New Jersey had an empty net. Florida got a breakaway, and the guy was hooked from behind. Florida was awarded the goal. I was unaware of that rule, and had never seen/heard that play before. I thought that Florida would be given a penalty shot.

RIP. My first jazz concert was Mongo's band with Hubert Laws in 1967. Maybe Rodgers Grant was on piano.

Is the one on the left a woman?

Happy Birthday 2012 Mark!

It now looks like the Bombers' new stadium won't be ready until Sept. 9. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=393772

Is Record Store Day only about vinyl? Here's an article about it from tomorrow's Globe & Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/remember-vinyl-lps-record-store-day-may-help/article2408378/