GA Russell

Nadal has announced his plan to retire following the Davis Cup next month. https://www.theepochtimes.com/sports/tennis-great-rafael-nadal-to-retire-this-year-5738981

Week 19 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2024/10/10/cfl-beat-224/ https://rodpedersen.com/week-19-cfl-picks-2024/ ***** Power Rankings https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-power-rankings-week-18/ ***** 10/10 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/checking-down-aj-ouellette-returns-to-practice-for-riders/ ***** 10/10 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/cfl-ca-game-notes-linebackers-headline-thanksgiving-weekend/ ***** I have bad news. The Grey Cup will be carried by CBS Sports Network. That means that those of us in the US will not be able to watch it for free on the league's website. You can see the game by subscribing to a premier level of Hulu and (I believe) YouTube TV. I'll go look for a sports bar that can get CBS Sports Network. Of course, we will still be able to listen to the game's radio broadcast at cfl.ca. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/eye-on-the-prize-111th-grey-cup-headed-to-cbs-sports-network/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/grey-cup-will-be-carried-south-of-border-by-cbs-sports-network-1.2187116 https://3downnation.com/2024/10/10/cbs-sports-network-to-broadcast-111th-grey-cup-in-united-states/ ***** Playoff Scenarios https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/playoff-implications-for-bombers-argos-on-friday-night-football/ ***** Early returns for the league's all-star team voting. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/whos-in-the-lead-early-returns-in-all-cfl-voting/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/who-deserves-the-vote-3-all-cfl-defensive-picks/ ***** Week 19 previews https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/what-s-at-stake-during-thanksgiving-weekend-in-the-cfl-1.2187079 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/ferguson-6-qbs-who-set-the-table-on-thanksgiving-weekend/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/5-players-to-watch-on-thanksgiving-weekend-presented-by-purolator/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/playoff-implications-for-bombers-argos-on-friday-night-football/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/jeremiah-masoli-taking-starting-reps-for-ottawa-redblacks-in-return-from-bye-1.2187133 https://3downnation.com/2024/10/10/qb-jeremiah-masoli-takes-first-team-reps-for-redblacks-after-bye-report/ ***** Thanksgiving memories https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/10/hall-4-magical-football-thanksgiving-weekends-moments/

October 10 Giuseppe Verdi - 1813 Vernon Duke - 1903 Ivory Joe Hunter - 1914 Thelonious Monk - 1917 Louis Gottlieb - 1923 Oscar Brown - 1926 Junior Mance - 1928 Mouse (Stanley Miller) - 1940 Bruce Ricker - 1942 Ben Vereen - 1946 John Prine - 1946 Cyril Neville - 1948 David Lee Roth - 1954 Tanya Tucker - 1958 ***** Benjamin West - 1738 Florida Friebus - 1909

Playoff Scenarios https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/09/playoff-scenarios-bombers-eye-top-of-west-division/ https://3downnation.com/2024/10/09/toronto-argonauts-can-clinch-playoff-berth-with-win-but-blue-bombers-looking-to-host-west-final/ ***** Week 19 previews https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/09/cauz-thanksgiving-weekend-matchups-to-sink-your-teeth-into/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/09/4-storylines-to-watch-on-thanksgiving-weekend-presented-by-purolator/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/09/tre-ford-to-start-on-thaskgiving-weekend-presented-by-purolator/ https://3downnation.com/2024/10/08/edmonton-elks-to-start-tre-ford-vs-calgary-stampeders/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/elks-qb-ford-to-start-vs-stampeders-bethel-thompson-won-t-dress-1.2186474 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/09/report-stamps-could-pivot-to-shiltz-on-thanksgiving-weekend-presented-by-purolator/ https://3downnation.com/2024/10/08/calgary-stampeders-sign-longtime-nfl-qb-p-j-walker/ https://3downnation.com/2024/10/08/it-certainly-seems-like-p-j-walker-could-be-the-future-of-the-calgary-stampeders/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/stampeders-add-ex-nfl-xfl-qb-p-j-walker-to-practice-roster/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/bc-lions-saskatchewan-roughriders-set-to-meet-with-second-in-west-division-standings-at-stake-1.2186745 ***** This is interesting. Every one of the CFL games last weekend had a larger television audience (in Canada) than the baseball playoffs. https://3downnation.com/2024/10/09/canadian-football-league-beats-mlb-playoffs-on-tv-in-week-18/

Paul Desmond - Complete RCA Albums Collection 6 CDs - $37.21 + free shipping https://www.amazon.com/Complete-RCA-Albums-Collection-1962-1965/dp/B0BG5XGWWV/ ***** Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 19 CDs - $112.95 + free shipping https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Columbia-Studio-Albums-Collection/dp/B0077PPQGO/ ***** Weather Report - Columbia Albums 1971-1975 7 CDs - $28.45 + $3.99 https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Albums-1971-1975-Weather-Report/dp/B0CZY4CHJK/ ***** Sinatra: Vegas 4 CDs + 1 DVD - $29.72 + $3.99 https://www.amazon.com/Sinatra-Vegas-Box-Set-1DVD/dp/B000GIWS6A/

Dave Grusin - 5OA 5 CDs - $15.96 prime https://www.amazon.com/5-Original-Albums-CD/dp/B073PS4PFQ/ ***** Dexter Gordon - Complete Columbia Albums Collection 7 CDs - $39.61 prime https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Columbia-Albums-Collection-Dexter/dp/B0B14CSCR9/ ***** Bud Powell - The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings 4 CDs - $25.20 + $3.99 https://www.amazon.com/Bud-Powell-Complete-Roost-Recordings/dp/B000005GYC/

October 9 Lee Wiley - 1908 Yusef Lateef - 1920 John Lennon - 1940 Chucho Valdes - 1941 John Entwistle - 1943 France Gall - 1947 Dave Samuels - 1948 Rod Temperton - 1949 PJ Harvey - 1969 ***** Judy Tyler (Princess Summerfall Winterspring) - 1932

Charles Mingus - Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings 7 CDs - $52.91 prime https://www.amazon.com/Changes-Complete-Atlantic-Studio-Recordings/dp/B0C2W3TCH5/ ***** Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Years 3 CDs - $22.50 prime https://www.amazon.com/Capitol-Years-Frank-Sinatra/dp/B000002UWM/ ***** Blossom Dearie in London - Discover Who I Am The Fontana Years: 1966 - 1970 6 CDs - $38.79 prime https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Who-Am-Blossom-1966-1970/dp/B0BSP8GDNF/

Week 19 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/08/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-thanksgiving-weekend-picks-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/08/weekly-predictor-wholl-win-thanksgiving-weekend-presented-by-purolator/ Power Rankings https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/08/amsoil-power-rankings-bombers-riders-shine-at-thanksgiving-weekend-presented-by-purolator/ https://x.com/i/status/1843654618003472504

"The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos & Writings By Members of the Jazz Journalists Association" To Be Published October 15 By Cymbal Press Unique Anthology, Featuring 90 Contributors, Will Be Available in E-Book as Well as Print-on-Demand Paperback & Deluxe Hardcover Editions   October 7, 2024 The Jazz Journalists Association and Cymbal Press announce the October 15 publication of The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association. A team effort featuring 90 contributors, compiled by editor David R. Adler, photography editor Patrick Hinely, copy chief Terri Hinte, and editorial consultant Howard Mandel with Fiona Ross and Martin Johnson as submission readers, The Jazz Omnibus is dedicated to the memory of jazz scholar and chronicler Dan Morgenstern (1929-2024). The 600-page volume features 67 articles, 23 black and white photos, and an extensive selected bibliography. It is currently available for pre-publication orders in all formats at Amazon.com and directly from Cymbal Press. The Jazz Omnibus is unrivaled as a collection of self-selected “best works” by the far-flung members of the JJA, including international reports, interviews with major figures, profiles of emerging artists, biographical and analytical essays, memoirs and reviews, portraits and action photography. Sponsors underwriting the book’s promotion include Berklee School of Music’s Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice; Impulse!, Verve, and Blue Note Records; and the Jazz Foundation of America. Funds from sales will contribute to covering the nonprofit, membership-supported JJA’s general operating expenses. Wide in scope, The Jazz Omnibus includes among its many highlights: an up-close-and-personal hang with Sonny Rollins by Ted Panken probing interview with Keith Jarrett by Michael Jackson appreciation of Carla Bley by Suzanne Lorge conversation with Wynton Marsalis by Doug Hall Leslie Pintchik's personal report of a performer's thrills, "In Play" reappraisals of Amy Winehouse by Ted Gioia and Sun Ra by Nate Chinen excerpts of Deanna Witkowski’s Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul; Willard Jenkins’s Ain’t But a Few of Us; and Mike Longo’s memoirs, in his voice by his widow Dorothy Longo Mirian Arbalejo’s impassioned declaration “I Do Write So Let Me Write” George Wein’s obituary by Peter Keepnews Ashley Kahn’s award-winning “The New Jazz Emigrés” on American musicians in Europe today L. to r.: Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Andrew Cyrille, Vijay Iyer, Oktaven Audio Recording Studio, Mt. Vernon, NY; December 12, 2021. A gallery of photos interspersed among texts include Enid Farber’s previously unpublished portrait of Masked Musicians, Andrea Canter's portrait of Abdullah Ibrahim, and Jack B. Siegel’s capture of “Ramsey Lewis’s Last Note” as well as Lauren Deutsch’s dynamic, full-color cover “Tangible Sound” image of Roscoe Mitchell playing soprano saxophone. Pre-publication endorsements of The Jazz Omnibus from estimable sources: “I was going to write that The Jazz Omnibus is essential for your library, but then I realized that The Jazz Omnibus really is a library. It serves a tasty range of sharp writing. …You will spend many happy years thinking about what you have read in this book.” —A.B. Spellman, poet, author, critic, namesake of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy “The Jazz Omnibus is the most entertaining, illuminating anthology of its kind to appear in this century … united by the cool breeze of honest enthusiasm.” —Gary Giddins, author, critic, 2025 NEA Jazz Master “The Jazz Omnibus gathers some of the most exciting writing by a diverse group of contributors. … Readers are sure to savor it, whether returning to a favorite piece or discovering new thoughts on new artists. Either way, it’s a wonder.” —Farah Jasmine Griffin, author and Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University “If you love this music and those who write about it as much as I do, you will not be able to put this indispensable anthology down.” —Ricky Riccardi, Louis Armstrong House Museum Director of Research Collections, Grammy-winning author “What a gift to all of us from the members of the Jazz Journalists Association. The Jazz Omnibus takes us on a journey through jazz history with new visual and written perspectives. …This is bound to be an invaluable resource for jazz lovers, educators, students, musicians, audiences, supporters. Hop on the bus, you won’t regret it.” —Monika Herzig, pianist/composer/author/professor of Artistic Research, Jam Music Lab University, Vienna Photography, top to bottom: Enid Farber (Masked Musicians), Andrea Canter (Abdullah Ibrahim), Jack B. Siegel (Ramsey Lewis). Kindle ($29.95) https://amzn.to/47WNskv Softcover ($39.95) https://amzn.to/47WN0CP Deluxe Dust-Jacketed Hardcover (Collector's Edition) ($59.95) https://amzn.to/3Bv8Dhy   Jazz Journalists Association Web Site  

Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2024/10/07/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-riders-rumble-onto-the-podium/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/piffles-power-rankings-week-19/ ***** Week 18 reviews https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/07/landrys-5-takeaways-from-week-18/ https://rodpedersen.com/week-18-cfl-wrap/ ***** Elks and Stampeders analyses https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/07/mmqb-what-are-the-elks-and-stamps-next-steps/ ***** The Bombers are the 2024 attendance champions. https://3downnation.com/2024/10/07/winnipeg-blue-bombers-to-lead-cfl-in-attendance-for-third-straight-year/ ***** Shawn Bane, Jr., is out for the year. https://3downnation.com/2024/10/07/riders-shawn-bane-jr-out-for-rest-of-2024-season-with-knee-injury/ ***** BC - Sask preview https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/bc-lions-saskatchewan-roughriders-showdown-to-headline-week-19-in-cfl-1.2185209 *****

Not jazz. Disc 1 I picked this up in 2013 solely on the recommendation of JSngry. Today I opened it up. I like it, as a guilty pleasure. Recommended to fans of Buddy Greco.

October 8 Walter Schumann - 1913 Pepper Adams - 1930 Pete Drake - 1932 Johnny Ramone - 1948 Robert "Kool" Bell - 1950 ***** Eddie Rickenbacker - 1890 Claude Jade - 1948 Stephanie Zimbalist - 1956 ***** N.B. Pete Drake played steel guitar on Stand By Your Man. I am guessing that he is featured in this video, but I don't know for sure. Maybe someone here does.

Prayers for TTK and Stonewall too! Twitter/X now has something called "Hurricane Milton - Check On" which may be of interest or use to some here. https://x.com/PatriotVerity/status/1843367001882014064

Prayers sent, Dan!

October 7 Ralph Rainger - 1901 Jo Jones - 1911 Vaughn Monroe - 1911 Alfred Drake - 1914 June Allyson - 1917 Al Martino - 1927 Amiri Baraka - 1931 Colin Cooper - 1939 Joel Brodsky - 1939 Dino Valenti - 1940 Larry Young - 1941 Martin Murray - 1941 Judee Sill - 1944 John Mellencamp - 1951 Yo-Yo Ma - 1955 Toni Braxton - 1967 Lewis Capaldi - 1996 ***** Cotton Fitzsimmons - 1931

Disc 4 Woody III

Sask 28....Edmonton 24 Good game! Both teams' receivers made terrific catches. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/05/recap-saskatchewan-28-edmonton-24/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/05/riders-take-down-elks-to-clinch-playoff-spot/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/roughriders-edge-elks-to-clinch-playoff-berth-1.2184514 https://3downnation.com/2024/10/05/saskatchewan-roughriders-b-c-lions-clinch-playoff-berth-following-week-18-victories/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/rider-clinch-playoff-spot-reclaim-2nd-place-after-beating-elks-in-edmonton/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/05/3-stats-that-defined-saskatchewans-win-over-edmonton/ ***** Lions clinch playoff spot. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/bc-lions-secure-cfl-playoff-berth-after-tiger-cats-elks-lose-in-week-18-1.2184511

Oct. 6 Reginald Fessenden - 1866 Alan Copeland - 1926 Millie Small - 1946 ***** Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd - 1959

Greg Landry has died at 77. RIP. Greg Landry Dies at 77: Lions Legend Won 1976 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report

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I forgot to mention that for the first time ever, both Edmonton and Calgary failed to make the playoffs. Alberta is one of the league's strongest markets, and both teams are out.

Great to see you again, Al! The Grey Cup Final is a week earlier than usual this year, so I will plan to post the contest about Sunday, Nov. 10.

Again, I'll post the articles tomorrow when they are up. The Riders beat the Elks. With their win, the Riders have clinched a playoff spot. The Riders' win prevents the Bombers from clinching first place. With the Elks' loss, the Lions have clinched a playoff spot. ***** Now let's look at the standings. https://www.cfl.ca/2024standings The Argos have three games left, and the Ticats two. If the Argos lose all three and the Ticats win both of their two, the teams will be tied at 8-10. Hamilton would win the tie-breaker because the Ticats beat the Argos all three of their games. It looks to me that the Argos' magic number is one. If the Argos win one more, or if the Ticats lose one more, the Argos will clinch the last playoff spot. ***** With the Riders and the Lions clinching playoff spots, the Stampeders and the Elks are eliminated. The most both the Elks and the Stampeders can win is 7, and the Redblacks and the Argos have already won 8; so neither the Elks nor the Stamps will cross over to the eastern playoffs this year. The Riders, the Lions, the Redblacks and the Argos have all won 8. The most the Ticats can win is 8. The worst record a third-place western team could finish would be 8-10. We know that the Ticats cannot finish better than that, so there will be no eastern crossover to the western playoffs. ***** All this is just my calculations, not the official word from the league.

Winnipeg 31....Hamilton 10 The game wasn't as bad as the score would indicate; but as the game progressed, the Bombers got stronger and the Ticats got weaker. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/04/recap-winnipeg-31-hamilton-10/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/04/oliveira-powers-blue-bombers-to-win-over-tiger-cats/ https://3downnation.com/2024/10/04/winnipeg-blue-bombers-bully-hamilton-tiger-cats-to-clinch-home-playoff-game-nine-other-thoughts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/brady-oliveira-leads-winnipeg-blue-bombers-to-road-win-over-hamilton-tiger-cats-1.2184082 https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-scores-today-winnipeg-blue-bombers-31-hamilton-tiger-cats-10-bombers-dominate-on-the-road/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/04/3-stats-that-defined-winnipegs-week-18-win-over-hamilton/ ***** BC 32....Calgary 15 BC led 9-8 after three. The Lions' defense scored two touchdowns in the fourth to break the game open. Be sure to look for those two plays in the recap highlights. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/05/recap-bc-32-calgary-15/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/05/lions-inch-closer-to-playoff-spot-with-win-over-stamps/ https://3downnation.com/2024/10/05/b-c-lions-prove-its-better-to-be-lucky-make-good-on-takeaways-in-win-over-stampeders-xx-other-thoughts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/lions-snuff-out-stampeders-playoff-hopes-with-win-1.2184116 https://cflnewshub.com/scores/cfl-scores-today-bc-lions-32-calgary-stampeders-15-lions-roar-back-with-fourth-quarter-surge/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/05/3-stats-that-defined-bcs-week-18-win-over-calgary/ ***** A Canadian country singer named Owen Riegling will perform for the Grey Cup's pre-game show. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/04/owen-riegling-to-shine-at-siriusxm-grey-cup-kickoff-show/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/canadian-country-star-riegling-to-headline-siriusxm-grey-cup-kickoff-show-1.2184070 ***** As mentioned above, the Redblacks are in the playoffs for the first time since 2018. https://3downnation.com/2024/10/04/ottawa-redblacks-clinch-postseason-berth-for-first-time-since-2018/ ***** Sask - Edmonton previews https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-games-today-october-5th-2024-saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-edmonton-elks-tv-channels-odds/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-host-saskatchewan-roughriders-with-cfl-playoff-chances-hanging-by-a-thread-1.2183898 https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/game-day-playoff-positioning-up-for-grabs-as-riders-visit-elks/