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Sept. 12 Harvey Schmidt - 1929 George Jones - 1931 Papa John DeFrancesco - 1940 Maria Muldaur - 1943 Barry White - 1944 Gerry Beckley - 1952 Neil Peart - 1952 Nina Blackwood - 1955 Ben Folds - 1966 ***** George Chuvalo - 1937 Ron Ward - 1944

Today was the day each team revealed ten names on its neg list. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/11/cfl-clubs-reveal-10-names-from-negotiation-lists-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/11/ferguson-9-names-of-note-on-the-cfl-negotiation-lists/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/cfl-unveils-10-player-fall-negotiation-lists-1.2171994 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/11/trace-mcsorley-frank-gore-jr-headline-cfl-negotiation-list-reveal/ ***** Week 15 previews https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/11/costabile-3-storylines-to-watch-in-week-15/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-look-to-return-to-cfl-playoffs-with-road-victory-1.2172063 ***** With Streveler down, both Jake Dolegala and Bryan Scott have chosen to sign with the Bombers. https://3downnation.com/2024/09/11/winnipeg-blue-bombers-to-sign-qbs-jake-dolegala-bryan-scott/

Clap Your Hands presents Wolfgang Muthspiel SOLO with Etudes/Quietudes A celebration of craftsmanship and creativity. CD AND DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 18, 2024 (CYH0012). Wolfgang Muthspiel – Acoustic Guitar  With his new solo program, Etudes/Quietudes, Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel celebrates the acoustic guitar, the instrument he switched to at the age of 13. (He had been trained to play classical music on violin.) The core of this new recording is a collection of concert etudes composed by .Muthspiel. Each of these 11 etudes explores a different aspect of the music for guitar, ranging from reflective to animated. The etudes are linked by four other pieces, such as Muthspiel's heartfelt homage to Bill Evans ("For Bill Evans"); a sarabande by Johann Sebastian Bach (on which he improvises with elements from the sarabande, consisting of 3 pieces); a theme by Paul Motian ("Abacus"), partly improvised; and a fast miniature called,"Triplet Droplet" With Etudes/Quietudes, Muthspiel effortlessly spans the gap between the two musical worlds that have been decisive in his musical life: the classical guitar and the art of improvisation derived from jazz. However, this program is not a crossover effort, as Muthspiel blurs the boundaries that might limit his creativity. Both on stage and in the recording studio, the guitarist achieves an intimacy that de-emphasizes the music’s technical demands, yet places a continuous parlando, a constant musical speech, at the center. Etudes are basic exercises for musicians. They serve to refine certain skills and develop into captivating concert pieces. "I wrote my own etudes to practise certain technical aspects. Then I fell in love with the compositional process they inspired," says Muthspiel. "Etudes celebrate craft!" he continues, "Craft is a central point for me - all the musicians I admire have spent a lifetime working on their personal sound.“ "The composer and guitarist draws parallels here to meditation and sport and emphasizes the beauty of repeated practice, which he personally enjoys as a grounding ritual. Just like spiritual practices and athletic training, etudes foster a deep-rooted mastery," he explains. "It's a basic attitude from which creativity blossoms." Wolfgang Muthspiel © Laura Pleifer The new album, Etudes/Quietudes presents compositions that are primarily concert pieces. Muthspiel enjoys playing in front of audiences. Although these pieces are written specifically for the classical guitar, they can also be performed on other instruments. The etudes were recorded at the Vienna Radiokulturhaus. The album was mixed in the south of France with the great Gerard Haro at Studio La Buissonne. "For me, this album is a musical narrative - a reflection of my journey from violinist to classical guitarist to jazz musician," shares Muthspiel. "I invite listeners to join me on this sonic journey to experience the essence of my story translated into music." Etudes/Quietudes is released on CD and LP on Clap Your Hands (CYH) and is available on all major streaming platforms. In addition, the score with the 11 etudes can be purchased as a download or in the form of a printed music book that also includes the CD. www.wolfgangmuthspiel.com TRACKS 1. Etude Nr 1 (Tremolo) 3:01 2. Etude Nr. 4 (Pedal) 3:31 3. Triplet Droplet 1:18 4. Etude Nr. 5 (Chords) 1:31 5. Etude Nr. 6 (Triplets) 2:29 6. Etude Nr. 7 (Brahms Minor) 3:41 7. Etude Nr. 8 (Melting Chords) 3:12 8. Etude Nr. 9 (Schildlehen) 2:31 9. Etude Nr. 10 (Sixths) 2:23 10. Etude Nr. 11 (Vamp) 1:36 11. Etude Nr. 12 (Furtner) 3:15 12. Etude Nr. 13 (Arpeggio) 1:35 13. Sarabande (Johann Sebastian Bach Lute Suite BWV 995) 1:43 14. Between Two Sarabandes 2:53 15. Sarabande (Reprise) 1:46 16. Abacus (Theme by Paul Motian) 3:02 17. For Bill Evans 3:43 Live Recording at ORF RadioKulturhaus Vienna – „Ö1 Radiosession“ Host: Helmut Jaspar / Sound: Martin Leitner Mixed by Gérard de Haro at Studio La Buissonne Published by Clap Your Hands All music composed by Wolfgang Muthspiel except 13, 15, 16 Published by Wolf Music/AKM Photo by Laura Pleifer Design by reimanndesign Wolfgang Muthspiel plays a guitar made by Jim Redgate

Sept. 11 Herbert Stothart - 1885 Jimmie Davis - 1899 Alan Bergman - 1925 Ian Hamer - 1932 Baby Face Willette - 1933 Arvo Part - 1935 Lola Falana - 1942 Jack Ely - 1943 Mickey Hart -- 1943 Leo Kottke - 1945 John Martyn - 1948 Hiram Bullock - 1955 Harry Connick, Jr. - 1967

It looks like there will be no Plays of the Week this week. ***** Power Rankings https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-power-rankings-week-14/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/10/amsoil-power-rankings-join-the-parity-party/ ***** Week 15 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/10/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-15-picks-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/10/weekly-predictor-taking-the-tiger-cats/ ***** Playoff Scenarios https://3downnation.com/2024/09/10/ottawa-redblacks-can-clinch-first-postseason-berth-since-2018-with-win-over-tiger-cats/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/10/111th-grey-cup-playoff-scenarios-ottawa-eyes-post-season-berth/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-can-end-playoff-drought-with-win-over-hamilton-tiger-cats-1.2171641 ***** The All-Star team will be known as All-CFL this year. https://3downnation.com/2024/09/10/cfl-rebrands-all-stars-to-all-cfl/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/10/cfl-all-star-rebranded-as-all-cfl/ ***** Chris Streveler tore three of the four major ligaments in his left knee Saturday, so he is going to be out for a while. https://3downnation.com/2024/09/10/winnipeg-blue-bombers-qb-chris-streveler-suffered-three-ligament-tears-in-banjo-bowl/

Sept. 10 Raymond Scott - 1908 Cynthia Lennon - 1939 Roy Ayers - 1940 Jose Feliciano - 1945 Siobhan Fahey - 1957

Ed Kranepool has died at 79. RIP. New York Mets' Legend Passes Away at 79 (msn.com)

Hold on. Lani left while the Stillness album was half finished. I think it was 1971. She was replaced for the remainder of the album by Gracinha Leporace. Gracinha had previously been a member of a group which I believe Mendes controlled called Bossa Rio. Bossa Rio also included Manfredo Fest. I don't know when Mendes and Gracinha started dating. I believe that Karen left in 1972 because she was cast as Nurse Dish in the pilot of the MASH tv show, which started in 1972. I don't know why she was not included in the cast when the show was picked up. ***** The Carnival was a vocal quartet consisting of Janis Hansen and Jose Soares from Brasil '66, along with Terry Fischer of The Murmaids and a guy named Tommy Neal. I had their one album on World Pacific, but that was it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_(band) ***** Speaking of dating, those bossa nova guys all married each other. Brasil '65's singer was Wanda de Sa. She went on to marry Edu Lobo, a popular composer who put out one album on A&M called Sergio Mendes Presents.

TTK, I believe what you say is incorrect. I saw an article about Brasil'66 on the JazzTimes website some months ago, but I can't find it now. It said that the entire Brasil '66 group was unhappy and quit, including Lani. Lani said that she was just going along with everybody else. Alpert persuaded Mendes that Hall was the star, and that he should persuade her to come back. I don't know if Alpert and Hall were already dating at that time.

Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2024/09/09/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-b-c-lions-soar-back-into-second/ ***** Week 14 reviews https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/09/landrys-5-takeaways-from-week-14-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/09/mmqb-elks-stampede-their-way-back-into-the-mix/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/calgary-stampeders-bring-fading-playoff-hopes-into-matchup-against-league-leading-montreal-alouettes-1.2171153 ***** Toronto - BC preview https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/calgary-stampeders-bring-fading-playoff-hopes-into-matchup-against-league-leading-montreal-alouettes-1.2171153

Has anyone seen a comment from Lani Hall following Sergio's passing?

I stumbled across today at Amazon a book entitled Jazz Covers. https://www.amazon.com/dp/3836585251/ And look at the photo of the book jacket!

Sept. 9 Hoyt Curtin - 1922 Elvin Jones - 1927 Otis Redding - 1941 Danny Kalb - 1942 Inez Foxx - 1942 Dee Dee Sharp - 1945 Bruce Palmer - 1946 Freddy Weller - 1947 Dave Stewart - 1952 ***** Armand de Richelieu - 1585 William Bligh - 1754 Leo Tolstoy - 1828 Harland Sanders - 1890 Joe Theismann - 1949

As I recall, in 1969 Blue Note issued six double albums to celebrate their thirty years of existence. This was just a couple of years after the company was sold. There were two double albums for each decade. I picked up the first double album of the '60s. I wish I had picked up all the others.

Sept. 8 Antonin Dvorak - 1841 Howard Dietz - 1896 Jimmie Rodgers - 1897 Wilbur Ware - 1923 Specs Wright - 1927 Harlan Howard - 1927 Marion Brown - 1931 Patsy Cline - 1932 Sal Valentino - 1942 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - 1945 Will Lee - 1950 Aimee Mann - 1960 ***** Anthony Davis - 1952

I believe I posted this on the thread announcing Joao Donato's passing, and let me put it up here again. I think it's terrific, better than the original.

Edmonton 37....Calgary 16 The Stampeders led 6-2 with 6:49 left in the second quarter when the Elks scored a touchdown. The Stamps never caught up after that. It's much too early to say if Bonner will mentally develop into a starting quarterback, but there's no doubt he has an arm. The Elks have now won five of their last six. The Stamps looked like they would not make the playoffs. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/recap-edmonton-37-calgary-16/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/elks-take-down-stamps-to-win-second-straight-battle-of-alberta/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/surging-edmonton-elks-top-calgary-stampeders-to-escape-west-basement-1.2170705 https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/mcleod-bethel-thompson-pulled-in-fourth-quarter-due-to-minor-injury-scare-edmonton-elks-1.2170742 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/07/edmonton-elks-to-start-canadian-qb-tre-ford-after-bye-week-interim-head-coach-jarious-jackson/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/3-stats-that-defined-edmontons-week-14-win-over-calgary/ ***** With the conclusion of Week 14, we are now two-thirds of the way through the regular season. So let's take a look at the schedule and the standings. https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2024/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024standings It says here that the Riders haven't won since July 19. The Stampeders last won August 4, and didn't look very good Saturday. And despite their beating the Argos on Labor Day, the Ticats are last in the league and three games out of third place. So today, I am picking those three to miss the playoffs. None of these three are terrible, so things could change between now and Halloween. ***** I think one reason a good ballgame is so satisfying is that they're not all good, and you don't know ahead of time which ones will be bad. The league has been on a remarkable streak of exciting games, but that ended this weekend. Next week has only three games scheduled, and all three could be blowouts. They'll be stopping the presses if Toronto, Hamilton or Calgary wins.

BC 37....Montreal 23 The Lions led from start to finish. The Als' offense looked OK, but never got into high gear, which tells us something about BC's defense. I guess we can now say that Rourke is back. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/06/recap-bc-37-montreal-23/ gttps://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/06/lions-secure-road-win-against-east-leading-alouettes/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/william-stanback-steps-up-against-former-team-as-bc-lions-beat-montreal-alouettes-1.2170365 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/07/william-stanback-gets-his-pound-of-flesh-powers-b-c-lions-past-top-ranked-alouettes-10-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2024/09/07/alouettes-lose-heavyweight-battle-to-b-c-lions-six-other-thoughts/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/06/3-stats-that-defined-bcs-week-14-win-over-montreal/ ***** Ottawa 41....Toronto 27 Ottawa led 31-3 at the half. I guess the Redblacks are for real. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/recap-ottawa-41-toronto-27/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/redblacks-earn-statement-win-over-argonauts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/damon-webb-returns-two-interceptions-for-touchdowns-ottawa-redblacks-thump-toronto-argonauts-1.2170562 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/3-stats-that-defined-ottawas-week-14-win-over-toronto/ ***** Winnipeg 26....Sask 21 Good game. The Riders had their chances throughout the game, but the Bombers are the better team, and have now won their last five. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/recap-winnipeg-26-saskatchewan-21/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/bombers-get-best-of-riders-again-in-labour-day-rematch/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/winnipeg-blue-bombers-down-saskatchewan-roughriders-in-banjo-bowl-1.2170632 https://3downnation.com/2024/09/07/winnipeg-blue-bombers-win-banjo-bowl-lose-chris-streveler-13-other-thoughts/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/07/3-stats-that-defined-winnipegs-week-14-win-over-saskatchewan/

RIP Sergio Mendes! This has stunned me much more than the passings of others noted here. I remember seeing Brasil '66 on TV for the first time. It was the summer of '66, on the Tonight Show, and they sang Mas Que Nada. My favorite song when I was in high school was Constant Rain, which was from their second album, Equinox, which at that time was one of my favorite albums.

RIP Dan Morgenstern! My earliest memory of him was that when I started to get into jazz in the latter half of the '60s, the liner notes he wrote for Prestige were both the best written and also the most informative of those of the albums I picked up.

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Sept. 7 Max Kaminsky - 1908 Al Caiola - 1920 Arthur Ferrante - 1921 Ronnie Gilbert - 1926 Sonny Rollins - 1930 Little Milton - 1934 Buddy Holly - 1936 Joe Simon - 1936 Gloria Gaynor - 1943 Chrissie Hynde - 1951 Morris Albert - 1951 Michael Feinstein - 1956 Ron Blake - 1965

Sergio Mendes dies - Search (bing.com)