GA Russell

The Ticats' announcer RJ Broadhead just said that all four of the Redblacks' wins have been against winless teams.

All four teams of last night's games seemed sluggish. I wonder if the summer heat has an effect. ***** Ottawa 20....Edmonton 14 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/19/recap-ottawa-20-edmonton-14/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/19/kicking-comes-in-clutch-as-redblacks-defeat-elks-for-second-straight-week/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-hold-new-look-edmonton-elks-in-check-pick-up-fourth-win-1.2149963 https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-scores-today-ottawa-redblacks-20-edmonton-elks-14-redblacks-defense-shines-in-home-victory/ https://3downnation.com/2024/07/20/elks-go-wide-right-fall-to-0-6-six-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2024/07/20/redblacks-grind-out-win-to-sweep-the-elks-10-other-thoughts/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/19/3-stats-that-defined-ottawas-win-over-edmonton-in-week-7/ ***** Sask 19....Winnipeg 9 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/20/recap-saskatchewan-19-winnipeg-9/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/20/saskatchewan-stays-perfect-at-home-in-win-over-winnipeg/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-defence-pivotal-in-beating-winnipeg-blue-bombers-1.2150008 https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-scores-today-saskatchewan-roughriders-19-winnipeg-blue-bombers-9-riders-defense-stifles-bombers/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/riders-win-again-bighill-bombers-losers-once-more/ https://3downnation.com/2024/07/20/winnipeg-blue-bombers-lay-offensive-egg-in-19-9-loss-to-riders-11-other-thoughts/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/20/3-stats-that-defined-saskatchewans-win-over-winnipeg-in-week-7/ ***** Nate Behar has signed with the Alouettes. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/20/als-sign-wr-nate-behar-lb-bryce-notree/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/montreal-alouettes-sign-veteran-wr-nate-behar-lb-notree-1.2150065 https://3downnation.com/2024/07/20/alouettes-sign-canadian-receiver-nate-behar/ ***** Toronto - Hamilton previews https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/hamilton-tiger-cats/a-closer-look-tiger-cats-vs-argonauts-cfl-week-7-matchup/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-games-today-july-20-2024-toronto-argonauts-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats-tv-channels-odds/

Swiss trumpet legend Franco Ambrosetti applies his Sweet Caress to second album of ballads with strings arranged by Alan Broadbent To be released in immersive sound format on Enja Records. CD, LP AND DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 9, 2024. Enja / Edel Enja 9853 / LC 18386 Franco Ambrosetti - Flugelhorn Alan Broadbent - Piano, Arranger, Conductor John Scofield - Guitar Scott Colley - Bass Peter Erskine - Drums Sara Caswell - Violin, Concertmaster Jeff Levenson - Producer   A companion piece to Franco Ambrosetti’s previous strings collaboration with pianist-arranger Alan Broadbent on 2022’s Nora, the sublime ballads album Sweet Caress finds the Swiss trumpet legend addressing such jazz classics as Mal Waldron’s “Soul Eyes,” Charlie Haden’s “Nightfall,” Les Alrich’s melodic and mellow “Old Friends” and J. Russel Robinson’s “Portrait of Jennie,” a tune originally written for a 1948 movie of the same name and which became a hit song later that year for Nat King Cole before being covered by J.J. Johnson, George Shearing, Blue Mitchell, Red Garland, Oscar Peterson and Wes Montgomery. It was even included on Clifford Brown with Strings, the 1955 album that ignited Ambrosetti’s youthful ambition to pursue jazz. Soulful with a touch of poignant introspection and melancholy, Sweet Caress recalls Frank Sinatra at his apex looking back on his life and career on September of My Years, his landmark album from 1965 with sumptuous orchestrations by great arranger Gordon Jenkins. And as Gil Evans once called Miles Davis “a singer of songs” in their landmark collaborations together (1957’s Miles Ahead, 1958’s Porgy and Bess, 1960’s Sketches of Spain), so it is with Franco and his arranging partner Broadbent, who has fashioned a comfy bed of strings for Ambrosetti to lie on. Franco Ambrosetti © Mariana Meraz And the trumpeter responds with some of his most heartfelt playing of his storied career on Sweet Caress, which casts a spell allowing listeners to get lost in reverie, recalling past loves, precious moments and golden memories of times gone by. Backed by an all-star core group consisting of pianist Broadbent, guitarist John Scofield, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Peter Erskine, augmented by a 29-piece orchestra arranged and conducted by Broadbent, Ambrosetti pulls heartstrings on a winning program that includes four Franco originals in the alluring “Habanera,” his sparkling “Colors of the Wind,” the tender “When the Sun Never Sets” and the beguiling title track. “This is actually the third album that I did with strings,” said Ambrosetti. “The first one was with Don Sebesky at the end of the ‘70s for Gryphon, an American label [Sleeping Gypsy, released in 1980]. Over the years, I decided that I wanted badly to do another album with strings, because the more you age, the more you have to say in a ballad. When I was a young musician, it was all about beating Chet Baker in a jam session with fast notes. That was my goal. But then with age, you start to understand that a ballad brings you to a different mood and you want to express that. And now, at my young age of 82, it is an immense satisfaction to play ballads and interpret a melody like this.” As arranger for Sweet Caress, Franco made the perfect choice in Broadbent, who served as arranger-conductor on Ambrosetti’s previous orchestral project, 2002’s Nora. A native of New Zealand and longtime resident of Los Angeles who wrote and arranged for Woody Herman’s bands of the ‘70s and Charlie Haden’s Quartet West during the ‘80s, Broadbent had apprenticed under Nelson Riddle before serving as arranger-conductor on orchestral recordings for Natalie Cole, Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Shirley Horn, Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli, Mel Torme, Michael Feinstein, Steve Tyrell, Sheila Jordan, Abbey Lincoln, Jane Monheit, Marian McPartland, Kristin Chenoweth and Scott Hamilton. Through all of those projects, he brought his own unique skills to the table as arranger. “One thing I love about music is that, just through notes you can move people and be moved,” said Broadbent. “Whether it’s jazz, classical, popular music or standard songs, if it has that certain human quality to it, that’s what I am looking for. And if it can be art on top of that, so much the better.” Throughout Sweet Caress, Broadbent does not shy away from dark voicings and downright dissonance, if needed. “Because that, to me, is where the love is, where the soul is,” he said. “It’s in those details. There’s a saying that goes, ‘the devil is in the details.’ But if you pay attention to those details in art, it’s paying attention to all of our feelings. And in our own little way, we can contribute to that kind of feeling.” Following their first encounter together on Nora, Broadbent pointed out how collaborating with Franco was like “two musical souls finding each other.” That truth is even more apparent on Sweet Caress, which continues that intimate, intuitive chemistry between the two musical souls. “We all know as musicians, within a few bars of playing music together, whether we have an affinity for this person or not,” Broadbent explained. “You resonate together like tuning forks, and from that comes the music. So I am just very fortunate that Franco heard something in me that he felt close to.” © Jim Anderson Broadbent continued, “I’ve always wanted to have passion in everything that I do as a musician, and Franco has allowed me to do that. Because although I’m a passionate pianist, I like to translate that feeling as well into an orchestra, which I believe is the most beautiful thing on the face of the planet. And here I am, writing for this marvelous instrument — the orchestra — with my feelings projected onto Franco’s. So it’s a deeper experience than just being entertained. There is something deeper here.” Sweet Caress is scheduled for an August 9th release on the Enja label. www.francoambrosetti.com TRACKS 01 Soul Eyes [06:44] 02 Portrait Of Jennie [05:43] 03 Sweet Caress [05:05] 04 Habanera [07:42] 05 Nightfall [07:00] 06 Old Friends [05:41] 07 Colors Of The Wind [06:21] 08 When The Sun Never Sets [06:33] Total [49:29] Recorded at Sear Sound, NY, December 2023 Stereo Mixed at Anderson Audio New York, Studio L, Brooklyn, NY Recorded and mixed by Jim Anderson 5.1 Surround Mixed at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd. Company, Marin County, California Produced by Jeff Levenson, Franco Ambrosetti  ABOUT THE ARTIST Franco Ambrosetti is a grand seigneur of European jazz, his playing style has been described as "cheeky and yet so elegant, so age-wise and yet so youthful, so clear and yet so unbound" (SRF). From the very beginning, trumpeter and flugelhorn player Franco Ambrosetti's sparring partners have been the greats of the scene. Names such as Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordon, Phil Woods, Michael Brecker, Steve Coleman, John Scofield, Greg Osby, Geri Allen, Kenny Barron and many more adorn his musical CV. He inherited his love of jazz from his father Flavio Ambrosetti. As a multi-instrumentalist, he was one of the key figures of bebop in Europe at the time and founded the first jazz festival in Lugano. In addition to his enthusiasm for jazz, Ambrosetti was also bequeathed the family business by his father and he mastered the seemingly incompatible: running a company with several locations and a few hundred employees through business life, while at the same time making music on an equal footing with the best in jazz. Franco Ambrosetti has done this for his entire working life and combined both careers with brilliance. He managed the balancing act of also being a manager as a musician. "It's not so easy the other way round, because you can't be a manager and a musician if you don't have the talent," says Ambrosetti.

July 19 Buster Bailey - 1902 Al Haig - 1922 Sue Thompson - 1925 Bobby Bradford - 1934 Carmell Jones - 1936 George Hamilton IV - 1937 Vicki Carr - 1940 Phil Upchurch - 1941 Commander Cody - 1944 Bernie Leadon - 1947 ***** Samuel Colt - 1814 Lizzie Borden - 1860

Week 7 picks https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/predictions-cfl-news-hub-writers-week-7-picks/ https://3downnation.com/2024/07/19/3downnation-cfl-picks-redblacks-seek-sweep-of-winless-elks/ ***** Edmonton - Ottawa previews https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-schedule-today-july-19-2024-edmonton-elks-vs-ottawa-redblacks-winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders-tv-channels-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/green-gold-game-day-preview-the-jackson-era-begins/ ***** Winnipeg - Sask previews https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-schedule-today-july-19-2024-edmonton-elks-vs-ottawa-redblacks-winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders-tv-channels-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/winnipeg-at-saskatchewan-bombers-look-to-keep-winning-ways-alive/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/game-day-riders-debut-obsidian-look-host-blue-bombers/

I grew up with this one.

Bob Newhart has died at 94. RIP. https://x.com/RaymondArroyo/status/1814028491781968162 https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/bob-newhart-deadpan-comedy-legend-dies-at-94/ar-BB1qezNK

Week 7 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2024/07/18/cfl-beat-213/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/piffles-picks-week-7/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/18/from-the-editors-desk-are-you-not-entertained/ ***** Power Rankings https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-power-rankings-week-6/ ***** Edmonton - Ottawa previews https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/18/elks-redblacks-meet-again-under-different-circumstances/ https://3downnation.com/2024/07/18/elks-look-much-the-same-for-jarious-jacksons-head-coaching-debut/ ***** July 17 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/17/cfl-ca-game-notes-mcinnis-trying-to-catch-history/ ***** Kick and Punt Return videos https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/18/cauz-my-favourite-kick-and-punt-returns-so-far-in-2024/ ***** Award picks https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/18/the-weekly-say-early-award-picks-2024s-biggest-surprise/

July 18 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - 1929 Dudu Pukwana - 1938 Ian Stewart - 1938 Brian Auger - 1939 Dion DiMucci - 1939 Lonnie Mack - 1941 Martha Reeves - 1941 Ricky Skaggs - 1954 ***** Harriet Nelson - 1909 Her real name was Peggy Lou Snyder.

Tweet of the Day! https://x.com/DanODonnellShow/status/1813636207609516486

Week 7 picks https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/jarious-jackson-to-make-cfl-head-coaching-debut-against-ottawa-redblacks-1.2149218 ***** Week 7 preview https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/17/costabile-4-storylines-to-watch-in-week-7/ ***** 7/17 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/17/checking-down-jermarcus-hardrick-out-long-term-for-riders/ ***** Toronto - Hamilton preview https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ka-deem-carey-enjoying-life-in-toronto-as-he-looks-to-stay-healthy-1.2149163 ***** Edmonton - Ottawa previews (with Chris Jones discussions) https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/chris-jones-s-defensive-acumen-didn-t-translate-into-success-in-second-elks-stint-1.2148982 https://3downnation.com/2024/07/17/gone-in-34-seconds-breaking-down-the-final-four-mistakes-of-the-chris-jones-era-in-edmonton/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-look-to-turn-franchise-around-after-coaching-change-1.2149138 ***** GA Russell's Week 7 picks Ottawa over Edmonton (Often when a team changes its coach in mid-season, the players respond well. But in this case, I don't think that Jones was doing a bad job. Jackson has no experience as a head coach. So I expect a lack of organization in the team's play this week.) Winnipeg over Sask (I don't think the Riders will be good enough to pick until Harris gets back.) Toronto over Hamilton (I'm picking the Ticats to lose until they beat somebody. However, I note that Mitchell is #2 in the league behind Adams for both passing yards and passing touchdowns.) https://www.cfl.ca/league-leaders/ BC over Calgary (I expect to pick BC over everybody except Montreal for the foreseeable future.)

I see now that I mis-read the tweet! The tweet is referring to the mail-in ballots that are mailed to everyone. When I saw it at 3:00 am, I thought it was about stores mailing the guns to their customers, thereby making it difficult for people to obtain them (because "The USPS SUCKS!").

Some here might enjoy this tweet. https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1813030794795053092

July 17 Joe Morello - 1928 Vince Guaraldi - 1928 Spencer Davis - 1939 Gale Garnett - 1942 Phoebe Snow - 1950 ***** Erle Stanley Gardner - 1889

Power Rankings https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/16/amsoil-power-rankings-upset-the-setup/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/pr-amsoil-drives-weekly-cfl-power-rankings/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/piffles-power-rankings-week-7/ ***** More on the Elks and Chris Jones https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/16/oleary-whats-next-for-the-elks/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-fire-head-coach-gm-chris-jones-replace-with-geroy-simon-and-jarious-jackson-1.2148667 https://3downnation.com/2024/07/15/edmonton-elks-fire-head-coach-and-general-manager-chris-jones/ https://3downnation.com/2024/07/16/rick-lelacheur-cleared-decision-to-fire-chris-jones-with-board-new-potential-elks-owners/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/breaking-news-jones-relieved-from-his-duties-by-the-elks/ Almondo Sewell has joined as the defensive line coach. He replaces Nate O'Neal, who was let go. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-shake-up-coaching-staff-again-as-almondo-sewell-is-named-defensive-line-coach-1.2148892 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/16/elks-add-former-dt-almondo-sewell-as-d-line-coach/ https://3downnation.com/2024/07/16/edmonton-elks-hire-almondo-sewell-as-new-defensive-line-coach/ ***** Week 7 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/16/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-7-picks-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/16/weekly-predictor-calgary-to-defeat-the-lions/ ***** Jermarcus Hardrick will probably need surgery. https://3downnation.com/2024/07/16/saskatchewan-roughriders-ol-jermarcus-hardrick-suffers-quad-injury-surgery-ikely/

John Alvey Makes His Confident, Disciplined First Statement on "Loft Glow," His Leadership Debut, Set for August 23 Release On Jazz Music City Records Recording Features Nashville-Based Drummer & A Select Sextet of Fellow Music City Jazz Musicians, Including Trombonist Roland Barber, Saxophonists Joel Frahm & Jovan Quallo, Pianist Matt Endahl, Bassist Jacob Jezioro   July 16, 2024 Drummer John Alvey announces his formidable presence to the jazz world with the August 23 release of Loft Glow on Jazz Music City Records. Alvey’s recording debut presents a remarkably assured, but also risk-taking set of straight-ahead postbop jazz, joined by a killer sextet of stalwarts from the increasingly hot Nashville jazz scene: trombonist Roland Barber, tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, alto saxophonist Jovan Quallo, pianist Matt Endahl, and bassist Jacob Jezioro. Alvey is a native of Nashville, the son of pianist and former Opryland USA conductor Michael Alvey. He grew up, studied, apprenticed, listened, and honed his craft all in the environs of Music City. Loft Glow is a nod to that immersion. “A small studio apartment south of Nashville was my home for a few years about ten years ago,” Alvey recalls. “It was a peaceful period of practicing and listening, a relaxed, focused, and transitional time in my life. This album is a reflection on that time and place, with an emphasis on the solitary, undistracted listening experiences I had there every evening.” The album title refers directly to those experiences: “the many lamps I kept on late at night, aglow in the window as seen from the street below my apartment.” We can hear how that intensive work paid off on Loft Glow’s combination of band originals and covers of tunes by Alvey’s musical heroes Ron Carter, Benny Golson, and John Stubblefield. The drummer drives the stately suspenseful interpretation of Stubblefield’s “Baby Man” and adds depth, shading, and a Latin tinge to Golson’s “Terminal 1,” giving sharp-eared empathy to smart solos by Endahl, Barber, and Frahm and making his own thoughtful, curiously colored statement on Golson’s tune. Alvey takes a more subtle, but still defining role on Carter’s fun, gospel-inflected “Blues for D.P." Alvey brings the same level of respect and sensitivity to the album’s original tunes. His deft treatments of Barber’s sweet “Winslow Nocturne” and Quallo’s introspective “June 23” beautifully maintain the balance—so often neglected on drummer-led albums—of firmly outlining the rhythmic shapes while also giving his bandmates maximal room to express themselves. Even on his own tune, the harder-driving “Azure,” Alvey proves himself a careful drummer, injecting the performance with the required energy but never getting carried away (as his dazzling but punctilious solo demonstrates). In short, it’s Alvey’s remarkable discipline behind the kit that helps elevate Loft Glow to the polished, eminently pleasurable record that it is. It augurs well for the leader’s, and the music’s, future. John Alvey was born February 3, 1985, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of noted jazz pianist, conductor, and educator Michael Alvey. While growing up in the suburbs of the country music capital of the world, Alvey the younger was nonetheless first drawn to rock music. It was the energy of those artists and songs that led him to the drums, forsaking his father’s piano for them at nine years old. But if country music surrounded him and rock inspired him, it was jazz—in the guise of his father’s influence—that guided him. He taught his son how to play drum rolls, encouraged him to check out the great jazz albums, and jammed with him at home. Eventually, they played a gig together, which led to seven years of John’s presence in Michael’s established piano trio at a Nashville restaurant. That, in turn, led Alvey to find work with fellow Nashvillians Barber (as well as his saxophonist twin brother Rahsaan), Joel Frahm, and Rod McGaha, and with musicians like Taj Mahal and Sherman Holmes. He’s also been an active freelancer on Nashville’s rich circuit of country, bluegrass, and Americana music, playing with Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley and Sierra Hull. Each was a valuable educational and artistic experience that worked along with those late-night practice and listening sessions to feed the creation of his debut album, Loft Glow. Photography: Melanie Alvey   EPK: John Alvey | Loft Glow  John Alvey Web Site  

Louis Hayes Artform Revisited Impacting July 16th, 2024 Format: Jazz # Artist and Track Title Time 1. Louis Hayes - Tour de Force 05:27 2. Louis Hayes - Milestones 04:05 3. Louis Hayes - My Little Suede Shoes 05:21 4. Louis Hayes - You're Looking at Me 05:51 5. Louis Hayes - Ruby 05:43 6. Louis Hayes - Cheryl 03:35 7. Louis Hayes - Ray's Idea 05:20 8. Louis Hayes - A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 04:24 9. Louis Hayes - Dewey Square 06:07 10. Louis Hayes - G 04:36 New from Savant Records Louis Hayes - Artform Revisited Savant Records SCD 2218 Louis Hayes – drums Abraham Burton – tenor saxophone (except track 😎 Steve Nelson – vibraphone (except track 4) David Hazeltine – piano • Dezron Douglas – bass AIRPLAY STARTS NOW • SUGGESTED TRACKS 1. Tour de Force (5:29) • 2. Milestones (4:05) 7. Ray’s Idea (5:20) • 9. Dewey Square(6:06) Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • Savant Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com

July 16 Carmen Lombardo - 1903 Cal Tjader - 1925 Tony Jackson - 1938 Desmond Decker - 1942 Ruben Blades - 1948 Stewart Copeland - 1952

Dave Naylor says that the Elks have let go Chris Jones. https://x.com/TSNDaveNaylor/status/1812957737656934780 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/15/elks-relieve-gm-and-head-coach-chris-jones-of-his-duties/ Jarious Jackson will be the interim head coach. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-fire-head-coach-gm-chris-jones-appoint-jarious-jackson-interim-head-coach-1.2148667

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Ottawa 37....Edmonton 34 The Elks lose their third straight game to a walk off field goal! It appears that Edmonton's biggest problem is their defensive backfield. Brown threw for 480 yards, many of which came on big plays. Another good day for MBT, but the crowd was calling for Ford. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/14/recap-ottawa-37-edmonton-34/ https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/14/redblacks-walk-off-and-win-on-the-road-against-elks/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-rally-late-to-edge-winless-edmonton-elks-1.2148397 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/14/3-stats-that-defined-ottawas-week-6-win-over-edmonton/ ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2024/07/15/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-lions-roar-into-top-spot/