GA Russell

Desmond, by far Mulligan/Baker Monk Blue Note

Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs (King). (The cd issue was entitled Please Come Home For Christmas, and included four organ bonus tracks by Bill Doggett. The Charles Brown 45s mentioned by MG above are on this album. Alas, Amazon says that the cd is now out of print.)

D. Krall did it on one of her Impulse albums. Still far from the 'standard' it deserves to be. You're Looking at Me is on Krall's All For You album, which I think is her best seller. Mark Murphy did two NKC LPs, and my favorite song from the bunch was I Keep Going Back to Joe's.

I've grown accustomed to spending $2.79 for my BMG discs!

Aggie, these are no longer valid. Have you seen any new ones yet?

The Lions let go of Otis Floyd today. There may be more shoes to drop, as apparently the decision has been made to dispatch veterans and free up salary cap space. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

I have read that the body was that of a blond. What was a blond doing in China?

Congratulations twice, Michael!!

Here's the list: http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx

This was nominated for a Grammy today: Best Jazz Vocal Album

This was nominated for a Grammy today: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

I'm shocked. The Lions have let go both Jason Clermont and Charles Roberts. Maybe BClug will give us his thoughts on this. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

I have a positive attitude about it. When I was just starting to get into jazz (I'm pretty sure it was 1966), I read a Time Magazine article raving about Handy and the new Monterey album. I guess you could say for emotional reasons I have always had an extra desire for the music that was coming out just when I started to get interested. So I might pick this Select up.

As expected, Mike Kelly was named head coach of the Bombers today. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4195188

In 1973 I met a scout (I don't remember his name), and I asked him what it takes to be right more often than anyone else. He replied that if a scout wanted to be right more often than any other scout, all he would need to do would be to say that everyone he saw was not a prospect. But of course, that wouldn't do anybody any good. From the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,4272638.story <h2 style="">John Robert 'Red' Murff</h2>Mets scout found Nolan Ryan John Robert "Red" Murff, 87, the New York Mets scout who discovered Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, died Friday at a nursing home in Tyler, Texas. The cause of death was not given. Murff filed this report on 17-year-old Ryan of Alvin, Texas, in 1964: "Skinny right-handed junior. Has the best arm I've ever seen in my life. Could be a real power pitcher someday." Although Ryan stood 6 feet 2 and could throw a baseball 100 mph, he weighed only 150 pounds as a high school player and often had no idea where his fastball was going, putting off most scouts who came to watch him pitch. "Murff was different because he met my parents once," Ryan recalled later. "He saw how big my dad was [6 feet 4, 240 pounds]. He saw my genetic potential." The Mets took a chance, making Ryan the 295th player taken in the 1965 draft. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 and is now president of the Texas Rangers. Born April 1, 1921, in Burlington, Texas, Murff pitched for the Milwaukee Braves from 1956 to 1957, going 2-2 with three saves and a 4.65 earned-run average in 26 appearances.

By the time October of '66 rolled around, Yesterday & Today was very old news. I can't imagine a high school kid who was interested in owning that record not already having it by then.

MG, she's a very popular country music singer, I think on the countrypolitan side. She is a married to another popular country singer, Tim McGraw. I read just a few days ago that the two of them are/were in the top 5 entertainment couples in the world when it comes to 2007 income. Number one was Jay Z and Beyonce Knowles. The Beckhams were also in the top 5. I think Tom Cruise and his wife were too.

This is incorrect. I was wondering why I couldn't find anything besides the concert on the dvd. I now see that the website URL is printed alongside the references to the itinerary and podcasts, and I therefore conclude that the references were to the website rather than to the dvd.

Happy Birthday!

ECM has released a new album by a German piano trio led by Julia Hulsmann called The End of a Summer. I like it. Marc Muellbauer is on bass, and Heinrich Köbberling is on drums. Muellbauer has played with Hulsmann since 1996, and Kobberling since 2001. Most of the titles were composed by members of the group. All of the songs are fairly introspective, but not as quiet as many ECM records are. The recording was made in March of this year in Oslo. This is an album easy to relax by. I will definitely recommend it if BMG carries it in a few months.

Danny Maciocia is stepping down as the Eskimos' head coach, and will be the General Manager and Director of Football Operations. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edm...557606-sun.html

I was a member briefly of the RCA Record Club in 1966. I quit as soon as I saw what was available. They sold only albums that were months old, and as a teenager I only wanted the newest stuff! Of course it's the same today, but now I don't care if a record was released six months ago. To me now, that's new! I think the real revolution occurred in 1998 (as I recall) when BMG (the successor to RCA) put their entire inventory online, so that you no longer had to wonder what was available, and you could buy what you wanted most rather than what was featured in the latest mailing. I may be wrong, but I believe that record club items were not made of the same high quality vinyl as what was used for store-bought discs. That changed with the introduction of CDs of course. (I've never heard of whether there was much difference when the quality of store-bought vinyl plummeted in the 70s.)

My Gary Burton suggestion cost me three votes!

It was a year ago today that this thread was started. In that time it has received 9,952 views. Who would have thought that a thread on the Canadian league would get nearly 10,000 views in a year? Last week twelve of us participated in the Grey Cup contest. Since we know that 12 members could not have been responsible for 9,952 views, I have to think that there are non-members who have bookmarked the thread to check in. Hopefully they also look at other threads here and read about the band. So rather than start a new thread and lose those who have bookmarked this one, I am going to change its title to 2009 CFL Hot Stove League, and continue on. ***** Eskimos offensive coordinator Mike Kelly has cleaned out his office in Edmonton. He is expected to be named the Bombers' new head coach early next week. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ory/GlobeSports ***** Calgary's kicker Sandro DeAngelis is planning on signing on with an NFL team for next year. DeAngelis was named the Outstanding Canadian of the Game for Sunday's Grey Cup game with five field goals. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ory/GlobeSports ***** The Alouettes have 17 (!) guys eligible for free agency. http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/s...3c-a7dd5cfe1c4d