GA Russell

Polarizing umpire Angel Hernandez immediately retiring from MLB (msn.com)

Pre-season games Calgary - BC https://3downnation.com/2024/05/25/scavenging-stampeders-feast-on-lions-skeleton-crew-eight-thoughts-on-b-c-s-preseason-loss/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/calgary-stampeders-pounce-on-bc-lions-for-pre-season-win-1.2126173 https://3downnation.com/2024/05/25/stampeders-tame-toothless-lions-six-thoughts-on-calgarys-preseason-victory/ ***** Hamilton - Ottawa https://3downnation.com/2024/05/26/bo-levi-mitchell-teases-return-to-form-five-thoughts-on-the-tiger-cats-preseason-loss-to-the-redblacks/ https://3downnation.com/2024/05/26/every-win-matters-nine-takeaways-from-the-redblacks-preseason-opener/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/dustin-crum-leads-ottawa-redblacks-past-hamilton-tiger-cats-in-pre-season-1.2126123 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/25/hes-back-dedmon-goes-91-for-punt-return-td/ ***** Edmonton - Sask https://3downnation.com/2024/05/26/tis-the-preseason-of-giving-five-thoughts-on-the-elks-turnover-laden-loss-to-the-riders/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/lauther-s-late-fg-lifts-roughriders-over-elks-1.2126163 ***** Toronto - Montreal https://3downnation.com/2024/05/26/argos-qb-situation-demands-different-style-of-football-11-thoughts-on-torontos-preseason-loss-to-montreal/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/defending-champion-alouettes-begin-pre-season-with-win-over-argonauts-1.2126235 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/25/caleb-evans-the-escape-artist/ ***** BC has hired 50 Cent to perform at their home opener. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/27/50-cent-to-headline-lions-third-annual-concert-kickoff/ https://3downnation.com/2024/05/27/get-rich-or-die-lion-rap-icon-50-cent-to-perform-at-b-c-lions-home-opener/ ***** Here's your chance to practice your French! https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/27/experiences-superieures-2024/

May 27 Bud Shank - 1927 Ramsey Lewis - 1935 Cilla Black - 1943 Billy Adamson - 1944 Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen - 1946 Dee Dee Bridgewater - 1950 ***** Dashiell Hammett - 1894

RIP. (2) Tom's Old Days on X: "Very Sad News,One Of The”Great Ones” Bill Walton has Passed Away at 71.#RIPBillWalton https://t.co/AulA5JsooS" / X

I was a big fan early on, when their US albums were on Atlantic. I lost interest when they became involved with Bowie. In '70 they were the warm-up act for Jethro Tull. Tull was boring in comparison, and half the crowd left before the end of Tull's set.

I think there should be birthday ice cream to go along with the cobbler.

May 26 Ziggy Elman - 1914 Moondog - 1916 Peggy Lee - 1920 Miles Davis - 1926 Levon Helm - 1940 Verden Allen - 1944 (I saw Mott the Hoople in '70 and again in '71.) Stevie Nicks - 1948 Hank Williams, Jr. - 1949 ***** Ben Alexander - 1911

Toronto scrimmage https://3downnation.com/2024/05/22/nick-arbuckle-excels-in-double-blue-game-as-toronto-argonauts-look-for-answers-at-qb/ ***** Eric Upton has died at 71. RIP. https://3downnation.com/2024/05/24/five-in-a-row-grey-cup-champion-eric-upton-passes-away-at-71/ ***** Earl Edwards has died at 78. RIP. https://3downnation.com/2024/05/24/notable-cfl-to-nfl-defensive-lineman-earl-edwards-dead-at-78/ ***** The league has announced its television schedule. For the US, I think I count 33 games which will be on the CBS Sports cable channel. That is available on the internet with Hulu. All of the other games (including the playoffs and Grey Cup Final) will be available for free on the league's website. For Canada, all the games will be on TSN. RDS will also carry all the Als games, 14 Redblacks games, 15 other regular season games, plus all the playoffs. For the rest of the world, all of the games will be available for free on the league's website. https://www.cfl.ca/where-to-watch-2024-cfl-broadcast-information/ https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-CFL-Broadcast-Schedule-4.pdfhttps://3downnation.com/2024/05/23/cfl-unveils-full-american-tv-broadcast-schedule-for-2024-season/ ***** May 22 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/22/checking-down-maier-adding-new-element-to-his-game/ ***** This thread's view count stands at 389,700, up 1,000 in the past 11 days.

May 24 Charles Earland - 1941

NCAA, leagues back $2.8 billion settlement, setting stage for current, former athletes to be paid (msn.com)

Palle Danielsson, 1946-2024 Photo of Palle Danielsson from the private ECM archives. Palle Danielsson, the great Swedish bassist, has died, aged 77. Born into a musical family in Stockholm in 1946, he studied violin as a child, switching to double bass in his teens, taking classes at Sweden’s Royal Academy and rounding off his formative musical education with hands-on experience at the famed Gyllene Cirkeln (Golden Circle) club, where he accompanied visiting American jazz players. In 1965, aged just 19, he got to play with Bill Evans, an early musical highlight. By the time Palle came into ECM’s orbit in 1974 with Jan Garbarek and Bobo Stenson, he was very much a complete player, a melodically imaginative, warm-toned bassist, with a great sense of drive. Never much interested in being a bandleader or even a featured soloist his capacity to anchor and inspire a band, working creatively inside the total group context, was second to none – and his impeccable label discography speaks for itself. He can be heard on many recordings now regarded as classics, with the Garbarek-Stenson Quartet (Witchi-Tai-To, Dansere), Keith Jarrett (Belonging, My Song, Nude Ants, Personal Mountains, Sleeper), Enrico Rava (The Pilgrim and The Stars, The Plot), Edward Vesala (Satu), Collin Walcott with Don Cherry (Grazing Dreams), Charles Lloyd (Fish Out of Water), Peter Erskine’s trio with John Taylor (You Never Know, Time Being, As It Is, Juni), and Tomasz Stanko’s tribute to Krzysztof Komeda (Litania). Albums beyond broad definitions of jazz included Anouar Brahem’s Khomsa, Dino Saluzzi’s Responsorium and two recordings with Lena Willemark and Ale Möller – Nordan and Agram – which cast Nordic folk ballads in a new light and opened them up to fresh improvising possibilities. Whatever the context, Palle Danielsson gave his best energies to it. As Manfred Eicher notes, “With his very special sense of soulfulness and precision, and his determination to serve the whole band sound, Palle always seemed able to illuminate the music and to lift it to the next level.” — Steve Lake For more information on ECM, please visit: ECMRecords.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter # # #  

McDonald's Franchisees Say They Can't Afford The Chain's $5 Meal Deal (msn.com)

May 23 Artie Shaw - 1910 Helen O'Connell - 1920 Humphrey Lyttleton - 1921 Rosemary Clooney - 1928 Robert Moog - 1934 Marvin Stamm - 1939 Ken Peplowski - 1959 Jewel - 1974 ***** Bryan "High Speed" Herta - 1970

From the Jobim OAS box.

May 22 Richard Wagner - 1813 Sun Ra - 1914 Charles Aznavour - 1924 Kenny Ball - 1930 Peter Nero - 1934 Ian Underwood - 1939 ***** Tommy John - 1943

With Randy Brecker! Brian Blade! TWO NEW RELEASES STORY OF MANKIND (5/17) & TIME AGAIN (5/26) Cowbell Music Presents STORY OF MANKIND – A REQUIEM BY BENJAMIN KOPPEL CD AVAILABLE ON MAY 17, 2024 (COWBELL #93). Benjamin Koppel - alto saxophone Randy Brecker - trumpet Frederikke Vedel - vocals Henrik Dam Thomsen - cello Søren Møller - keys Johnny Åman - double bass Ferenc Nemeth - drums & percussion  Story Of Mankind is a piece that depicts the cruelty of man through an interpretation in music of human feelings. Pictures of the trenches in Ukraine look frighteningly the same as pictures of the trenches of World War I. And thus, the story repeats itself. Again. French poet Apollinaire is by many not only considered one of the great poets of the early 20th century but also a pioneer of surrealism. And with his words as well as with lyrics from two great Danish poets of today, Tomas ”TT” Krag and Morten Søndergaard, Benjamin Koppel wanted to examine how the absurd sur-reality of war and destruction remain in the center of human actions. Master photographer Jan Grarup has travelled through Ukraine since the beginning of the war. His pictures will say more than a thousand words. And they have brought Koppel’s attention even closer to the horrific absurdity and devastating loss of both, human lives and resources, that is the result of any war. Story of Mankind is a requiem. A mass for the dead. But it is also a celebration of life, of all that man as a species has accomplished, and of all the love that the human heart is able to offer. If we only remember to do so. And remember our story. Featuring a stellar cast of top musicians, this piece of music interprets the sadness and terror of war. Any war. Which, at any given moment in history, seems to be a part of the story of mankind. TRACKS CD #1 1. YOU WHO HEAR US NOW (5.36) 2. Afterthought I at vi tilfældigvis er født (0.39) 3. I DON’T BELIEVE (6.16) 4. Afterthought II at stå ved frontlinjen (0.36) 5. ABSURD (8.04) 6. Afterthought III en usynlig og lydløs fjende (0.25) 7. REHEARSING DYING (5.23) 8. Afterthought IV det eneste vi ved (0.21) 9. CIVILIZATION (7.16) 10. Afterthought V det som er inde i mig (0.30) 11. TOC TOC (8.40) 12. Afterthought VI som om alt var, som det var engang (0.25) (playing time 44:20) CD #2 13. NOUX DIMES ADIEU (6.27) 14. Afterthought VII alle disse menneskers angst (0.17) 15. THEREFORE I AM (5.41) 16. Afterthought VIII et skrig af lykke, vi er udelukket fra (0.21) 17. EXERCISE (8.32) 18. Afterthought IX vi skal vågne (0.19) 19. BLEUET (6.15) 20. Afterthought X hver dag må vi sige verden igen (0.10) 21. NIGHT SOFT NIGHT (6.08) 22. Afterthought XI kun sangen bliver tilbage (0.42) 23. THE STORY OF MANKIND (8.15) (playing time 43:25) Total playing time: 87:45 minutes (including afterthoughts 4:55) Benjamin Koppel © Robin Skjoldborg All composed by Benjamin Koppel Lyrics by Guillaume Apollinaire (extracted by Benjamin Koppel), except 5, 9, 15 & 23 by “TT” Tomas Krag Lyrics for Afterthoughts by Morten Søndergaard Produced by Jeff Levenson and Benjamin Koppel Arranged by Søren Møller and Benjamin Koppel Recorded at The Village Recording, Copenhagen, June 2023 by Thomas Vang Mixed by Thomas Vang and Benjamin Koppel Mastered by Boe Larsen Photos by Jan Grarup/WHILE WE BLEED Design by Knut Schötteldreier Liner notes by Adam Holm Special thanks to Jan Grarup, Adam Holm, Tom Tramborg, Tomas “TT” Krag & Morten Søndergaard. Label: Cowbell Music Benjamin plays Peter Jessen handmade mouthpieces and sax necks Cowbell Music Presents KOPPEL | BLADE | KOPPEL with TIME AGAIN CD AVAILABLE ON MAY 26, 2024 (COWBELL #89). BENJAMIN KOPPEL - alto saxophone ANDERS KOPPEL - hammond B3 organ BRIAN BLADE - drums  When it all comes down, the music needs to swing. It needs to touch our souls as well as move our feet. And the music of this trio par excellence does exactly that. When father and son, the Koppels, two of the most prolific musicians and composers on the European scene today, join forces with master drummer Brian Blade the result is nothing less than extraordinary. The music draws on inspiration from sources throughout music history. With the classic organ trio as the frame, the three innovators take their audience on a journey, that leaves no hearts and feet untouched. Through a collaboration in 2011, saxophonist Benjamin Koppel and drummer Brian Blade became close friends on and off stage. Since then, they have released three albums (together with top bassist Scott Colley) over the years - all have become milestones in the world of piano-less saxophone bass drum-trios. The band has been playing around the world, and when composer Anders Koppel wrote his biggest symphonic piece to date, The Mulberry Street Symphony, the music was created with this specific trio in mind. This time, Koppel senior, Anders, goes back to the organ bench, from which he has created so many legendary moments in European music with his iconic band Savage Rose (1969-1975), which performed at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1971 (and shared the stage with names like Blood, Sweat and Tears and Sly & The Family Stone), and his duo and jazz quartet with fellow American pianist Kenny Werner and the founding member of Weather Report, bassist Miroslav Vitous. Now it’s time again to revisit the almost telepathic interplay between three minds, that reach far beyond the ordinary. Three hearts with the same beat. The tracks on this new album, released on May 26 via Cowbell Music, are all originals composed by Anders Koppel, Benjamin Koppel and one by Kenny Werner. Music of the times, by the times, in time. It is surely TIME AGAIN. Brian Blade © Lars Hestbaek TRACKS 1. Puerto Rican Rumble [05:15] 2. If You Forget Me [07:43] 3. Mavis [05:58] 4. Bazaar Revisited [13:27] 5. Time Again [05:54] (Feat. Al Agami) 6. Fall from Grace [05:53] 7. Should Have Put A Ring On It [05:03] 8. Blind Man [08:25] Total: 57:40:15 No.1, 3, 5, 7 composed by Benjamin Koppel No.2, 4, 8 composed by Anders Koppel No. 6 composed by Kenny Werner Recorded August 12, 2019 at Village Recording by Thomas Vang Mixed and mastered by Boe Larsen at Mill Factory Produced by A. & B. Koppel Cover by Knut Schötteldreier Photos by Lars Hestbæk Benjamin plays Peter Jessen handmade mouthpieces and sax necks Label: Cowbell

Was alcohol involved? 🙂 ***** Pre-season games analyses https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/20/oleary-preseason-games-have-finally-arrived/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-roll-past-winnipeg-blue-bombers-in-pre-season-tilt-1.2123482 https://3downnation.com/2024/05/20/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sputter-in-preseason-loss-to-riders-14-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2024/05/21/analysis-calgary-stampeders-offence-struggles-in-intrasquad-matchup/ ***** QB tracker for the pre-season https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/21/qb-tracker-breaking-down-preseason-playing-time-2/ ***** Here is how to sign up to watch the games for free on the league's website. https://www.cfl.ca/plus/ ***** Training camp observations https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/21/landry-5-takeaways-from-training-camp/

I saw the MJQ at The Cellar Door in '70 or '71. Great description!

Sixties pop phenomenon Frank Ifield dies aged 86 (msn.com) I had a 45 of his on Capitol from '64, but I don't remember what it was. RIP.

May 21 Dennis Day - 1916 (I remember asking my mother, "Why are they treating that man like he's a kid?") Bill Barber - 1920 Joe Byrd - 1933 Tony Sheridan - 1940 Hilton Valentine - 1943 Leo Sayer - 1948 Marc Ribot - 1954

Red Sox 3B Rafael Devers breaks a franchise record (msn.com) Homers in six consecutive games.

RIP Jim Otto! The original 00! Jim Otto, Hall of Fame Raiders center who never missed a game, dies at 86 (msn.com)