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A man walks into a pub and asks for a double scotch. The Landlord asks, "Are you all right?" as the man looks a little shaken. The man explained that his car had konked out a mile or so down the road. He had been scratching his head looking at the engine when a horse popped his head over the hedgerow, and told him how to fix the problem. "Arr, was it a black horse?" asked the Landlord. "Yes", said the man. "You wuz lucky then," said the Landlord. "There's a grey horse in that field, and he knows fuck all about engines." ***** Joe, I was familiar with the Beaverbrook name as a press baron, but looked him up in Wikipedia to see what the fuss was about. I had never associated him with New Brunswick.

The game starts in about 9 1/2 hours.

Week 17 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/29/from-the-editors-desk-recognizing-truth-and-reconciliation-in-week-17/

Week 17 picks https://3downnation.com/2023/09/29/3downnation-cfl-picks-can-the-lions-avoid-a-trap-game-versus-the-riders/

TTK, I wasn't sent CDs of these, and haven't heard them.

This is from July 26, 2021. Antonio Adolfo Jobim Forever Impacting July 26th, 2021 Format(s): Jazz The Girl From Ipanema 05:31 Wave 05:09 A Felicidade (Happiness) 05:20 How Insensitive 05:26 Favela (O Morro Não Tem Vez) (Slum) 05:20 Inutil Paisagem (Useless Landscape) 06:11 Agua de Beber (Water to Drink) 04:05 Amparo (Intro-Por Toda a Minha Vida) 07:00 Estrada do Sol (Road to the Sun) 04:57 “Adolfo's playing is brilliant, elegant, and inspired. His arrangements are superb … a joyous romp and a fitting salute… certainly one of the finest albums of 2020.” -- All About Jazz The follow-up to Adolfo’s 2020 “BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento,” which remained on the JazzWeek chart for 20 weeks and hit #1 for four weeks! Contact info: www.aammusic.com www.antonioadolfomusic.com antonioadolfomusic@gmail.com And this note from August 26, 2021. With Only Four Weeks On The Charts Jobim Forever Is Now At #1 On The JazzWeek Chart And #7 On The Roots Music Report Jazz Chart! And this note from October 11, 2021. Spent Four Weeks At Number #1 On The JazzWeek Chart Two Weeks At Number #1 On The Roots Music Report.

My favorite remains Secret Agent/Danger Man.

This is from Sept. 5, 2022 Antonio Adolfo Octet And Originals Impacting August 12th, 2022 Format(s): Jazz Artist Title Time Antonio Adolfo Heart of Brazil 05:38 Antonio Adolfo Boogie Baiao 04:42 Antonio Adolfo Emau 05:12 Antonio Adolfo Cascavel 04:11 Antonio Adolfo Pretty World 05:05 Antonio Adolfo Teletema 05:58 Antonio Adolfo Feito em Casa 04:55 Antonio Adolfo Minor Chord 05:26 Antonio Adolfo Zabumbaia 05:46 Antonio Adolfo Toada Moderna 04:35 RENOWNED BRAZILIAN PIANIST/COMPOSER/ARRANGER ANTONIO ADOLFO RELEASES AN ALBUM OF ALL ORIGINALS “OCTET AND ORIGINALS” Coming August 12, 2022 on AAM Music With over two dozen albums as a leader and multiple Latin Grammy and Grammy nominations, pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader ANTONIO ADOLFO is an internationally recognized Latin jazz star. More than 200 of his original compositions have been covered by artists like Sergio Mendes, Earl Klugh, Herb Alpert, Stevie Wonder, and Dionne Warwick. Several of his albums pay tribute to great Brazilian and American jazz stars, like Antonio Carlos Jobim (Jobim Forever, 2021), Milton Nascimento (BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento, 2020), Wayne Shorter (Hybrido: From Rio to Wayne Shorter, 2017) and Ernesto Nazareth (Antonio Adolfo Abraça Ernesto Nazareth, 1981), among others. www.mouthpiecemusic.com LINER NOTE... Octet and ... Octet and ... And a note from Oct. 10. Antonio Adolfo Now At #1 On The JazzWeek Chart! RENOWNED BRAZILIAN PIANIST/COMPOSER/ARRANGER ANTONIO ADOLFO RELEASES AN ALBUM OF ALL ORIGINALS “OCTET AND ORIGINALS”

Week 17 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2023/09/28/cfl-beat-195/ https://rodpedersen.com/week-17-cfl-picks-2023/ ***** I read this a couple of weeks ago. It is the story of the '91 Argos, when they made Rocket Ismail the world's highest-paid football player. Highly recommended. The author did a terrific job, making me feel like an eyewitness rather than a reader of a thoroughly-researched history book.

This is for his new album. I have some old press releases from Adolfo floating around, and if I can find them, I'll post them here as well. Antonio Adolfo Bossa 65 Impacting September 18th, 2023 Format(s): Jazz Bossa 65 dominated the JazzWeek Chart for seven straight weeks! And continues maintaining top ten status now at # 3! Bossa Nova was the most important musical movement to come out of Brazil in the 20th Century. It attracted dozens of composers, singers, and musicians who got together in small apartments in Copacabana and Ipanema to play their music. A number of those composers gained international fame, spreading the music around the world. Today, Bossa Nova is still the most influential Brazilian music style and has been assimilated by musicians from many cultures. Of course, when you think of Bossa Nova, the first name that comes to mind is Antonio Carlos Jobim, but he’s not alone in the pantheon great Bossa artists. Others, like Joao Gilberto, Johnny Alf, Joao Donato, Marcos Valle, Durval Ferreira, Mauricio Einhorn, Carlos Lyra, Vinicius de Moraes, Roberto Menescal, Ronaldo Boscoli, are also important in creating the art form. For this project, I decided to focus my eyes, ears, and soul on the music of two great composers who are on the frontline of Bossa: Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal. Carlos Lyra, I dare say, is one of the best melodists ever in Brazilian music. His music should be studied by musicians around the entire world. He was one of the most important partners of the great poet and lyricist Vinicius de Moraes. Lyra was - and still is - my musical mentor and godfather. When I started my career at age 17, I had the privilege to work in the musical play “Pobre Menina Rica - Poor Rich Girl,” written by Lyra and De Moraes in 1963-1964. What a great baptism! After not seeing him for some time, because he was working in Mexico and in the US, Carlos and I got together in Rio for the recording of his album Bossa Lyra, which was released in Japan. Roberto Menescal, who partnered with lyricist Ronaldo Boscoli, created some of the most important gems of Bossa Nova, including the famous “Little Boat.” He has been enjoying a very, very successful career as a composer, musician, and producer, especially in Brazil and Japan. During the early 1960s, Menescal was performing all over with his group “Conjunto Roberto Menescal,” which I had the opportunity to join sometime in 1965. In 1968, we started a group to accompany the legendary singer Elis Regina in Europe, where Elis and Toots Thielemans recorded the album Aquarela do Brasil, in the winter of 1969. Over the next decade, when Menescal was the Artistic Director of Polygram Records, we had the chance to work together on several recording projects. I’m now presenting my latest recording project BOSSA 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal. My challenge with this project was choosing five songs by each of these two legends to reunite on this instrumental album. Viva the Bossa Nova on its 65 years!!! Viva Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal!!Antonio Adolfo Contact | Antonio Adolfo | antonioadolfosaboia@gmail.com Bossa 65-o... BOSSA 65 ...

Carrie Underwood will sing Friday night at this year's Grey Cup Festival. https://3downnation.com/2023/09/26/carrie-underwood-to-perform-during-grey-cup-festival-in-hamilton/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/grey-cup-hamilton-carrie-underwood-1.6978281 https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/26/carrie-underwood-to-headline-friday-night-of-built-in-the-hammer-grey-cup-music-festival/ ***** Derel Walker has signed with the Ticats. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/27/ticats-sign-two-time-cfl-all-star-receiver-derel-walker/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/27/hamilton-tiger-cats-sign-cfl-veterans-derel-walker-jamal-davis-ii/ ***** Week 17 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/26/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-17-picks-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/26/weekly-predictor-putting-the-win-in-winnipeg-2/ ***** Lots of playoff scenario possibilities this week! https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/26/playoff-scenarios-als-look-for-post-season-berth-lions-eye-home-date/ ***** 9/27 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/27/checking-down-will-chad-kelly-play-this-week/ ***** 9/27 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/27/cfl-ca-game-notes-tim-white-reaching-for-milestones/

This year's Grand Final will be this Saturday afternoon, starting at 2:30 pm local time. That is 12:30 am US eastern time, and 9:30 pm Friday US pacific time. The Collingwood Magpies will face the Brisbane Lions. I don't root for the new clubs, so I will be pulling for the Pies. You can watch the game here: https://7plus.com.au/where-to-watch-the-afl-grand-final I'm assuming that the radio links will be the same as last year.

Ubuntu Music Presents Silvan Joray featuring Nadav Erlich & Jeff Ballard Updraft CD AND DIGITAL FORMATS AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 3, 2023. UBUNTU MUSIC – UBU0144 (THE ORCHARD) WWW.UBUNTUMANAGEMENTGROUP.COM | WWW.WEAREUBUNTUMUSIC.COM CD RELEASE EVENT Threes Brewing Gowanus 333 Douglas St., Brooklyn, NY Wednesday, November 8, 8.30 pm https://threesbrewing.com/pages/gowanus Silvan Joray - guitar and compositions Nadav Erlich - double bass Jeff Ballard - drums   New York City-based guitarist and composer Silvan Joray is proud to present Updraft, his second album as a leader and first for the Ubuntu Music label. The album showcases his forward-thinking original style characterized by a transparent tone, crispy articulation, creative rhythmic ideas and extended techniques like quarter tones and „tapping“ which are not traditionally associated with jazz guitar playing. A follow up to his ambitious 2020 trio album, Cluster, Joray’s latest outing features once again Israeli double bass player Nadav Erlich and this time, living legend Jeff Ballard (Brad Mehldau, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny) on drums. Born and raised in Switzerland, Joray embraces both the openness of European as well as the rootedness and swing of American jazz. While the music on Updraft is clearly influenced by the American jazz tradition, it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not and is totally content with being in its own category. Renowned jazz bassist Larry Grenadier states: “Silvan along with Nadav and Jeff have made a musical statement together that has at its core a sense of history and at the same time moves the music towards the future with bold playing and fresh compositions. Sonically beautiful and captivating music.“ Ballard, Joray, Erlich © Victor Hege The recording includes seven original compositions and two short, freely improvised tracks. The serenity of joyful straight eighth grooves, as heard in “Kokodrillo“ or “Kaeppeleview“, complements the swinging energy of pieces like “Updraft" and “Kurtish". Joray is also passionate about playing jazz standards and pays tribute to two masters of the genre, Cole Porter and Andrew Hill, with "At Long Last Love" and “Subterfuge“. Starting in September 2020, the trio had the chance to refine its band sound and interplay over the course of two years before going into the studio. At the same time, humanity faced some new challenges that heavily impacted everyone’s life. Updraft is Joray’s personal way of dealing with these difficult times and presents a collection of compositions that strive to lift our spirits and elevate our perspectives. The title of the album beautifully encapsulates this sentiment, and Joray’s innate gift for melody and lyricism shines through both in his playing and compositions. TRACKS 1. Kokodrillo 7:09 2. Kaeppeleview 6:33 3. Updraft 6:39 4. Morning Breeze 0:34 5. Very Sweet Stuff, But Nice! 5:43 6. Subterfuge 5:50 7. The Liar 4:56 8. Kurtish 5:01 9. Something Ahead 4:31 10. Evening Breeze 1:00 11. At Long Last Love 6:25 All compositions written by Silvan Joray except for tracks 4 and 10 (improvised) Track 6 (Andrew Hill) and track 11 (Cole Porter) Produced by Silvan Joray Co-produced by Roman Hošek (SRF2 Kultur) Executive Producer: Martin Hummel Recorded by Daniel Dettwiler at Idee und Klang Studio Basel on June 11 and 12, 2022 Second engineer, tracking and editing by Josua Dillier Mixed and mastered by Daniel Dettwiler at Idee und Klang Studio Himmelried. Front cover photo: George Korunov Designed by Rumney Design ABOUT SILVAN JORAY Silvan Joray is currently based in New York City. He has gained recognition in the jazz community, having won special prizes at the UNISA International Strings Competition in South Africa 2022 and the Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition 2019 in Poland. He has performed at prestigious jazz festivals including the Krakow Summer Jazz Festival, Offbeat Jazzfestival Basel, and International Jazz Festival Bern, and has toured in Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Israel. Silvan will be touring throughout the year – please see his website for details: www.silvanjoray.com ABOUT UBUNTU MUSIC Ubuntu Music, a division of Ubuntu Management Group, is a progressive recorded music label that is committed to bringing quality, accessible jazz and related music genres to increasingly wider audiences. Their approach includes collaborative efforts with an array of performing artists who have a passion for jazz and who possess unique and diversified talents. www.weareubuntumusic.com

RIP. I remember his LPs being promoted at the stores, but I never heard one. I remember his Russian accent on UNCLE early on in 1964, and that it disappeared when the show became popular after Goldfinger hit the theatres.

Sounds terrific, TTK!

Week 16 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/25/looking-back-on-week-16-in-the-timber-mart-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Power Rankings A new last place team! https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/25/power-rankings-a-heavyweight-tilt-is-upon-us/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/25/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-stampeders-horse-finally-goes-lame/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-week-17-power-rankings-toronto-continues-historic-season-bc-locks-up-playoff-berth-saskatchewans-slide-continues/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/contenders-vs-pretenders-week-17/ ***** Standings and Stats The Elks are the first team to lose #11, so their chances don't look good. This year's standings are unusual in that only three teams are over .500. https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2050/11/2023_CFL_League_Stats_Report_Week_16.pdf

Week 16 results Ottawa 36....Sask 28 The Redblacks end their seven-game losing streak. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/22/recap-ottawa-36-saskatchewan-28/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/cfl-roughriders-ottawa-redblacks-1.6976576 https://3downnation.com/2023/09/23/opportunistic-redblacks-hang-on-to-end-losing-streak-13-other-thoughts-on-beating-saskatchewan/ ***** BC 37.....Edmonton 29 BC clinches its playoff berth. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/23/recap-bc-37-edmonton-29/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/23/b-c-lions-clinch-playoff-spot-following-win-over-edmonton-elks/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/23/lions-shoot-out-fords-tires-and-10-other-thoughts-on-a-playoff-clinching-win-over-edmonton/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/23/points-cant-save-us-now-seven-thoughts-on-the-elks-third-loss-to-the-lions/ ***** Montreal 28....Calgary 11 The Als remain undefeated against the five teams worse than them. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/23/recap-montreal-28-calgary-11/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/24/defence-dominates-and-fajardo-manages-six-thoughts-on-the-alouettes-win-over-calgary/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/24/stamps-fail-to-take-advantage-of-out-of-town-scoreboard-in-loss-to-alouettes-10-other-thoughts/ ***** Toronto 29....Hamilton 14 I expected the Argos to be less than impressive now that they have clinched first place; but they dominated from start to finish. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/23/recap-toronto-29-hamilton-14/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/24/mistake-miscues-and-malfunctions-nine-thoughts-on-hamiltons-29-14-loss-to-the-argos/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/24/argos-own-the-tiger-cats-in-2023-10-other-thoughts-on-torontos-win-over-hamilton/ ***** Current Standings https://www.cfl.ca/2023standings/ ***** This thread's view count is 224.4 thousand today, up 1,900 since August 24!

Week 16 picks https://3downnation.com/2023/09/22/3downnation-cfl-picks-can-tre-ford-keep-the-elks-alive-in-the-playoff-race/ https://officepoolswire.com/football/cfl-week-16-predictions/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/22/from-the-editors-desk-were-talkin-about-playoffs/

All About Jazz has an interview today with Bobby Zankel. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bobby-zankel-the-inside-story-of-a-change-of-destiny-bobby-zankel

Week 16 Playoff Scenarios https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/19/playoff-scenarios-bc-eyes-spot-in-post-season/ ***** Week 16 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2023/09/21/cfl-beat-194/ https://rodpedersen.com/week-16-cfl-picks-2023/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/19/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-16-picks-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/19/weekly-predictor-hangin-with-hamilton-2/ ***** Week 16 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/20/cfl-ca-game-notes-surging-elks-part-of-league-wide-scoring-increase/ ***** Wek 16 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/20/checking-down-redblacks-ward-out-for-season/

What a weekend! Four crazy games. For the third consecutive week, a team has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Two weeks ago it was Calgary. Last week it was Edmonton. This week it was BC. BC was trailing by 19 in the fourth quarter, and pulled it out. Week 15 results Week 15 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/18/kick-returns-and-comebacks-in-the-timber-mart-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Toronto 23....Montreal 20 https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/15/recap-toronto-23-montreal-20-2/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/15/toronto-argonauts-clinch-first-place-in-east-division-with-comeback-victory-over-montreal/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/16/alouettes-find-another-way-to-lose-to-cfl-powerhouse-five-thoughts-on-falling-to-toronto/ This the first time in history (since 1873!) that the Argos have started 11-1. They have clinched first place in the East. So now Dinwiddie has to decide how much playing time the starters should get for the remaining six games. https://3downnation.com/2023/09/16/chad-kelly-keen-to-play-though-toronto-argonauts-must-manage-player-rest-after-clinching-east-division/ ***** Edmonton 36....Sask 27 https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/16/recap-edmonton-36-saskatchewan-27/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/edmonton-elks-sask-roughriders-sept-15-1.6969195 https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/16/elks-stay-alive-in-playoff-race-with-win-over-riders/ ***** Hamilton 29....Winnipeg 23 https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/16/recap-hamilton-29-winnipeg-23/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/16/blue-bombers-sunk-by-interceptions-curse-of-marc-liegghio-in-loss-to-hamilton-11-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/17/upset-achievement-unlocked-nine-thoughts-on-hamiltons-29-23-victory-over-the-bombers/ ***** BC 41....Ottawa 37 https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/16/recap-bc-41-ottawa-37/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/17/will-the-real-b-c-lions-please-stand-up-10-thoughts-on-a-miraculous-fourth-quarter-comeback-over-ottawa/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/17/redblacks-collapse-a-fitting-reflection-of-their-season-nine-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-the-lions/ https://3downnation.com/2023/09/19/bens-breakdown-three-touchdowns-in-under-three-minutes/ Lewis Ward is out for the year, so the Redblacks have signed two kickers, including Michael Domegala. https://3downnation.com/2023/09/19/ottawa-redblacks-sign-two-kickers/ ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2023/09/18/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-riders-freefall-following-home-collapse/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/09/18/power-rankings-a-restless-herd-mobilizes/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-week-16-power-rankings-ti-cats-top-the-bombers-argos-rally-to-win-elks-continue-resurgence-lions-steal-one-late/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/contenders-vs-pretenders-week-16/

RIP. I have put on Soft Machine 5.

A man was in the bathroom at a restaurant in Las Vegas when lo and behold standing next to him at a urinal was Frank Sinatra. Since he had Frank’s attention, he said, “Mr. Sinatra, you are about the most famous person I have ever met. I am on a date and I think it really would impress my girl if you would stop by my table and say hello and act like you know me.” Frank Sinatra said, “Okay, what is your name?’ The man said Michael. Michael goes back to his table, rejoins his date and a few moments later, Frank stops by and says, “Hey, Michael. Good to see you! How are you doing?’ The man turns to Sinatra and says, “Oh fuck off, Frank. Can't you see I’m out on a date?”