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Week 10 results Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/14/diving-into-the-week-10-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Winnipeg 38....Edmonton 29 The Elks took an early 22-0 lead, but the Bombers under Dru Brown came back to win it. The Elks let Canadian QB Tre Ford play, and he looked good. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/11/recap-winnipeg-38-edmonton-29/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/blue-bombers-elks-august10-1.6933339 https://3downnation.com/2023/08/11/blue-bombers-overcome-22-point-deficit-to-beat-elks-11-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/11/start-fast-die-the-same-nine-thoughts-on-the-elks-blown-lead-against-the-bombers/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/winnipeg-bombers-quarterback-dru-brown-secures-cfl-weekly-honour-roll-selection-1.1996333 ***** Montreal 41....Sask 12 The Riders were never in it. The Als' Caleb Evans looked good at QB. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/11/recap-montreal-41-saskatchewan-12/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/montreal-alouettes-scorch-saskatchewan-roughriders-for-third-straight-win-1.1994979 https://3downnation.com/2023/08/12/no-fajardo-no-stanback-no-problem-six-thoughts-on-the-montreal-alouettes-win-over-the-riders/ ***** BC 37....Calgary 9 The Stampeders were never in it. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/12/recap-bc-37-calgary-9/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/13/vernon-adams-jr-saddles-stamps-in-return-and-10-other-thoughts-on-the-lions-victory-over-calgary/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/13/lions-beat-up-stampeders-and-seven-other-thoughts-on-calgarys-loss-in-b-c/ ***** Toronto 44....Ottawa 31 Game of the Week. Five lead changes in the first half alone! https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/14/recap-toronto-44-ottawa-31/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/14/plenty-of-entertainment-but-no-defence-10-other-thoughts-on-ottawas-loss-to-the-argos/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/14/the-argos-wave-goodbye-to-the-redblacks-14-thoughts-on-torontos-win-over-ottawa/ ***** Power Rankings https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/14/power-rankings-re-claiming-the-throne/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/14/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-stampeders-get-cut-back-down-to-size/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-week-11-power-rankings-bombers-stage-furious-rally-bc-has-banner-day-argos-bounce-back/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/contenders-vs-pretenders-week-11/ ***** We are now at the mid-point of the season. Stats through Week 10. https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023_CFL_League_Stats_Report_Week_10.pdf ***** Week 11 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/15/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-11-picks-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/15/weekly-predictor-is-it-time-for-an-elks-win/ ***** Hamilton announced its plans for this year's Grey Cup Festival. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/15/hamilton-sports-group-reveals-plans-for-grey-cup-festival/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/hamilton-sports-group-unveils-its-plans-for-23-grey-cup-festival-1.1996296 https://3downnation.com/2023/08/15/hamilton-unveils-plans-for-2023-grey-cup-festival/ ***** Elks President Victor Cui has resigned. This is puzzling because he was more popular than the players or the coaches. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/15/elks-victor-cui-mutually-agree-to-part-ways/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/victor-cui-elks-part-ways-cfl-1.6936909 https://3downnation.com/2023/08/14/edmonton-elks-president-victor-cui-to-part-ways-report/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/15/official-edmonton-elks-president-victor-cui-mutually-part-ways/ ***** Nathan Rourke is currently trying to make the Jacksonville roster. He made a good play over the weekend. https://3downnation.com/2023/08/12/that-was-nasty-patrick-mahomes-praises-canadian-qb-nathan-rourkes-viral-passing-touchdown-in-nfl-preseason-debut-with-jaguars/ ***** The Ticats traded Antonio Pipkin to the Riders for punter Kaare Vedvik. https://3downnation.com/2023/08/13/riders-acquire-qb-antonio-pipkin-from-ticats-in-exchange-for-global-punter-kaare-vedvik/ ***** Sask mid-year analysis https://3downnation.com/2023/08/15/needs-improvement-grading-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-halfway-through-2023/

One of my favorites back in the day! Now...

If Live at the BBC is 34% off, but still rich at $18.45 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1C99L2C

Tonight's game starts in half an hour, so let's catch up with a little news. The New York Jets let go Chris Streveler. A career back-up in both leagues, he qualified for his NFL pension last year. https://3downnation.com/2023/08/07/new-york-jets-waive-former-cfl-quarterback-chris-streveler/ https://www.tsn.ca/nfl/new-york-jets-waive-grey-cup-winning-qb-chris-streveler-1.1993393 ***** The Ticats have let go OC Tommy Condell. He will be replaced by Scott Milanovich. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-ticats-condell-1.6930120 https://3downnation.com/2023/08/07/tommy-condell-out-as-hamilton-tiger-cats-offensive-coordinator/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/08/opinion-hamiltons-offence-will-improve-under-scott-milanovich-but-expectations-should-be-tempered/ ***** Linebacker Barrington Wade failed to make the Bombers, but he was signed this week by Chicago. https://3downnation.com/2023/08/08/chicago-bears-sign-lb-barrington-wade-who-was-cut-by-winnipeg-in-training-camp/ ***** Zenon Andrusyshyn passed away this week at 76. RIP. I remember putting a note on the school bulletin board when he kicked his 109-yard punt! https://3downnation.com/2023/08/08/longtime-cfl-kicker-zenon-andrusyshyn-passes-away-at-76/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/longtime-toronto-argonauts-kicker-punter-zenon-andrusyshyn-dead-at-76-1.1993654 ***** The Riders have let go Derel Walker. https://3downnation.com/2023/08/09/saskatchewan-roughriders-release-veteran-receiver-derel-walker/ ***** TSN ranks the best plays through the first eight weeks. https://www.tsn.ca/nfl/new-york-jets-waive-grey-cup-winning-qb-chris-streveler-1.1993393

This arrived in the mail today, so I will plan to get to it soon.

Week 10 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/category/lesser-sports/cfl-beat/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/10/3downnation-cfl-picks-week-10-2023/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/10/from-the-editors-desk-lots-of-excitement-in-week-10/

Dana, I don't know if I made the situation clear at the beginning of the season. So here we go. Fans outside of Canada have an easier time of watching CFL games than fans inside Canada. Inside Canada, you must subscribe to cable tv, and then subscribe to TSN specifically. In the US, half the games are available for free on the league's website. The other half is carried by CBS Sports Network, which I believe can be streamed by Americans via Hulu. Everyone outside of Canada and the US can watch all the games for free on the league's website. See these links. https://www.cfl.ca/plus https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/09/week-10-saskatchewan-roughriders-at-montreal-alouettes/ ***** Week 9 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/08/circus-catches-in-the-week-9-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Week 10 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/09/checking-down-adams-jr-takes-first-team-reps/ ***** Week 10 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/09/cfl-ca-game-notes-kickers-on-record-breaking-pace/ ***** Power Rankings https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/contenders-vs-pretenders-week-10/ ***** Week 10 picks https://rodpedersen.com/week-10-cfl-picks-2023/ https://officepoolswire.com/football/cfl-week-10-predictions/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/08/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-10-picks-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/08/weekly-predictor-all-in-on-the-alouettes/ ***** Stats through Week 9 https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023_CFL_League_Stats_Report_Week_9.pdf

RIP. I saw them one summer in New Orleans at The Warehouse. Probably 1971, maybe 1970. They were good. The crowd loved them.

I remember when Mosaic released its two Chet Baker PJ studio and live boxes. the promotional material mentioned that Michael and Charlie were stunned by the fact that Chet's solos were not like one another for the alternate takes.

Week 9 results Winnipeg 50....BC 14 The Bombers are back! https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/03/recap-winnipeg-50-bc-14/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/03/blue-bombers-wreck-lions-to-reclaim-first-place-in-west-division-10-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/04/lions-get-50-doses-of-their-own-medicine-and-10-other-thoughts-on-being-blown-out-by-the-bombers/ ***** Calgary 20....Toronto 7 Kelly hurt his ankle. The Argos' back-up QBs are the league's least experienced. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/05/recap-calgary-20-toronto-7/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/05/stampeders-hand-argos-first-loss-of-the-season-and-eight-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/05/argos-caught-sleepwalking-13-thoughts-on-torontos-loss-to-calgary/ ***** Montreal 27....Hamilton 14 The Ticats dominated the first half, and the Als dominated the second half. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/05/recap-montreal-27-hamilton-14/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/06/coughing-up-a-hairball-10-thoughts-on-hamiltons-27-14-loss-to-the-alouettes/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/06/defence-to-the-rescue-once-again-seven-thoughts-on-the-montreal-alouettes-win-over-hamilton/ ***** Sask 26....Ottawa 24 Game of the Week. The Redblacks showed nothing for three quarters, and then took the lead in the fourth! Lauther won it with a 54-yard field goal in the last minute. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/06/recap-saskatchewan-26-ottawa-24/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/07/coaching-costs-redblacks-a-dozen-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-saskatchewan/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/riders-redblacks-cfl-recap-1.6929737 ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2023/08/07/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-bombers-blow-past-the-competition/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/07/power-rankings-the-bombers-strike-back/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-week-10-power-rankings-argos-take-first-l-winnipegs-revenge-montreal-builds-momentum/ ***** Darnell Sankey played in the XFL this spring. Here are his comments about the experience. https://3downnation.com/2023/08/06/its-just-not-for-me-linebacker-darnell-sankey-found-less-satisfaction-in-xfl-compared-to-cfl/

Benjamin Boone Adds New Layers to His Experiments With Poetry and Jazz on "Caught in the Rhythm," Set for September 15 Release on Origin Records Saxophonist-Composer Collaborates with Six Accomplished Poets & 19 Top-Tier Jazz Improvisers, Rejuvenating the Marriage of Two Highly Individual Art Forms   August 7, 2023 Benjamin Boone’s large-scale project fusing jazz with contemporary poetry reaches its deepest, richest point yet on Caught in the Rhythm, to be released September 15 on Origin Records. The fourth album in the saxophonist-composer’s series matches his remarkable assemblage of revered poets—including Edward Hirsch, Tyehimba Jess, and Patrick Sylvain—with an equally remarkable group of jazz improvisers that include Ambrose Akinmusire, Greg Osby, Kenny Werner, and Ben Monder. Boone’s fascination and ingenuity with poetry and jazz are well established. The two-volume Poetry in Jazz (released in 2018–19) teamed him with the late U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize recipient Philip Levine; the first volume was voted #3 Best Album of 2018 in the DownBeat Readers’ Poll. Boone upped the ante with 2020’s The Poets Are Gathering, which featured creative partnerships with eleven major poets. If Caught in the Rhythm pares that panoply down to six, it offsets that change by gathering twenty (including Boone) of the finest musicians in the jazz idiom. “They all have something valuable to say, things that enhance our understanding, enabling us to live fuller, more aware lives,” the saxophonist says of his many collaborators on the album. “With each of these now four jazz and poetry albums, I’ve learned more and more about the melding of poetry with music, and this album in many ways is the best so far.”” It is certainly a great artistic bounty—a beautiful example of the magic that can happen when the right wordsmith finds the right musicians. T.R. Hummer’s authoritative words and voice find ideal companions in Boone’s alto and the twin guitars of Monder and Eyal Maoz on “Mississippi 1955 Confessional”; pianist Kenny Werner and saxophonist Greg Osby underline MacArthur Fellow Edward Hirsch as he conflates the expressions of jazz and poetry on “Art Pepper”; and Werner, violinist Stefan Poetzsch, bassist Corcoran Holt, and drummer Ari Hoenig construct a stark, haunting backdrop for Tyehimba Jess’s “Mercy."   T.R. Hummer Faylita Hicks Kimiko Hahn Caught in the Rhythm also gives voice, both literal and figurative, to the young Afro-Latinx poet Faylita Hicks—who is also a singer and performer, and it shows. Her delivery veers between the fitting and the ironic; she recites “Hoodwitches [Redux]” with the cadences of a sermonizing preacher, while on “ASMR Sleepcast: The Night After Being Released from the Rural County Jail” she assumes the mantle of the sleek, sultry nightclub singer. Boone groups her with a stellar cast of similarly young musicians, among them the rhythm section of keyboardist Kevin Person Jr., bassist Philip Sarkisian, and drummer McKenna Reeve. “They’re all just in their twenties,” Boone notes, “so they bring fresh ideas informed by hip-hop and other genres.” But if these collaborations yield wide-ranging work with endless interpretations, they also serve a singular and personal purpose for Boone. The saxophonist is afflicted with a hearing difficulty that compelled him to do extensive research during his doctoral studies on the melodies embedded in spoken English. “Now when I hear people speak, I hear it as music,” he explains, “and that profoundly informed how I approached this project.” Caught in the Rhythm comes closer to capturing that concept than ever before. Patrick Sylvain Tyehimba Jess Edward Hirsch Born in the small textile town of Statesville, North Carolina, Benjamin Boone earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in jazz (B.M.), theory (B.M.), and music composition (M.M. and D.M.A.). In New York he performed widely and served as a music business manager. Since 2000, Boone has taught music theory and composition at California State University in Fresno and served as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Accra, Ghana (2017–18), in the Eastern European nation of Moldova (2005), and in Limerick, Ireland (2022–23). His compositions have garnered multiple national and international awards and honors, have been performed in 38 countries and on 30 albums, and have been the subject of three feature stories on National Public Radio. Caught in the Rhythm is the fourth in a series of Boone’s explorations of improvised music and spoken language, long an area of both scholarly and artistic interest for the saxophonist.   EPK: Benjamin Boone | Caught in the Rhythm  Benjamin Boone Web Site  

Daniel, do Swedish libraries play music in the background?

Week 9 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2023/08/03/cfl-beat-187/ https://3downnation.com/2023/08/03/3downnation-cfl-picks-week-9-2023/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/03/from-the-editors-desk-shouting-out-javon-leake-to-start-week-9/ ***** Week 9 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/02/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-9-2/

Let's try to catch up! Davis failed his Calgary physical, so the trade has been voided. I haven't found any details, so I wonder if this is the end of the line for his playing career. https://3downnation.com/2023/07/27/trade-to-stampeders-voided-after-ticats-dl-jagared-davis-fails-physical/ ***** Week 8 picks https://3downnation.com/2023/07/28/3downnation-cfl-picks-week-8-2023/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/28/from-the-editors-desk-see-you-in-halifax-week-8/ ***** Week 8 results Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/31/sure-handed-dbs-and-speedy-specialists-in-week-8-timber-mart-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Hamilton 16....Ottawa 12 Mitchell returned from the injured list, and was not sharp. He threw five interceptions. Crum almost led the Redblacks to their third straight fourth quarter comeback. With two seconds left, Mitchell broke his leg! So he is back on the injured list, and the Ticats have a quarterback problem again. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/29/recap-hamilton-16-ottawa-12/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/29/ottawa-crums-up-short-nine-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-the-ticats/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/29/when-a-win-is-also-a-loss-10-thoughts-on-hamiltons-hard-fought-victory-over-ottawa/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/29/ticats-qb-bo-levi-mitchell-to-undergo-surgery-for-fractured-leg-report/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/tiger-cats-qb-bo-levi-mitchell-6-game-injured-list-1.6922403 ***** Toronto 31....Sask 13 This year's Touchdown Atlantic game was a success for everyone except the Riders. The Argos are 6-0 for the first time since 1935! https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/29/recap-toronto-31-saskatchewan-13/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/30/argos-crack-lobsters-and-roughriders-10-thoughts-on-torontos-historic-td-atlantic-win/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/toronto-argonauts-remain-perfect-with-touchdown-atlantic-victory-over-saskatchewan-roughriders-1.1990053 ***** BC 27....Edmonton 0 Not much to say here. The Elks set the all-pro record for 21 consecutive home losses, dating back to 2019. A shutout is very rare, and the Lions shut out the Elks for the second time this season! And it's not even Labor Day. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/29/recap-bc-27-edmonton-0/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/29/edmonton-elks-set-all-time-pro-sports-record-for-consecutive-losses-at-home/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/30/lions-order-second-goose-egg-over-easy-and-10-other-thoughts-on-shutting-out-the-elks-again/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/30/pointless-endeavour-six-thoughts-on-the-edmonton-elks-second-shutout-loss-of-the-season/ As a result, Jarious Jackson has been promoted to Offensive Coordinator, and Stephen McAdoo will coach the defense. https://3downnation.com/2023/07/31/edmonton-elks-promote-jarious-jackson-to-offensive-coordinator-report/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-preparing-to-make-change-at-qb-after-changing-offensive-coordinator-1.1990700 ***** Montreal 25....Calgary 18 Good game. Fajardo is better than Maier. There were 12 field goals and one pick-six. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/30/recap-montreal-25-calgary-18/ https://3downnation.com/2023/07/31/field-goal-bowl-six-thoughts-on-the-montreal-alouettes-win-over-calgary/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/defence-leads-montreal-alouettes-to-win-over-calgary-stampeders-and-snap-of-three-game-skid-1.1990469 ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2023/07/31/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-nova-scotia-clash-inspires-new-contender/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/31/power-rankings-second-tier-up-for-grabs/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-week-9-power-rankings-middle-of-the-pack-gets-muddled-while-the-top-tier-remains-the-same/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/contenders-vs-pretenders-week-9/ ***** Week 9 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/02/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-9-2/ ***** Week 9 picks https://rodpedersen.com/week-9-cfl-picks-2023/ https://officepoolswire.com/football/cfl-week-9-predictions/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/01/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-9-picks-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2023/08/01/weekly-predictor-will-the-roughriders-get-a-w/ ***** Stats through Week 8 https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023_CFL_League_Stats_Report_Week_8.pdf ***** This thread has enjoyed another 1,600 views since July 6, and we are now up to 220,900 views!

Madd for Tadd Marks Its Second Celebration of Tadd Dameron With "Central Avenue Swing & Our Delight," Set for August 25 Release by Tighten Up Records 15-Piece Big Band Led by Saxophonist Kent Engelhardt, Trumpeter Stephen Enos Continues Its Series of Investigations of Dameron's Repertoire, As Newly Arranged by Engelhardt   August 1, 2023 Kent Engelhardt doubles down—literally—on his pursuit of big-band arrangements of the works of Tadd Dameron with Madd for Tadd’s August 25 release of Central Avenue Swing & Our Delight (Tighten Up). The two-disc set (a follow-up to their 2018 debut The Magic Continues) finds MFT, Ohio-based alto saxophonist Engelhardt’s 15-piece Dameron big band—co-led and conducted by trumpeter Stephen Enos—performing 21 new orchestrations of the totemic composer’s tunes as well as a new original composition by Engelhardt. As the title suggests, Central Avenue Swing & Our Delight is really two separate albums in one. Central Avenue Swing features music that Dameron wrote in 1940 for the Kansas City bandleader Harlan Leonard and His Rockets, as well as his 1949 composition “Heaven’s Doors Are Open Wide” and Engelhardt’s title track. Our Delight, meanwhile, comprises songs that became showpieces for some of the bebop era’s greatest soloists. The package features incisive annotation by 2024 NEA Jazz Master Willard Jenkins. For Engelhardt, who serves as Professor and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Youngstown State University, Dameron’s music held a natural attraction. “He had a profound gift of melody, like George Gershwin and Duke Ellington,” Engelhardt says. “He created melodies that instantly stuck, and his harmonic inventions brought colors to the music that just hadn’t been heard before, foreshadowing what was to come.” Yet Dameron (1917-1965) did most of his work for the small combos that were bebop’s staple; though he personally preferred writing for large ensembles, he was rarely able to realize those ambitions during his lifetime. “The challenge was carrying over Dameron’s concept to a large ensemble setting without losing the integrity and spirit of the small groups, and the improvisational component,” says Enos, who is also the founder of the Tri-C Jazz Studies Program at Cuyahoga Community College. “The key was to try and hear what Tadd was hearing at the piano and basing everything on that. The more time we spent with this music, the more we appreciated what a genius he was.” Of course, Engelhardt and Enos are no slouches themselves. They breathe new life into prewar swingers like “Dig It” (with its buoyant call-and-response between vocalist Erin Keckan and the band) and “Take ’Um” (with Dave Kana’s marathon tenor sax solo) and reaffirm the charge of bebop classics “Lady Bird,” highlighted by an Engelhardt alto solo, and “Mating Call,” whose Latin rhythms are accented by beautiful brass and reed exchanges. It’s enough wonderful music to drive anyone Madd for Tadd. Kent Engelhardt and Stephen Enos on Central Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Kent Engelhardt was born May 20, 1963, in Youngstown, Ohio to parents that loved music and spread that love to their son. He began taking piano lessons at the age of six, switched to saxophone in middle school, and studied jazz with campus legend Tony Leonardi at Youngstown State University. After completing his bachelor’s degree, Engelhardt went on the road with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (under the leadership of Buddy Morrow) before returning to YSU to teach and earn a master’s degree. He earned another master’s as well as a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the University of Pittsburgh (with Dr. Nathan Davis), while continuing to teach at his alma mater, where he remains to this day. Drawn to Tadd Dameron’s music since his undergrad days, Engelhardt directed his research professorship at YSU toward the project of transcribing, notating, and editing Dameron’s compositions for big band (as recorded on his final album, 1962’s The Magic Touch). That accomplished, Engelhardt put together an ensemble that would allow him to hear the music he’d written. Thus was born, with the help of his friend and colleague Stephen Enos, the 15-piece Madd for Tadd ensemble, drawing together musicians from around the country to vivify Engelhardt’s interpretations of Dameron’s work. (Photo at left: Stephen Enos, Kent Engelhardt) Madd for Tadd showcased Engelhardt’s arrangements as part of a celebration of Dameron’s centennial at the 2017 Tri-C Jazz Festival in Cleveland; following that performance, the band recorded the tunes for their first album, 2018’s The Magic Continues. Rather than sating Engelhardt’s appetite for Dameron, however, these accomplishments only increased his hunger to explore the great composer’s music. Central Avenue Swing & Our Delight forms the next link in a chain that, says Engelhardt, is not yet complete. Photography: Susan Bestul (Cleveland, OH)    EPK: Madd for Tadd  Madd for Tadd Web Site  

My recollection is that the story that I read said that someone had tampered with his rear axle. Wikipedia does not get into the specifics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Belvin

George Freeman The Good Life Impacting July 12th, 2023 Format(s): Jazz # Artist and Track Title Time 1. George Freeman - If I Had You 11:05 2. George Freeman - Mr. D 07:39 3. George Freeman - Up and Down 06:04 4. George Freeman - Lowe Groovin' 05:53 5. George Freeman - 1,2,3,4 03:56 6. George Freeman - Sister Tankersley 09:48 7. George Freeman - The Good Life 06:31 New from the legendary guitarist George Freeman George Freeman The Good Life HighNote Records HCD 7352 George Freeman – guitar Joey DeFrancesco – organ (tracks 1, 2, & 3) Lewis Nash – drums (tracks 1, 2, & 3) Christian McBride – bass (tracks 4, 5, 6, & 7) Carl Allen – drums (tracks 4, 5, 6, & 7) Airplay Starts Now • Suggested Tracks 2. Mr. D (7:39) • 3. Up and Down (6:04) 4. Lowe Groovin’ (5:53) • 5. 1,2,3,4 (3:56) George Freeman has been part of jazz for nearly a century. Brother of Von and uncle of Chico Freeman, he's worked with the greats, such as Charlie Parker and Ben Webster. Appearing on the recording is the great organist Joey DeFrancesco, going into the studio just a couple of months before his untimely death. Also featured on 4 tracks is bass phenom Christian McBride stoking up some swinging performances with Freeman. Drummers Lewis Nash and Carl Allen provide propulsive rhythms throughout. It must be said, however, that the pulsing heart of the band is Freeman himself, who plays with integrity and enthusiasm and who continues to bring an impressive lifetime of experience to his work. The set list includes a standard, some hand-jive groove, a high-powered up-tempo blues with Freeman articulating some wonderful bebop phrasing, and a breathtakingly beautiful rendition of “The Good Life.” Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com 7352 Georg... HighNote C...

Alto Saxophonist-Composer Bobby Zankel Shines a Brilliant Light on American, Philadelphia History with "A Change of Destiny," Set for September 22 Release by Mahakala Records Zankel Examines the Lives of Slaves Kept by George Washington At the President's House in Philadelphia & Offers a Blueprint for Transforming America's Historical Legacy Zankel's Band, the Wonderful Sound 8, Is an All-Star Octet Featuring Trombonist Robin Eubanks, Alto Saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, Violinist Diane Monroe, Pianist Sumi Tonooka, Bassist Lee Smith, Drummer Pheeroan AkLaff, Vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd CD Release Shows at Mt. Morris Ascension Presbyterian Chuch, NYC, Friday, October 20, Curated by Craig Harris; Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Saturday, October 21   July 28, 2023 Philadelphia alto saxophonist and composer Bobby Zankel explores a darker side of his longtime city’s history with A Change of Destiny, set for a September 22 release on Mahakala Records. The album is a distillation of music that Zankel wrote for a dance piece, The Spirits Break to Freedom, in the 2010s, and was recorded with Zankel’s Wonderful Sound 8 (a byproduct of his Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Big Band), featuring Philadelphia jazz greats drummer Pheeroan AkLaff, trombonist Robin Eubanks, vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd, violinist Diane Monroe, alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, bassist Lee Smith, and pianist Sumi Tonooka. A six-section suite of “resistance, revolution, and renewal,” according to its composer, A Change of Destiny is a response to the 2007 excavation of slave quarters on the site of the President’s House—George Washington’s residence in Philadelphia. The opening track “Destiny,” based on a Jymie Merritt–inspired cross rhythm, asks the question “Why have we been brought here?” and proclaims, “My destiny belongs to me!” “Spirits Break to Freedom” is an epic journey from rainforest hocket rhythms to Afrobeat groove, 21st-century urban angularity, and freedom. “Naming Names” is an Ornette Coleman–influenced praise song in which vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd intones the names of “our nation’s nine founding mothers and fathers whose forced labor made the President’s House functional.” The gospel ecstasy of “Ring Shouting” and the Billie Jean groove of “Rituals of Resistance” express two cultural revolutionary modes of joyful freedom, while “To Be a Human Being,” constructed over a 14-beat rhythmic mode, features the powerful self-declaratory words of Malcolm X. If the octet here is a spin-off of Zankel’s large ensemble, it is also a new band unto itself. Similarly, while A Change of Destiny is related to the prior work Spirits Break to Freedom, it is also a stand-alone project, with fresh arrangements written especially for the Wonderful Sound 8. “It becomes easy to write when I know who I’m writing for,” says Zankel. “And having those players provides such a rich palette. I like a big band, but I prefer a midsize unit because you can hear everything.” On A Change of Destiny, there is indeed much to hear. Bobby Zankel was born December 21, 1949 in Brooklyn. He first began attracting national attention in 1971, while at the University of Wisconsin as a member of Cecil Taylor’s Unit Core Ensemble and simultaneously working with drummer George Brown’s quartet with organist Melvin Rhyne. In the early to mid-1970s, Zankel’s underground reputation grew on the New York loft scene, where he performed with the likes of William Parker and Ray Anderson while continuing his apprenticeship with Taylor. In 1975, Zankel moved to Philadelphia to raise his family and expand his artistic vision without heed to commercialism or the trends of the times. He has performed and recorded with such diverse masters as Johnny Coles, Odean Pope, Ralph Peterson, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Oliver Lake, and Marilyn Crispell, among others. Zankel continued working occasionally with Taylor for the remainder of the pianist’s life. The saxophonist became a devoted son to his adopted city, working with several generations of the finest of Philadelphia jazz musicians. In 2001, Zankel founded the jazz advocacy and education nonprofit Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, Inc., and established an eponymous 18-piece big band as its centerpiece. Composers from Muhal Richard Abrams to Rudresh Mahanthappa have written for the ensemble. All of this creative work has been balanced with 32 years of teaching in the Pennsylvania prisons. The Bobby Zankel Wonderful Sound 8 will perform at Mt. Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church, 15 Mt. Morris Park (at 122nd Street), NYC, on Friday 10/20, a performance curated by Craig Harris; and at the Painted Bride Art Center, 5230 Market Street, Philadelphia, on Saturday 10/21. Photo: Michelle Lyu   EPK: Bobby Zankel | "A Change of Destiny"  Bobby Zankel Web Site  

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