GA Russell

Thanks, Mark!

Week 8 analyses and Week 9 picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/08/04/cfl-beat-159/ http://17degreesports.com/index.php/2022/08/03/cfl-week-9-preview-2/ https://3downnation.com/2022/08/04/3downnation-cfl-picks-blue-bombers-look-to-remain-perfect-on-short-week/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/08/03/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-9-picks-2/

Week 9 starts tonight, so I am going to start with last week, and catch up later. Week 8 results Hamilton 24....Montreal 17 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6238/montreal-alouettes-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes-hamilton-tiger-cats-cfl-recap-july-28-1.6535506 https://3downnation.com/2022/07/29/another-episode-of-the-cardiac-cats-14-other-thoughts-on-hamiltons-24-17-win-over-montreal/ ***** BC 32....Sask 17 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6239/bc-lions-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/30/rourke-shows-patience-is-a-virtue-nine-other-thoughts-on-the-lions-dominance-over-saskatchewan/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes-hamilton-tiger-cats-cfl-recap-july-28-1.6535506 ***** Winnipeg 35....Calgary 28 Be sure to see the video highlights of this one. Many lead changes. https://www.cfl.ca/games/6240/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-calgary-stampeders/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/30/blue-bombers-beat-stampeders-in-cfls-game-of-the-year-13-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/31/stampeders-fall-short-in-heavyweight-tilt-with-bombers-seven-other-thoughts-on-a-second-straight-loss/ ***** Ottawa 23....Toronto 13 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6241/ottawa-redblacks-vs-toronto-argonauts/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/08/01/redblacks-find-winning-formula-10-other-thoughts-on-beating-the-argos/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes-hamilton-tiger-cats-cfl-recap-july-28-1.6535506 ***** Week 8 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2022/08/02/great-grabs-highlight-the-week-8-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Power rankings https://3downnation.com/2022/08/01/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-boatmen-sink-following-loss-to-previously-winless-redblacks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/08/02/power-rankings-a-two-tier-world-for-now/ ***** 8/3 QB index https://www.cfl.ca/2022/08/03/qb-index-hamiltons-two-headed-qb-monster/ ***** Week 9 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2022/08/03/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-9/

RIP. Here is a book about Mo Ostin. SONIC BOOM: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin $7.95 https://www.hamiltonbook.com/sonic-boom-the-impossible-rise-of-warner-bros.-records-from-hendrix-to-fleetwood-mac-to-madonna-to-prince-hardbound

A general noticed one of his soldiers behaving oddly. The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say, "That's not it" and put it down again. This went on for some time until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested. The psychologist concluded that the soldier was deranged, and wrote out his discharge from the army. The soldier picked it up, and said, "That's it."

I was pleasantly surprised to see this included midst the old music on page 30 of the May-June Oldies.com CD catalogue.

That's great, Larry! Congrats!

Let's see if we can catch up before tonight's game. All four of Week 6's games rank among the year's best. The video highlights are well worth your while. Edmonton 32....Montreal 31 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6230/edmonton-elks-vs-montreal-alouettes/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/15/squeaking-out-another-one-eight-thoughts-on-the-elks-improbable-win-in-montreal/ ***** Winnipeg 26....Calgary 19 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6231/calgary-stampeders-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/16/ellingson-has-career-day-as-bombers-beat-stamps-in-battle-of-unbeatens-12-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/16/stampeders-receivers-let-bo-levi-mitchell-down-during-self-inflicted-loss-in-winnipeg/ ***** Toronto 30....Sask 24 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6232/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-toronto-argonauts/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-toronto-argonauts-recap-july-16-1.6522947 ***** Hamilton 25....Ottawa 23 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6233/ottawa-redblacks-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/17/sweet-redemption-for-ticats-as-they-get-their-first-win-of-the-season-and-12-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/18/redblacks-discover-new-way-to-lose-11-other-thoughts-on-falling-just-short-to-the-ticats/ ***** Week 6 Plays of the Week The #1 play is one of the best I've ever seen. Dunbar catches the pass with one hand while the defender is committing pass interference. https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/16/dunbar-with-a-ridiculous-one-handed-grab/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/18/highlight-reel-grabs-in-week-6-plays-of-the-week/

Episode 29 https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/straight-life-audiocast-episode-twenty-nine ***** "Art Pepper" https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/freebie-plus-art-pepper ***** Episode 30 https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/straight-life-audiocast-episode-30

Ben Sidran Lets His Fingers Do the Singing On "Swing State," Set for September 16 Release On Nardis Records, Distributed by Bonsai Venerable Pianist and Jazzman-of-All-Trades Records His First All-Instrumental Album with Longtime Collaborators Bassist Billy Peterson, Drummer Leo Sidran CD Release Shows at Crooners, Minneapolis, 8/19-20; Cafe Coda, Madison, WI, 8/23; Neranenah, Atlanta, 8/25; Green Mill, Chicago, 8/26-27 July 25, 2022 Sixty years into a wildly accomplished career that counts music as only the foremost of many aspects, Ben Sidran takes yet another new direction with the September 16 release of Swing State (Bonsai/Nardis). Long known for his lively, bluesy singing style (in the vein of his mentor Mose Allison), the 78-year-old finally gives his vocal cords a rest with an all-instrumental jazz album with Leo Sidran, his son, on drums and Billy Peterson, a co-conspirator of nearly five decades, on bass. If a strictly instrumental album seems to have been a long time coming, Sidran can honestly say that he's been busy with many, many other things. Aside from singing and playing piano, the hats he's worn across the years include academic, rock star, session player, songwriter, record producer, film composer, author, and broadcaster. Let nobody accuse him of being afraid of trying something new. Even so, Sidran acknowledges that he got nervous about putting out a piano record when he considered the competition. "With all the brilliant piano players around," he says, "I never wanted to enter that fray." The finished product, however, is not a leap into some great unknown. Anyone who knows the boisterous personality, blues roots, and storyteller's polish of Sidran's singing voice will immediately recognize it in his piano voice, too. He need not open his mouth to imbue either the classic swinger "Stompin' at the Savoy" or the ballad "Laura" with his quirky perspective and wry humor. Likewise, his original "Swing State" makes as powerful a rhythmic and melodic statement as Sidran's vocals ever did--without his uttering a syllable. Nor does the lack of vocal work throw off his accompanists, both of whom are more than acquainted with Sidran's sound and persona. "The three of us share a special musical feel," the pianist says. Indeed, Leo Sidran (another multifaceted artist of equal accomplishment to his father) has played drums with Ben practically since he was old enough to reach the kit--and almost as long with Peterson, who's worked with the elder Sidran since before the younger was born. All told, these elements make Swing State less a bold new venture than another very natural extension of Sidran's considerable artistic range. The wait for it only increases the welcome. Ben Sidran was born August 12, 1943, in Chicago. He grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, but learned jazz through the records that his advertising executive father brought him from work in the Second City. His first love was boogie-woogie, which he taught himself to play on piano--but when he received a Horace Silver album for his bar mitzvah, he knew that that was the direction for him. Attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sidran befriended future icons of the San Francisco scene Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs, joining them in a blues band called the Ardells. They separated when Sidran traveled to England to earn his master's and doctorate degrees but reunited in 1968 to record what would become the first album by the Steve Miller Band. Sidran would soon enjoy a brief stint as a member, and for several years remain an auxiliary contributor to the band, writing their early hit "Space Cowboy." Meanwhile, Sidran was working on his dissertation (which became the first of his five books); working on sessions with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Peter Frampton; and making records of his own, beginning with 1971's Feel Your Groove. He also became a renowned and highly successful producer, collaborating with artists ranging from the Steve Miller Band and Van Morrison to Diana Ross and Mose Allison in addition to producing his own albums. He even became a broadcaster, hosting two award-winning National Public Radio series (Jazz AliveI and Sidran on Record) and the VH1 television program New Visions, which won a Cable Ace Award. Making music remained Sidran's primary passion, however, and his discography has become extensive. Swing State is his 40th release under his own name. He and his trio will celebrate its release with engagements at Crooners, Minneapolis, 8/19-20; Cafe Coda, Madison, WI, 8/23; Neranenah, Atlanta, 8/25; and the Green Mill in Chicago, 8/26-27. Photography: Nathan Fox  Ben Sidran Talks About "Swing State"  Ben Sidran Web Site ‌ ‌

Robert Harley says early in the book that the typical audiophile budgets 15% of his income toward buying new components. So let us know when you get the $3,200. together!

Here is one man's (from cnet) opinions regarding value-priced components. He mentions the Emotiva BasX A-100 integrated amplifier, the Emotiva Airmotiv B1 speakers and the NAD C 538 CD player. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-audiophiliac-best-affordable-audio-guide/

They don't make them like this any more!

I owe you, Michael! I am learning so much. Not long ago, I was told that the NAD company specializes in value. I remember a classmate so many years ago raving about an NAD component of his. I think it was a cassette deck. I wish the author would mention brands he likes.

Is she no longer with us to ask? Judging by the airplay, that record was huge in New Orleans.

TTK, was your mom on Love Me With All Your Heart?

Michael, my copy will arrive Wednesday!

Cyrus Chestnut My Father's Hands Impacting July 19th, 2022 Format(s): Jazz Artist Title Time Cyrus Chestnut Nippon Soul Connection 07:24 Cyrus Chestnut Thinking About You 05:19 Cyrus Chestnut Cubano Chant 04:05 Cyrus Chestnut Baubles, Bangles and Beads 04:43 Cyrus Chestnut Yesterday 04:15 Cyrus Chestnut I Must Tell Jesus 03:24 Cyrus Chestnut Working Out Just Fine 06:32 Cyrus Chestnut There Will Never Be Another You 04:15 Cyrus Chestnut But Beautiful 02:58 Cyrus Chestnut Epilogue 05:58 New from Cyrus Chestnut on HighNote Records Cyrus Chestnut - My Father’s Hands HighNote Records HCD 7339 Cyrus Chestnut, piano Peter Washington, bass (except track 6) Lewis Nash, drums (except track 6) AIRPLAY STARTS NOW SUGGESTED TRACKS 2. Thinking About You 5:24 • 3. Cubano Chant 4:08 4. Baubles, Bangles and Beads 4:46 • 7. Working Out Just Fine 6:36 HCD 7339 H... 7339 Cyrus... Tom Harrell Oak Tree Impacting July 19th, 2022 Format(s): Jazz Artist Title Time Tom Harrell EVOORG 04:59 Tom Harrell FIVIN' 05:06 Tom Harrell OAK TREE 03:35 Tom Harrell TRIBUTE 03:49 Tom Harrell ZATOICHI 05:21 Tom Harrell SUN UP 05:06 Tom Harrell IMPROV 04:29 Tom Harrell SHADOWS 05:23 Tom Harrell ARCHAEOPTERYX 05:25 Tom Harrell ROBOT ETUDE 07:02 Tom Harrell LOVE TIDE 06:35 New from Tom Harrell on HighNote Records Tom Harrell - Oak Tree HighNote Records HCD 7332 Tom Harrell, trumpet & flugelhorn (tracks 4,5 & 8) Luis Perdomo, piano & Fender Rhodes (tracks 2, 4 & 6) Ugonna Okegwo, bass Adam Cruz, drums AIRPLAY STARTS NOW SUGGESTED TRACKS 1. Evoorg 5:01 • 4. Tribute 3:48 8. Shadows 5:22 • 11. Love Tide 6:35 7332 HighN... HCD 7332 T...

Roberto, Jimi was speaking about The Beach Boys, not Dick Dale!

Week 5 Analyses and Week 6 Picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/07/14/cfl-beat-156/ http://17degreesports.com/index.php/2022/07/13/cfl-week-6-preview-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/11/landrys-5-takeaways-from-week-5/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/14/3downnation-cfl-picks-somethings-gotta-give-as-winless-redblacks-ticats-clash-in-steeltown/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/13/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-6-picks/ ***** Week 5 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/11/cfl-plays-of-the-week-week-5-2022/ ***** Masoli is out 10-12 weeks, so the Redblacks sent a pick to the Elks for Arbuckle. https://3downnation.com/2022/07/14/redblacks-qb-jeremiah-masoli-undergoes-successful-leg-surgery-following-hit-from-riders-garrett-marino/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/13/redblacks-gm-shawn-burke-reunites-paul-lapolice-with-quarterback-he-didnt-want-in-nick-arbuckle/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/12/how-it-went-wrong-between-the-edmonton-elks-chris-jones-and-nick-arbuckle/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/11/redblacks-acquire-arbuckle-in-trade-with-elks/ ***** Gossip! https://3downnation.com/2022/07/13/insider-talk-marinos-suspension-arbuckle-trade-boyds-hit/ ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2022/07/11/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-blue-bombers-dive-back-into-first-place/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/11/power-rankings-the-blue-and-gold-support-group/ https://13thmansports.ca/2022/07/10/cfl-power-rankings-week-5-2/ ***** Week 6 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/13/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-6-2/ ***** Week 6 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/13/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-6/

Quentin E. Baxter & Charlton Singleton Mark Nearly 30 Years Making Music Together with Joint Albums "Art Moves Jazz" & "Crossroads," Set for Release August 12 By Baxter Music Enterprises Drummer & Trumpeter of Acclaimed Jazz/Roots Music Ensemble Ranky Tanky Turn Back to the Jazz That Ignited Their Collaborations, Each Articulating His Own Vision as Well as Supporting the Other's July 13, 2022 Friends, bandmates, and fellow members of the Gullah cultural community Quentin E. Baxter and Charlton Singleton enrich their relationship yet further with the tandem August 12 release of their albums—Baxter’s Art Moves Jazz and Singleton’s Crossroads—on Baxter’s own BME/Baxter Music Enterprises. Two-fifths of the Grammy-winning Gullah music ensemble Ranky Tanky, drummer Baxter and trumpeter Singleton each also plays a prominent supporting role on the other’s record, with Baxter as the producer of both. Friends for nearly 30 years, Baxter and Singleton’s musical collaboration began on the jazz scene in their native Charleston, South Carolina (first as a duo, then in the popular local quartet Gradual Lean). They also found common ground in South Carolina’s Gullah culture, in which they both have roots. While that was the direction in which they ultimately found success in Ranky Tanky, they never lost touch with the jazz spark that had brought them together. “His playing reminded me of church,” Singleton (music and choir director of Charleston’s St. Patrick Catholic Church) says admiringly of the drummer. The admiration is mutual: “Musically, Charlton is just so dependable,” Baxter says. The albums make clear their exceptional abilities (separately and together). On Art Moves Jazz— Baxter’s leadership debut—the drummer extends his exploration of traditional Gullah music, stamping perceptively played jazz standards like Jimmy Heath’s “For Minors Only” and Thelonious Monk’s “In Walked Bud” with its rhythms. Singleton’s Crossroads (his fifth album) skews more toward bebop-based jazz, even as it comprises eight shrewd original compositions ranging from the propulsive swinger “On the Avenue” to the nostalgic ballad “Nett and Root.” In each case, however, the leader finds a sympathetic partner in his associate. Whether it’s Baxter underlining Singleton’s music with his surefooted rhythm, or Singleton seasoning Baxter’s folk-dance milieu with his pungent tone, both draw deeply from the same cultural wellsprings of jazz, gospel, and Gullah traditions, extensions of the Black heritage of the American South. Or, as Baxter more concisely puts it, “That stuff we played was swinging!” Charlton Singleton (below) was born January 7, 1971. Quentin E. Baxter (above) was born April 28, 1971. Both were born in Charleston, South Carolina; both showed an early aptitude for music; and both had profound family connections to the region’s Gullah community—an African American enclave that forged a distinctive culture out of their African traditions and shared experience in slavery. Despite these coincidences, however, trumpeter Singleton and drummer Baxter didn’t know each other until the mid-1990s, when they (along with bassist Kevin Hamilton, another longtime friend and colleague) met at the Charleston record store where Singleton worked. Later that evening, he and Baxter got to know each other and were astounded by all they had in common. “Within two hours,” Singleton recalls, “we determined that we were brothers.” Soon they were also roommates, not to mention collaborators. Baxter and Singleton—along with Hamilton and guitarist Clay Ross—formed the jazz quartet Gradual Lean, which quickly came to be regarded as a linchpin of the Charleston jazz scene. However, Gradual Lean dissolved around the turn of the 21st century when its members turned to other pursuits. Baxter toured with such luminaries as René Marie, Monty Alexander, and Freddy Cole, also honing his chops as a producer; Singleton became an educator and continued developing the local jazz scene as the founder and director of the Charleston Jazz Orchestra. In 2016, however, the duo, along with the other two members of Gradual Lean and vocalist Quiana Parler, reinvented themselves as Ranky Tanky, a jazz- and soul-infused combo whose assay was the Gullah musical tradition that Baxter, Hamilton, and Singleton had known from birth. They garnered considerable acclaim (and the number 1 spot on the Billboard jazz chart) with their self-titled 2017 album. Then they outdid themselves with the 2019 follow-up, Good Time, winning a Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music album. All throughout, both men have cultivated accomplished solo careers. As he became a beacon of Charleston jazz, Singleton also recorded four albums under his own name. While he didn’t lead a record himself, Baxter co-led and produced three with poet and electronic musician Marcus Amaker. Their work together on Baxter’s Art Moves Jazz and Singleton’s Crossroads reveals significant new depths in each individual, and in the creative relationship they’ve fostered over three decades. Photography: Reese Moore (Baxter), Mauricio Richardson/Pressmark LLC (Singleton) Baxter Music Enterprises EPK: Quentin E. Baxter & Charlton Singleton  Quentin E. Baxter Web Site Charlton Singleton Web Site ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Thanks, Mark!

Week 5 results Calgary 49....Edmonton 6 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6227/calgary-stampeders-vs-edmonton-elks/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/08/nobody-has-belief-in-anybody-eight-other-thoughts-on-the-elks-blowout-loss-in-the-battle-of-alberta/ ***** Sask 28....Ottawa 13 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6228/ottawa-redblacks-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/09/redblacks-lose-more-than-a-game-10-other-thoughts-on-a-rough-night-in-regina/ ***** Winnipeg 43....BC 22 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6229/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-bc-lions/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/07/09/bombers-dominate-lions-to-remain-best-in-west-seven-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/10/lions-fail-the-mid-term-nine-other-thoughts-on-a-humbling-loss-to-the-bombers/ ***** Edmonton's radio broadcast of its July 22 game against Winnipeg will be in the Cree language. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/first-cfl-game-broadcast-indigenous-language-1.6515111 https://3downnation.com/2022/07/08/edmonton-elks-announce-first-ever-cfl-radio-broadcast-in-indigenous-language/ ***** Matt Nichols has retired. https://3downnation.com/2022/07/08/im-done-playing-football-quarterback-matt-nichols-publicly-acknowledges-retirement/ ***** Jon Ryan has signed with Hamilton. https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/10/ticats-sign-p-jon-ryan-k-seth-small/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/10/hamilton-tiger-cats-sign-former-nfl-riders-punter-jon-ryan/ ***** Micah Awe has signed with Montreal. https://www.cfl.ca/2022/07/07/alouettes-sign-linebacker-micah-awe/ https://3downnation.com/2022/07/07/in-awe-montreal-alouettes-sign-veteran-middle-linebacker-micah-awe/

RIP.

Shinzo Abe has been shot in an apparent assassination attempt. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/japan-ex-leader-shinzo-abe-apparently-shot-in-heart-failure/ar-AAZlen7