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Have you ever seen 'Executioner's Song' or her part on the 'L' Word? Pretty good acting in both.

I saw this group at Jazz Standard last month- very good, swingin'(Note to Stanley Crouch!) and spirited.

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hello all, Got some discs here for sale, prices include shipping to the lower 48, everywhere else at cost. Please send a PM if interested, Paypal only. If more than one PM for the same item earlier PM gets it. If you order 3 or more discs you get a bonus disc that is chosen by me and is not one of the discs listed below. 'Absinthe' Ibrahim Electric Stunt $7 'Dialogue' Bobby Hutcherson RVG $6 'Move' Red Norvo Trio Past Perfect $5 'Shape of jazz to Come' Ornette Coleman Atlantic $5 'Black Action Figure' Stefon Harris Bluenote $4 'Bug Music' Don Byron Nonesuch $5 'Up Popped the 2 Lips' Henry Threadgill Pi $10

amazing! I just played the two first discs of the 4CD Experience box, there are a couple of tracks from the 1966 Paris concert, and some 1967 tracks as well (though I think those are from Stockholm if memory serves me right). Are there any of those ORTF boots around with complete concerts, or are the selections on the box all we can get? What's ORTF? There is another box titled 'Stages' that is 4 discs with all concerts that duplicates some of the material on the purple box. It has 1967/Stockholm, 1968/Paris, 1969/San Diego, 1970/Atlanta.

I went to see the Broadway musical 'Hair' today and the bass player for the house band was Wilbur Bascomb, the drummer Bernard Purdie!

I was telling some friends yesterday that in 20 years they'll find out that Pujols was actually a cyborg! The man is a machine, cranking out 30+ HRs, 100+ RBIs, 100+ Runs scored, .320+ BA, year after year. Amazing.

On Wednesday I made my July gig at a freebie in Lower Manhattan. I caught a group inspired by 'On the Corner' with Badal Roy and Michael Henderson, Ingird Jensen played trumpet and sounded like Miles without being slavish. The group did tunes from 'On the Corner' plus some pieces written by the bandmembers that definitley evoke the music of that time. Rudresh Mahanthappa played alto and was very good, and I didn't get the guitar player's name(he was also the musical director) but he played well even though at times he was buried in the mix. While very good I wouldn't say it was great, but it was a lot of fun to see this music in a live setting and the venue was great. The concert took place in Rockefeller Park, about 5-6 blocks away frfom where the World Trade Center used to be. The park is located on trhe Hudson River and has tons of green & a beautiful view.

I can't think of the name, but I believe Milford Graves did at least one solo disc.

What about King Albert? I think he's got a good shot(but I won't be watching it),

Thanks much for the good wishes- it's very much appreciated

Well add me to the list of the laid off-I got whacked yesterday. The company(a large bank) had been moving jobs to Mumbai, Jacksonville, & Manila, but I thought that I would be safe for awhile because what I did was risky and could involve some losses if not done right. WRONG!!! When it happened it really caught me by surprise. Something happened Wednesday at work and it was a sensitive issue, so on Thursday when my boss(wonderful woman and friend for 20+ years) told me the the big boss wanted to see me I thought I was in trouble for the incident on Wednesday. Then the big boss tells me that we're going to see an HR person and I was sure I was getting fired, but it was just a layoff. I actually feel relieved and I'm at peace with it, because for the last year since we got new big bosses the work situation has been steadily going downhill and was reaching the intolerable stage. I got a nice severance package- I'm technically on the payroll until the end of this month and then the package kicks in and I get full salary until December. I can also collect unemployment and I still have severance $$ money from my last job, so I could actually go about a year without working. I'm looking at it as a great opportunity to possibly change what I do for a living and I may even go to school to learn something new.

I've read a lot of his columns and he's usually thought-provoking and a bit off the beaten track, but this...

MG is a very cool dude- I'd love to see him back and I hope all is well with him.

Who likes monkey farts?

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Thanks so much for the B-day wishes everyone. I had a nice birthday, went to the Greenmarket at Union Square in NYC and bought loads of very fresh produce, etc. and then I went home and had a cooking frenzy, spice rubbed chicken cutlets on the grill, grilled zucchini, grilled portobello mushrooms, roasted potatoes and garlic and fettucine alfredo to feed myself, my wife, my hungry teenage son and his hungry friend. Both of my sisters called me to wish me a happy B-day so it was complete.

I saw a quote of his "Life's a pitch and then you buy". He was a great salesman.

I have a story to start with and I'm sure everyone else has some good ones, so lets hear them! Around 1972/3 I went to a concert at Central Park in NYC(The concerts were sponsored by Schaeffer beer) and I actually can't remember who was the headliner but the story is about the opener who was quite dissimilar musically to the headliner. The opener was Brownsville Station, and they came out full of energy but sorely lacking in musical ability. Sure, the drummer had one of these massive setups with double bass drums, double this and that, but everytime I looked at him he was playing snare, 1 bass drum and hihat. So they play a few numbers, and after every tune they were met with loud booing(New Yorkers are maybe second only to Philadelphia in booing ability) and people yelling "You suck". After aboiut the fourth number the bassist/singer actually said something about it. "Hey we hear you guys yelling you suck, but you know what, we're going to keep on playing". Of course this led to even more chants of "You suck", and even more voiciferous booing. I'm sitting about 20 rows back and I'm just laughing myself silly at the huge faux pas the singer just made when this guy gets up about two rows in front of me and hurls an apple at the satge while the band's playing. I don't know if this guy later became a pro, but the apple hit the massive drum set, split in half and half nailed the drummer right between the eyes!!! Of course this led to a standing ovation that had nothing to do with music and everything to do with this guy's great arm!

The NL East is the only division not to have a team that has won at least 40 games. It's also the only division to have a team w/ less than 30 wins(For inquiring minds that would be the Nats w/ 22) The Met offense rests on four players and three of them are on the DL!

here's one story: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/05/mor...45-million.html and another: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...1ee8a6e4f4592b0

I made my June gig over the weekend- I saw Dave Douglas at Jazz Standard on Friday night, 2nd set. Excellent set, great band!!! The group name is Brass Ecstasy and has Vincent Chancey on french horn, Marcus Rojas on tuba, Nasheet Waits on drums and Luis Bonilla on trombone. I'd like to say that this one or that one was oustanding, but the truth is that everyone was outstanding! They did a few N'awlins style tunes, with 4 lines of music held together by the drummer and generally displayed a group interplay that was remarkable. On one solo Dave Douglas quoted the 'Woody Woodpecker' theme and 'Flight of the Bumblebee' and had me laughing out loud- the band was loose and relaxed. Also, big to the venue- I encountered about 5 different people who worked there in the course of my stay and every one was courteous and helpful. Kudos to the waitstaff especially as they managed to serve unobtrusively and efficiently.

I saw him play once at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC around 1974 with John McLaughlin in the audience. Ali Akbar Khan was absolutely amazing. RIP and thanks for the great music.

great quote at the end: Jules Clocher, a Belgian psychologist, said: 'The trauma this girl must be feeling is indescribable. She feels like a circus freak - and no wonder, because she looks like one.'

Hello all, I was reading the NY Daily News today and there was a small mention of a sale this weekend at the Archive of Contemporary Music. I didn't see anything on their website but anyone interested can call them tose if that's going on. here's a link to ACM: http://www.arcmusic.org/begin.html I would LOVE to go but I have to go visiting inlaws on Saturday. It sounds like a place to browse for hours and get a lot of obscure and unusual stuff.