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Great show last night - amazing sets by both bands. F.A.B. Trio turned out to be a duo. Billy Bang was a "no show" Barry made an announcement that they,"had been trying to get intouch w/ him all day," and "wondered if he was okay." So eventhough Rudresh was the headliner he opened up the showed and played the complete "Codebook". Then Barry came out and did a 15 minute solo improv followed by a 15 solo improv by Joe Fonda. At the end of Joe's piece Barry came on stage and played w/ him for another 10 minutes or so. Rudresh joined them and they played another long improvised piece. When life hands you a lemon make lemonade F.A.B. Trio are booked for a show tonight in Baltimore. Billy is supposed to start a tour w/ Kahil El'Zabar on Monday in Chicago. I hope he's okay and just forgot about last night..... He was a little late, but he made it for his gig in Baltimore and looked to be in good shape. Good show. Glad to hear he's okay and that it was a good show.

Great show last night - amazing sets by both bands. F.A.B. Trio turned out to be a duo. Billy Bang was a "no show" Barry made an announcement that they,"had been trying to get intouch w/ him all day," and "wondered if he was okay." So eventhough Rudresh was the headliner he opened up the showed and played the complete "Codebook". Then Barry came out and did a 15 minute solo improv followed by a 15 solo improv by Joe Fonda. At the end of Joe's piece Barry came on stage and played w/ him for another 10 minutes or so. Rudresh joined them and they played another long improvised piece. When life hands you a lemon make lemonade F.A.B. Trio are booked for a show tonight in Baltimore. Billy is supposed to start a tour w/ Kahil El'Zabar on Monday in Chicago. I hope he's okay and just forgot about last night.....

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Great album. IIRC, "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" were recorded for this album but released as a double "A side" single when Pepper's recording sessions dragged on too long. Edit: from WIKI Four other tracks were recorded during the timespan of the Sgt. Pepper recording sessions but not incorporated on the album: * "Strawberry Fields Forever": The first song recorded for the album, written by Lennon with the title referring to a Salvation Army orphanage near where he lived during his childhood in Liverpool. * "Penny Lane": A McCartney song written as a counterpoint to Lennon's "Strawberry Fields" - it was McCartney's own nostalgic take on the Liverpool of his youth. Though "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" had originally been intended for the new album, in January 1967 producer George Martin responded to EMI Records' pressure for a new single (the Beatles had not released a single since August 1966) and called the two tracks for issue in February 1967. In common with UK music industry practice at that time, which did not duplicate recent singles on new abums, both tracks were subsequently left off the Sgt. Pepper album. The tracks were issued on the US Magical Mystery Tour album in late 1967 and on a UK compilation album in 1973. Martin later described the decision to extract the two songs from the album as the biggest mistake of his career.[citation needed] * "Only a Northern Song": A George Harrison song that offered a sarcastic commentary on his music publishing contract with the Beatles' publishing company "Northern Songs". After completing the song, Harrison decided to record another track for the album, "Within You Without You", and that song about spirituality was deemed a more suitable choice for the album. "Only a Northern Song" was shelved and then given to the makers of the animated feature film Yellow Submarine. It was used in the 1968 film and then incorporated on the soundtrack album released the following year. * "Carnival of Light": A McCartney sound collage reportedly lasting ten to fifteen minutes, the piece was commissioned and recorded for use at a psychedelic London event in early 1967 - the "Carnival of Light Rave" - and expanded on the use of tape loops that the Beatles had explored on "Tomorrow Never Knows".[citation needed] The recording has never seen public release, even on bootlegs.

I just saw this on Noah Howard's homepage.... June 15 & 16: University of Pennsylvania Rose hall (with Mohammed Ali and Dave Burrell)

I wish there was a smilie w/ an exploding head.... Noah Howard on Tour 2007 June 6 & 7 : New York City June 8: Detroit Improvisation Jazz Festival June 15 & 16: University of Pennsylvania Rose hall (with Mohammed Ali and Dave Burrell) June 22: Univ Cal State Bakersfield California July 15 to 30: Amman Jordan

Simmons take.... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/...mp;lid=tab2pos1

Friday, June 1 Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet performs "Codebook" with Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone Vijay Iyer, piano François Moutin, double-bass Dan Weiss, drums + F.A.B. Trio with Billy Bang, violin Joe Fonda, double-bass Barry Altschul, drums Monday June 4 BERT JANSCH!!

Friday, June 1 | 8pm Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet performs "Codebook" with Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone Vijay Iyer, piano François Moutin, double-bass Dan Weiss, drums + F.A.B. Trio with Billy Bang, violin Joe Fonda, double-bass Barry Altschul, drums International House Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut Street $12 General Admission

What magic number is that? They are eight games back of first, 5 back of the wild card. Their elimination number is 104 in the wild card, 103 in the division according to MLB. http://www.countdownto10000.com/

The Phillies' magic number is down to 18 17.

Kobe: "I would like to be traded." http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2886927

Are you sure about the "Amtrak bench"? The local papers said he died in a hospital. HANK MOBLEY, 55, JAZZ MUSICIAN Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) June 4, 1986 Services are scheduled Friday evening for Hank Mobley, 55, once one of the leading figures in jazz. The tenor saxophone player, who worked with such jazz greats as Thelonius Monk, Art Blakey, Miles Davis and Horace Silver, died last Friday at Misericordia Hospital of pneumonia. He lived in Southwest Philadelphia. Mr. Mobley, who also is credited with 140 compositions, is survived by his parents, Otis and Lillian Rogers. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Johnson Funeral Home, 46th Street and Woodland Avenue. Services will follow at 8 p.m. Burial will be made at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mount Lawn Cemetery in Sharon Hill. Memo: OBITUARIES Edition: FINAL Section: LOCAL Page: E12

I just realized that Hank left us 21 years ago today.

The Beatles did not call their album Abbey Road for nothing: it was the crucible of their art. The studio, a tourist shrine, was eerily quiet when I strolled past yesterday; it is locally rumoured to be up for development sale as soon as the parent company’s fate is settled. "development sale"???? WTF?? Are they going to raze it for condos???

With last night's loss, the Phils magic number is down to 18.

The last few years of his life he lived in West Philadelphia and was pretty close to destitute. Uri Cane once told me some pretty sad stories about Hank's drinking.

Well it took them until May 26th but the Fightin' Phils have finally made over the .500 mark for the first time this season.

That FireJoeMorgan.com website is a scream!! Check out this entry.... http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2007/05/maybe...uit-up-and.html This is why my blood boils when people cite All Star Game Appearances as a measure of a player's abilities. Take it away, Bruce Jenkins: One of the game's most astute writers, Jayson Stark of espn.com, marveled this week at the National League's candidates to start the All-Star game at shortstop. Narrowing it down to a statistical analysis of his top five candidates -- J.J. Hardy, Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins and Edgar Renteria -- he still found it a difficult choice. No kidding. Here's an even better way to go: Omar Vizquel. He's the greatest defensive shortstop in the history of the game. He may well wind up with 3,000 hits. The game is in San Francisco. And not one of those guys would have a problem with it. They all bow to the master. First of all, Omar is 40 years old and has 2508 hits. If he gets 3000, I will buy Bruce Jenkins a new car -- his choice of model -- and I will personally chauffeur him to the game when Vizquel reaches the milestone. I will pay for the tickets to the game, all the hot dogs Jenkins can eat, and I will perform a striptease for him after the game. I will then hang myself in the public square of Jenkins' choosing, with "I'm an Idiot" spraypainted across my chest.

I was just looking at the ballgame scores on ESPN.com and saw this headline for the Angels/Yanks game today.... "Angels jump on Wang early......" My inner 12 year old had a good laugh at that one.

Not sure I follow... are you saying that we should drop this thread??

Have a good one.