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10 days from Sweden to Philly!! I've only listened to the first 3 discs and so far I'm loving this set. The $60/free shipping deal ends Saturday.

You definitely have time to make to the Peter Brotzmann show.... Sunday, October 8 | 8pm Brötzmann/Bennink Duo with Peter Brötzmann, reeds Han Bennink, drums Rose Recital Hall [Room 419] Fisher-Bennett Hall University of Pennsylvania 34th and Walnut streets $15 General Admission

Phils blow another game. Groan.

I would LOVE to see the Houston win the Central.

I've given this a couple of spins. Very good performance but the sound isn't the best - not terrible and most definitely listenable.... but it has a bootleg quality feel to it. The other thing is that I wish that when record companies put out cds that are needle drops that they would let you know up front. I would have still bought this anyway but, this is one case where I'd rather not be surprised. YMMV. It just so happens that I'm going to see Khan Jamal perform tomorrow night..... just a stone throw away from where this album was recorded. Khan Jamal/Grachan Moncur III Trio with Grachan Moncur III, trombone Khan Jamal, vibraphone Yahya Abdul-Majid, tenor saxophone University of Pennsylvania Houston Hall | Bodek Lounge 3417 Spruce Street Free Admission FWIW.... Monette Sudler still gigs around Philly. I haven't see her since she got out of jail but I hear her playing is better than ever.

Ramierez? Pretty darn good for a rookie but, not amazing - yet. Good bat but, a so-so fielder. He just committed his 25th error of the season last night. Lots of potential though, he's only 22. How about them Phils??

The horror.

The Broad Street Bomber just smacked #58.

Advance on article on Grachan Moncur/Khan Jamal show ..... http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2006-09-21/music2.shtml After Grachan Moncur III answers the phone at his Newark, N.J., home, there is a long pause while he puts in his dentures, the end result of a series of torturous dental operations that kept the 69-year-old trombonist away from music for large portions of the 1990s. "I really started to throw in the towel about five or six times. That's how bad it was," says Moncur, the frustration of having to relearn his instrument evident in his voice. "I had to start totally from the beginning just to get my sound back. For me to be able to control it and to be able to do what I knew I was supposed to do with that sucker and to sustain that shit, it took so goddamn long, I swear to god, I couldn't believe it. And I wasn't gonna do nothing until I could do that." On Monday, Moncur continues his long association with Philly vibraphonist Khan Jamal in a trio show at Penn (completed by Sun Ra Arkestra tenorist Yahya Abdul-Majid). Given the unconventional lineup, this set will likely venture further out than Moncur's quintet performance at New York's Vision Festival this past June, which also included Jamal. That show, which featured renditions of Miles Davis' "So What" and Wayne Shorter's "Footprints," was surprisingly traditional given Moncur's history with the jazz avant-garde and the context of the experimental festival. But Moncur came to free jazz only after spending a considerable amount of time playing hard bop, including a famed stint with Jackie McLean. His father was a bassist with the Savoy Sultans, house band of the legendary Harlem nightclub, and gave Moncur his first trombone after his initial gift, a cello, didn't hold the youngster's attention. "I got hooked on the music because I heard a record by Lester Young when I was a kid, and that shit just fucked my mind up," Moncur recalls. Once he picked up the trombone, his father couldn't get him to stop practicing. He latched onto the music of J.J. Johnson, who remained his major influence until many years later, when he first began hearing the music of the avant-garde. "There was a lot of controversy about it," Moncur says of the new music. "I said, 'Oh, wait a minute, man, this stuff is interesting, and there's no other trombone player exploring it, so I might as well extend myself towards it.' I didn't cut my other roots off, I didn't alienate myself from anything, I just wanted to be able to deal with any type of musical situation that I liked." That musical open-mindedness continues, to the extent that Moncur expresses the desire to assemble and train a group of young people into "the hippest marching band," which would perform traditional Sousa marches alongside the trombonist's own compositions. Despite his recent struggles, he retains the desire to explore new avenues. "I'm glad I took the pains, and when you get as old as me and you still have the enthusiasm, that's a blessing right there." Grachan Moncur III plays Mon., Sept. 25, 8 p.m., free, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., www.arsnovaworkshop.com.

When? Where?

Friday, September 22 | 1pm SERAPHIC LIGHT / JOHN COLTRANE'S 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION EVENT Tower Records, Broad and Chestnut streets FREE Visit Tower Records tomorrow to see a special performance from pianist DAVE BURRELL, celebrate Coltrane's 80th (September 23), see your favorite WRTI personalities, and be the first to purchase a series subscription to SERAPHIC LIGHT, the upcoming series at International House featuring Mr. Burrell, Cecil Taylor, Reggie Workman, Nels Cline, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Marc Ribot, Henry Grimes, David S. Ware, and many others. Don't be late.

Phillies are now tied for the WC lead w/ 10 games to play!!! Pretty incredible that after 152 games it's still undecided.

The boys played a great, great show 34 years ago today in Philly. Time to break out your DP#36!!

Just got an email from Elliott Levin.... HEAR LIVE ORIGINAL AND IMPROVISATIONAL COMPOSITIONS- FOR FREE!!! FRIENDS- AND GUEST MUSICIANS ARE INVITED TO LISTEN- AND PARTICIPATE. CHEAP DRINKS, FREE LIVE MUSIC... WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT FOR A TUES. AUTUMN EVENING IN THE CITY OF OTHERLY LOVE? PLEASE STOP BY AND LET US KNOW: THIS TUES. (and hopefully, every Tues.) @ THE RAVEN LOUNGE (1718 Sansom St., Phila.) ELLIOTT LEVIN (reeds) & ANAM OWILI-EGER (keys) Ecstatic music for Happy Hours! 6-9pm. No cover!

Yeah, not a lot of new info there. What I found strange was that McNally was an employee from circa 1980 right up to a few years ago and he devoted 3/4ths of the book to the band's first 10 years. I would have preferred to hear his first hand accounts of the time he was w/ the band instead of his rehashing of what is by now "old news" that has been documented elsewhere. If you've read Blair Jackson's Garcia bio you're gonna get most of the same story.

Paging Mike Fitzgerald... Mr. Fitzgerald please pick up the nearest courtesy phone...

* Copyright 1598/1599 by William Shakespeare.

Dylan's been "borrowing", "lifting", and "stealing" for over 40 years. Why is everyone getting worked up over just now??? Frankly, I'm more upset that I just spent $15 on a so-so cd. Much ado about nothing *

There goes number 57(58).

Ryan Howard Robbed!!! From the AP wire.... In the sixth, Ryan Howard hit what was ruled a double by umpire Larry Poncino. Replays appeared to show a young fan in the first row of the left-field seats attempted to catch the ball and then dropped it. Manager Charlie Manuel vainly argued the call, saying it should have been Howard's 57th home run. After the game, Poncino said he got it wrong. "The play was the play," Poncino said in a statement. "The ball was over the fence and that's it."

Just got this email from Jamaaladeen..... World Cafe Live Philadelphia Pa, US Have you all had your fill of the Katrina Anniversary horror shows? Are you ready to stop weeping, put on your feathers, dance, eat some po-boys and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT???? I thought so! The anniversary may be over but Philly to New Orleans is just getting started! Sunday Sept 17 BIG EASY SUNDAY! FROM NEW ORLEANS! If you have ever been to Jazz fest you know these guys, if you haven't and you see them you will be planning your trip next spring... BONERAMA www.bonerama.net "The Ultimate in brass balls" - Rolling Stone Magazine "Hands down the hottest group to hit the scene in this town in years." - Where Y'at, Magazine "A powerful and fresh sound unlike any New Orleans has ever produced" AND FROM PHILLY! THE KING OF PHILLY "FREE FUNK": JAMAALADEEN TACUMA! Since his emergence with Ornette Coleman's Prime Time in the mid-'70s, Jamaaladeen Tacuma has been one of the top electric bassists in a style of music that could be called "free funk." Also from Philly... BRASS HEAVEN Featuring JEFF BRADSHAW an evolution of new Orleans instrumentation fused with hip-hop soul, jazz and spirituals. All this hosted by XPN'S very own Michaela Majoun! Plus special guest performances... We will be serving Chef Chad's now legendary Creole specialties and have Hurricane and Abita Beer Specials at the bar. 100% of the door goes to our New Orleans guests and we will be accepting donations for our High School marching band at Warren Easton High School. Checks can be made to The Tipitina's Foundation c/o warren Easton high school. You may also drop off items to be auctioned on E-bay! SUNDAY SEPT. 17 WORLD CAFE LIVE WWW.WORLDCAFELIVE.COM 3025 WALNUT STREET 215-222-1400 6PM-MIDNIGHT $15

Pat Burrell hit a grand slam off the Rocket tonight. I watched the replay about 5 times and I still can't believe it.

Listening to Jump Up right now at work... Well I guess I gotta get this.

60 bucks???? Tempting, very tempting.

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