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You are invited to attend the Third Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival! CCAF3 takes place October 1-12, 2008, featuring Chicago-based artists collaborating in performances and projects with artists living in other locations -- both here in the U.S. and abroad. These collaborations will be prepared or improvised, and some performances will involve live feeds between Chicago and elsewhere. Among the scheduled projects are: a Chicago-based musician/composer collaborating with a composer from the Philippines, Chicago-based poets connecting over the radio with poets from Hawaii, and a Chicago-based musician collaborating with a British visual artist. Venues for CCAF3 will include Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery, The Velvet Lounge, Black Rock Pub & Kitchen, Heaven Gallery, Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, WNUR (Northwestern University), Peter Jones Gallery, 32nd&Urban Gallery, AV-aerie, Café Mestizo, and other locations. http://www.chicagocalling.org From: Daniel Godston dgodston@sbcglobal.net

Thanks man. Its on early out there. Rivers "Walkin'" with Miles; Classic Blue Note stuff; his working trio; the Rivbea All Star Orchestra; the Dave Holland Quartet; Tony Williams "Spring"; live from "Wildflowers"; with Reggie Workman and Andrew Hill; as well as the NOJO feature for Rivers, "The Glassblower;" and a bit of the album with Adam Rudolph (amongst other things).

Please join us: http://www.bluelake.org/radio

Tenacious D plus Charlie Haden, tonight's guests on Entertainment Tonight! Mary talks to the band following their performance of "Is This America?" from Charlie's hit record "Not In Our Name"! Don't miss it!

My name is Darren Critz and I am the producer for Symphony Space in New York. Anthony Braxton is appearing at Symphony Space on October 24th as part of a benefit for Creative Music Studio. All the best, and thanks in advance! Darren Critz Darren Critz Producer of Performing Arts Programs Symphony Space 2537 Broadway New York, NY 10025 212.864.1414 (phone) 212.865.8619 (fax) www.symphonyspace.org

Well, that may be. My wife told me today.

....Jack Black (As heard over NPR from Terry Gross).

There's a version of "It Gets Better" from a Radio Nederland 'for broadcast only' selected radio recordings compilation called "North Sea Jazz Festival / The Hague Years." Killin. Had the chance to see Miles with a few thousand of his Detroit fans at the Masonic Temple just after his return to active playing. Miles was a showman extrodinaire at that stage just by being himself, though the frenzy he summond from Mino Cinelu that night -- he put Cinelu on the spot -- was showboating. Miles succumbed to being an entertainer if we're to believe that turning the back routine meant he never was.

There's a lot going on. We're broadcasting interviews these days with Jim Hall, Wayne Shorter, members of the Imani Winds and, hopefully soon, Maria Schneider. In talking with Monica Ellis, bassoonist in the Imani Winds, we focused on Shorter's compositions “Pegasus,” “Prometheus Unbound” and “The Three Marias” which the winds play with him in concert Saturday in Ann Arbor. She mentioned Shorter recently played “Prometheus Unbound” with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; that he took a section from the large orchestra work and scored it for the wind quintet. In any case, about 5 minutes of the conversation will air Saturday morning between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. via www.bluelake.org/radio during “Jazz a la Carte.” Most of that hour will feature a few recorded quotes by Shorter, too, and guitarist Jim Hall talking about recording with Sonny Rollins (Hall’s in Grand Rapids October 7th with guitarist Bill Frisell).

From: http://www.bluelake.org/radio Under "The Jazz Datebook" Timely Hits: Thursday, September 25th at 8 p.m. “The Paganini of the double bass” travels from Paris to Kalamazoo and opens the new season jazz series presented by Fontana Chamber Arts. Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio features the five string bass virtuoso in a pan-global music, blending sounds from the Mediterranean, North Africa and India through the gypsy and Andalusian music traditions of Spain and presenting that blend through carefully composed or spontaneously improvised performances. “Arcoluz” is the newest recording/DVD by his trio featuring Kiko Ruiz, Flamenco guitar and percussionist Pascal Rollando. http://www.renaudgarciafons.com/ . All concerts take place in the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. The Tord Gustavsen Trio performs Thursday, January 15th at 8 p.m. and Stefon Harris and Blackout on Thursday May 14th. Information from (269) 382-7774. The Fontana Chamber Arts is located at the Epic Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite. 200, Kalamazoo, MI 49007. www.fontanachamberarts.org . Saturday, September 27th at 8 p.m. the legendary jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter leads his quartet augmented by the African-American wind quintet, The Imani Winds, in his 75th birthday celebration at Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor. Please see www.ums.org/news for information or call (800) 221 – 1229. Saturday, September 27th at 8:30 p.m. nine-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leads The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of Marsalis’s new piece “Two In 3” at Orchestra Hall, Detroit. . Tickets are available through the Max M. Fischer Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit), by calling (313) 576 – 5111, or logging on to www.detroitsymphony.com . Sunday, September 28th at 7 p.m. in Milwaukee, Alternating Currents live presents The Charlotte Hug and Fred Lonberg-Holm Duo in the Woodland Patterns Book Center, 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee (414) 263 – 5001. Please see: http://www.woodlandpattern.org/gallery/acl.shtml . Friday, October 3rd at 8:15 p.m. bassist Tom Knific and Friends celebrate the release of Tom’s third CD, “Lines of Influence,” made possible through the Bullock Performance Institute, Western Michigan University School of Music, Kalamazoo. The Dalton Center Recital Hall Concert features Tom’s son John at the piano, with saxophonist Chris Beckstrom; percussionist Ryan Andrews, drummer Keith Hall and members of the Western Jazz Quartet sitting in. Tickets through the Miller Auditorium Box Office, (800) 228 – 9858. Sundays October 5th and 19th from 6 to 8 p.m. The Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra performs at Founder’s Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Avenue S.W., Grand Rapids. They’ll be conducted by the Grammy Award Winning composer/bandleader Maria Schneider at Aquinas College in October. See below. Information from www.grjo.com. Sunday, October 5th Rag Time Rick and The Chefs of Dixieland; and play early jazz presented by The West Shore Jazz Society at The Oakridge Country Club Ballroom, 513 West Pontaluna Road, Muskegon. Tickets are $20 for members of the WSJS or $25 for non-members. The season includes these performances: November 2nd, The Chicago Salty Dogs. For season tickets or membership in The West Shore Jazz Society please call WSJS President Bill Blakeman at (231) 759 – 0071 or write West Shore Jazz Society, P.O. Box 175, Muskegon, MI 49443. Tuesday, October 7th at 7:30 p.m. guitar greats Jim Hall and Bill Frisell open the Jazz Series at the St. Cecilia Music Center’s Royce Auditorium, 24 Ransom Avenue N.E. The duo is performing at a select few venues to promote their recent collaborative album (released October 15th from www.artistshare.com ). Hall is coming off 9 weeks hospitalization following back surgery. Frisell is a former student of Halls and one of contemporary American music’s most prolific guitarists. The Jazz Series features vocalist Karrin Allyson on November 19th , and vocalist/pianist Freddy Cole, Nat King Cole’s younger brother, on January 22nd, 2009. Special season tickets are available from (616) 459 – 2224 or see www.scms-online.org . Wednesday and Thursday, October 8th and 9th the Grammy Award winning composer/bandleader Maria Schneider appears at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids. See www.mariaschneider.com for her incredible music. October 8th from noon to 1 p.m. in the Wege Center Loutit Room at Aquinas College Schneider discusses “how Does a Woman Make Her Place in the Jazz World?” Then, October 9th from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Maria Schneider and The Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra in the Wege Center Ballroom present what’s been described by the Los Angeles Times as “the first truly novel approach to big jazz band composition of the new century.” Free tickets to the October 9th performance are available from the Circle Theater Box Office, 1703 Robinson Road SE, Grand Rapids, from Monday, October 6th through Thursday, October 9th. Any remaining tickets will be given away at the door from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. the day of the show. Thursday, October 16th at 8 p.m. The Dave Brubeck Quartet appears in the Bank of America Paradise Jazz Series in Detroit’s Orchestra Hall. The piano legend is heard with Bobby Millitello, saxophone and flute; Michael Moore, bass and Randy Jones, drums. Tickets are available through the Max M. Fischer Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit), by calling (313) 576 – 5111, or logging on to www.detroitsymphony.com .

That Lewis reveals Muhal's contact with the Schillinger system, and his discussion of what that gave Muhal musically, is something that should have been known a long time ago. It certainly helps to enter more deeply into Muhal's musical world, as Blue Lake will again tonight after 10 p.m.

It's coming out. I have a copy here at the radio station which we are playing again late tonight after Muhal Richard Abrams is featured on Hill's composition "Symmetry" in a Woody Shaw ensemble.

For those who might be interested... I'll be blogging "live" from the Monterey Jazz Festival for the brand new "Jazz Observer" website (www.jazzobserver.com). Drop on by for reports and reviews filed throughout the weekend! My "No Cover No Minimum" program will therefore not air tomorrow, but will return next week on KZSU-FM. Cheers! [FB] Forrest Dylan Bryant ----- Jazz Director, KZSU 90.1 FM PO Box 20510, Stanford CA 94309 // jazz@kzsu.stanford.edu

Very strange and wonderful version of "Shaw Nuff" amongst the original music. http://www.joyousshout.com/chupw95.html

Rhythm in Mind is under Steve Coleman's name (1992, Novus).

That show is going away. They've stopped producing new ones. When you have time you can really go to work on producing script, recording interviews, and developing voice montages to present them, then layering music through and between the montages or stand alone announcements. Thought this is a great radio show. Blue Lake runs it Sunday evenings at 6 p.m. for now.

Organissimo's Groovadelphia... the whole package I have to admit that when I preview new music from a group anchored by the jazz organ, I do so with great hope.. A hope that there will be fresh creativity and diversity within the selections. So many times I receive new 'burner' albums where each song, one after the other, sounds like the same session.. then repeated in reverse. I am happy this week. A new CD came into the radioIO studios from the organ based trio 'Organissimo'. The album is called 'Groovadelphia'... and it destroys all of the stereotypes. Organissimo is led by organist Jim Alfredson with Joe Gloss on guitar and Randy Marsh playing drums and yes... harmonica! 'Groovadelphia' sure passed my test. The most notable experience I had on first listen of the CD revealed the variety from one song to the next. Once I finished the preview it became obvious to me that a major strength of this entire package lies in the manner that each song compliments the entire package. It is evident that much thought went into the recording and production of this album. Let me try to explain what you will experience when putting this CD in your player. Of course there is the typical bop jam as we would expect.. 'Third Right on the Left'. I especially enjoyed the organ solo on this upbeat track. I couldn't keep my right hand still while listening. The tune that immediately follows is 'Traces' with a mellow Latin feel. This song has a spatial depth created by a complimenting dialogue between Gloss on guitar and Alfredson on keys. The depth of expression from both soloists captured and held my attention. Gloss's performance on 'Traces' blended with the subtle organ support is absolutely perfect... it is simply beautiful. The entire album moves about like this. It is rich in contrasts and diversity with constant surprises. I had to pinch myself on occasion to remember that all that I am hearing comes from only three players. I am not usually partial to electronic effects and synthesis for jazz production unless integrated with intelligence and taste. Sometimes synthesized voices conflict with musical thought and can negatively date the production. However, done correctly, the synthetically produced sounds can be a huge draw for my personal enjoyment. I have often been thrilled on the occasion when new voicings are used artistically such as listening to track six.. 'If Not Now, When?". The use of the Synth solo in this track is fabulously integrated, providing a texture that fits. The deliberately funky 'Bleecker' and the fun 'My Sweet Potato Pie' with Marsh on Harmonica battling it out with both Gloss and Alfredson are two of my favorite songs from 'Groovadelphia'. We are going to have these tracks and others from the CD out in front for weeks to come on radioIO Real Jazz.. This is truly a magnificent collection of intelligent arrangements and performance. Let me know what you think. Email drmike@radioio.com Submitted by drmike/ Michael Matheny/ radioIO Real Jazz www.radioio.com <http://www.radioio.com/>

Heard that while driving from Grand Rapids to the Lakeshore with a backseat full of tired kids. We'd just met Lucy, the Newfoundland addition to my sister-in-law's family, out in Ada. Left tv coverage of the DNC and caught Organissimo in the car. Tuned in right at the end of the title track and recognized it. That's a great climax. By the time the girls had talked themselves nearly to sleep, Les and I thought to turn on the DNC coverage from NPR on the radio. Right when we did they announced Ted Kennedy appeared in person and gave most historic speech of his career.

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I really never wait on on airplay for the proposed "add" date. When it comes into the station if it is a goodie, it's on.

Now on the radio at Blue Lake.

Beware of Strangers Two Aliens landed in the Arizona desert a few yards from an old gas station that was closed for the night. They approached one of the gas pumps, and the younger alien addressed it saying, 'Greetings, Earthling. We come in peace. Take us to your leader.' The gas pump, of course, didn't respond. The younger alien became angry at the lack of response. The older alien said, 'I'd be calm if I were you.' The younger alien ignored the warning, and repeated his greeting. Again, there was no response. Annoyed by what he perceived to be the pump's haughty attitude, he drew his ray gun and said impatiently, 'Greetings, Earthling! We come in peace. Do not ignore us this way! Take us to your leader, or I will fire!' The older alien again warned his comrade saying, 'You probably don't want to do that. I really don't think you should make him mad.' ' Rubbish,' replied t he cocky, young alien. He aimed his weapon at the pump and opened fire. There was a huge explosion. A massive fireball roared toward them, and blew the younger alien off his feet, and deposited him, a burnt smoking mess, about 200 yards away in a cactus patch. Half an hour passed. When he finally regained consciousness, he refocused his three eyes, straightened his bent antenna, and looked dazedly at the older, wiser alien who was standing over him shaking his big, green head. 'What a ferocious creature!' exclaimed the young, fried alien. 'He damn near killed me! How did you know he was so dangerous?' The older alien leaned over, placed a friendly feeler on his crispy friend and replied, 'If there's one thing I've learned during my intergalactic travels, you don't want to mess with a guy who can wrap his penis around himself twice, and then stick it in his ear.'

Patrick, no I'm sorry they're not. LV

Thanks for tuning in on-line, folks. Had a good audience last night at midnight.

Jazz From Blue Lake airs from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m tonight and celebrates the 78th birthday of singer/actress Abbey Lincoln. At midnight, after hearing her duo with Max Roach of "Prayer/Protest/Peace," we'll enter the world of Roscoe Mitchell's composition "Nonaah" and hear the Art Ensemble's September 1973 version of it with Muhal Richard Abrams guesting on piano, followed by Mitchell's solo saxophone version from the Montreal Jazz Festival in October of 1973 and the solo version from November of 1973 in Pori Finland (both on the Solo Saxophone Record, Sackville). Then the 22 minute soon to be re-issued solo alto saxophone version of "Nonaah" recorded in 1976 in Willisau will blow you away. The midnight hour concludes with the Anthony Braxton Creative Orchestra Music performance featuring Mitchell, alto, Braxton, sopranino, followed by the 1977 piece for the same duo "Off Five Dark Six." No-nay-ah.