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I don't know, did they agree never to merge? Why would anyone really give a fuck if they did? end quote Well, you know, we could reverse all that consolidation rather than give in to it. Fact is, yes, they agreed they wouldn't merge in order to provide competition in the marketplace. They were allowed in with that caveat. So now that it didn't work out the fuckers should fold their tent and go home, not come crawling for a bail out. Fact is if our radio station goes under, la la la hey hey goodbye. Why not with them? They failed -- see ya, wouldn't want to be ya. The reason local radio stations care is because the radio equivilant of Wal Mart just opened down the street with more bells and whistles and a larger audience base with which to poach what business underwriting we're all trying to court. So, let's give a big warm hug to the brash corporate welfare recipient and a big f.u. to the local guy. "My country tis of thee, sweet land of...."

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Thursday, February 7, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise; Mosaic. Dizzy Gillespie, Good Bait; Dizzier and Dizzier: RCA. John Coltrane, Good Bait; Soultrane: Prestige. Howard McGhee, Night Mist; Complete Dial: Jazz Classics. Charlie Parker, Relaxin’ at Camarillo; Complete Dial/Savoy: Savoy. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html Hans Glawischnig, Oceanography; Panorama: Sunnyside. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, La Fiesta; the New Crystal Silence: Concord. Pat Metheny, At Last; Day Trip: Nonesuch. 11 p.m. John Coltrane, Soft Lights and Sweet Music; Traning In: Prestige. Billy Eckstine, I Want To Talk About You; I Want To Talk About You: Xanadu. John Coltrane, I Want To Talk About You; Soultrane: Prestige. Jazz Datebook. Frank Kimbrough, Jackie-ing; Air: Palmetto. Jackie McLean, Osyris Returns; Rhythm of the Earth: Verve. Joe Beck/John Abercrombie, The Turnaround; Coincidence; Whaling City. Pater Paulson Sextet, Nefrititi; Change of Scenery: Wahbo. Eric Byrd, Baby, It’s Cold Outside; Brother Ray: Fox Haven. 12 a.m. John Coltrane, You Say You Care; Soultrane: Prestige. John Coltrane, Lush Life; Lush Life: Prestige. Northwoods Improvisers, Zychron/Fosters/Blue Monk; Jamming into the Valley: Entropy. Chris MacGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, The Bride; Eclipse at Dawn: Cuneniform. Jazz Datebook. 1 a.m. Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Rom 608; All In: WJO. Horace Silver Quintet, The Outlaw; Newport 1958: Blue Note. Charlie Parker, Carvin’ the Bird/Stupendous; Complete Dial/Savoy: Savoy. John Coltrane, Theme For Ernie; Soultrane: Prestige. John Coltrane, Shifting Down; Coltrane Time: Douglas. Pierre Dorge, Café Central/Landscape with Animals; Jazz Is Like A Banana: Steeplechase. 2 a.m. All Star Celebration, Jive Samba; Cannon Re-loaded: Concord. Jae Sinnett, Simple Pleasures; It’s Telling: J-Nett. David Fathead Newman, Star Eyes; Diamond Head: High Note. John Coltrane, Russian Lullaby; Soultrane: Prestige. John Coltrane, Traning In; Traning In: Prestige. Ornette Coleman, The Sphinx; Something Else: Contemporary. Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, Life Wants You To Live; Black Unstoppable: Delmark. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete Reprise: Mosaic. Joshua Redman, East of the Sun/Zarafah; Back East: Nonesuch. SF Jazz Collective, Half Full; Vol. 2: Nonesuch. Count Basie/Dizzy Gillespie, Back to the Land; The Gifted Ones: Pablo. Eric Byrd Trio, I’ve Got New For You; Brother Ray: Fox Haven. Catherine Russell, You Better Watch It Bub; Sentimental Streak: World Village. Gregg August Sextet, Nastissimo; One Peace: Iacuessa. 11 p.m. Sam Yahel, Truth and Beauty; Truth and Beauty: Origin. Joshua Redman, Indian Song; Back East: Nonesuch. SF Jazz Collective, 2+2; Vol. 2: Nonesuch. Pat Metheny, Calvin’s Keys; Day Trip: Nonesuch. All Star Celebration, Save Your Love For Me; Cannon Re-loaded: Concord. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Waltz for Debby; Crystal Silence: Concord Music. Bill Evans, Blue In Green; Keepnews Collection Various: Concord. 12 a.m. Joshua Redman, Surry with the Fringe On Top; Back East: Nonesuch. SF Jazz Collective, Rise and Fall; Vol. 1: Nonesuch. Ornette Coleman, Sleep Talking; Of Human Feelings: Antilles. Ornette Coleman, Sleep Talking; Sound Grammer: Sound Grammer. Ben Allison and Man Sized Safe, Roll Credits; Little Things Mean A Lot: Palmetto Ron Blake, Of Kindred Souls; Shayari: Max Jazz. Fluerine, Love Marks; San Fransisco: Sunnyside. Puppini Sisters, Walk Like An Egyptian; The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo: Verve. 1 a.m. Joshua Redman, Surrey With the Fringe On Top; Back East: Nonesuch. SF Jazz Collective, Africa; Vol. 2: Nonesuch. Hans Glawischnig, The Orchids; Panorama: Sunnyside. Jason Lindner Big Band, Rumors; Live at Jazz Gallery: Anzic. Frank Kimbrough, Air; Air: Palmetto. Joe Locke, Sword of Whispers; Stick and Strings: Jazz Eyes. 2 a.m. Joshua Redman, Back East; Back East: Nonesuch. Larry Willis, Alter Ego; The Offering: High Note. David Fathead Newman, Diamond Head; Diamond Head: High Note. Stanley Clarke, Come On; The Machines of Men: Heads Up. John Scofield, Stangeness in the Night; This Meets That: EmArcy. 50th Ann. All Stars, Monterey Mist; Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival: MJF. Cecil Taylor, Enter Evening; Unit Structures: Blue Note. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

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Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Monday, January 28, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete…: Mosaic. Bobby Hutcherson, The Coaster; Skyline: Verve. Eric Dolphy, Straight Up and Down; Out To Lunch: Blue Note. Bobby Hutcherson, Ode to Angela; For Sentimental Reasons: Kind of Blue. Auguscik/Garcia, Bala Con Bala; Andanca: GMA. Pamela Hines, Ojos De Rojo; Return: Spice Rack. Stacey Kent, La Suison des Pluies; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Reverie; In South America Vol. 2: CAP. Horace Silver, The Outlaw; Live at Newport ’58: Blue Note. 11 p.m. Bobby Hutcherson, Don’t Blame Me; For Sentimental Reasons: Kind of Blue. Kenny Garrett, Now; Beyond the Wall: Nonesuch. SF Jazz Collective, Naima; Vol 2: Nonesuch. Archie Shepp, The Mac Man; On This Night: Impulse. Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue; Dialogue: Blue Note. Joe Henderson, Caribbean Fire Dance; Mode For Joe: Blue Note. Jackie McLean, Love and Hate; One Step Beyond: Blue Note. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Sunday, January 27, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 p.m. Jim Snidero, Tippin; Tippin: Savant. Holly Cole, Charade; Holly Cole: Koch. Horace Silver, Que Pasa; Song For My Father: Blue Note. Groove Holmes, Song For My Father; Jazz Giants Play Horace Silver: OJC. Coung Vu, Never, Ever, Ever; Vu Tet: Artist Share. Steve Lehman, Process; On Meaning: Pi Records. John Scofield, The Low Road; This Meets That: Verve. Wes Montgomery, Polka Dots and Moonbeams/Four On Six; Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery: OJC. 8 p.m. Henry Johnson, It’s About Time; Organic: A441. Bobby Hutcherson, Don’t Blame Me; Sentimental Mood: Kind of Blue. SF Jazz Collective, Naima; Vol 2: Nonesuch. Joe Henderson, Mode For Joe; Mode For Joe: Blue Note. Freddie Hubbard, Red Clay; Red Clay: CTI. Gene Ammons, Ol’ Man River; Jazz Giants Play Kern: OJC. Charlie Haden, The Folks Who Live on the Hill; Art of the Song: Verve. 9 p.m. A special broadcast featuring the music of and an extended conversation with vocalist Stacey Kent. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz a la Carte Playlist Saturday, January 26, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 7 a.m. Eastern Time Turtle Island Quartet, Naima; A Love Supreme: Telarc. Django Reinhardt, I Can’t Get You Anything But Love/Nuits de Saint-Germain des Pres; Retrospective 1934-53: Saga. Berelli LaGrene/WDR Big Band Cologne, Anouman; Djangology: Dreyfus. Modern Jazz Quartet, Django; Django: OJC. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Stan Kenton, Intermission Riff; Horns of Plenty Vol 3: Tantra. Frank Rosalino/Carl Fontana, Laura/Embraceable You; Trombone Heaven: Uptown. James Silbertsein, From This Moment On; Express Lane: CAP. Stephan Riley, All of You; Once Upon A Dream: Steeplechase. 8 a.m. Jimmy Amadie, The Gospel as We Know It; The Gospel as We Know It: TRP. Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Allegro; Monterey Memories: Mack Avenue. Joe Lock, The Sixth Sense; Sticks and Strings: Jazzeyes. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Freddy Cole, If I Love Again; Music, Maestro, Please: High Note. Paul Desmond, Look for the Silver Lining: Jazz Giants Play Kern: OJC. Johnny Hartman, They Didn’t Believe Me; Songs from the Heart: Bethlehem. Lucky Thompson, They Didn’t Belive Me; Jazz Giants Play Kern: OJC. Keith Jarrett Trio, The Song Is You; My Foolish Heart: ECM. Ted Brown, Cherokee; Shades of Brown: Steeplechase. 9 a.m. Manu Katche, Clubbing; Playground: ECM. John Scofield, Heck of a Job; This Meets That: EmArcy. Pierre Dorge New Jungle Orchestra, Café Central; Jazz is Like a Banana; Steeplechase. Diane Reeves, My Little Brown Book; Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life: Blue Note. Joe Lovano/Hank Jones, Four In One; Kids: Blue Note. Jazz Datebook, www.bluelake.org/datebook.html. Phil Woods/Carl Saunders, Pink Panther; Play Henri Mancini: Jazzed Media. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Moon River; Buhaina’s Delight: Blue Note. Holly Cole, Charade; Holly Cole: Koch. Duke Ellington, Morning Mood; Three Suites: Columbia Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids. Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Friday, January 25, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete…: Mosaic. Jimmy Amadie, The Gospel as We Know It/Warm and Gentle Ben; The Gospel as We Know It: TPR. Benny Golson, Killer Joe; Terminal 1: Concord. Jazz Datebook. Miles Davis Quintet, Stablemates; Complete Quintet: Prestige. Bobby Hutcherson, Along Came Betty; For Sentimental Reasons: Kind of Blue. Mark Masters Ensemble, I Remember Clifford; Clifford Brown Project: Capri. Ginny Dusseau/Dave Colle Quartet, Whisper Not; I Thought About You: Dusseau. Benny Golson, My Heart Belongs to Daddy; Pick A Number: Chess. 11 p.m. The Jazztet, Killer Joe; Best of Chess Jazz: Chess. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blues March: Blue Note Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Along Came Betty;The Art of Jazz: In & Out. Jazz Datebook. Stacey Kent, The Ice Hotel; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. James Silberstein, You Don’t Know What Love Is; Expressing Lane: CAP. Hans Glawischnig, Oceanography; Panorama: Sunnyside. Johnny Hartman, In the Wee Small Hours; Greatest Hits: Hippo. Gerald Wilson Orchestra, I Concentrate On You; Monterey Memories: Mack Avenue. Freddie Cole, You Leave Me Breathless; Music, Maestro, Please: High Note. 12 a.m. Curtis Fuller, Five Spot After Dark; Bluesette: Savoy. Curtis Fuller, I Walk Alone; All Star Sextets: Savoy. Art Farmer, Fair Weather; Work of Art: Blue Note. The Jazztet, Back to the City; Back to the City: Contemoporary. Wynton Kelly, Keep It Movin’; Kelly Blue: OJC. John Lewis, Afternoon in Paris; Wonderful World of Jazz: Atlantic. Benny Golson, Park Avenue Petite; Terminal 1: Concord. Jazz Datebook. 1 a.m. Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Stablemates; Birks Works: Verve. Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Night In Tunisia; In South America Vol 1: CAP. Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, I Remember Clifford; Birks Works: Verve. Tadd Dameron Orchestra, Philly J.J./Dial B for Beauty; Clifford Brown Memorial: OJC. Lee Morgan, Latin Hangover/Whisper Not; Complete Blue Note 1950’s: Mosaic. Lee Morgan, City Lights; Complete Blue Note 1950’s: Mosaic. 2 a.m. Benny Golson, Terminal 1; Terminal 1: Concord. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blues March/Moanin’; Nuite at the Club St. Germain: Blue Bird. Benny Golson, Along Came Betty/I Remember Clifford; Live: Dreyfus. Jimmy Amadie, Marching With G; The Gospel as We Know It: TRP. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Thursday, January 24, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete…: Mosaic. Jimmy Forrest, Bolo Blues; Out of the Forrest: OJC. Jimmy Forrest, Dexter’s Deck; Forrest Fire: OJC. Count Basie Orchestra, Body and Soul; Fun Time: Pablo. Jazz Datebook. Joe Lock Quartet, The Rosario Material; Sticks and Strings: Jazz Eyes. Steve Davis Quartet, United; Alone Together: Mapleshade. Holly Cole, Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries; Holly Cole: Koch. Woody Herman, Apple Honey; Live at Club 15. Freddie Cole, If I Love Again; Music, Maestro, Please: High Note. 11 p.m. Jimmy Forrest, I Cried For You; Out of the Forrest: OJC. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Nasty; The Swinger and Mr. Swing: Verve. Count Basie Orchestra, Basie Power/Blues In Hoss’s Flat; Santa Monica Civic 1972: Pablo. Jazz Datebook. Deep Blue Organ Trio, Ceora; Folk Songs: Origin. Freddie Hubbard, Life Flight; Melting Pot: Blue Note. Joe Beck/John Abercrombie, Things Ain’t What They Used To Be; Coincidence: Whaling City. Norah Jones, Sinking Soon; Not Too Late: Blue Note. 12 a.m. Jack McDuff, The Honey Dripper; The Honey Dripper: OJC. Jimmy Forrest, All The Gin Is Gone/Laura; All the Gin is Gone: Delmark. Mainstream Sextet, Bedroom Eyes; Mainstream Jazz: Camden. Dewey Jackson, Tishamingo; Live at the Barrell 1952: Delmark. Jim Robinson, Atlanta Blues; Economy Hall Breakdown: Delmark. Louis Armstrong, Blueberry Hill; 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival: MJF Records. Ruby Braff/The Flying Pizzarellis, Was I To Blame For Falling In Love With You?; C’est Magnifique: Arbors. Jazz Datebook. 1 a.m. Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, Cause and Effect; Black Unstoppable: Delmark. Ben Allison/Man Sized Safe, Blow Back; Little Things Run the World: Palmetto. Cuong Vu, Accelerated Thoughts; Vu Tet: Artist Share. Miroslav Vitous, Opera; Universal Syncopations: ECM. Paul Motian Trio, Time and Time Again; Time and Time Again: ECM. Jimmy Forrest, Remember; Forrest Fire: OJC. Jimmy Forrest, Night Train/Blue Groove/Big Dip; Night Train: Delmark. 2 a.m. Count Basie Big Band, Prime Time/Sweet Georgia Brown; Prime Time: Pablo. Count Basie Big Band, The Heat’s On; Prime Time: Pablo. Jimmy Forrest, Blues and Tonic; Out of the Forrest: OJC. Jack McDuff, I Want A Little Girl; The Honeydripper: OJC. Jimmy Forrest, Caravan; All The Gin Is Gone: Delmark. Phil Woods/Carl Saunders, Pink Panther; Play Henry Mancini: Jazzed Media. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Moon River; Buhaina’s Delight: Blue Note. Holly Cole, Charade; Holly Cole: Koch. Turlte Island Quartet, So What; A Love Supreme: Telarc. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete…: Mosaic. Stryker/Slagle Band, Bird Flew; Latest Outlook: Zoho. Joe Lovano Interview, 1-10-08 Marc Johnson, Blue Nefertiti; Shades of Jade: ECM. Joe Lovano Interview, 1-10-08 Paul Motian Trio, Wednesday; Time and Time Again: ECM. Hot Club of Detroit, Stompin’ at Decca; Hot Club of Detroit: Mack Avenue. Django Reinhardt, St. Louis Blues/Minor Swing/My Serenade/Night and Day; Retrospective 1934-53: Saga. Coleman Hawkins All Star Jam Band, Out of Nowhere/Sweet Georgia Brown; 1937-39: Swing. 11 p.m. Joe Lovano, Chelsea Bridge; Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life: Blue Note. Hank Jones/Joe Lovano, Lady Luck; Kids: Blue Note. Joe Lovano Interview, 1-10-08. Joe Lovano Quartet, Bird’s Eye View; Joyous Encounter: Blue Note. Charlie Parker, Confirmation; Now’s The Time: Verve. John Coltrane, Giant Steps; Giant Steps: Atlantic. Gary Burton, Soon; For Hamp, Red, Bags & Cal: GRP. Django Reinhardt, Honeysuckle Rose/Appel Direct/Improvisation No. 2; Retrospective 1934-53: Saga. James Carter, Nuages; Chasing the Gypsy: Atlantic. 12 a.m. (Out On Blue Lake) Joe Lovano/Greg Osby, Broadway Blues; Friendly Fire: Blue Note. Joe Lovano, New York Fascination; Fascination Trio: Blue Note. Joe Lovano Interview, 1-10-08. Joe Lovano, Sanctuary Park; Trio Fascination: Blue Note. Joe Lovano, Entternro; Sounds of Joe: ENJA. Saxophone Summit, Alexander the Great; Gathering of Spirits: Telarc. Joe Lovano Interview, 1-10-08. Saxophone Summit, Tricycle; Gathering of Spirits: Telarc. 1 a.m. Django Reinhardt, I’ll See You In My Dreams/Douce Ambience/Manoir de mes Reves/Blues Clair/I Can’t Give You Anything But Love; Retrospective 1034-53: Saga. Hot Club of Detroit, Troublant Bolero; Hot Club of Detroit: Mack Avenue. Dave Bennett, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love; Remembering Benny: WJS. James Carter, Manior de mes Reves/Heavy Artillery; Chasing the Gypsy: Atlantic. Gary Burton, Django; For Hamp. Red, Bags and Cal: GRP. 2 a.m. Von Freeman, Moose the Mooch; Best of: Premonition. Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, Cause and Effect; Black Unstoppable: Delmark. Don Cherry Quintet, Free Improvisation/Music Now; Live at Café Monmartre: ESP. Keefe Jackson’s Project Project, The Grass is Greener; Just Like This: Delmark. Joe Lovano Ensemble, Birth of the Cool Suite; Streams of Expression: Blue Note. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake Playlist Monday, January 21, 2008 Artist—Song Title – Album Title – Record Label 10 p.m. Eastern Time Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Complete…: Mosaic. Charles Mingus, Better Get Hit In You Soul; Mingus Ah Um: Columbia. Horace Parlan, Wadin’; Us Three: Blue Note. Horace Parlan, Little Ester; My Little Brown Book: Stunt/Sundance. Dexter Gordon, It’s You Or No One; Doin’ All Right: Blue Note. Trudy Pitts, Amazing Grace; Live at the Great American Music Hall: Doodlin’. Dr. Billy Taylor, His Name Was Martin; It’s A Matter of Pride: GRP. Joe Lovano interview, 1-10-08 Joe Lovano, Monk’s Mood; I’m All For You: Blue Note. 11 p.m. Archie Shepp/Horace Parlan, Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Goin’ Home: Steeplechase. Archie Shepp/Horace Parlan, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out/Careless Love Blues/How Long Blues; Trouble In Mind: Steeplechase. Charles Mingus, Boogie Stop Shuffle; Mingus Ah Um: Columbia. Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, The Creator Has Other Plans For Me; Black Unstoppable: Delmark. Cuong Vu, Just A Memory; Vu Tet: Artist Share.’ Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

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Leslie Johnson wrote: The Mississippi Rag, now in its 35th year as "The Voice of Traditional Jazz and Ragtime," is now free on its website, www.mississippirag.com, in a very user friendly format. The latest transformation of the RAG took place in January 2008. For the year prior to that, the RAG was online but in a PDF format available only to subscribers. Now it's free to anyone who logs onto www.mississippirag.com. Readers are encouraged to write to editor@mississippirag.com if they want to be notified each month when the new issue is available. Both the latest change and the previous change (from a printed tabloid which was mailed to 26 countries), were precipitated by the need to lessen the workload of editor/publisher Leslie Johnson, who has been fighting a rare form of cancer since mid-2005. Until her editorials announced the various changes, many readers weren't aware that the RAG actually is produced by a one-person editorial staff (Leslie) with occasional help from her sister, Jody. Articles, reviews and columns are written by freelancers, not a resident staff. The health challenges, coupled with with increased printing prices, two-digit hikes in second-class postal rates and the elimination of surface mail to destinations outside the U.S., led to dropping the print RAG altogether, but the move to an online RAG allowed for extensive use of color and other innovative techniques. An online distributor was used for the PDF version of the RAG but isn't necessary anymore now that the RAG is free off its website.. The new free RAG includes many of the same kind of historical articles, festival coverage, interviews, photos, columns, and listings that were featured in both the printed and PDF-online RAGs. The look and feel of the previous RAGs has been retained, but, with the new web-based format, it's easier to read and print, thanks to the efforts of webmaster Jeff Holman and Dave Lindquist of Protype Design. Ad revenue is expected to cover the costs of producing the RAG. Each page includes ads which are hyperlinked to websites. The ads also can be enlarged to their own separate pages as a convenience for printing them out to make reservations for the various events. The response to the new RAG has been very positive, and traffic to the website has been heavy, with more than 6500 visitors checking out the January RAG within its first three weeks online -- good news for advertisers. (That issue is still available for viewing.) The February RAG was released Feb. 10, and 2500 visitors have already checked it out in just the first five days, so the RAG's future looks bright. `````` --end--

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What an amazingly rich period in Coleman Hawkins's life: the Lionel Hampton Sessions in 39; the Body and Soul date; the Metronome (Esquire?) all star date including Basie, Goodman, Cootie Williams; his guest spot with Count Basie on "9:20 Special" and "Feedin' the Bean;" The Chocolate Dandies with Benny Carter; The Leonard Feather All Stars with Tatum; and then getting into 1943, just December alone...This is the focus tonight and takes in the Apollo date with Dizzy, the Capitol sides with Howard McGhee, Keynotes with Cozy Cole, Teddy Wilson, Buck Clayton; the Joe Davis sides with Monk, some JATP from '46...will end at 3 a.m. with Picasso. If you're up and around, Hawk! Part of Black History month on Jazz From Blue Lake, www.bluelake.org/radio.html

Not that everything needs to have a commercial purpose but his set up led me to believe he'd mention Healing Force: The Songs of Albert Ayler on Cuneiform that (from the CD), "pays tribute to the unfairly ignored, misunderstood and vilified late-period work of free jazz innovator Alber Ayler." Vinny Golia, Henry Kaiser, Mike Keneally, Joe Morris, Damon Smith and Weasel Walter with vocalist Aurora Josephson. That Ayler box set of a few years ago seemed to stir up interest in this period. Kaiser and Keneally did a good job with Leo Smith in Yo Miles, and are sort of undertaking a similar quest here, maybe? I don't know, but "Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe" is 20 minutes long on this one....

No kidding -- L.D.! Was it two hours long at that concert and can you remember where it was stretched out or were there different sections excized from the record session? There's not a lot of "blowing" per se on the record....

Wish I could broadcast the 2 hour concert version of the Relativity Suite from WKCR, yet ethically.....can't.

Don Cherry and The Jazz Composers Orchestra recorded The Relativity Suite February 14, 1973. The recording airs tonight from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. est. After that, lovey dovey. At 2 a.m. back to Don for an hour, including "Art Deco" with James Clay, "Lonely Woman" with Ornette, "The Blessing" with Trane, "Consequences" with the New York Contemporary Five and the second half of "Eternal Rhythm." www.bluelake.org/radio.html Thanks! LV

What key is Black Codes in?

As Roy Campbell described Ayler during a live broadcast of Jazz From Blue Lake, "The alpha and the omega." From the most basic rural slave songs to the end of "regular" time in music... And, the AEC wasn't so obscure around these Great Lakes in their early period. Certainly internationally reknown at their height. edit to mention, first pot brownie in '07?

Yeah, Louis suffered a stroke two years ago. He's getting out more though still dealing with redeveloping his speech. Friends in Ann Arbor said he and his wife were in the crowd at Hill Auditorium recently for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's version of Ellington love songs. He was seen talking to friends and is otherwise on the mend. Great guy. His concert at Blue Lake in the 1980's, with the late pianist Eddie Russ, is still a favorite tape to pull out and enjoy.