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  1. The quality of the remastering is perfect. No reason to complain.
  2. Uri Caine & Don Byron will play this evening in Tel-Aviv.
  3. Alan Ball, member of England's 1966 World Cup team, dies at 61 LONDON: Alan Ball, the youngest member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup title, has died. He was 61. Ball was found collapsed outside his home after attempting to fight a fire in his garden, Hampshire Police said Wednesday. Ball apparently died of a heart attack during the night, his son Jimmy said. Neighbors saw a fire engine arrive Tuesday night, but there didn't appear to be any major incident. "From what we can gather, our father was at his compost heap which caught alight," Jimmy Ball said. "Whilst trying to fight the fire, he suffered a fatal heart attack. "I got a phone call in the middle of the night. It's unbelievable and very, very sad." Ball made 72 international appearances for England. The midfielder began his playing career at Blackpool and later moved to Everton, Arsenal and Southampton. Ball also played in the North American Soccer League with the Philadelphia Fury and the Vancouver Whitecaps. When he was 21, Ball was a key player in coach Alf Ramsey's "Wingless Wonders," who beat West Germany 4-2 in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley. He was awarded an MBE in 2000 for services to soccer. "He was probably the best player that day and if it had not been for his impact the result could have been totally different," former England teammate Bobby Charlton said. "He was a sensational little player with great touch and great vision. He had great close control and although he wasn't a fast player, he didn't need to be. He could see things clearly and always made the right decisions." Ball is the second member of the 1966 team to die. The captain, Bobby Moore, died of cancer in 1993. "He was the youngest member of our squad and we were all looking forward to our latest reunion in two weeks," Charlton said of Ball. "I am very sad and shocked by the news. Alan will be badly missed." England players will wear black armbands before their first match at the new Wembley Stadium — a friendly against Brazil on June 1. Blackpool players will observe a minute's silence before Saturday's League One game with Scunthorpe and wear black armbands to honor Ball, who played 116 games for the club. There will also be a minute's silence before Everton's Premier League match against Manchester United on Saturday with flags flying at half-staff at Goodison Park. Southampton will start a book of condolence for Ball, who helped the Saints win promotion to the first division in 1978 in one of two playing stints at the club. He also coached the team. Former Southampton teammate Kevin Keegan remembered Ball as a caring person who was "the life and soul of the party." "I played with him when he was 38 years of age," Keegan said. "I had already been European Footballer of the Year twice but he could teach me things that I'd never even thought about." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/25/...C-Obit-Ball.php
  4. I like this set: The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets And Quintets With Oscar Peterson On Verve: In addition you listen to his recordings with Goodman.
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