Hardbopjazz

Thanks for that reply. He is very good on flute.

Does anyone know if he plays flute? I have a recording of the Heath Brothers from an old radio broadcast. On one tune, Lover Man, there's no sax, but flute. There no mention of any other musician on that date when their names are announced.

Down again.

That's what it looks like.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann is set to buy U.S. direct CD seller, Columbia House, for $400 million to bolster its ailing club business in a deal it had walked away from four years ago. Bertelsmann agreed to buy Columbia, which had $800 million in sales last year, from private equity firm Blackstone and will add it to U.S. CD seller BMG Direct, Bertelsmann's DirectGroup division said in a statement on Tuesday. The club business, the root of Bertelsmann's rise to be the world's fourth-largest media group, has struggled with an aging and declining membership as people flock to the Internet to buy books or CDs. Its sales fell five percent last year. Bertelsmann, with up to 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) under its belt for purchases, last month already bought French bookstore chain Privat in another deal to beef up DirectGroup, its least profitable unit. "This once again clearly demonstrates that all signs at Direct Group are pointing to growth following its successful turnaround," said Bertelsmann Chief Executive Gunter Thielen in a letter to employees, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters. Bertelsmann had been in talks to buy Columbia from Time Warner and Sony in 2001, but could not reach a deal. Blackstone bought its stake for $410 million a year later. Since 2001, Columbia has lost about a third of its sales. A person familiar with the discussions said Bertelsmann was buying Blackstone's 85 percent stake as well as the rest of the company, which is owned by Time Warner and Sony, and was paying $400 million for all of it. The purchase is the latest in a string of smaller deals Thielen has done over the past year to boost growth. He said in the letter they will add about 10 percent in sales in 2006. Bertelsmann on Tuesday closed the merger of its gravure printing operatings with that of German newspaper publisher Axel Springer, christening the new company Prinovis. Magazine arm Gruner + Jahr bought special interest magazine publisher Motor-Presse Stuttgart; services unit arvato merged its receivables management business with Infoscore; and music unit BMG merged with Sony Music in a landmark deal last year. "All these acquisitions enhance our core businesses," Thielen said in the letter. "They reinforce the growth that our divisions self-generate, as well as potentially strengthen them for future competition." Bertelsmann last week said first-quarter sales were almost flat as it fell behind in U.S. music sales and German TV advertising failed to pick up strongly. ($1=.7791 Euro)

I'm not a fan of downloading MP3's. I like the whole package with linner notes. I'll just go out any get them. Thanks for the infor on emusic.

That about says it all. My first exposure to Newborn was hearing him with Teddy Edwards and Howard McGhee on 'Together Again'. Good shit top to bottom. BW, I was just going to say.........get THIS! ... but you beat me to it. B-) Together again. That's 2 to put on my list.

Next will be "We Three".

Not sure if he was blind.

Never hear much talk about him here or anywhere. What's your thoughts on Newborn? I was watching a Ahmad Jamal DVD. During the iterview, Ahmad praised him, So I went out and bought "While my Lady Sleeps." His sound kind of reminds me of an earlier Ahmad Jamal. Any other session worth checking out?

11, that's when I started to play guitar. The best thing is to have him find other kids his age and let them play together. You seem to learn real fast that way. It worked for me.

I am enjoying the 1st and 3rd tracks. That is a Waltz for Debby on track 2. Still going though the rest.

Correct. He hardly talks about Percy Heath. I doubt he gives a rat's ass about Percy Heath.

Perfect pitch is very rare. Welcome to the board John.

I agree.

My wife complain. Beethoven's 9th.

Good easy number to remember.

Can you think of any well known jazz artists that history let slip under the radar and don't seem to get much or any coverage in books?

one more for the road.

This beats going to mars

Yet another one just taken.

Yet another show I will be heading to see. I really enjoy his playing.

First set 1. Stella by starlight, 2. Steeplechase, 3. I can't get started 4 Fast and Freaky 5. Whisky drinking woman 6. Lou sat out this number, the rest of the band played. Didn't recall the tune 7. The Alligator Bogallo. Second set All the same with the exception of tune 2, he played Ornithology.

That was the 18th time I've seen Lou Donaldson. I've stayed for both sets, sometime even a third set. He always plays 2 or 3 tunes across sets. One tune to showcase the drummer, and 1 or 2 of his well know funk numbers, but this time 7 of the 8 tunes repeated. I'm hoping it was that he was playing with 2 new guys. But they should know shit load of tunes if they're gigging.

yeah, at 78 or 79, I'd be tired. He sat when the other cats soloed.