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What was the address of Minton's Playhouse? I know it was 52nd street. I worked on 52nd and Broadway for 2 years. I never bothered looking for the building.

Silver in the Bronx. I saw this and thought of picking it up, but thought to ask first if anyone here heard it before. If so, what do you think of it?

NEW YORK - Spider-Man is coming to a base near you. In the latest example of a sponsor's stamp on the sports world, ads for the movie "Spider-Man 2" will be placed atop bases at major league ballparks during games from June 11-13. AP Photo The promotion, announced Wednesday, is part of baseball's pitch to appeal to younger fans — and make money along the way. But the New York Yankees (news), one of 15 teams at home that weekend, balked at the idea after the deal was announced. They will put ads on the bases only during batting practice, and then just for one game, team spokesman Rick Cerrone said. While commemorative logos have been on bases for special events such as the All-Star game or World Series (news - web sites), the Hall of Fame knew of no other commercial ads on bases, spokesman Jeff Idelson said. "This was a unique chance to combine what is a sort of a universally popular character and our broad fan base, including the youth market we're trying to reach out to," said Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer. "It doesn't impact the play or performance of the game." Nowadays, ads can show up just about anywhere in sports. Telecasts of major league and college football games, for example, include virtual ads visible just to TV viewers. College football bowl games are named for advertisers. Boxers' backs bear stenciled ads. Just last week, a court ruled that Kentucky Derby jockeys could wear sponsors' patches on their uniforms. "I guess it's inevitable, but it's sad," said Fay Vincent, a former baseball commissioner and former president of Columbia Pictures, which is releasing "Spider-Man 2." "I'm old-fashioned. I'm a romanticist. I think the bases should be protected from this. I feel the same way I do when I see jockeys wears ads: Maybe this is progress, but there's something in me that regrets it very much," he added. Chicago Cubs (news) manager Dusty Baker didn't think it would make a difference. "I don't care," he said. "You've still got to touch base, whether they got spiders, scorpions or snakes on them." The movie promotion has been in the works for more than a year and will include ad buys and ballpark events, such as giving masks to fans, said Jacqueline Parkes, baseball's senior vice president for marketing and advertising. The ads, about 4-by-4-inches with a red background and yellow webbing, won't appear on home plate. The Yankees did agree to allow ads in the on-deck circles during their series that weekend against San Diego. "Spider-Man 2" opens June 30, and the weekend in early June was picked because it is during interleague play, which draws higher attendance than usual. "We need to reach out to a younger demographic to bring them to the ballpark," Parkes said. "They are looking for nontraditional breakthrough ways to convey 'Spider-Man' messaging. ... It's the future of how we generate excitement inside the stadium and about the game itself." Baseball will receive about $3.6 million in a deal negotiated by Major League Baseball Properties with Marvel Studios and Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Inc., a high-ranking baseball executive said on condition of anonymity. The Yankees and Boston Red Sox (news) will get more than $100,000 each, the team executive said, also on condition of anonymity. Most of the other 13 teams playing at home that weekend will get about $50,000 apiece, the team executive said. Parkes said the amount a team receives depends on the level of its participation. Geoffrey Ammer, president of marketing for the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, was not immediately available for comment, spokesman Steve Elzer said. In a twist, Amanda Aardsma, the sister of Giants rookie pitcher David Aardsma, has a small role in the movie. Ralph Nader (news - web sites), a presidential candidate and consumer advocate, criticized the deal. He wrote Tuesday to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, denouncing the decision to have ads on uniforms during the season-opening series in March between the Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (news) in Tokyo. "It's gotten beyond grotesque," Nader said. "The fans have to revolt here. Otherwise, they'll be looking at advertisements between advertisements." Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert, called for baseball fans to boycott Sony products. Nader is the chair of the organization's advisory board. U.S. Rep George Nethercutt, a Washington Republican who is a former part-owner of the Greensboro Bats and the Michigan Battle Cats minor league teams, sent a letter to Selig protesting the decision. "Little Leaguers deserve to see their heroes slide into bases, not ads," wrote Nethercutt, who is running for U.S. Senate. Todd Zeile of the New York Mets (news) didn't mind the ads. "We're an entertainment outlet. there's going to be commercialism," he said. "At least, at this point, we don't look like NASCAR (news - web sites) drivers or World Cup soccer players. That's not to say that's not in the future." In separate promotions, the bases also will feature pink ribbons Sunday as part of a Mother's Day promotion to raise breast-cancer awareness, and they will have blue ribbons on Father's Day, June 20, to raise prostate-cancer awareness. John Hirschbeck, head of the World Umpires Association, said the ads won't make it harder for umpires to make calls at the bases. And it wouldn't bother him if umpires' uniforms had ads — as long as they share the profit. "We've got it on jockeys' pants. Why not?" he said. Vincent, brought into baseball by commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, wondered how his friend would have reacted. Giamatti, who died in 1989, rhapsodized about baseball is essays such as "The Green Fields of the Mind," in which he referred to second base as a "jagged rock" in the middle of the field. "Wherever he is, Bart is spinning," Vincent said. "It's a good thing he's not around."

“As long as it doesn't interfere the play of the game.” That’s what one major league official said. This is too much. Who’s going to see it, the players? It is too small for someone in the stands to read it. Maybe since they did away with playing the national anthem on TV they will begin the games showing the ads on the bases.

Tower Records on 66th and Broadway is by far the best place to find jazz. That was as of last December. They used to have a section of TOCJ's. Not sure if they still bring in imports.

I've lived in NY all my life. It's amazing to see the city busy and alive at 3 AM. Nothing seems to close down.

up!

I suggest go see him. At The Pier or Yoshi's or both. The best show I've ever attended.

Anyone know where Silver will be playing next now that he's done in NYC?

It's closed.

Looking for last months issue with Horce Silver.

I know they sold the Iridium in NYC. I was there and t was packed.

I may be going on some training in Chicago. Are there any good jazz clubs o check out when I'm there?

Up I guess he's not back yet.

Did you enjoy your stay in the Big Apple? Did you get to see Horace Silver?

I was at Sunday's 10:30 show as well. I was sitting next to him. A lot of Horace's charts were hand written. Song for My Father was a different arrangement then what we all come to know. I asked Horace if I could have the chart for that tune. He politely said he could give it up since he had jotted down some ideas on the back. Didn't hurt to ask. He did sign one of my CD's.

Blue Spirits is my favorite Blue Note Hubbard. He is in his top form for that session.

I think I was 9, and my sister might have forced me buy that one.

Sorry for your loss.

We made sure the patch was put on this weekend. Been lucky.

Eric was great. I know I read here before that people didn't like his playing. He was smoking. The whole band was smoking. Horace did address the question why hasn't he been playing live or recording in the past years. He said his career has been very good to him, and he doesn't need to tour or record. Over the past few years, he said he has written a lot. If I heard him correctly, he's written enough music for 10 years worth of albums. He said he got the bug and he had to get out on the road again. Kind of like a cigarette smoker that quit for a bit, the urge comes back and you lite up. I guess once a musician always a musician.

A co-worker bouught it on Friday. She started t play it. Man, he sucks! If only he knew people are just laughing at him and not digging him. Well, I heard he sold nearly 50 thousand copies so far. I guess he's the one laughing.

I saw Horace Silver this weekend in NYC. He sold out every show he played. What other jazz artists today can achieve this? I would say Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner.

I saw Horace Silver and his band this weekend at the Blue Note (Fri, and Sun shows). Man let me tell you, Horace still has it. The show was just under 2 hours. It was two plus hours if you include the speech at the end of the shows from Horace. Last night at the 10:30 show, they did a 35-minute rendition of “Song For My Father”. Horace soloed for a good 20-minutes of that 35-minutes. I was able to sit in the same seat for both nights, right up by Horace and the piano. When he solos, his right hand, for the most part, uses just his pointer and middle finger. I picked up on that. Horace is always thinking ahead. One of the funnies events, the band came out and took the stage and was ready to play. The clubs all of a sudden starts playing Kool and the Gang’s “Lady’s Night. They had to wait to they shut the music from the PA system. While they waited, the band was joking with Horace. One of the guys said, “How about this one”, referring to “Lady’s Night”. Horace tilted his head up to listen more directly and then said, “you’re on.” I had no idea what he meant about this. But half way through the show when Horace was soloing he started quoting “Lady’s Night in one of his solos. It fit perfectly. All the guys started to laugh. What a sweet man. He stopped after the sets and posed for photos, signed autographs.

With the re-issue and the bonus tracks, who is playing on the bonus tracks? I haven't pick this one up yet. Does Grant Green play on more then the 2 tracks from the album version?