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That IS a great deal. I might have to spring for it.

Hey, David - have a GREAT b-day! (in 7/4 time, of course)

Now THAT'S probably worth getting! You can hear some of it on the Amazon page HERE.

eMusic Ben Allison The Stars Look Very Different Today $3.92 Yusef Lateef The Blue Yusef Lateef $3.92

Charles was the opening act at the first jazz concert I ever went to - 11/20/71 at UC Santa Barbara. The headliner was Freddie Hubbard w/Junior Cook, Geo Cables, Alex Blake, Lenny White I don't know who was in his band at the time, but it was a little before "Waves" was released.

Heeeeeeeeeeere's Bill!

Here's video. Unfortunately it doesn't include the O'Reilly tribute section.

O'Reilly was actually good - shocking, huh? I thought the whole performance was good, too. They covered a lot of ground on a short period of time. Of course seeing Chick, Dave, Jack, Terrence and Wayne together was awesome.

Johnny Marr Cassandra Wilson/Jason Moran Television The Cookers SFJazz Grand Opening - Bobby Hutcherson Buddy Miller/Jim Lauderdale, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell @ Antone's (SXSW)

a/k/a "Rhyme and Reason". This is the first place I heard Mark Murphy in the 70s. Became a fan and picked up most of Mark's Muse albums - still his best stuff.

Grachan Moncur III Mosaic Select, disk #3

Sorry - I didn't see it as a political statement. But I guess anything having to do with the President, no matter WHO he or she is, is perceived as 'political'. If a moderator wants to move it, that's fine with me.

The President of the Cool

CJ, I see the blog post referenced..... Again, I'm just questioning this based on what I know. I've heard he has Alzheimer's from time to time over the last few years but I have heard no mention of this recently and I have talked to a few people who have talked to Horace in the past year or so (one of them talks to him frequently) and they tell me the conversations are great and that he is quite lucid. If he does have Alzheimer's, it must be in the early stages then. I really don't know enough about the disease or Horace's condition to speculate more then this. This is all very personal stuff and this is a very private family. I just wanted to respond to what I was reading here that I have conflicting information (that I know to be true) to the rumor that he is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's. I thought you guys might be relieved to know that he is in better shape then that (and also there is that still being alive part). I don't post anything that I don't know to be true whether it is something like this or reporting someone's death or whatever...... Thanks for the update, David. Good to get GOOD news from a reliable source!

Jimmy Ripp is the 2nd guitar player. Has been a Verlaine 'sidekick' for many years. A friend saw them at the Roundhouse in London - loved the show AND the venue!

One thing I am happy about - I've been playing Horace non-stop this evening. It's easy to 'forget' how great he was. Especially with the Mitchell/Cook lineup!

When I Googled him, some of the links announcing his death were already taken down.

Jackie Mac..........disk #1 Forgot how GOOD this stuff is! Tolliver, Herbie, Cecil, and Haynes - holy mackerel!

http://www.npr.org/event/music/250573462/a-jazz-piano-christmas-2013

Peter Gunn: The Complete Series - $50 Have Gun Will Travel: The Complete Series - $100

If you're a fan of NIck Lowe's current 'crooner' phase, there's some good stuff here - incl some originals.

DAMN! I really wanted to see one of those shows.