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Another cool, but relatively inexpensive ($399) guitar that I'm suddenly fixated on. HELP!

Will do, Agggdgggigggcgggkgggg!

The New Directions group with Lester Bowie was something really special. I wonder how many tracks might be still sitting in the can?

SFJazz Center Spotlight: Bobby Hutcherson Birthday Celebration ARTIST PERSONNEL Bobby Hutcherson McCoy Tyner Savion Glover Joshua Redman Mary Stallings Eric Reed Eric Harland SFJAZZ Center Resident Artistic Directors: Jason Moran John Santos Miguel Zenón SFJAZZ Collective: Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez, Andre Hayward, Avishai Cohen, Stefon Harris, Edward Simon, Matt Penman, Jeff Ballard

Interesting piece about new Amoeba project to digitize rare and OOP vinyl. Music retail giant puts tunes online

Opening night - 1/23/13

Tonight at 8pm PST: http://www.npr.org/event/music/169066093/live-from-sfjazz-center-opening

I last saw him with Holland, also. Will probably try to get to Yoshi's for that show, too.

SFJazz installed vintage jazz pix by Herman Leonard in the windows of the derelict building across the street from the Center. Looks great!

Great space! Nice afternoon with wine and snacks from Charles Phan's new in-house cafe, "South" (a cajun-themed cafe). This was the SFJazz High School Allstars. Paula West sang a few tunes with them, too.

Member's preview of new SFJazz Center this afternoon. Paula West will be performing. Next Sunday (last of the opening week shows) I'll be at Bobby Hutcherson's birthday celebration.

Broadcast on NPR. Check your local listings ... SFJAZZ Center Opening Night: Live In Concert

No more calls, please. We have a winner. Oh yes, I'd say so, especially since it includes that ninth song. Actually, that and the first one would make a nice single...er...double....er...single........ Actually, Greg, those are bands/artists, not songs - this is apparently an anthology. This old dude has actually heard of about one-third of them. El Vez bills himself as "The Mexican Elvis." Yes, it's a compilation album of artists on the "Sympathy for the Record Industry" label.

Thad/Mel Mosaic - disks 1-3.

...and if he's a little rusty, how long would it take him to shake off that rust... But jeez, dude, if all this gets aligned right, you will be an underground hero for sure. The Man Who Rediscovered Marvin Cabell. And expect a little bump in sales as a result. Maybe not a HUGE bump, but Accent On The Blues was a "cult favorite" even back in the '70s, at least with people I knew. Some of that was because of the presence of Blood Ulmer, but there were those, myself included, who found Marvin Cabell's contributions...spellbinding. You might think I'm kidding, but I'm not. Wow - this could be BIG! ... in an 'underground/cult way,' of course.

You get the music instantly while you are waiting for your CD to ship. Also you don't have to rip the CD and can play it on your Cloud player anytime.

Tolliver at Slug's Ella in Berlin/Hollywood Miles at the Blackhawk Trane at the VV Cannonball at the Jazz Workshop Dexter at the VV (his 'return' in the 70s) Coryell at the Village Gate Lee Morgan at the Lighthouse I could go on ...

Yes, the Collective is doing Chick Corea this year. I'm sure there will be an album - there always is.

Now less than 2 weeks away. I think It's going to be a big deal!

In 2 weeks he's going to be an integral part of the SFJazz Center's opening week. Check it out: Grand Opening Week 1