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I was at that show, too. I don't remember seeing you there, 7/4. Liked the guy for a long time, myself. I have a friend who's going to that show in MN.

He was interviewed on NPR this morning and they discussed this album. He turns 80 tomorrow, too!

I grabbed it a month or two ago, but haven't listened to it much yet. Need to dive in ... NP: JJJ, disk #5

... and besides JJ, I would definitely recommend this:

Thanks for the heads-up, Free! I'll pull out the box tonight. Glad I have the "J.J.!" single on order, too.

I'm going to hold off on Curtis Amy for now. I did order "Of Course, Of Course" and "J.J.", though (a little easier on the wallet). Besides, it's not like these albums/sets are going OOP.

As long as we're talking Adams/Pullen, you should definitely look into Mingus' "Changes One", "Changes Two" and "Mingus Moves".

But if I already have Katanga, do I "need" the Select?

I was thinking of a couple of Singles: "Of Course, Of Course" and "J.J.!"

Those started going up a few months ago. Some EXCELLENT stuff there. Probably can't go wrong with any of the Adams/Pullen albums, some of which are listed under just Adams and/or Pullen's names, so you have to do a little searching as they're not all in one place. Don't miss out on George Coleman's "Amsterdam After Dark" - a monster.

Been listening to The Yes Album lately. Amazon had a $1.99 DL special on it, so I thought it would be nice to hear it again after about 30 years. Still sounds good. I would say that album, "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge" were their peak sessions.

It's a $763 now. Can't be real ...

That new space on Fillmore must have cost a FORTUNE. I know they got help with it, but I was concerned the first time I saw it. The whole thing could have been scaled down considerably and still been a premium club venue.

Today's SF Chron has this piece about Yoshi's. Seems like an interesting direction considering the state of the economy. Yoshi's S.F. changes its repertoire Jesse Hamlin, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, January 10, 2009 Like everybody else, Yoshi's has been roughed up by the recession and credit freeze. The Bay Area's premier jazz club, which opened an elegant San Francisco venue in late 2007 to complement its longtime Oakland operation, has seen its music and restaurant business drop 20 percent over the past year. In addition to losing several hundred thousand dollars, it couldn't get private funding to pay off the huge cost overruns on the construction of its Fillmore Street project. Things looked pretty bleak until last month, when the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency gave Yoshi's - a centerpiece of the city's ambitious plan to revive the once-swinging Fillmore District - a $1.5 million emergency loan. It came on top of a $1.3 million loan the agency gave the club in September, and the original $4.4 million long-term loan it provided to Yoshi's to develop the 28,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the Fillmore Heritage Center, a 12-story condo tower that also houses the 1300 on Fillmore restaurant and a small jazz museum. "We're hanging on, and we're going to hang on," said Yoshi's owner Kaz Kajimura. Getting the new loan "was a tremendous relief." He admits that the thought of closing one of the locations had crossed his mind, but he was encouraged that big crowds turned out last month at both clubs. Kajimura expects to pay off creditors - including some who have filed lawsuits against the club - as soon as the city cuts him a check. And to bring in a wider audience, Yoshi's is diversifying its musical program; rather than showcasing jazz at both clubs, Yoshi's San Francisco will feature a broader mix of contemporary and traditional music from around the world, regional American roots music and genre-crossing artists who draw on rock, soul and other sounds. Last year, jazz stars like Chick Corea and Wayne Shorter played both rooms over the course of a week, sometimes featuring different bands. It was a promising plan, but the audience wasn't big enough. "It wasn't working. Yoshi's San Francisco was cannibalizing Yoshi's in Oakland," said Kajimura, who has hired Bill Kubeczko from Minneapolis' Cedar Cultural Center to program the San Francisco club. Peter Williams will continue booking jazz at the Oakland venue. Kubeczko, who programmed a wide range of music and dance in nightlife-rich Minneapolis, had been hearing musicians like guitarist Bill Frisell rave about Yoshi's for years. "It's got an international reputation," said Kubeczko, a 53-year-old from Chicago who knows his blues and jazz but also grew up on the San Francisco sounds of the Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Mother Earth. Since moving here a few weeks ago, he's plunged into the local music scene, ears open to fresh talent. Kubeczko, who wants to shift the programming gradually, has booked the Portland-based Irish musician Kevin Burke for Tuesday and the French Gypsy-klezmer band Les Yeux Noirs the next night. Next month he's bringing in Morocco's Master Musicians of Jajouka, led by Bachir Attar, and Nation Beat, a Brooklyn band that mixes up Brazilian grooves, New Orleans funk, Nashville fiddling and whatever else strikes it. Other artists he'd like to book for multinight runs include Bruce Hornsby, Doc Watson, the dancing Senegalese singer Baaba Maal and the Langston Hughes Project. "We're still going to be doing jazz at Yoshi's San Francisco, but it won't be the main focus," said Kubeczko, who aims to widen the musical scope but "respect the jazz history of Yoshi's and this neighborhood." He wants to get to know the people who run Slim's, the Fillmore, Cafe Du Nord and other local venues and work "in the spirit of cooperation rather than competition. My hope is that given the economy, we can all survive and flourish."

What's up with this? ANITA O'DAY - $620

Have a GREAT one!!!

That sux. I hadn't seen that yet. I go there at lunch pretty frequently. They have a good remainder section and also a consistently interesting noontime speaker series. I guess I'm not too surprised since it's a large 4-story space in a prime section of Market St. and must be a pretty expensive lease.

It doesn't get more black.

I think BN needs a B-3 presence and I think it should be ORGANISSIMO!

Sweeeeet

Ron w/Dennis Thompson (MC5) and members of Radio Birdman - kicks out the JAMS!

Charlap has joined the discussion now. I'll have to listen to this hour later as it's hard to listen while at work.

NPR "Talk of the Nation" talking to Lundvall, Cuscuna about BN's 70th anniversary right now. Will be available for streaming later this evening.

Damn! Give us a heads-up before ya do that next time, OK?

I grew up with those guys on the radio - constantly - drove me up the wall. I've tempered on them a bit over the years, but don't think I could take an entire concert of Fogerty even now. The only album of theirs I've ever owned is "The Royal Albert Hall Concert" (renamed "The Concert" when it was found to have been recorded in Oakland). Good collection of their hits - with better energy.