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Of the fusion years, I thought "Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy" was one of the best. Of course, it happens to be the only Bill Connors album.

Or with Zombie Joe Farrell! With all of the advances in medical technology these days, it's only a matter of time. I guess they could always "sample" him.

Now there's a good idea... If I was a musician I'd hire you as a producer any day, Brooks! Cool! When do I start?

Much better if Chick revived the original RTF (Flora, Airto, etc), with someone like George Coleman on tenor.

Type here Happy Birthday!

As long as we can drink beer and call each other names. The only way I'd show up. ... and if the beer is cheap.

How about starting with a "virtual conference" using the "Live Chat" feature? We might be able to drum up some interest in a "real" conference after a day or two of discussion about time, place, price, etc.

eMusic just added "Up the Downstair (Special Edition)" and "On the Sunday of Life" ... and removed "Signify" (that's ashame). Of course, it might not have been emu's decision.

Cramer was much more interesting before he bacame that charicature of himself on "Mad Money". He actually had some worthwhile things to say. He even appeared on such shows as Charlie Rose.

More ... Grammy-winning jazz producer Joel Dorn dies at 65 31 minutes ago Veteran record producer Joel Dorn, who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack on Monday in New York. He was 65. Dorn, a one-time disc-jockey at a Philadelphia jazz radio station, was perhaps best known for his work with Atlantic Records' prestigious jazz stable between 1967 and 1974. Working alongside the label's jazz chief, Nesuhi Ertegun, he brought a pop sensibility to works by musicians such as Roach, Herbie Mann, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, Mose Allison and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Dorn once said his two biggest influences were songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and producer Phil Spector. "To this day before I go in and make a record, I'll throw on 'Be My Baby' or a Coasters record," he said. In the pop field, he helped set Bette Midler and Flack on the course to stardom, producing their debut albums. He and Flack won consecutive record of the year Grammys, for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (1972) and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (1973). He also ventured into rock with the Allman Brothers Band's second release, 1970's "Idlewild South," and Don McLean's 1974 album, "Homeless Brother." (McLean was the inspiration for the songwriters of "Killing Me Softly...") Dorn "bridged the worlds of jazz and pop with enormous skill and grace, never compromising the integrity of his artists and their music," said Edgar Bronfman, Jr., the chairman and chief executive of Atlantic's Warner Music Group Inc parent. Dorn left Atlantic in 1974, and worked for other labels' acts, such as Leon Redbone, Lou Rawls and the Neville Brothers. His collaboration with the latter spawned their 1981 breakthrough "Fiyo on the Bayou." In his later years, he formed his own labels, and oversaw reissues of classic jazz albums for Columbia Records, Rhino Records and GRP Records. At the time of his death, he was a partner in the roots label Hyena Records, and was working on a five-disc tribute to his mentor, "Homage A Nesuhi." He is survived by three sons. (Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Eric Walsh) Copyright © 2007 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

Received this forwarded email from a friend of mine today. Hello - It's with great sadness to report the death of Joel Dorn. Joel was one of the great producers at Atlantic Records in many of it's great years and won 4 Grammies while he was there including Roberta Flack's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and " Killing Me Softly With Your Song' plus a Keith jarrett/Gary Burton collaboration. He worked with Rashaan Roland Kirk, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Jimmy Scott, Neville Brothers, Leon Redbone and Asleep at the Wheel (another grammy won on that) just to name a few. He owned 32 jazz at one time and was helming Label M and Hyena. I had the pleasure of getting to talk to him multiple times and just soaked up the stories of his life. He was a good guy and still had the passion to stay in the business he loved because of the music...the music drove him to do what he did. A tip of the hat....rip

... or Tonyrefail

Streetnoise is definitely an interesting album, especially for its time. Quite a range from "Light My Fire" to "All Blues". I need to track down a CD of that one of these days. I like Encore a lot, too.

Yeah.......crazy. I got one from Conn - from last week!

Good clip. Probably the centerpiece of some upcoming DVD.

A quote from nme.com: "The crowd is going wild inside the O2. People are hugging strangers, some are crying, some are punching the air with joy. This must be the rock n roll equivalent of winning the world cup." What's not to know??

But you have Milton Bradley now!

GOOD thinking!

Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah, Free. Too busy multi-tasking between Live Chat and talking on the phone with his lady friend.

Geeeeeez. Wait until the last minute, Agg.

Lauren Sevian Yeah - that's her. Thanks!

If you've never seen them, it's definitely an entertaining show. I suspect that it's not the original performers at this point, but it probably doesn't matter. Check it out! ... and bring your raincoat.

A few years ago I saw a female bari player with the Mingus Big Band in NYC. I don't remember her name, but she was pretty good. Featured in "Moanin' Mambo", of course.

Basically, it was decided that you would foot the bill for this board completely. Thanks bud! Excellent!