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Wishing everyone in the Jazz.com family a happy and healthy New Year. I have learned a lot here and have also been entertained and informed. Yay! See ya' in 2009! ~Adam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB-fws8cO40 ( YouTube - Donny Hathaway "Someday we'll all be free" ) Wishing everyone in the Jazz.com family a happy and healthy New Year. I have learned a lot here and have also been entertained and informed. Yay! See ya’ in 2009! ~Adam <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB-fws8cO40">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB-fws8cO40</a> ( YouTube – Donny Hathaway “Someday we’ll all be free” )

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Star keyboardist Merl Saunders dies (10-24) 16:44 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Keyboardist Merl Saunders, the gentle lion of the San Francisco music scene best known as co-captain of guitarist Jerry Garcia's solo excursions outside the Grateful Dead, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center after fighting infections. Read more: http://tinyurl.com/5r75xy --- We toured with him several times. That's when you get to know someone. What a beautiful human being... Star keyboardist Merl Saunders dies (10-24) 16:44 PDT SAN FRANCISCO—Keyboardist Merl Saunders, the gentle lion of the San Francisco music scene best known as co-captain of guitarist Jerry Garcia’s solo excursions outside the Grateful Dead, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center after fighting infections. Read more: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5r75xy">http://tinyurl.com/5r75xy</a> <hr /> We toured with him several times. That’s when you get to know someone. What a beautiful human being…

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Location: Oct.30 Shorty's Tucker GA / Oct.31 Vinyl Atlanta GA Street: Oct.30 Lwrvl. Hwy. / Oct.31 W. Pchtree St. City/Town: Oct.30 Tucker / Oct.31 Atlanta Website or Map: http://www.cowbus.org Event Type: Party Organized By: Cow Bus via Uhler Event Description ---- PBS and KJ --- source: Chris Uhler chrisuhler@bellsouth.net Thursday 10.30.2008 King Johnson at (((((Shorty's Pizza))))) in Tucker GA. Friday 10.31.2008 Porter Batiste Stoltz w/ King Johnson at (((((THE COWBUS PARTY@ClUB VINYL))))) in Atlanta GA. Tickets for this show are sold online at www.ticketalternative.com. They can also be bought at the Vinyl Box Office. Here's a direct link to the event. http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/1355.aspx click on 'Find Tickets' enter 'blender' in the promotion code click on 'Go' then follow the normal steps to purchase! All tickets are will call only. They can be picked up at the Vinyl Box Office M-F, 12:30-6pm. Or at the door night of the show. for more info on venues, directions, etc., you can visit www.cowbus.org. peace. moo. Location: Oct.30 Shorty’s Tucker GA / Oct.31 Vinyl Atlanta GA Street: Oct.30 Lwrvl. Hwy. / Oct.31 W. Pchtree St. City/Town: Oct.30 Tucker / Oct.31 Atlanta Website or Map: <a href="http://www.cowbus.org">http://www.cowbus.org</a> Event Type: Party Organized By: Cow Bus via Uhler Event Description <del>—</del> PBS and KJ <del>-</del> source: Chris Uhler <a href="mailto:chrisuhler@bellsouth.net">chrisuhler@bellsouth.net</a> Thursday 10.30.2008 King Johnson at (((((Shorty’s Pizza))))) in Tucker GA. Friday 10.31.2008 Porter Batiste Stoltz w/ King Johnson at (((((THE COWBUS PARTY@ClUB VINYL))))) in Atlanta GA. Tickets for this show are sold online at <a href="http://www.ticketalternative.com">www.ticketalternative.com</a>. They can also be bought at the Vinyl Box Office. Here’s a direct link to the event. <a href="http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/1355.aspx">http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/1355.aspx</a> click on ‘Find Tickets’ enter ‘blender’ in the promotion code click on ‘Go’ then follow the normal steps to purchase! All tickets are will call only. They can be picked up at the Vinyl Box Office M-F, 12:30-6pm. Or at the door night of the show. for more info on venues, directions, etc., you can visit <a href="http://www.cowbus.org">www.cowbus.org</a>. peace. moo.

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I happened to see a website containing 300,000 quotations. Just go to http://thinkexist.com for lots of pearls of wisdom :) I happened to see a website containing 300,000 quotations. Just go to <a href="http://thinkexist.com">http://thinkexist.com</a> for lots of pearls of wisdom :)

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Link to the tracks: http://geocities.com/kingjohnson2003/apmtracks.html About these tracks: SOUND BITE: I have always been interested in Space and our place in it. Wouldn't it be great to meet an alien? But not just any alien... one that is FRIENDLY :) RUNNING: Recorded with Skeebo Knight and Reggie Solomon in Macon at the Grey Room. This was the first of two sessions. Skeebo has Scleroderma now, a hideous disease but his heart remains big and pure and true: www.myspace.com/skeeboknight EVERYTHING: My alter ego recorded this during a moment of clarity. It might seem long and boring but Nobby doesn't care. How nice to be in the moment with the whole Cosmos as a traveling companion. Of course the Cosmos includes little things too like a spiderweb glistening in the sunshine. DAMN YANKEE: On the road with Anthony Papamichael (in Vegas) with some great players assembled for a giant audio convention. The horns were myself and Karl Liberatore and Darian Emory. FLOW: King Johnson (from the album "Hot Fish Laundry Mat") where I play a triple high 'D' in the middle. This track moves from a jam band groove to a latin mambo and back to a jam band groove. I think Oliver's lyrics are about healing. GOODBYE: King Johnson (from the album "Hot Fish Laundry Mat") and I remember comparing the timbre of the trombone to a Bill Watrous CD in the studio, trying to get the right EQ. The track is about saying goodbye and as you know, it's hard to say goodbye. WISE: King Johnson (from the album "Live '05"), one of the few times I played cornet. The background development behind the guitar solo makes me proud and Chris Long's lyrics are good as gold. ADAMRAP: Wrote some rhymes just before the divorce in 2004 but did not get to record them until 2008 with Skeebo and Marcus and Marshall in Macon at Muscadine. This was the second of two sessions. Caution: I sound like a trombone player trying to rap, ha ha. Everything except furniture is out of the apartment now waiting for new carpet tomorrow. Some of you know there were broken pipes in the ceiling which made a big mess here below. The good news is it forced me to clean house, LOL, and I am enjoying all of this empty space. Call me Mister Minimalist. ---Adam Mewherter (July, 2008) Link to the tracks: <a href="http://geocities.com/kingjohnson2003/apmtracks.html">http://geocities.com/kingjohnson2003/apmtracks.html</a> About these tracks: SOUND BITE: I have always been interested in Space and our place in it. Wouldn’t it be great to meet an alien? But not just any alien… one that is FRIENDLY :) RUNNING: Recorded with Skeebo Knight and Reggie Solomon in Macon at the Grey Room. This was the first of two sessions. Skeebo has Scleroderma now, a hideous disease but his heart remains big and pure and true: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/skeeboknight">www.myspace.com/skeeboknight</a> EVERYTHING: My alter ego recorded this during a moment of clarity. It might seem long and boring but Nobby doesn’t care. How nice to be in the moment with the whole Cosmos as a traveling companion. Of course the Cosmos includes little things too like a spiderweb glistening in the sunshine. DAMN YANKEE: On the road with Anthony Papamichael (in Vegas) with some great players assembled for a giant audio convention. The horns were myself and Karl Liberatore and Darian Emory. FLOW: King Johnson (from the album “Hot Fish Laundry Mat”) where I play a triple high ‘D’ in the middle. This track moves from a jam band groove to a latin mambo and back to a jam band groove. I think Oliver’s lyrics are about healing. GOODBYE: King Johnson (from the album “Hot Fish Laundry Mat”) and I remember comparing the timbre of the trombone to a Bill Watrous CD in the studio, trying to get the right EQ. The track is about saying goodbye and as you know, it’s hard to say goodbye. WISE: King Johnson (from the album “Live ‘05”), one of the few times I played cornet. The background development behind the guitar solo makes me proud and Chris Long’s lyrics are good as gold. ADAMRAP: Wrote some rhymes just before the divorce in 2004 but did not get to record them until 2008 with Skeebo and Marcus and Marshall in Macon at Muscadine. This was the second of two sessions. Caution: I sound like a trombone player trying to rap, ha ha. Everything except furniture is out of the apartment now waiting for new carpet tomorrow. Some of you know there were broken pipes in the ceiling which made a big mess here below. The good news is it forced me to clean house, LOL, and I am enjoying all of this empty space. Call me Mister Minimalist. —-Adam Mewherter (July, 2008)

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Yes, but consider the happy eyes and the bright smile of the congero or timbalero when he plays his drums not to mention the basic tumbao of the bass and the hummingbird who visited for the first time today. Drama, Vibration, Life. Yes, but consider the happy eyes and the bright smile of the congero or timbalero when he plays his drums not to mention the basic tumbao of the bass and the hummingbird who visited for the first time today. Drama, Vibration, Life.

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Really enjoyed seeing your picks. Reminds me to find my copy of THE BRIDGE here in my home. Really enjoyed seeing your picks. Reminds me to find my copy of THE BRIDGE here in my home.

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( Don't know where to put this ) ...Everything has a swing to it. While waiting for something to come to me to type, my thumbs tapped the basic rhythm of the tune BRASIL on the side of the space bar of this aforementioned dusty keyboard (everything is dusty here). Everything has a swing to it. My 43 years have seen many musical styles. What a great life it has been so far. Everything has a swing to it. Now my teeth are chattering together to BRASIL. How lucky I am to be sensitive to rhythm. How lucky I am to have made it 43 years. Every sound and person and leaf and galaxy and ant and cobweb has a swing to it. ( Don’t know where to put this ) ...Everything has a swing to it. While waiting for something to come to me to type, my thumbs tapped the basic rhythm of the tune BRASIL on the side of the space bar of this aforementioned dusty keyboard (everything is dusty here). Everything has a swing to it. My 43 years have seen many musical styles. What a great life it has been so far. Everything has a swing to it. Now my teeth are chattering together to BRASIL. How lucky I am to be sensitive to rhythm. How lucky I am to have made it 43 years. Every sound and person and leaf and galaxy and ant and cobweb has a swing to it.

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Very tonal, through composed, many quotes, recorded live, beautiful: Sonny Rollins "The Solo Album" http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Album-Sonny-Rollins/dp/B000000Z45 Very tonal, through composed, many quotes, recorded live, beautiful: Sonny Rollins “The Solo Album” <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Album-Sonny-Rollins/dp/B000000Z45">http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Album-Sonny-Rollins/dp/B000000Z45</a>

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Hey Vic. Sorry for sounding negative. He is a kid who got lucky, that's all. But he did a good job. I hope we can all be more positive. The job of a critic is to be honest. The job of a trombone player (me) is to hope for a gig, ha ha. Take care. Hey Vic. Sorry for sounding negative. He is a kid who got lucky, that’s all. But he did a good job. I hope we can all be more positive. The job of a critic is to be honest. The job of a trombone player (me) is to hope for a gig, ha ha. Take care.

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He did a good job on Oprah. By the way, did you just reply to yourself on here? Man, I feel happy for anyone ANYONE who gets on network TV. He did a good job on Oprah. By the way, did you just reply to yourself on here? Man, I feel happy for anyone ANYONE who gets on network TV.

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So true, Ted ! That whole record is a favorite here ! PS: To DMBLUV: I think Moonglow works well as a ballad or as a swing tune. So true, Ted ! That whole record is a favorite here ! PS: To DMBLUV: I think Moonglow works well as a ballad or as a swing tune.

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Tough question. Maybe Miles / Gil Evans version of J.J. Johnson's LAMENT from "Miles Ahead." Well, that would atleast be a good place to start :) Tough question. Maybe Miles / Gil Evans version of J.J. Johnson’s LAMENT from “Miles Ahead.” Well, that would atleast be a good place to start :)

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He died young. A couple days ago. Very gifted guitarist and singer. I got to play sousaphone on one track on the new record. http://www.seancostello.com He died young. A couple days ago. Very gifted guitarist and singer. I got to play sousaphone on one track on the new record. <a href="http://www.seancostello.com">http://www.seancostello.com</a>

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--- Only one of the ten questions is "jazz related" but I suspect almost all of you will get that one right :) http://adamchapter8.blogspot.com/2008/04/tmq.html --- <hr /> Only one of the ten questions is “jazz related” but I suspect almost all of you will get that one right :) <a href="http://adamchapter8.blogspot.com/2008/04/tmq.html">http://adamchapter8.blogspot.com/2008/04/tmq.html</a> <hr />

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Login at http://www.gravatar.com Then click on MY GRAVATARS Next be sure the email address you use at jazz.com is the same email address for your "gravatar" (what an interesting word) that shows up on the My Gravatar page. You can also click on "Check this gravatar" and it will show you more information. I am new to this concept so maybe someone else can embellish on the procedure. I think it takes a while for changes to take effect. Have a nice evening, Adelaide. I am friends with Harry's brother here in Georgia by the way. Small world :) Login at <a href="http://www.gravatar.com">http://www.gravatar.com</a> Then click on MY GRAVATARS Next be sure the email address you use at jazz.com is the same email address for your “gravatar” (what an interesting word) that shows up on the My Gravatar page. You can also click on “Check this gravatar” and it will show you more information. I am new to this concept so maybe someone else can embellish on the procedure. I think it takes a while for changes to take effect. Have a nice evening, Adelaide. I am friends with Harry’s brother here in Georgia by the way. Small world :)

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The wonders of modern technology: Sitting here in Atlanta listening to a LOCAL California jazz radio station named KCSM :) High-speed stream: http://www.abacast.com/media/pls/kcsm/kcsm-kcsm-sc64.pls The wonders of modern technology: Sitting here in Atlanta listening to a LOCAL California jazz radio station named KCSM :) High-speed stream: <a href="http://www.abacast.com/media/pls/kcsm/kcsm-kcsm-sc64.pls">http://www.abacast.com/media/pls/kcsm/kcsm-kcsm-sc64.pls</a>

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Tell your friends near San Francisco about this great event to help a child: REPOST ..... from MySpace ..... Monday, March 24th, 2008 at Yoshi's at Jack London Square in Oakland. Shows at 8pm/$25 and 10pm/$18. Tickets are now on sale!! http://www.myspace.com/benefitconcertinfo Christopher Rodriguez is a ten year old who was recently taking a piano lesson at Harmony Road Music School (Piedmont Piano Company) in Oakland, California and was hit by a stray bullet from a robbery across the street from the school. It severed his spinal cord and he is now paralyzed from the waist down. If you can't attend the concert please consider making this [MySpace] page one of your top friends for a while to help spread the word. Thank you so much! ~Carol Alban, Benefit Concert Organizer Tell your friends near San Francisco about this great event to help a child: REPOST ….. from MySpace ….. Monday, March 24th, 2008 at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square in Oakland. Shows at 8pm/$25 and 10pm/$18. Tickets are now on sale!! <a href="http://www.myspace.com/benefitconcertinfo">http://www.myspace.com/benefitconcertinfo</a> Christopher Rodriguez is a ten year old who was recently taking a piano lesson at Harmony Road Music School (Piedmont Piano Company) in Oakland, California and was hit by a stray bullet from a robbery across the street from the school. It severed his spinal cord and he is now paralyzed from the waist down. If you can’t attend the concert please consider making this [MySpace] page one of your top friends for a while to help spread the word. Thank you so much! ~Carol Alban, Benefit Concert Organizer

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--- What a fun question ! Louis Armstrong (President) Jack Teagarden (Vice President) Monk (Chief Justice) Charlie Parker (House Speaker) Sonny Rollins (President pro tempore of the Senate) Also . . . Basie, Dizzy, JJ, Duke, Ella, Billie, Getz, Roach (Assoc Sup Court Justices), Sun Ra (Sec of State), Miles (Chair of the Joint Chiefs), Trane (NASA), Blakey, Dinah Washington, Mingus, Slide Hampton, Metheny, Ornette, Prez, Charlie Haden, Elvin Jones, Dexter, Clifford, The Marsalis family, Goodman, Ray Brown, Steve Lacy, Thad, Toshiko, Ray Charles, The Adderleys, Randy Weston, Gil Evans (Ambassadors), Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Jack Dejohnette, Bix, The Breckers, Sarah Vaughan, Chris Potter, Rosolino, Nina Simone, Maria Schneider, Tom Harrell, Stanton Moore, Robin Eubanks, Jaco, Bill Evans, Christian McBride, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Jim Hall, Jelly Roll Morton, Scofield, Nicholas Payton, Phil Woods, Toots, Chet, Grant Green, Chick Corea (state governors). Okay, who am I forgetting ? --- <del>-</del> What a fun question ! Louis Armstrong (President) Jack Teagarden (Vice President) Monk (Chief Justice) Charlie Parker (House Speaker) Sonny Rollins (President pro tempore of the Senate) Also . . . Basie, Dizzy, JJ, Duke, Ella, Billie, Getz, Roach (Assoc Sup Court Justices), Sun Ra (Sec of State), Miles (Chair of the Joint Chiefs), Trane (NASA), Blakey, Dinah Washington, Mingus, Slide Hampton, Metheny, Ornette, Prez, Charlie Haden, Elvin Jones, Dexter, Clifford, The Marsalis family, Goodman, Ray Brown, Steve Lacy, Thad, Toshiko, Ray Charles, The Adderleys, Randy Weston, Gil Evans (Ambassadors), Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Jack Dejohnette, Bix, The Breckers, Sarah Vaughan, Chris Potter, Rosolino, Nina Simone, Maria Schneider, Tom Harrell, Stanton Moore, Robin Eubanks, Jaco, Bill Evans, Christian McBride, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Jim Hall, Jelly Roll Morton, Scofield, Nicholas Payton, Phil Woods, Toots, Chet, Grant Green, Chick Corea (state governors). Okay, who am I forgetting ? <del>-</del>

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Sorry, I mixed some jazz players in with the non-jazz players but they all seem to be getting along okay :) Playlist below . . . http://www.geocities.com/kingjohnson2003/shuffle5mar08.pdf Sorry, I mixed some jazz players in with the non-jazz players but they all seem to be getting along okay :) Playlist below . . . <a href="http://www.geocities.com/kingjohnson2003/shuffle5mar08.pdf">http://www.geocities.com/kingjohnson2003/shuffle5mar08.pdf</a>

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What a fine writer you are! I love your adjectives. But "intoning 'A Love Supreme' 17 times" was an inspirational hallmark by definition. Just another guy's opinion :) What a fine writer you are! I love your adjectives. But “intoning ‘A Love Supreme’ 17 times” was an inspirational hallmark by definition. Just another guy’s opinion :)

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Please, get some clarity. Kindly refer to the musical evolution poster at http://site.bigbrass.com/images/evolution_trombone_poster.jpg (ha, ha) Please, get some clarity. Kindly refer to the musical evolution poster at <a href="http://site.bigbrass.com/images/evolution_trombone_poster.jpg">http://site.bigbrass.com/images/evolution_trombone_poster.jpg</a> (ha, ha)

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Really enjoying the graphics used here at jazz.com as well as the logical layout. Nice work, Space Dog (ruff ruff). ~Adam in Atlanta. Really enjoying the graphics used here at jazz.com as well as the logical layout. Nice work, Space Dog (ruff ruff). ~Adam in Atlanta.

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