http://artsfuse.org/115619/fuse-jazz-review-jazz-superstar-esperanza-spalding-thanks-october/ Esperanza Spalding Hits Town For A Homecoming Weekend By Jason M. Rubin It’s hard to imagine Esperanza Spalding as being anything other than a superstar. I know she’s a Berklee College of Music graduate, b...

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Ron Thorne wrote:Mebobo, I thought of you immediately when this thread was started.

JT members, Mebobo (Michael) and I go way back to our days together at KJZZ-FM in Anchorage. He lives in Seattle now.

Well, that means he's so old he remembers when Beethoven was considered progressive!

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Maybe this is the year peace will come to the world.

Probably not, but you gotta have hope. L'shana tova, y'all.

I'm very gassy today.

Meanwhile, a widely bootlegged Gentle Giant concert (originally an FM broadcast) from 1976 is being officially released by the band's own company, Alucard Music. I'll try to forgive the horrific cover art. http://www.blazemonger.com/w/images/a/a2/Live_at_the_bicentennial.jpg Gentle Giant is delighte...

BFrank wrote:I'm going.

I broke down and got a ticket for the Warfield here in SF. Not really THAT expensive after all, especially for what should be a VERY entertaining show.

Costs less than The Eagles, and much better for you!

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I hope you're successful. Would be interested in your impressions of Mel Collins' playing. He does some fierce blowing. Unsuccessful plus I put my back out a bit as well. Going to the chiropractor again tomorrow and just trying to get through at least most of tomorrow at work. Good news - three mor...

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For that matter, a friend of mine's band just released its debut album. He's the keyboardist and has played in Genesis and Yes cover bands, but his current group, Heliopolis, is by no means a clone of either. You can stream all five tracks in their entirety here for free: http://10trecords.com/artis...

I won't spoil it for anyone as I would think the band will not vary that much but there are 3 or 4 huge surprises - compositions that have not been played for 40 years and and 2 or 3 that have never been played live. One being the great tune "One More Red Nightmare" So I spoiled just a li...

Thanks for the write up, Jason I'm a huge fan of the early Crimson up through and especially the 73-74 band. I even sprung for the 20 CD box Road to Red last December. I didn't go due to the three drummers but I wish I did based on your comments that they played a good amount of the material I love...