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I've got a bunch of clients in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. I'm working 18 hours a day, so no time for shows. But the So.Cal. area had a great bunch of websites tracking shows and the local scene. I'm posting frlm my phone right now, but I'll try to put up a few links.

Maybe if you saw him with Terence Blanchard he'd look better. (I'm from the Old School that says no musician deserves disparagement,but Blanchard leaves me cold.

I'll add a "welcome Marla". Sadly, Portland is probably the biggest United States city that I don't get to at least once every 18 months. I wish that wasn't the case. Love Portland. My mother and family were from Gresham and The Dalles. I'd gladly give up Malad City, ID in exchange.

I'll be living vicariously in this thread. I love travel, but miss having time for non-work travel. (Work travel is 365 days for me.) My last full day off was 2008.

My favorite to play is Wave. Sure, it's played a lot, but it's eminently sensible in construct for the improvisor.

Ron, Not to interrupt the flow you've got going on, but I really do enjoy the news and images. I lost my Alaska clients a few years back. And I no longer get vacation time to go on my own volition. Hopefully someday. Wonderful place. I mainly know Kenai Peninsula, north, to Fairbanks, though I've do...

One of the last things I watched on television before giving it up entirely was an Appleyard television broadcast with, I think, Zoot Sims and Slam Stewart. (mid 1970s)

Still remember that. (Maybe only because I don't have more recent TV memories to crowd it out/overwrite it.)

I just dont like sticking anything in my ear canal, especially with the intent to wedge it in there. I'd rather take the head-in-a-clamp approach.

I have no control of my life (work, travel) but every six or so years, I'm in town for a festival. And they've always impressive in terms of the talent presented, the organization and the "other stuff". I particularly recall the lectures, presentation and discussions relating to the "...

That's tough duty, Blue Train. I top out at about 250,000 air miles, plus quite a few in cars. The real trick to my life is not having a home.

.... If they serve it with a fin fish that's fine too. Am rarely not in the mood for it. Not hard to make at home too. re: fin fish ...What do you mean, what other kind of fish is there? I don't recall ever seeing a finless fish. :) Off topic, but there are religious restrictions in Islam and Judai...

Because I travel constantly, headphones are all I've got.
Because I travel constantly, I can't have good ones.
Because I'm an impractical fool. I travel with Grado SR80s. (bulky)

Leo Tolstoy, Childhood (1852)· Boyhood (1854)·Youth (1856)·

Travel (for cultural enlightenment)

Done. Seriously, I haven't had a day off work since 2007, so I can't have many passions. But work has me traveling 365 days,so I can sneak a bit of that one in.

I just stumbled across http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=28 with oral histories from: Last Names A-E: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mose Allison, George Avakian, David Baker, Danny Barker, Kenny Barron, Louie Bellson, George Benson, Dave Brubeck, K...

Blue Train, thanks for the knowledgeable post and helpful link! 8-)

many of you may not know me. my name is paul gonzo gonzales. i was a member of both JCS and speakeasy@ JC. i live out here in smooth jazz hell aka bakersfield ca. just turned 50 in october. love it all from bop to hard jazz rock. now starting to listen to more avant garde jazz thanks alot to the pe...

My "wife" and I went to Poland back in the mid-80s. She blindly ordered something off the (Polish-only) menu. We still refer to it as "leg of brontosaurus".

Absolutely love instrumental bluegrass. Flatpick 'n fiddles. Tony Rice's Bluegrass Guitar Collection saves my life weekly.

Introduction? Well, I was at JCS and JC for many years. Live in Monterey, CA for most of those years, now in Key Largo, FL. Poet. Most recent collection, THE JOURNEY HOME, available from Amazon. Former jazz dj and jazz photographer. :ugeek: Thanks, Ron. Some little technical glitch. Probably on my ...

David Gitin wrote:Introduction? Well, I was at JCS and JC for many years. Live in Monterey, CA for most of those years, now in Key Largo, FL. Poet. Most recent collection, THE JOURNEY HOME, available from Amazon. Former jazz dj and jazz photographer.

As usual, I'm flying today. Or would be if SFO wasn't closed down (understandably). Current reports: two perished and ten sent to SF General. Terrible, but obviously could be worse. I fly 250000 miles a year. And, frankly, I never lose sight of how damn safe it is. So I'll get on my plane tomorrow a...

Ron Thorne wrote:Thanks, and please feel free to invite a friend ... or several!

"Several friends". Wow, I'm dreaming now. All I got is my fleas. And they can't type.

I didn't realize being a vegetarian meant you couldn't drink beer. :? Only for the "strict" vegetarian. It's a pretty second-rate, f*cked life for what you give up. You gotta buy into the philosophy. I do. But I don't really recommend it. And I don't preach. Call me nuts, but I think not ...

I love beer. Or the memory of beer, anyway. (Before the vegetarian thing put an end to that.)

I brewed back in the 70s. It felt like real craftsmanship. Smelled like it too. Even to this day, I'll "tour" microbreweries, if they're willing to chat about the art. Yeah, I miss it.

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