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Right "Moody" ...kinda like my typing skills, or lack thereof

And, on a rather classical note, the city's esteemed Greenwood Singers ppresent A Taste Of Scotland, Friday evening at All Saints Cathedral. The program will draw on Highland tunes they perform at the annual Robbie Burns memorial banquet, as well as a few recently uncovered (& rarely heard - certainly rarely heard here) tunes.

Hmm, sounds like it could be interesting. Most of the Scottish tunes I kow arent anything to do with voice, just mainly bagpipes or a vioolin(fiddle) or thereabouts.

oops violin

thats ok...like my typin'

Yes, actually the choirmaster has relatives in Scotland, so they even had didtion lessons via telephone...he'd said there were portions of their rehearsals, where it sounded like they were all clearing their throats.

'C'

Back on the 'Jazz events I'm looking forward to' front, our local Jazz festival (Jazz City - June 19th through 29th) will this year be hosting a Contemporary Jazz favourite of mine, Medeski Martin & Wood! ( http://www.mmw.net/ )

Arrangements are ongoing at this point, but also scheduled, so far are; Patricia Barber, Joshua Redman, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, & (as I posted earlier) Little Feat.

Close call again, I accidentally hit the 'unsubscribe' line, (those are annnoyingly close together!) & thought I'd best post out of fear of losing this thread...I retrieved it once, could I get it back as easily the second time? Hmmm?

Well, my 3rd attempt to update on the (24th annual)Jazz City/'Jazz events I'm looking forward to' topic: I now have tickets - admittedly a bit pricey, but considering the venue... - for a couple of the festival's higher profile indoor concerts, in our relatively new (& acoustically magnificent) Winspear Centre http://www.winspearcentre.com . Opening night of the festival - June 19th, a friend & I are seeing/hearing Little Feat http://littlefeat.net/ , which should be a terrrific show! Then the same friend (my main Jazz cohort) & I also have tickets to Medeski Martin & Wood http://www.mmw.net , which again, should be a real experience!

Some of the other people I'm hoping to see (time/finances will tell ) include; New York guitarist Mike Stern with Canadian bassist Alain Caron, a Swedish trio simply called The Singers, possibly Britain's Sarah Jane Morris, Canadian Carol Welsman, & an excellent quartet named Terrain (also Canadian)...not to mention a few of the musician-led workshops, if possible. Actually, another show I'm planning to take in is by Sweden's Frederik Nordstom Quintet, who sound promising. There should be no shortage of names/acts to choose from, as the city'll welcome musicians from; Italy, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, the U.S., & across Canada.

Well, my 3rd attempt to update on the (24th annual)Jazz City/'Jazz events I'm looking forward to' topic: I now have tickets - admittedly a bit pricey, but considering the venue... - for a couple of the festival's higher profile indoor concerts, in our relatively new (& acoustically magnificent) Winspear Centre http://www.winspearcentre.com . Opening night of the festival - June 19th, a friend & I are seeing/hearing Little Feat http://littlefeat.net/ , which should be a terrrific show! Then the same friend (my main Jazz cohort) & I also have tickets to Medeski Martin & Wood http://www.mmw.net , which again, should be a real experience!

Some of the other people I'm hoping to see (time/finances will tell ) include; New York guitarist Mike Stern with Canadian bassist Alain Caron, a Swedish trio simply called The Singers, possibly Britain's Sarah Jane Morris, Canadian Carol Welsman, & an excellent quartet named Terrain (also Canadian)...not to mention a few of the musician-led workshops, if possible. Actually, another show I'm planning to take in is by Sweden's Frederik Nordstom Quintet, who sound promising. There should be no shortage of names/acts to choose from, as the city'll welcome musicians from; Italy, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, the U.S., & across Canada.

It appears I'll be getting my share of live in June. As mentioned in that last posting, Little Feat are on the 19th, (it turns out) Medeski Martin & Wood are on the 20th - so, unfortunately I'll miss the Frederik Nordstrom Quintet , but get in a 3rd consecutive night of LIVE music (on the 21st) from the Mike Zilber Quartet with Steve Smith & Dave Liebman. Not to mention the fact that our Jazz City fesival still has just over a week to go, & there's a promising show in the intimate Yardbird Suite Fri. the 27th. Ah !

Neglected to include the Jazz City site: http://www.jazzcity.ca

Well, here we are in early Sept. (Jazz City was a blast, as was the Folk Fest )... The Yardbird Suite site (haven't gotten my newsletter/calendar yet)shows, among the other talent they've got coming in later this month, we hear from Trevor Watts & The Celebration Band (from The U.K.) on the 26th.

Also, Wayne Horvitz & sweeter than the day (from Seattle) open things up the weekend of the 19th & 20th, as well as Oct. 3rd & 4th seeing the eagerly anticipated return of (Montreal) R & B sensation Dawn Tyler Watson http://www.dawntylerwatson.com .

Also, Wayne Horvitz & sweeter than the day (from Seattle) open things up the weekend of the 19th & 20th, as well as Oct. 3rd & 4th seeing the eagerly anticipated return of (Montreal) R & B sensation Dawn Tyler Watson http://www.dawntylerwatson.com .

Yes, 2 times shes's been there, so this'll make it 4 nights...I'm sure it'll be 'standing room only' (& needless to say a packed little dance floor.)

Yes, 2 times shes's been there, so this'll make it 4 nights...I'm sure it'll be 'standing room only' (& needless to say a packed little dance floor.)

Jazz! I have been missing you all the time!

*waves & blows kisses ~ hmm, can you blow s ? to Hati * I'm still here, just not as regularly or as often as I used to be .

Also, on this day when New York is on so many minds,looking forward to; The Melissa Walker Group on Oct. 17th & 18th, & Billy Kilson And The BK Groove on Nov.1st.(Both from NYC.)