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Thanks, I knew about the legal battles, but not in that much detail. I also didn't know of the childhood accidents. When I was in the National Music Museum, in Vermillion, South Dakota I saw an entire family of his saxes as well of a few of his other inventions like a trumpet with two bells. Back then it was called America's Shrine to Music and it's on the campus of the U of S.D. If you ever get near South Dakota, a stop at this museum is a must for any musician. It rivals the finest instrument museums in Europe. You can go online and view a sampling of the instruments here http://nmmusd.org/ and click on collections. When I visited the museum they had an audio guide that let you hear some of the very instruments in that museum being played. Thanks again for the interesting history lesson.

"I Miss You" - Adele lyrics: I miss you when the lights go out It illuminates all of my doubts

"In Dust We Trust" - Chemical Brothers

The Hit "Sway" was first a Spanish pop song: Quien Será - Ksenya Nikora & Nikorasong I've never heard this version so I'll listen to it with you ?

"Kiss And Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans

El Amor Brujo - Manuel de Falla - Orquesta de Postsmout Some Spanish "classical" music for this morning.

"Can't Find My Way Home" - Blind Faith

Same here. But L.A. Lakers, Ruth Chris' Steakhouses, Trump Hotels, Big Oil and tons of other businesses have their money (and they have ours as well). I figure that's the way it was planned from the start. The alpha dog gets the best food, and when the pack is starving, the alpha dog is still well fed. I filed unemployment in Florida. Now Florida has made International news in the BBC, The Guardian and other papers as being the hardest state in the US to get benefits and one of the stingiest in those benefits IF you can get them. The system designed under the direction of our former governor Rick Scott was designed to crash, and to deny, not to help. BTW before he ran for office, under Scott's leadership his hospital had the all-time biggest Medicare/Medicaid fraud/theft to date. Even though the present governor has banned all live music (banned bands) the Florida Unemployment software has classified me "ineligible". Same for thousands of other musicians, waitresses, bartenders, cooks, uber drivers, and so on. One paper estimated that between 10 and 20% of all applicants get approved thanks to the built in discrimination. I doubt I'll see the stimulus check or get any promised help. Actually I'd rather work. It seems to me mass producing testing kits then testing and tracking everyone would cost less than all this welfare fiat money. It would put people to work FDR style, making the kits, and most of us could go back to work without fear of playing Russian Roulette. After all there are asymptomatic people out there who are virtual "Typhoid Mary" people. Aren't we supposed to learn from history? It's actually working in New Zealand. With repeated testing, tracking, isolating, and treating they have effectively wiped it out in their country. The PM said with continued testing, tracking, and treating she feels any isolated new cases could be taken care of quickly. But I guess that's too logical and the alpha dogs won't get fat enough. Insights, incites and a minor rant by Notes

"Teen Town" - Weather Report (Jaco Pastorius) Named after a place Jaco and I both played (on different dates and in different bands). Boca Raton Teen Town, a dance venue that was housed in abandoned WWIi army barracks. I also played with Jaco's first bass teacher. He told me Jaco learned so fast he outgrew his teacher quickly.

Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 (arr. W. Kanengiser) : V. Fandango Asturiano · Los Angeles Guitar Quartet This is just one movement. I heard the entire Rimsky-Korsakov piece by them on NPR and am thinking seriously about buying the CD if available, if not a download and I'll burn my own.

"Yours Is No Disgrace" - Yes

"Changes" - Yes (Live)

Jon Hendricks & Company - Bright Moments A nice vocal take on a Rahsaan Roland Kirk song

"Gimme That Wine" - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Some real fine New Orleans Funk by the Meters. A band deserving of more mainstream recognition. Besides for their solo cuts have done extensive back up work for many NOLA rockers. Looka-Py-Py - The Meters

Pigeon - a bird. This song is consistently rated among the top 10 all-time worst rock and roll songs ever recorded. We do this at certain gigs and the audience loves it. Surfin Bird - The Trashmen

Thanks for the tip for the next verse It's a gig-less Friday, I'm sittin' here all alone It's a gig-less Friday, I'm sittin' here all alone I'm gettin' awful hungry, hopin' an agent will phone Saturday's comin' Things ain't gonna improve Saturday's comin' Things ain't gonna improve The rent is overdue I got no place to move Weeks keep passin' And no gigs have I Weeks keep passin' And no gigs have I I'm in isolation 'cause I don't wanna die

Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega

It's a gig-less Friday, I'm sittin' here all alone It's a gig-less Friday, I'm sittin' here all alone I'm gettin' awful hungry, hopin' an agent will phone Saturday's comin' Things ain't gonna improve Saturday's comin' Things ain't gonna improve The rent is overdue I got no place to move well, it's a start

Before Little Richard became a rock star IMO he was a top notch Rhythm & Blues singer (in the traditional meaning of that term), and here is an example: Get Rich Quick - Little Richard

Another Friday without a gig. This feels weird. A fish out of water. This COVID thing can't end too soon.

Bobby Goldsboro - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore triple word score ?

IMO three of the best jazz colleges in the US are (in no particular order) Berklee, University of Miami, and University of North Texas State. Here are the Texans doing a Ray Noble classic. These kids are hot, and so is the guest soloist. Cherokee - University of North Texas State One O'Clock Lab Band

Here in South Florida, the endlessly popular Mr. B. We do this one but I made a Reggae arrangement of it. Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett

Doing a Billy Strayhorn composition. Billy supposedly wrote this in a hospital bed. Billy wanted to be a classical composer, but it was back in the days when a black man couldn't get into any college that taught classical composition. So he became a jazz composer, and IMO a great jazz composer at that. I feel sad that he couldn't chase his dream but glad that he left so many great jazz tunes. An Stan was an amazing sax player. Instead of hearing his monster chops, all you hear is melody so nice it could have been composed and revised for days instead of the fact that it was improvised on the spot. Blood Count - Stan Getz