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Happy Birthday, all the best!

Finally broke down and bought Herbie Nichols's Complete Blue Note Recordings box - a big expenditure, but will call it a (recent) birthday present.

A. A. Milne B. B. King C. C. Sabathia

Well said.

Many thanks, most appreciated. Hadn't visited for a couple of days, and was surprised to find the thread!

Thanks. Interesting, back when I lived near NYC I attended several concerts featuring David Starobin. I even heard him and George Crumb perform Mundis Canis (at Manhattan School of Music), a work later released on Bridge. I've purchased several Bridge CDs, all contemporary music.

Right! I found the glasses a bit confusing.

Well, I'll break the string of puzzlers with this fairly easy one (Warning - peekable link name):

Hat sale, not just classical, at Jazz Loft: https://www.jazzloft.com/c-37-hatsale2.aspx Not overwhelming, but a few fairly interesting-looking classical: Schleiermacher on piano (esp. the 2 Soviet avant-gardes), Pauline Oliveros (is she "classical"?), Anzelotti on accordion, James Tenney.

A hint: she has been on the cover of hundreds of magazines! Total shot in the dark...Claudia Schiffer?

On the subject of Monteverdi, I've seen a 9-CD box set of the complete operas on Brilliant Classics. Looks interesting, but I don't yet know enough about the recordings to put it on any wish lists. I've seen two of the three operas live and really dig them. [Added] 4-CD Vespers set less than USD 10 used. Any other Monteverdi suggestions welcome...

I'm in such a minority as to be statistically insignificant, but... I live in a rural area without easy broadband (DSL is possible, but would have to go satellite, which I don't really trust, for more bandwidth), so am quite happy with the DVD-by-mail thing (Qwikster or whatever it's called). I actually downgraded my subscription a couple of months ago to cut out streaming and do DVDs only. I also dig the bonus material/commentaries on deluxe DVD editions. I agree that streaming/downloads will eventually dominate, but the poor minority w/o ready access to high bandwidth is gonna get screwed.

We could also solve the problem without all the algebra and symbols. Here's an approach: Start out with a blind guess of 55 rabbits and 50 chickens. Rabbits have 4 legs, and chickens 2, so the total # of legs is 55*4 + 50*2 = 320. That's 40 legs short of our required 360, so we need to switch some chickens to rabbits to gain 40 total legs. Now, for every chicken we switch to a rabbit we gain 2 legs (4 - 2). So to gain 40 legs we need to switch 40/2 = 20 chickens to rabbits. That gives an answer of 55+20=75 rabbits and 50-20=30 chickens. Check: 75*4 + 30*2 = 300+60 = 360. But if the kid's taking algebra in school, she's probably supposed to work through the system of 2 equations in 2 unknowns...

FWIW, here's the instrumentation for String Quartet and Orchestra: Soloinstruments/Soloists: violin; violin; viola; violoncello Instrumentation: 3 2 6 1 - 1 1 1 1 - perc, hp, cel, pno, str Instrumentation details: 1st piccolo; 2nd piccolo; 1st flute; 1st oboe; cor anglais; 1., 2., 3.th clarinet in Bb(5) (1st cl.+sop.sax(Bb);2nd+alto sax(Eb)); bass clarinet; 1st bassoon; 1st horn; 1st trumpet; 1st trombone; tuba; percussion; harp; celesta; piano; violin I; violin II Again, unusual and smaller than I associate with "orchestra." The only info I can find for Oboe and Orchestra is: Besetzung : 4 4 4 4 - 3 3 3 1 - Schl(3), Hf, Klav, Str, which I don't know how to decipher, but the forces seem larger than for the other two pieces, though still kind of "chamber orchestra."

Right! I wanted to post a pic of a famous baseball flake, and Jay Johnstone would've been even easier.

Dunno much about Ewell, but dig what I've heard (ok, only 3 CDs )...I have 2 of the 3 GTJ releases (not Man Here Plays Fine Piano), listen to Denver Concert (Storyville, a real high-energy event) most often.

This is thematic, but probably too easy...

Dean Chance! I googled Bo Belinsky, and ultimately came up with the Belinsky tribute boxing link. I was born in MN and remember Chance's big ('67) year with the Twins, but was too young to comprehend the Belinsky party stories...

Dame Gwyneth Jones Begin the Beguine Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo)

I found the Atlantis instrumentation here. Atlantis by Morton Feldman (1926-1987). Mixed Ensemble, Contemporary Medium Ensemble. For Piccolo, 2 Flutes, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Harp, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Piano, Cello, Double Bass. Modern. Score graph. Composed Composed: 1959. Published by Edition Peters (PE.P06906). ISBN M-3007-5176-4. Modern. Not really what I'd call "orchestral." "Chamber orchestra?"...

Slightly OT, but I read an article yesterday about Procter and Gamble (the "quintessential" middle-class US brand company). Because of the "disappearing US middle class" (the country is increasingly divided between wealthy and "have-nots"), P&G is moving away from "middle ground" and concentrating on high-end and low-end brands. While the move to light beer is highly significant, I expect the same thing is happening in beers. I figure "middle-class" brews are hurting, while craft/import (premium) and el-cheapo brands are more than holding their own. [i no longer drink alcohol, so can't speculate about particular brands.]

I got power back (in a mountainous area of the Catskills) Thursday around 5:30 PM, almost exactly 4 days outage. No phone yet (they bring in power crews from all over, but the local phone co. is overwhelmed). No damage to my house or immediate neighbors', but there's a lot of devastation, to say the least. All kinds of bridges down, roads closed. I'm very fortunate, considering all those who lost everything. I can travel "the long way", though the road's extremely rough in places and I'm not sure how it'd handle more heavy rain.