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8TH ANNUAL JAZZ ON 4TH STREET FESTIVAL Sunday, May 16, 12:30pm-4:30pm! On 4th Street in Berkeley, between Hearst & Virginia, FREE! Jazz On 4TH Street Hotline, 510.526.6294 FREE Musical Performances with * Mark Hummel & The Blues Survivors * Quimbombó * Natasha Miller * The Award-Winning Berkeley High Jazz Orchestra & Combos Presented by KCSM/Jazz 91, 4th Street Merchants and Yoshi's at Jack London Square, the 8th Annual Jazz on 4th Street Festival will Sunday, May 16, 12:30pm-4:30pm. This free outdoor music festival benefits the Berkeley High Performing Arts and the award-winning Berkeley High Jazz ensemble. The Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble, once home to Joshua Redman, Dave Ellis, Benny Green and many others, is facing major budget cuts including the possibility of ending support of the jazz programs. "This Festival is one way we can help keep jazz going at Berkeley High,". Parent Coordinator Lori Ferguson says. "Without the wonderful help of the merchants on 4th Street and Abrams/Millikan each year with this Festival, people all over the world would not have the joy of hearing these accomplished musicians. We truly appreciate the help of the community in giving to the Jazz Program. This year is dire with budget cuts to the High School and we need all the help we can get." 4th Street and the ! plaza will be filled with plenty of sunshine, music, fun and 4th Street merchants with food and their wares. Raffle Tickets will be for sale to enter to win many prizes form the Merchants including a shopping spree on 4th Street! There will be free musical performances by several of today's top Bay Area groups, including blues from Mark Hummel & The Blues Survivors, salsa dancing with Quimbombó, jazz vocalist Natasha Miller and two Berkeley High School Combos and the award-winning Berkeley High Jazz Orchestra.

Wow!!! Once in a lifetime...

Well there is 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter it looks like New Jersey will take this one from Detroit. NJ is up by 20.

I listened today. Very nice concert! She sang a couple of songs, first by her close friend Elvin, (says Diana) then later she sang a song that her husband, Elvin and her wrote. The audience had a good chuckle on both comments.

: I am too weak from laughter!!!

No, not all women, but maybe it's finding the right one. And then again, not every woman has a shoe fetish. Hmmm... as I think about it, I do know more woman who prefer shoe shopping to cd shopping. I do know women who have an equal desire for shoes and cd's. Now that's scary.

Kings, Lakers. It is hard to tell how either of their series is going to end. Sacramento blowing the 10 point lead?! Sometimes this team seems to be destined for greatness and at other times it seems that they should be on the bottom of the pile.

Yes, thanks for the info.

I bought the CD yesterday. I will listen to it this weekend.

Blind Eyes Washington B)

Luck! The Kings barely came away with the win last night. Christie had 15 rebounds supposedly trying to prove to Dallas that he is not a wimp. If the Kings can make it past Dallas, the road gets tougher ahead. Most of the Kings are playing semi injured.

Here today in California's capital, 95 degrees expected. Yesterday was 98 degrees.

I haven't picked this one up yet. I saw Terreon Gully play with the Christian McBride Band a couple of years ago and he was too good for words. Now I'll have to pick this one up.

why would he be? To hear all the Laker fans before the season started, they shouldn't have lost a game all year with the additions they bought in the off season. The Lakers should have been the team to beat. Too many big heads, IMO. Didn't they start the season winning games without Shaq and Kobe?

Listen, Jack. This isn't a negative response to you. Seriously.... I just wanted to say that (1) I agree that dudes like Nelly present awful images of women as sexual objects but, more importantly, (2) women "fighting back" against this sort of image portrayal isn't exactly late-breaking news. It just so happens that someone at the AP chose to write a story about it this time. Queen Latifah's "U.N.I.T.Y." came out eleven years ago. First verse: "Instinct leads me to another flow Everytime I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho Trying to make a sister feel low You know all of that gots to go Now everybody knows there's exceptions to this rule Now don't be getting mad, when we playing, it's cool But don't you be calling out my name I bring wrath to those who disrespect me like a dame That's why I'm talking, one day I was walking down the block I had my cutoff shorts on right cause it was crazy hot I walked past these dudes when they passed me One of 'em felt my booty, he was nasty I turned around red, somebody was catching the wrath Then the little one said (Yeah me bitch) and laughed Since he was with his boys he tried to break fly Huh, I punched him dead in his eye and said "Who you calling a bitch?" I like this song. Forgot I even have the CD. Yes, I believe some efforts were made long ago. I think now more of an effort is being made to change things and that effort is being bright to the light more.

The Pacers I don't know. It seems that every year they are in the playoffs. They have good, sometimes unbelieveable comebacks but just don't quite make it.

About time! Yes it is time that women start fighting against this degradation. What I find hard to believe is that some women actually fight to be in these videos. Many just don't have the mindset to see that they are making themselves look bad and portraying to the world that this is the way things are. I have to tell two of my goddaughters constantly that this is not real life. One who is 15 gets it. The other who is 13 does not and I don't think she wants to get it.

A whole earth festival. A play/musical "Shades of Brown." Songs of Oscar Brown, Jr acted out. Try to get some rest!

Desktop. Both home and work.

Will the Knicks be shut out in the first round? Can they win at least one game?

I saw Joyce Cooling some years ago at a mall in Richmond, Ca. She can play. Her and her band were scheduled to play for 1 hour that turned in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Lots of fun and excellant musicians.

I don't watch Idol, but I have heard all day today about the bad voting that happened last night between the best group and the not so best group? Now I am hearing that many people may stop watching the show.

Ahhh!! This is good news indeed!!! I see from the article that Kajimura is still planning for the San Francisco Yoshi's. As long as he keeps the JLS club.

Some good games Saturday and Sunday. Yes, the Lakers barely won. That should be an interesting series. The Kings win was an impressive start. The Detroit/Milwaukee game was very exciting to see.

I am seeing the Joe Lovano Nonet later this month in California. I wonder who is in the nonet? This should be a great show.