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Michael Ricci wrote on 2009-01-24 05:32:46: Hi Folks! All About Jazz is looking for help, and like Wikipedia, we rely on the assistance of knowledgeable, caring and dedicated people. If you're interested in contributing to AAJ, please read these two messages: About AAJ's Open Jazz Project http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29379 Contribute to All About Jazz http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=22549   annette preston wrote on 2009-09-08 13:27:01: my husband eddie preston was born on may9, 1925 thank you for correcting this ,annette preston   William Noce wrote on 2009-09-10 12:10:43: I have been looking for the cd "Count Basie 1952-53 Chronological Classics 1389" for almost a year. Can't find it in the US. Any suggestions for European dealers? I hear cuts from this cd on Pandora consistently (as recently as today). I have asked them if they will legally download the cd for a fee, and, of course, I get no reply. I know that Chron. Classics has changed hands a few times, but somebody must know the disposition of it at the present time. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Bill Noce, Bend, Oregon USA w.noce@clearwire.net   annette preston wrote on 2009-09-19 14:52:13: Eddie Preston, was also a good composer He wrote a love song to me called, a All For Me, he also wrote other songs But in my heart I will always be all for Eddie Preston   Steve Oda wrote on 2009-12-13 10:07:43: Would someone please tell me more about the Japanese Momotaro Modern Jazz Opera that is up on U-tube. Acknowledgement was given to Ted Gioia and Sean Singer for letting us know about this wonderful group. Thanks for any background.   Karen Kurokawa wrote on 2009-12-27 13:03:17: For Steve Oda re "Modern Jazz Opera: Momotaro." The skit, originally aired on March 1, 1986, is from the now off-air t.v. variety show called Konya Wa Saiko (Tonight is Best) hosted by a famous comedian named Tamori. Tamori also has a daytime t.v. show that's still on the air, which my husband estimates has been going for about 25 years, because just like Konya Wa Saiko, he used to watch it before he moved to the USA. Tamori, who plays the grandmother and the bird in the Momotaro skit, is really blind in his right eye (hence his trademark eye patch) and plays the trumpet, although Shuji was reluctant to call him a trumpeter. He is well-known for doing these broad comedic skits that sometimes take classical stories and themes as their base such as the Peach Boy folk tale (Momotaro). He often would use really unexpected music (right) to turn them into "operas".

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