I can not say enough great things about Count Basie. He was the one that got me interested in jazz. I met him in an elevator in New York. I was 13 years old. He was fabulous. I saw him 4 or 5 times in person before he died in 1984. When you talk about the greatest jazz bands of all time you have to include his band in the top 5.
FBI Acknowledges: Journalists’ Phone Records are Fair Game May 16, 2006 12:25 PM Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters’ phone records in leak investigations. “It used to be very hard and complicated to do this, but it no longer is in the Bush administration,” said a senior federal official. The acknowledgment followed our blotter item that ABC News reporters had been warned by a federal source that the government knew who we were calling. The official said our blotter item was wrong to suggest that ABC News phone calls were
Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.
