[Dixielandjazz] Re; Jerry Fuller is alive and well in Massachusedtts.
Jim Karolides
jka361 at karolides.com
Mon Dec 3 10:11:02 PST 2007
Jerry is alive and well and associated with Styleisbackinstyle.com.
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> 1. Re: "So What" (Marek Boym)
> 2. Re: "So What" (BillSargentDrums at aol.com)
> 3. Re: Reunited after 20 years (Hans en Corrie Koert)
> 4. Re: Sundance program with Wynton Marsalis (Gluetje1 at aol.com)
> 5. Re: WGN Radio - Saturday Nights after the gig (Hal Vickery)
> 6. Re: "So What" (Phil O'Rourke)
> 7. Re: "So What" (Mike C.)
> 8. Banjo is a Vicious Habit (Dave Stoddard)
> 9. Brian Harvy vs. Raymer Sound (Steve Barbone)
> 10. Tubapalooza - 73 Tuna Players Toot at Philly's TUBACHRISTMAS
> (Steve Barbone)
> 11. Mainly for rmoderately wealthy UK readers (Judy Eames)
> 12. Re: Tubapalooza - 73 Tuna Players Toot at
> Philly'sTUBACHRISTMAS (James O'Briant)
> 13. Lead Sheet Request (James O'Briant)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:31:11 +0200
> From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] "So What"
> To: "Mike C." <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>,
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Sure.
> Just what I've always said - music for people who hate jazz.
> Cheers
>
> On 01/12/2007, Mike C. <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com> wrote:
>> I know people that hate jazz who have this album which says a lot about
>> Davis and company.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> > -------Original Message-------
>> > From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>> > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "So What"
>> > Sent: 30 Nov '07 09:43
>> >
>> > For a better version of Miles Davis' "So What", go to the below Amazon
>> > site,
>> > scroll down and listen. Note that the horns play the exact blues
>> > melody that
>> > Ray Ellington plays, while the bass plays a different line. Since this
>> > album
>> > came out in 1959, well after the Ellington version, I guess Miles
>> > and/or Gil
>> > Evans, sourced it from Ellington or the source Ellington used.
>> >
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Blue-Miles-Davis/dp/B000002ADT
>> >
>> > In any event, since the Miles version is from his Album "Kind of
>> > Blue", THE
>> > most popular jazz album ever made, (over 3 million copies sold) no
>> > doubt
>> > we've all heard it even if only as background music in a restaurant or
>> > elevator.
>> >
>> > Yep, I'll bet even that one eyed Bill Haesler had heard it by mistake,
>> > or
>> > osmosis even though he would never listen to it on purpose. <grin>
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Steve Barbone
>> >
>> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:42:09 EST
> From: BillSargentDrums at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] "So What"
> To: marekboym at gmail.com
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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> <<Sure.
> Just what I've always said - music for people who hate jazz.
> Cheers
>
> On 01/12/2007, Mike C. <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com> wrote:
>> I know people that hate jazz who have this album which says a lot about
> Davis and company.
>>
>> Mike>>
>
> OK, so I'll be the one to point out the elephant in the middle of the room
> .
> . . so, which here came first, the chicken or the egg?
>
> Bill
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:42:03 +0100
> From: "Hans en Corrie Koert" <koerthchkz at zeelandnet.nl>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Reunited after 20 years
> To: "'Marek Boym'" <marekboym at gmail.com>, "'List Dixieland'"
> <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> As I said ........ sales talk !!
>
> Hans Koert
> http://keepswinging.blogspot.com
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Marek Boym [mailto:marekboym at gmail.com]
> Verzonden: zaterdag 1 december 2007 22:43
> Aan: Hans en Corrie Koert
> Onderwerp: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Reunited after 20 years
>
> Hello Hans,
> I beg to disagree re. the sound of CDs. Tney are CLEANER, yes, but sound
> better? Only some, very few, reproduce the analgue sounds really well.
> Often, the last, air-borne (and pedal-created) sounds of the piano are cut
> off. I've heard very few CDs that were better than the analogically
> recorded source, or even as good. There are some American Music Cds on
> which the speed of the originally issued records has been corrected. And
> some John R.T. Davis' remasterings are better (provided he DID NOT
> remaster
> the LPs - in such a case, the LPs still sound better). True, the CDs
> eliminate scratches, but at the expense of the wormth of sound.
> Cheers
>
> On 01/12/2007, Hans en Corrie Koert <koerthchkz at zeelandnet.nl> wrote:
>> A month ago I saw her back - I recognized her from the outside - I
>> got the same warm feelings like twenty years ago. It was as if we
>> hadn't been separated for so long and had lived apart all those years,
>> since I passed her into the hands of strangers.
>>
>> Little Town Jazzband:
>> <http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2007/12/little-town-jazzband.html>
>>
>> Keep swinging
>>
>> Hans Koert
>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:52:20 EST
> From: Gluetje1 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sundance program with Wynton Marsalis
> To: tubaman at tubatoast.com
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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>
> Thanks, Dave. I found this clip a delight! Wow, what awesome advice
> Wynton
> got from his father.
> Ginny
>
> In a message dated 12/1/2007 12:10:20 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> tubaman at tubatoast.com writes:
>
> Here is a short clip (not at all like the whole program)
> <http://www.sundancechannel.com/iconoclasts#/episode/210248257>
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:27:32 -0600
> From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery at svs.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] WGN Radio - Saturday Nights after the gig
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <000301c8347a$217c2e20$f0f33c44 at half3c5e1da4be>
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>
> MacCormack died on June 12,1971. Cliff Mercer continued the Meister Brau
> showcase until Miller Brewing bought Meister Brau. It was after that that
> Tallman took over sponsorship of the all-night show on 'GN. I *think*
> Norman Ross may have taken over the all-night show (Tallman) for a period
> of
> time before that spot went to Jay Andres.
>
>
>
> Hal Vickery
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: BillSargentDrums at aol.com [mailto:BillSargentDrums at aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:39 AM
> To: hvickery at svs.com
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] WGN Radio - Saturday Nights after the gig
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/30/2007 10:57:33 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> hvickery at svs.com writes:
>
> Franklyn MacCormack's sponsor back then was Meister Brau beer (The Meister
> Brau Showcase). Norman Ross had a show sponsored by Tallman Savings
> (Tunes
> from Tallman.)
>
> I was a regular Saturday night listener to MacCormack because of his
> "Curtain Call" hour from midnight to 1:00 a.m.
>
> Hal Vickery
>
> Yes, I just recalled the Meister Brau sponsorship this morning . . .
> however, at the end of Franklin's tenure, it changed to the Tallman All
> Night Showcase.
>
>
>
> And being the powerful clear channel station WLS is, and the time of day,
> the show was really heard across most of the US.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the correction.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:09:37 +1100
> From: "Phil O'Rourke" <philor at webone.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] "So What"
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <005001c83490$c5e7fff0$faaafea9 at philsfred>
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>
> <<Sure.
> Just what I've always said - music for people who hate jazz.
> Cheers
>
> On 01/12/2007, Mike C. <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com> wrote:
>> I know people that hate jazz who have this album which says a lot about
> Davis and company.
>>
>> Mike>>
>
> OK, so I'll be the one to point out the elephant in the middle of the room
> .
> . . so, which here came first, the chicken or the egg?
>
> Bill
>
>
> Neither. It was the rooster.
>
>
> Phil O'Rourke
> Australia
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:35:34 -0700
> From: "Mike C." <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] "So What"
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <47523616.5060804 at railroadstjazzwest.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> No Marek, think about this.
>
> Davis cut an album that is still a top seller nearly 50 years after it's
> release. Isn't that a great testament to his music? I think it is and so
> what if it isn't okom? It's great music and that's what it's all about.
>
> When I said that even people who dislike jazz own kind of blue my point
> was that it appeals to every kind of listener.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Marek Boym wrote:
>> Sure.
>> Just what I've always said - music for people who hate jazz.
>> Cheers
>>
>> On 01/12/2007, Mike C. <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I know people that hate jazz who have this album which says a lot about
>>> Davis and company.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -------Original Message-------
>>>> From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>>>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "So What"
>>>> Sent: 30 Nov '07 09:43
>>>>
>>>> For a better version of Miles Davis' "So What", go to the below Amazon
>>>> site,
>>>> scroll down and listen. Note that the horns play the exact blues
>>>> melody that
>>>> Ray Ellington plays, while the bass plays a different line. Since this
>>>> album
>>>> came out in 1959, well after the Ellington version, I guess Miles
>>>> and/or Gil
>>>> Evans, sourced it from Ellington or the source Ellington used.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Blue-Miles-Davis/dp/B000002ADT
>>>>
>>>> In any event, since the Miles version is from his Album "Kind of
>>>> Blue", THE
>>>> most popular jazz album ever made, (over 3 million copies sold) no
>>>> doubt
>>>> we've all heard it even if only as background music in a restaurant or
>>>> elevator.
>>>>
>>>> Yep, I'll bet even that one eyed Bill Haesler had heard it by mistake,
>>>> or
>>>> osmosis even though he would never listen to it on purpose. <grin>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Steve Barbone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland
>>>> Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:
>>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 22:54:01 -0600
> From: "Dave Stoddard" <dhs2 at peoplepc.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo is a Vicious Habit
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <00f501c8349f$5ca85800$c48de604 at davep4intel>
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> Playing the banjo is a vicious habit. See here:
> http://www.whitetreeaz.com/vintage/vicious.htm
>
> Follow all of the references--they're interesting. This site has been on
> the Net for some years, but it's worth bringing to the attention of those
> who haven't seen it.
>
> Dave Stoddard
> Round Rock, TX
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:25:00 -0500
> From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Brian Harvy vs. Raymer Sound
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>, <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <C378468C.AD21%barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> Brian wrote: (polite snip) about Raymer's refusal to send several CDs for
> review to his radio station. -
>
>>They (Raymer) refused saying - amazingly -
>
>>"It is not the policy of Raymer Sound to send copies of CDs for review or
>>promotion on any large scale. In our experience, bands usually know who
>>they wish to receive complimentary copies and the most effective ways of
>>promoting themselves. We do all we can to keep costs as low as possible so
>>that our customers have the best possible price. Indeed we have come
>>across
>>bands who positively do not wish their CDs to be sent for review - even
>>though they are good bands!! We do mention your show to bands so they may
>>well send you a CD.
>
> I can see their point, though like Brian, I may not agree with it
> generally.
> But I do agree with them that bands should send CDs out to various radio
> stations, and or other outlets that may help them promote. However Raymer
> is
> wrong IMO, saying that bands generally know "the most effective ways of
> promoting themselves." In my experience, the reverse is much more likely.
>
> No doubt some bands do not want their records reviewed, and some wouldn't
> supply a "free" CD to anyone on general principles. Fine, as Harry
> Callaghan
> of www.OKOM.com says, "screw them". Go for the other bands and labels that
> are eager to and do provide CDs.
>
> Or, <grin> test the power of your listeners. Tell them to call/write
> Raymer
> and ask why the hell they and/or their bands, are so anal about something
> that would result in more CD sales and a wider audience.
>
> Or have have them contact the bands directly.
>
>Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:47:59 -0500
> From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Tubapalooza - 73 Tuna Players Toot at
> Philly's TUBACHRISTMAS
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <C3784BEF.AD22%barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> Even Carol Jantsch, the pretty and very talented 20 something principal
> Tuba
> from the Philadelphia Orchestra was there at the 6th annual Kimmel Center
> TUBACHRISTMAS. BTW, Ms. Jantsch plays some damn good OKOM when the spirit
> moves her.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
> HARK THE HERALD TUBAS TOOT
> By Peter Dobrin - Inquirer Music Critic - December 2, 2007
>
> This is the story about tubas and Christmas that doesn't poke fun at
> tubas -
> nothing tongue-in-cheek, no low blows. And only one joke about how many
> tuba
> players it takes to screw in a lightbulb.
>
> So we'll trade the good-natured jabs for tuba love and respect, which is
> easy to do after yesterday's tubapalooza at the Kimmel Center. As the
> first
> December light streamed into the Kimmel's plaza, 73 tuba players heralded
> the season's arrival with an hour's worth of Christmas and other holiday
> tunes.
>
> If you've never experienced the full impact of 73 tubas and euphoniums -
> and
> how many of us have? - what's surprising is how warm and plummy a blanket
> it
> produces.
>
> "It has a really mellow sound," said Bobbie Stubee, a tuba enthusiast from
> Millville, N.J., who has been coming to gatherings like this one almost
> every Christmas season since 1990 (and has the buttons from each one to
> prove it). "Think of a church organ."
>
> Yesterday's tuba event was the Kimmel's sixth. But it's the local
> outcropping of TUBACHRISTMAS (the letters are large like the instrument),
> for 34 years an annual happening with hundreds of concerts in the United
> States, Canada and Switzerland at which tubists play Christmas songs.
>
> This year's local TUBACHRISTMAS drew more tuba players than ever. The big
> brass choir got a good showing from college kids and high schoolers, as
> well
> as older erstwhile tuba students. A few professionals turned up.
>
> The local queen of tubadom, Philadelphia Orchestra principal Carol
> Jantsch,
> played with her instrument decorated in garland and red bows.
>
> And then there were amateurs who might tighten their embouchures and clear
> the spit valves only a few times a year.
>
> "It's a tough gig," said Anita Kranz, who works for American Express when
> she's not loving being a part of a group producing "big, super-dark
> sonorities."
>
> Others do the yearly event for the visibility it gives the instrument.
>
> "It makes people appreciate the tuba more," said Jay Krush, the
> Philadelphia
> tuba player who brought this tradition to the Kimmel. "It's the unsung
> hero
> in the back of the orchestra."
>
> Tuba players might feel unsung, but tuba brother- and sisterhood has
> yielded
> a culture all its own, which brings us to the other thing tuba players are
> known for besides their big brass instruments: beer.
>
> No one is quite sure why they seem to go together, but the link finds its
> way into the canon of tuba humor.
>
> As in how many tuba players it takes to screw in a lightbulb: The answer
> is
> three. One to hold the bulb and two to drink until the room starts to
> spin.
>
> No beer steins could be heard clacking in the Kimmel's plaza yesterday,
> even
> though the snack bar does sell drinks.
>
> Explained Krush: "It might be a little pricy for tuba players."
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:39:35 -0000
> From: "Judy Eames" <jude at judyeames.co.uk>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Mainly for rmoderately wealthy UK readers
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <003001c83503$250f1aa0$9500a8c0 at Jude>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> I'd be grateful if UK lurkers could spread the word about this discounted
> Christmas offer.
> It's happened at rather short notice but if it goes at all well, there's
> potential for this comfortable hotel with 44 letting rooms to become a
> regular jazz venue.
>
> Thanks Jude
>
>
>
>
> Christmas at
>
> The Crown and Cushion
>
> Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
>
>
>
>
>
> Dec 24th 9pm free jazz in the bar
> Paul Munnery and friends
>
> Dec 26th Jazz Buffet
> Tony Davis, Paul Munnery, Perry Lock,
> Rachel Hayward, Judy Eames
>
> Food from 7.30 Music 9 pm price ?24.95
>
> Three night package D B &B ?310 (instead of advertised ?390)
>
>
> Tel 01608 642533
>
> www.crown-cushion.co.uk
>
>
>
> Judy Eames
> Kaminsky Connection
> Aston, Oxfordshire
> UK
> www.judyeames.co.uk
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:08:07 -0800
> From: "James O'Briant" <jobriant at garlic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Tubapalooza - 73 Tuna Players Toot at
> Philly'sTUBACHRISTMAS
> To: "'Steve Barbone'" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Cc: 'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List' <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <002301c8350e$4b64f160$4001a8c0 at JimsLaptop>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Steve Barbone wrote:
>
>> Subject: Tubapalooza - 73 Tuna Players Toot
>> at Philly's TUBACHRISTMAS
>
> Methinks there's something fishy about the spelling in the subject line.
>
>> Even Carol Jantsch, the pretty and very talented 20 something
>> principal Tuba from the Philadelphia Orchestra was there at
>> the 6th annual Kimmel Center TUBACHRISTMAS. BTW, Ms. Jantsch
>> plays some damn good OKOM when the spirit moves her.
>
> [snip quoted article]
>
> The journalist left out one major detail: Why is there a TubaChristmas a
> all? Because William "Bill" Bell, the premier tuba virtuoso of the first
> half of the 20th Century, was born in Creston, IA on December 25, 1902.
> Tubist Harvey Phillips founded TubaChristmas and wrote the arrangements in
> honor of Bell. There is one non-Christmas title in the TubaChristmas
> books:
> "Komm, Susser Tod" ("Come, Sweet Death") by J.S. Bach, a chorale which was
> Bell's favorite piece of music.
>
> In San Jose, CA, Tubist Tony Clements did his own version of the event,
> called "Christmas TubaFest," for several years. Tony's charts included
> Alto
> Tubas (Eb Alto Horns) and some had descant parts for the "Fluba" or
> Soprano
> Tuba, a Flugel horn rebuilt to an upright bell configuration. I believe
> that the largest group Tony had at any of the Christmas TubaFest events
> was
> 220 players. I played Ophicleide at the last couple of events.
>
> Jim O'Briant
> Tuba
> Gilroy, CA
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:49:33 -0800
> From: "James O'Briant" <jobriant at garlic.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Lead Sheet Request
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> Does anyone by any chance have a lead sheet (+ lyrics if possible) to "My
> Lovin' Imogene" by Dick Oxtot?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim O'Briant
> Gilroy, CA
> Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers
> Email: jobriant at garlic.com
> Phone: 408-848-8097
> E-Fax: 630-522-4822
>
>
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