“Topic: Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70”

Donny....every time you do one of these postings, the SZ begins to look more and more like an obituary column.

I can't think of anyone in the music world who died that made one bit of difference in my life....not even Elvis or Frankie. But I can think of many postings here that HAVE...in a negative way. I’d really like to stay focused on music and not be distracted with “breaking news” of who just passed on.

This room has been a welcome retreat for me from the harshness and reality of mainstream life. On a good day in here, it’s almost like listening to the beauty of a fine opera with no harsh interruptions.

Music is supposed to be happy, and the same with music talk. I don’t feel it should be punctuated with death notices.

For those of you who are going to argue my point...this is MY opinion. I’m not saying this is the way it should be, but that this is the way I would prefer it to be.

I’m interested to see if anyone else sees it as I do?

Lucky