Agreed re: starting a cancer scare before the facts are in. CT's got the all-star big band gigs on June 20-21 at the Knit, a week at Mills College in October and another performance with Bang on a Can that same month in Paris on his current schedule. That doesn't seem to be much of a slow-down. And while I may well be mistaken, it's always been my understanding that those dreadlocks were in fact hair extensions. His hair now is only slightly shorter than it was in the '50s and '60s. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Berthold Goldschmidt, Passacaglia - CBSO/Rattle (Decca)