Kevin Bresnahan

I'm going to pass on this one too. With the exception of the previously unissued alternate takes, I have all of it in one form or another. Also, I got laid off last year and I'm sort of in semi-retirement & this is not where I want my entertainment budget going at this time.

Tommy Flanagan - Positive Intensity (Sony/Japan). Tommy with Ron Cater & Roy Haynes from 1977. Nicely done if a bit too brightly presented on the Japanese CD I found in a used bin yesterday.

Toshiko Akiyoshi - Just Be-Bop (Diskmate/SS Jazz). Pretty date with Charles McPherson playing as he usually does on a be-bop date.

Today is bandcamp Friday. If you like baritone saxophone, you would be doing yourself and an artist, Claire Daly, a big favor by supporting her today. Due to her recent cancer diagnosis, she's in a tough spot financially and could use any money that comes her way. If you're into vinyl, her latest, "VuVu For Frances" sounds really good on my turntable.

Jack Wilkins - Merge (Chiaroscuro Records) This is a very nice CD.

That is a good one.

I was able to get these because a friend's brother-in-law decided to give his up and the Patriots let him transfer the tickets to me.

Joe Harley does post here occasionally so he might be able to confirm, but someone on the Hoffman forums said that they wanted to keep the original LP's 6 tracks in their original sequence.

I've become a Patriots season ticket holder this year. My daughter is ecstatic and can't wait for the season to start. I am not sure what to make of them drafting Drake Maye with the 3rd pick. I was really hoping they'd draft Marvin Harrison Jr. as I think he'd make any QB, including newly re-signed Jacoby Brissett, look good & I think he'd bring some electricity to the team.

I remember on the old Blue Note bulletin board when Greg Maltz used to go on & on about this needing to be reissued on CD. It was even funnier when it came out in the Mosaic box and he still wanted it out separately so we could get the full artwork.

So here we are, a year later and I never did receive the CD I pre-ordered & paid for. Jim, you're a great keyboard player but you're not a great businessman.

sonnymax recommended "Merge" to me years ago and I am glad I picked it up. I still play it often. Time to play it again. I wish I got to see Jack play live. He was scheduled to play at a local club but ended up having to cancel. That's when I learned about his health issues. He had a rough time his last few years.

Negativism? What are you talking about? The initial post, if you read it, was about a publisher's publicized sales figures for new books. The editor of that article titled it, "No One Buys Books". The story was not about used books. That is all. If the story was that no one is buying hardcopies of books these days, I would not have said a word about this new or used thing. And FWIW, my daughter made me join Goodreads a few years ago so she could see how many books I read every year so she could challenge me. I read about 75 books each year & expect that to go up when I retire. I read a lot of books, mostly on my Kindle but occasionally with hardcopies mostly borrowed from my local library or taken from one of these new "mini-libraries" that pop up on suburban streets.

The initial post was clearly about new books: I used to buy a lot of new hardcover books until about 15 years ago. I had favorite authors that I would buy their latest on the release day and I would often peruse the "New Arrivals" section at my local Barnes & Noble for new authors to check out. Then I was given a Kindle for Christmas. I didn't use it much in the beginning but it has become my preferred way to read books. Even now, I don't find myself buying new books much. I sort through the digital offerings at the Maine digital library as well as Amazon's free Prime books. Nothings beats free. My local library offers e-books to "check out" too but their wait lists are ridiculous.

Wynton Marsalis played at Jimmy's in 2023 & he was $200 + fees. That same year, Herbie Hancock played there and tickets were $295 + fees! I only live 25 minutes away and I rarely go due to the cost. BTW - That Charles Lloyd gig is for a trio. I hope Charles is spreading the wealth to those other two guys.

Carl Hiaasen's books have been great. His characters are hilarious. Too bad he hasn't put out too many books lately. He used to put a new one out every two years but since he started mixing children's books, it stretched to 3 or 4 years between books. His last one, "Squeeze Me", was hilarious...it was also his most political one yet.

Which makes absolutely no sense for a fundraiser. If you have a fundraiser and find that there is demand for the item, make more and raise more money. Limiting it is just limiting your own ability to raise those funds. Just dumb. And, as I said, I tried going through the process to join the LAJ just so I could buy this set but during the process, there was no way to get that set, even though it was being advertised as a membership drive "perk".

Michael talked about this in an interview. These were the tunes he was able to find the titles to when Lion sent him the session logs.

I do buy used books too. But this thread is about new book sales.

I am Groot.

I would guess that the main reason physical book sales are down is because they keep jacking up the prices. Why would anyone pay $30 for a new book when they can pay $12-15 for an e-book version? I used to try buying physical copies but I eventually switched over to e-books. The only times I find myself reading an actual book is when i check one out from the library.

That is a great Mosaic set. For some reason, it doesn't get the accolades. Maybe because it's Columbia & not Blue Note?

I was reading a somewhat positive review of Jimmy Smith's "Bluesmith" & saw that it has Teddy Edwards on it. I have ever heard this session. Is it worth finding? Has this material ever been out on a legitimate CD release?

I thought it was his Connecticut home we talked about? Brubeck sold that Oakland house ages ago. https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/home-decor/a28396899/dave-brubeck-midcentury-connecticut-house/

This LP is mono and I wish it were stereo. It has such a flat sound. Little ambiance, unless you count the reverb added to Elvin Jones' drums in places. It makes it sound like each player is in an isolation booth and when they solo, you only get the mic from that booth.