Kevin Bresnahan

All of that is true. We can only speculate what is going on in Larry's situation right now. My comment was based on Larry's last words here, which indicated that he & others felt that he was not that far gone to dementia. I think it's safe to say that at this point, we'll likely never know one way or the other.

Larry's last updates did say something along those lines but there were lawyers involved, so maybe his wife was able to move him back permanently. If he was diagnosed officially with dementia, it would be very difficult for him to take back any sort of "control" on his own. To be honest, I'm surprised his lawyer did it that last time. I just don't get that they took away his phone. My mother was suffering from dementia near the end of her life but I was still able to call her every day on her phone and talk to her. If they had taken away her phone, I would have given her another one.

Huh. For quite a while, Dave Douglas' birthdate was nowhere to be found on line. It wasn't in the All Music guide either. I always wonder how old he was. He's almost the same age as me.

Are you talking about Dexter on Blue Note? Just reissuing the earlier box with better mastering would be 6 CDs. Add in Herbie Hancock's "Takin' Off" and it might be 7.

Renee Rosnes (1962)

I'm sad to read that Larry's phone has been disconnected. Being hospitalized or in a nursing home doesn't usually = no phone, so something bad might have happened.

I'm not a fan of the mastering of the material in this box. I dumped it ages ago and kept my individual discs. I'm not missing much going this route. If Mosaic re-did this with improved mastering, I'd strongly consider it but if they do, I'd like to think they could add more from that aborted session with Stitt than just that one tune. Ron McMaster's SBM mastered discs never sounded right to me.

It has to be better than this!

Allen's back to posting on these forums.

Dave Brubeck - My Favorite Things (Columbia). I found a Sony CD (SRCS 9369) in a cheapie bin so I'm giving it a try. What an odd stereo image. Piano all alone in the right channel and the bass/drums in the left, with Desmond split equally when he plays. When Desmond is playing, it sorta sounds OK, but when it's just the trio, the sound it's not good.

I have a lot of the dates mentioned in this thread but it's hard to sort them all out sometimes. Sessions overlap on different CD releases and it's gotten very difficult to avoid buying music you already have. I recently picked up the Ensayo CD of "Gentle Ben" in a cheapie bin & I was worried that I already had the material on another CD.

The early days of the Internet were newsgroups, not message boards. Text was all you wanted on your screen when using a 28.8 kbps modem. Downloading a single picture could take about 5 minutes.

I've seen Rathbun perform many times but it's been a long time since he toured around here. Maybe this is why?

I still keep hoping that soulstation1 posts to this thread but my fear is that he is no longer with us.

Happy 77th birthday to Ron McMaster.