Kevin Bresnahan

I always wondered what the story was with this goofy cover. I get that it was before advanced photo editing but still... just plunking a picture of Elvin into it seems strange even then.

Also released as "Minor Mishap" on Black Lion. and "Blues For Alvina" on Editions Atlas:

I've avoided "Brothers 4" because Stitt uses the Varitone throughout. I'm not much of a fan of that sound but I'm starting to try again. I just picked up his other two--fer, "Legends of Acid Jazz" with one half being Varitone. Maybe I'll get more out of it this time around?

Welcome Jay. Great story about Harry. On the Radio Discussions forum, Mark Giardina posted this funny story: A funny story about Harry I wanted to pass along to everyone. Harry had a bad habit of coming to work late. After being at the station from 4pm and finishing up hosting a talk show (with no producer or call-screener) after 1 am, I was anxious to get home. At first Harry would show up 15 minutes late, then it started to be a half-hour. Finally I told Harry the next time he wasn't in the studio after the news at 1:05 am I would stop playing his opening theme and a several jazz selections and play whatever I wanted. Apparently he thought I was kidding; I wasn't. So the next night when 1:05 am came around and the news was over I put a Hank Williams Senior album on the turntable (this is decades before computers) and let it play. The next night it was a John Wayne record. Needless to say Harry was fuming mad and swearing like hell as I heard him come running down the hallway from the back door at 350 East Avenue into the studio. ( I was in the newsroom at the time). The next day I'm told to report to the GM's office and was asked what's going on? "Harry is very upset with you". After I explained the situation to the GM I just came out and said if Harry continues to be late for work, I will personally buy a Mrs. Miller's greatest hits album and play the damn thing in its entirety every night he's late. Word must have got back to Harry because he was never late again. ;D

Jed Levy - Faces and Places Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Diz Jimmy Greene - As We Are Now Rusty Bryant - Legends of Acid Jazz

I saw George Coleman at the Ragattabar in Cambridge, MA last night. At 90, George is having mobility issues but he can still blow that horn.

The first thing I would say to this is that I don't believe it at all & AI agrees, saying this about World Population Review, "The website is generally reliable but should be used with caution as it does not always provide accurate information." In this particular instance, how the hell could they come up with this number? Who reports every book they read in a public way? Do any of you do this? This seems more likely a statistic from some website like Goodreads, which is going to exclude a ton of non-readers by definition. Someone who doesn't read books is not going to open a Goodreads account. The other thing I would add is that when I was still working, there were many mornings spent around the breakroom table where I was pretty much the only one who regularly talked about books I was reading.

It's beginning to look like I'll never get a chance to see/hear Cory Weeds up my way. He's getting as far south as TX but stops at NYC when he heads north. Weeds and Grant Stewart are two tenor players I'd like to see live and I've had no luck for a long while now.

This is a good one that I haven't pulled off the shelves in a long time. This was one of my best "dollar bin" finds back at the old defunct Looney Tunes store in Harvard Square.

The thing about Gardner's stats is that they don't take into account his propensity to get called for a lot of penalties. For some reason, most metrics used to rate CBs don't account for it either, so he looks better on paper than he does in reality. As I said, if the Colts don't use him right, they may regret it.

I don't get the love for Sauce Gardner. In 3 and a half years (55 games) he has 3 total interceptions. Even with him at CB, the Jets were 17-38. They're 0-7 this season. If the Colts don't use him right, he won't help them much. Even worse, in two seasons, his contract balloons to $21M (2027), then $26M (2028), and finally $31M (2029), $31M (2030). I certainly wouldn't give up 2 1st round picks for him.

Very true about him making the bass look small. That is one thing I remember about him as well.

Never heard of this one and wow!! One of only 44 copies produced!?!? That's one rare box set. Are any of the tracks exclusive to this box?

Band is not Direct Journey. It's the name of the album. The band is BJQ. https://www.discogs.com/release/25655938-BjQ-Direct-Journey It seems fairly rare and there's only one CD available on discogs.com, so if you want it, I'd order that one ASAP. By the way, BJQ is short for Baroque Jazz Quartet. @arantxa I moved this to the Discography forum.

But Lon, you're even worse than me when it comes to how much music we have... how do you determine what to play next? Do you play something you just bought or something you haven't heard in a while? Do you go for a box or a single disc? Do you go for a Mosaic regularly? Myself, at least lately, I've been reading the "What Are You Listening To Now" thread and thinking, "I haven't played that in a while" at the same time dropping in some (still) unheard new CDs. It's weird that I still have unheard CDs when I bought some of them months or even years ago. Come to think of it, I am still unsure if I ever l listened to the entire Stitt Roulette Mosaic... so much Stitt wailing on standards is a lot to sit through.

I actually played quite a bit of this box when I got it and enjoyed the music but I don't think I've played it since. There's a lot of jamming here and you almost have to wonder, "Do I need all of this"?

Although there doesn't appear to be any formal confirmation of this, he had been ill for quite a while, so it is not unexpected. I consider myself lucky to have seen so many Jazz greats - and Ray was one of them. He was a force on the bass. I've been meaning to pick up a few more of Ray's Arabesque CDs. I have "Vignettes" and it's really nice. I'll have to play that in his memory.

I saw Gumbs once when he was in his straight ahead phase in the early 00's, but he was off my radar for most of his other visits to the Boston area, when he was more on the smooth side of things. He was quite the pianist that one time I saw him.

We have a family of deer in our neighborhood.

Recorded In Englewood Cliffs, NJ; January 4, 1971 (#1-5) and July 9, 1971 (#6-11). #1-5 originally released as Turn It On! (Prestige 10012); #6-11 as Black Vibrations (Prestige 10032).

I just bought a copy at the Bull Moose store in Portsmouth, NH for $7.

I always appreciated brownie's posts. He was such positive presence here.

I have quite a few of the Legends of Acid Jazz CDs. The graphics suck, especially if you want to actually read what's written in front of said graphics. For instance, on this CD: This is the back of the booklet: Have fun reading that. I'm spinning this now and it's pretty darn good, crappy graphics and all.

I have a ton of Stitt's records but I never got around to that "Legends of Acid Jazz" CD, mostly because Stitt plays with a varitone attachment on this session & I am not a big fan of that sound. It's now going for over $20 on the used market, so I'm out. If I find one in the cheapie bin, maybe. Especially since, as I said, I have a ton of Stitt already.

I've been meaning to pick up a copy of this for a while. I'll have to rectify that one of these days.