Kevin Bresnahan

I bought the box from Sonny at one of his last shows in Boston. He signed most of them that were bought that night.

https://www.facebook.com/scullers.jazz/videos/889414351595117/ Joe Farnsworth with a quintet. Eric Alexander on tenor. Erena Terakubo on alto. Rick Germanson on piano and Jason Clotter on bass

You want to make sure is defaults to stereo sacd and if you don't configure your speakers, you may find the stereo speakers lacking in bass. The L & R speakers can be set to "Small" and the subwoofer can be set to on. which shunts the bass frequencies to a non-existent sub. You also want to make sure someone didn't set the distances weird.

It's weird to see Renee Rosnes written as Irene Rosnes.

Rudy quoting My Cousin Vinny...

According to the liner notes, it is partially about that: "Hancock wrote 'King Cobra' because he was tired of the same chord progressions. "The chord in most jazz tunes flow in a certain way," he explains. "I wanted to expand the flow so that it would go in directions beyond the usual." The harmony builds tension, representing the cobra with its latent striking power. (Cobra is also the type of sports car that Herbie owns).

If that museum could get Herbie Hancock's Cobra, that would be a coup. Herbie's car is much rarer than Ella's Mercedes. Herbie's Cobra is a one of a kind worth an estimated $2 Million.

It's a setting in the menus. I'll look to see if there is a way to do it without hooking up a monitor. You're probably going to want to hook it up to a monitor anyway, as you're going to want to set up your speaker configuration.

When I got the Mosaic box, I had to listen for it specifically as well. It was there, but it did not interfere with my enjoyment of the music.

Yeah, that x 100 into an item that you can get killed with if you ignore some of it's limitations.

I'm 58 and as is obvious, I have lost my love for driving these older cars. I just can't believe that I am alone in this. If you do finally buy that classic car of your dreams, there may come a day when you putter out on a nice summer day and get out in the middle of nowhere and that vintage car breaks down and you think, "Damn... this is deja vu all over again". All of the faults that you forgot about when shopping for this classic piece of nostalgia will come flooding back. No one remembers the shortcomings. Only the good stuff. Ever see one of those old Plymouths with the pushbutton automatic shifter? Cool huh? My grandmother once went to hit D and accidentally hit R. She was in a parking lot on top of a steep hill. She went over the edge but her back tires caught. That classic car "innovation" almost caused me to never be born. FYI - my father restored Indian motorcycles. I still love the look of them. But at the same time, I remember the cookie sheet that he had to put underneath each bike in the garage to catch the oil as it dripped out. I remember having to go pick him when his bike died out on the road (not as often as his Harley buddies). And I remember him flooding the damn thing if he didn't get the choke and (manual) spark advance just right. The suicide foot clutch. The stick shift lever that sometimes got stuck in neutral going from 1st to 2nd. The left handed throttle that my dad always had to convert to the right side. The right hand manual spark advance that he had to swap over as well. They were finicky things. But again, they looked incredible. Would I want to drive one today? Nope.

On the Hoffman forums, they are saying that it is still audible.

It looks like collectors have driven the price up on those 3 Belafonte discs: https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-Returns-To-Carnegie-Hall/release/5988810 asking price $100. https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-At-Carnegie-Hall-The-Complete-Concert/release/8819899 asking price $400 https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-Sings-The-Blues/release/9910565 none available The Morton & Coltrane discs are throw ins. Why? Only the seller knows.

There's a sucker born every minute. That "Blue Train" CD is not hard to find.

I found that this did help. My biggest problem was that my car used F78-15 (or was it G78-15>) tires. Modern radial tires are not available in that size so I had to get P215-R15 tires. After I installed them, the car drove much better but then I had an issue where the tires would rub on the frame when I turned the wheel full right or left. Luckily, you only ever do that in rare parking instances.

I love driving with the top down on a hot Summer night. Nothing like it. I've had 3 ragtops and I miss that the most. What I don't miss is the constant smell of sunscreen, seats hot enough to fry an egg, road noise so loud you can't hear any music and having to wear a hat for every drive.

Did it have black vinyl seats? My 65 Impala did. I once jumped in that car on a hot sunny day after the top was down for a few hours... with shorts on! I bet that car still has some of my DNA melted into that seat. My old Chevy did have AC though. I have no problem driving with the top down on a hot day with the AC cranking. The two are not mutually exclusive. Was it a stick or a column shifter? My dad had a 67 Chevy pickup with 3 on the tree. I learned to drive a manual in that truck.

I don't know Dmitry. The listing here: https://scottgrundfor.com/for-sale-the-ella-fitzgerald-1959-mercedes-benz-300-d-cabriolet/?fbclid=IwAR2XC2nZ9scczRt9LXL3jyE1mXGG8brAxXosSliZBm5nLGLSC8I4coMInSw# It does not say that it does and the picture of the engine compartment shows what could be a power steering assist, but without it being listed, I tend to doubt it. Look, I get it. I love old cars too. When I bought a 1965 Chevy Impala convertible, I was like a kid again. It brought back such great memories. I loved my old '65 Chevy. I had so much fun in one and I wanted that fun again. I even liked fixing it. Then I bought one and started driving it. All of the "Well this sucks" stuff started coming back. The choke sticking. The gas cap leaking when you stepped on the gas too hard (remember those gas caps behind the rear license plate?). Then there's that first time you get cut off and try to lock up the brakes with no power brakes. That is when you find out if you would pass a cardiac stress test. Or the first time you exit a highway and hit a bump while turning at a high rate of speed and the bias ply tires try bouncing you off the road. When you get home, you'll find yourself shopping for replacement radial tires (which of course aren't available in the size you need). It's fun getting parts too. Especially when said parts don't exist - like an AC compressor that works without Freon. I'm done. I'll still peruse the pictures and drool over it but I have zero interest in driving it. I were to win the lottery, about the only classic car I would consider is a light blue Corvette with a white cove (56-62) but even then, I would probably just sit in it. I'd buy that 2021 convertible Lexus to drive.

Or buy a new convertible that you can enjoy driving yourself. Look - and it's $350,000 cheaper.

The specs for the 300D says that it has 4 wheel drum brakes - hydraulic but not power assisted. Oh fun. You probably have to stand on the brake pedal with both feet to stop that heavy car quickly. I know, I had a car like that. Although power steering was an option, the dealer listing on Ella's car doesn't mention it so I assume it doesn't have that either. That's not a problem when you're moving along the road, but almost a necessity in a parking lot. I haven't had to drive a vehicle without power steering in a long time but I do remember how tough it was at slow speeds. And there are no seat belts visible in any of the pictures. My 1965 Chevy Impala did not have them but they were optional by then. No idea if they were available in 1959.

It still bugs me that the Billy Harper Club CDR I had of this session died and they never answered any of my requests to replace it. It's one of the reasons I refuse to buy CD-Rs of any session today. Of the few I already had, they are backed up as WAV files on my hard drive in case this happens again.

Beautiful car but I wouldn't want to drive it. I've become very spoiled. Today's cars drive much better than these older vehicles. You need to take off your rose-colored glasses if you buy a vintage car like this. It won't be as fun to drive as you might think.

Mark used to post on the Jazz Corner. I wonder if he's still on line?

I have two UDP-203's. I bought one for the HDR capability and bought the second one when they announced they were exiting the market. Great players.

Hopefully you don't get the CD that is in the Product Description.