Kevin Bresnahan

That cover gives me the creeps. It's like the Davey & Goliath version of what Albert Ayler might have looked like.

With the odd history of this record, you almost have to ask: which version did you get?

I am finally spinning this Tone Poet LP and I think I get a feeling for why this was shelved. The first track, "Mirrors", has a very odd-sounding stereo sound. Basically it's two extremely separated mono channels, with vibes, piano, bass and drums in the right channel and Joe Henderson's tenor isolated in the left channel. The sound is wonderful but it sounds weird. The second track, "For Duke P.", in contrast, sounds much more "normal".

Reading about Larry's phone call with Crouch has me wondering if he was like one of my old high school buddies who would say crazy things just to start an argument. I remember one time, he walked into a group of women at a party at Smith College, a very very liberal school, and said, "I don't understand why they are trying to stop the baby seal hunt". For several hours after that, he engaged in a heated debate with an ever-growing circle of enraged young women, all of whom wanted to kill him. When we left that party, he laughed for about a half hour. Another time, there was a couple ringing doorbells advocating as Jehovah's Witnesses. He started asking them all kinds of questions about their beliefs. He kept them standing on his front doorstep for almost 2 hours. And when he closed the door and returned to watching TV with us, you would think he just went to a comedy club. He thought what he just did was the funniest thing ever.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913619163/stanley-crouch-towering-jazz-critic-dead-at-74

https://www.pressherald.com/2020/09/06/sanford-pastor-remains-defiant-engages-religious-liberty-attorney/

How did they figure out the band members for that first LP?

Is this the same band as the other Brasilieros release:

He says it has RVG & the ear (indicating Plastylite). It looks old enough... did someone counterfeit deadwax inscriptions back then?

Download and run Crystal Disc Info, a free program that will assess the health of your hard drives. If it's dead, this will not resurrect it.

What are you talking about? COVID-19 "ground business to a near halt", at least if you had smart local leaders, be it mayors or governors. If a few businesses close permanently as a result, that's bad, but it's much better than a few hundred thousand more deaths, isn't it?

Mine came in today too, much sooner than they said it would.

How many covers does this date have??

My daughter's always like Miles' "So What" as well, but it may have been because I used to sing "So what" with the opening riff. My youngest really liked Herbie's "Chameleon" from "Head Hunters".

One of the last times I saw Jackie McLean was at the Aaron Davis Hall in NYC during a "Jazz Corner Hang" on June 9, 2000. Several Jazz Corner forum members went while another group went to the Knitting Factory. The line-up was killer: Jackie with Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Scott Colley & Billy Higgins. For some reason, I remember it as being "off". It might have been the odd "Star Spangled Banner", that I seem to remember being done as a march, or just the fact that they didn't play like a "band" but more like a collection of players. The very last time I saw Jackie was at the Regattabar and he didn't play very well. In between songs, his hands shook a lot. He seemed to be very weak. I figured he was sick. It was still a memorable show - after all - he toured with a great band.

True. Terrible disease. Unfortunately, Seaver also contracted COVID-19, which moved up his date of death. I remember going to see him pitch in his last season with the Red Sox. It may even have been opening day. I still wonder if the Red Sox might have beaten the Mets in that World Series if Seaver's knee had recovered. He seemed to rise to the occasion.

I finally broke down and ordered another CD copy of the Jazz Messenger's "At the Cafe Bohemia Vol. 2". No, this isn't going to be the first time I've heard this. Somehow, I managed to lose this disc along the way. It's been many years since I've spun it and I wanted to hear it again (with the release of "Just Coolin'") so it is time to reacquire this date. I think I let someone borrow it and that person never gave it back. I only realized that I didn't have it when I saw that it wasn't in my music library on my PC.

I was lucky to see Jackie McLean perform several times in the years just before his death and they were some of the best live Jazz shows I've seen. In fact, the show he put on at the Village Vanguard in 1999, with Cedar Walton on piano, David Williams on bass and Billy Higgins on drums (on the "Nature Boy" tour), was probably the best live show I ever saw.

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Michael Weiss - Power Station (DIW). After finishing up Weiss's latest offering, an LP cut of 2003's "Soul Journey", I thought that I hadn't spun this CD in a while. Weiss again with Joe Farnsworth on drums but with the added advantage of having some great work by Eric Alexander and John Webber. Such a great band. I really dig this date. It's too bad it's only ever been available as an expensive import. It's interesting to listen to these two dates back to back since there is some overlap in the tune selection, with 'Atlantis', 'Orient Express' & 'Soul Journey' appearing on both.

Michael Weiss - Soul Journey (Sintra 2003LP). Pressing #44. Michael Weiss on piano, Ryan Kisor on Trumper, Steve Davis on Trombone, Steve Wilson on Alto, Paul Gill on Bass, Joe Farnsworth on Drums & Daniel Sadownick on percussion. This is such a fun recording. There's a bouncy feel to much of the playing... a lot due to the rhythm section. I am very partial to Joe Farnsworth's drumming and to me, he is the glue here. But the band... wow. The ensembles are tight and the solos have a variety that keeps me listening. My first few times seeing Michael Weiss on the bandstand was during his annual appearances with Johnny Griffin at the Regattabar. It got to the point where I was looking forward to Johnny's rhythm section as much as I was himself. I do hope that I get more chances to see Michael play. But Michael, do bring Joe. That mofo swings like hell.

Alan Simon - Rainsplash (Cadence Jazz Records). Ralph Lalama on tenor.

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