Kevin Bresnahan

This is the first year I totally skipped it. The eBay flippers have destroyed it. It's no longer about supporting your local record store. It's about how much money you can make by flipping a limited edition LP on eBay. Last year, I saw flippers posting LPs purchased minutes before in the parking lot of the store.

Now they're saying 10-15 years to rebuild it... hmmm... maybe I can see it once more before I go? I don't get why they're concerned with not having the right wood to rebuild the roof's substructure. It's not visible - ever hear of steel beams? https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/notre-dame-fire/h_8dea292b00ff98263f67ce361f637ad9

I'm amazed to see the interior pictures and seeing that the altar is still there. Votive candles were still lit. It looked far more devastating from the outside. However, from the sounds of it, I will be long in the ground before it is restored to its full glory, so I am very glad to have been able to walk through it twice.

Zero on-line presence to this "tour". Ford's website looks like it hasn't been updated in many years.

Damn - I would've loved to catch that band. I've never seen Ford or Altschul and I haven't seen Harris in decades. Are they coming anywhere near Boston? I have two Barry Altschul leader dates:

It is beginning to look like a total loss for the interior. Now it looks like they're just trying to save the shell. I'm very saddened by this. One of my highlights of my visits to Paris.

I really wanted to go to this but I couldn't find anyone to go with and I'm not a huge fan of going solo unless it's someone I just have to see.You are right that show length seems to be going down.

The Bruce Gertz Quartet is playing at the Press Room in Portsmouth NH tonight. Great band: Bruce Gertz, Bass; Mark Walker, Drums; Jerry Bergonzi, Tenor; Phil Grenadier, Trumpet

My questions centers around the "your recent call about a medical brace". If you didn't call anyone about a medical brace, why would you talk to these people? If you did call about a medical brace but it wasn't these scammers, why would you talk to these people? I just don't get why anyone would talk to someone who starts off the conversation with a lie. I have great sympathy for those going through life in pain. My uncle is going through this right now. I was glad to hear that this particular scam got busted. People who prey on those in distress are the worst kind of scum.

Do not hang up! This is not a sales call. We are calling in response to your recent inquiry about a medical brace. Really? Who the hell falls for these things?

I've gone back & forth on that Quebec/Hardee box many times over the years but I always come back to the fact that it just has too many alternate takes for my taste. One third of the set is alternate takes and they're programmed back to back, which I really hate.

So true for many of the old Jazz greats. It was pretty common back then. My mother & father both quit cold turkey in 1964, when the US Surgeon General came out with his report that smoking caused cancer. They tell me that a lot of people quit at the same time.

Chewy needs to lay off the meds... or maybe he's actually Alex Jones and we're just finding out now.

I finally received my copy from this UK seller and I am glad to hear this (again?). If it's live from the Scullers Jazz Club, it doesn't mention it anywhere in the artwork. No mention of the recording location at all.

Seeing Regina Carter tonight at Scullers. I haven't seen her in a while. I wonder who she's bringing?

If I remember correctly, overly long bass solos were a bit of a trademark for Pharoah's shows. Did he "play" the metal bowl then?

Although it's been a while since I've spun it, I do remember that when I got the SACD and compared the SACD layer to the CD layer, the SACD layer sounded much better to my ears so I gave away my old CD version. Has anyone heard the gold CD version? I am listening to my work copy now (Q0 VBR mp3 file) and I can definitely see the sound issues being described. The instruments do sound very isolated, which lends a rather unnatural, sterile sound to the whole thing. I don't think it sounds bad by any means though. The music is very good though. Joe plays great.

Get well soon Pharoah. I'm lucky that I got to see him several times. One of my favorite Sanders CDs:

I actually have the SACD version of this and I agree that it's a good one. It's one of Chesky's better dates in my opinion.

Do not miss The Cookers if they come through. Great band to see live.

$2.75 per disc. Wow. I might buy this just to fill out my collection.

That time I saw Foghat in 1977.... ringggggggggg... and my right ear shut down for a few hours after... ringgggggggg,,,, and that time I saw the Allman Brothers Band and Dickie Betts was on fire... ringggggg... Tinnitus sucks. I always have ear plugs with me now, especially if there's a trumpeter. I'll never forget that time I forgot them and Jon Faddis blew my right ear out at the old Scullers when they had those wood paneled walls that reflected sound like mirrors. Ouch. I couldn't even stay in the room when he was playing.

Wear ear protection. You can't undo ear damage.

***Knock on wood*** My mother is great with her cordless phone. She always puts it back in the charger base after every use. Now her cell phone on the other hand...