Kevin Bresnahan

I have this on CD and I agree that Bunky's playing is very nice on this date.

Hank's last years... no matter how many ways I read about it, it still depresses the hell out of me. Addiction is a horrible thing. I have a friend that saw him at that Angry Squire gig. She got his autograph there. There is a bootleg recording out there. I had a cassette copy of it. Mobley was playing so badly, I got rid of it. I prefer to remember Hank in other recordings. Edit: you can find almost anything on YouTube. Damn - that piano sounds like shit.

2.5 Amps through your tweeters' voice coils is a lot of current. I would not be surprised to hear that both tweeters are damaged. The fact that both tweeters' fuses blew is a very bad sign.

I've seen 6 and just missed a few others. 2. Benny Golson 7. Johnny Griffin 29. Hank Jones 31. Horace Silver 44. Sonny Rollins 50. Milt Hinton My biggest regret was missing Blakey on his last swing through Boston, which happened as I was just getting into Jazz. I also blew off Gerry Mulligan and Art Farmer a few times, figuring I'd see them the next time they came through. I had several chances to see Dizzy, but I just wasn't into his later recordings so I decided to skip. So may shows I skipped that I should have gone to...

I still have about 9 or 10 years myself, so I live vicariously through these retirees posts.

This is one of those few times when it is not advantageous to be posting under your real name as I am going through something very similar with my mother right now. I will say this - it is very very hard to get a parent to voluntarily leave their house. It seems to take a catastrophic event for them to "see the light" and realize that they can't do it alone any more. I wish you luck. It's tough.

Didn't Melba Liston have short hair like that?

Born & raised in my old hometown of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Pepper Adams - The Master There's a copy on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pepper-Adams-The-Master-2-CD/254155940859?epid=1140409826&hash=item3b2cdfe3fb:g:nowAAOSwSTpbs8pW Discogs has a lot of those Camden Deluxe compilations but not the Pepper Adams one: https://www.discogs.com/label/122720-Camden-Deluxe I have one other, Clifford Jordan's Highest Mountain https://www.discogs.com/Clifford-Jordan-Highest-Mountain/release/4046245

Oscar's hairline looks to be further receded than the person in this picture though.

I have that Camden release (the Pepper Adams one is worth picking up too) and while it has some great music, I wish Jimmy Heath had left his soprano sax & flute back at home that day. My only real complaint with some of these 70's Muse dates is that the bass is often badly recorded.

Clifford Brown?

This is my point exactly. If it's legal to bypass the admissions process through a big donation, why is it a jail-able offense if done through a different avenue? It's the same thing - buying your way in. They conspired to pay a school official money to allow their child admission to a school they would not get in on merit. It happens all the time. It will continue to happen too. They just went at it through the wrong school official. If they had paid off a dean or president by means of a large donation, we wouldn't even be talking about this. And don't get me wrong - I think what these people did is terrible. But to raise it to the level where someone goes to jail over it... why? I just don't get it.

Why is this illegal though, with jail time being mentioned for these parents? There's a law that says, "Bypass admission to a college results in 4 years in prison"? I think it's terrible and I can see it being against the rules at the school, but why are the courts involved? These schools aren't free so these rich kids' parents aren't stealing their education, they're simply bypassing the admittance procedures. I especially don't see how this is illegal at a private school. They can admit anyone they want. Yale? Really? Like some rich Yale grad hasn't endowed some chair and gotten his idiot son or daughter enrolled there on a wink? We're supposed to believe that this doesn't happen? If someone at my company hired an incompetent idiot because he got paid off, he'd get in trouble if the company found out, but he wouldn't get arrested, tried and sent to jail. He'd just get fired along with the incompetent idiot.

Personally, I think Richardson is a bit overrated, as he was never a game changer with the Jets or they would've done more during his stay. He only has 23.5 sacks over 6 seasons. I saw him play the Patriots twice a year back when he was with the Jets and they didn't win many games (they were 2-6) and during those 8 games, he only had 1.5 sacks (total). Of course, Brady's ability to get rid of the ball in a little over a second during most plays makes almost every team's pass rush look bad.

Until Beckham gets hurt or starts bitching about his contract again or threatens to hold out or flat-out quits. I'm actually more impressed with what the Browns have done defensively, although their new D-line is more of a pass defense. A good rushing team should still be able to run all over them.

Happy birthday George. I have seen him play many times and loved it. I wish his semi-retirement included a short trip to Boston every now & then but alas, he limits himself to the Smoke Jazz Club these days. I really should head down there the next time he books a gig.

I found it in my spam folder. Weird. I've never had their E-mails go to spam before.

It's pretty simple really. The collectors/fans want them to reissue the rarely-heard/reissued titles. The label wants what sells. BeBop & Hard Bop sell well in Japan. Very well.

Smart move. Hernia city if you're not 100% healthy. Maybe you can slip someone a few bucks to do the heavy lifting for you? Any nephews?

Yeah, I know as well! My old Mcintosh MC240 weighed a ton and because the weight was mainly in the transformers, it made for an awkward lift/carry. It's very unbalanced.

Be aware that this CD reissues the material from the 10 inch LP, which is ~30 minutes of music. The old US CD had a lot of bonus material and clocked in at almost 60 minutes.

I'll take these 2. I'll take this one if it's the Verve Master edition:

"Bird of Prey Blues" is probably my favorite Hawk tune.

Stefan - what Type 45 tube amp are you picking up?