Kevin Bresnahan

Looking at these LPs, I'm really beginning to wonder if the art of cutting vinyl is dead. Look at the deadwax on these LPs. These are supposed to have ~20 minutes per side. Whoever cut these unnecessarily compressed the music to fit it into an area smaller than he (or she) had to work with. I am seeing this more & more with modern cuts.

Maybe if I look at it this way... Double LP set - $35 Blue Mitchell "Step Lightly" - $20 Double CD set - $20 Booklet - $10 Photos - $20 Cork turntable mat - $10 Scarf - $85 $200! Sold! Oh wait, I don't wear a scarf, at least not one that looks like that. I don't need that booklet. I don't need a turntable mat. I have "Step Lightly" on LP & CD. I don't need those photos. Hmmm... so $200 for ~$55 worth of music? Nah.

I don't think I'm their target audience either... but then again, if not us, then who? Like I said, given the limited nature of this and the stated fact that it won't be available outside of this set, why not make it unissued stuff that avid jazz listeners have clamored for? So what if it the material is "not ready for release" - you're not releasing it. Besides, I have heard that unissued Jazz Messengers date and I would love it if someone would edit it down to a releasable set of tunes, minor flubs and all.

http://www.bluenotereview.com/ Expensive at $200, but I guess their thinking is that the limited nature of the material in the set will garner the collectors out there. To my thinking, $200 for 2 CDs, 3 LPs, a booklet, a couple of photos, a cork turntable mat and a scarf (??) is asking a bit too much. My guess if if they made this a box with Tyrone Washington's "train wreck" session or that unissued Jazz Messengers session, a lot of us would be opening our wallets.

I have this but haven't played it in a long time. I'll have to pull it out again.

I have a double CD of Pharoah's ballad playing, "Crescent With Love", that I play often. I'll have to try and find a copy of "Welcome To Love".

From that article: <<<<<<<<<<<<<--------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hue Jackson said he will need to know that Gordon is not trying to talk his way into being released with this interview. "I don't think he is trying to do that," he said. "I do need to feel comfortable that he's not. If he's coming back to play football, I think he knows he needs to play football here." <<<<<<<<<<<<<--------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmmmm... the guy specifically mentioned that "Cleveland was rough, man", going into gory detail, so you're going to make him come back to play there? That, uh, makes sense, I guess. I wonder if Cleveland might take it easy on him? My guess is - Nope!

I wish was still hosting his live shows on his web page. I listened to a ton of that. I bet he had 15 different shows up at one time or another.

Well that's obscure all right... Only one available on the 'net and it's $45.

Some of Ronnie Cuber's best solos can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Essence-George-Benson/dp/B00004YZXU

Playing this one again. I see it's now going for big bucks on discogs. It's a nice date but I wouldn't pay $60 for it.

I almost bought the Shank as a gift as well.

Johnny Griffin - A Blowing Session (Vinyl Me Please). 45 rpm pressing means you have to get up every 8-10 minutes but it sounds pretty good. I forget how insane some of these tempos were and how these insane tempos don't seem to be Mobley's forte.

Really? There's another one! Ordered.

I came soooo close to posting this one but I thought maybe it was just me. I do enjoy this one quite a bit. It was "throw in" when I bought a bunch of Tubby Hayes CDs that came out right around the same time and I play this CD more than the Tubby CDs.

I may be confusing "Minor Swing" with "Blue Planet Man". Both have Zorn on it. I'll have to check again later. My PC at work is all messed up after they switched me to Windows 10.

I like John Zorn's playing on Patton's "Minor Swing". I don't have that Nilva record. Should I? Donaldson's "Midnight Soul" is a weird gold-plated French CD that combines the Argo LPs "Signifyin'" & "Possum Head" (minus one track - "Secret Love"). It's one of the few non-Blue Notes by Lou that I return to with any regularity. His later Muse and Milestone dates don't do much for me.

Blue Mitchell - Out Of The Blue Bobby Hutcherson - Color Schemes Curtis Fuller - Blues-ette Dexter Gordon - Biting The Apple Duke Pearson - Prairie Dog Herbie Hancock - Future Shock Horace Silver - Hardbop Grandpop Joe Henderson - Four! John Patton - Minor Swing Lou Donaldson - Midnight Soul McCoy Tyner - New York Reunion Stanley Turrentine - More Than A Mood

Coleman & Mabern?? I wish I could be there too!!

Greg plays locally quite often and he usually brings CDs for sale. I've never seen this one though. I'll have to look for it during his next swing through the area.

From the "What are you listening to" thread in the Vinyl forum.

Obscurity is a tricky word... To many people, Jazz is an obscure musical genre. Some Jazz discs I have were produced in low quantities, but most of us here have probably heard it and may own it. Does that mean it's not obscure to us? There's a CD that I play often but I don't see in the used bins often. It's out of print. The label's out of print. It might be obscure. It might not be. Anyway, I think you should hear this if you haven't already.

I haven't seen Willie in many years, but when I did, he never played two horns at once like he does here:

I am seeing Javon Jackson's superband, We Four, tomorrow night at the Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. I think it's a tribute to Coltrane (according to this blurb: http://www.vtjazz.org/events/2016/11/we-four-javon-jackson-and-jimmy-cobb-celebrate-the-music-of-john-coltrane.html) Javon's bringing Joanne Brackeen, Eddie Gomez & Jimmy Cobb with him. George Cables was originally scheduled to play but he seems to be sick and it looks like it's been for quite a while. I hope he's OK. On the bright side, if there can be a bright side to someone being sick, I haven't seen Brackeen in many years, if at all. I really can't remember the last time I saw her play. EDIT: I just realized that Joanne Brackeen is 79! I did not know she was that old. Man how time flies. There are shows Friday & Saturday. If you're in the Boston area, you might want to catch this band.

Golson is playing at Scullers in Boston next month. He hasn't been through Boston in a long time either. I have my ticket. I would guess that it's been over a decade since Jimmy's been through. He used to come to town once a year, usually with his brothers. I wonder if Percy's death put an end to his touring days? The last time I saw him, he still brought down the house.