Kevin Bresnahan

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.

Still available: https://app.vinylmeplease.com/products/store-exclusives/johnny-griffin-a-blowin-session-limited-to-1-500 Mastered by Kevin Gray at Coherent Sound according to discogs.com

Is Jimmy still performing? He hasn't been up to Boston in a long time.

Until Winter & Winter reissued these two dates with new cover art, they were fetching big bucks on Ebay. I was lucky when a close friend recommended them to me because I've been enjoying them for years. I am pretty sure I saw this band when they toured in support of "Toys" but I don't remember if the entire band was on hand. I certainly don't remember Holland on the bass that night. I never bought any of those classically-themed releases by Caine after hearing a few pieces. Not really my style.

Just ordered a copy. I am a big fan of Smulyan.

I have that SACD but missed that they used the master tapes for it. If memory serves, the CD that this SACD replaced on my CD shelf did not sound all that great. Bainbridge/Time wasn't it? I can't confirm as I gave it away after picking up the SACD.

Here's a few more recordings that I find extremely enjoyable that could be on the more obscure side... Billy Strayhorn - Cue For Saxophone. This has been issued on many labels over the years but I think Felstead was first. It used to be and may still be very hard to find on CD. This band swings like crazy. Felstead is also the label that has one of Coleman Hawkins' more obscure dates - "The High And Mighty Hawk", which is one of my favorite Hawk CDs when I want to hear him play some blues. Bunky Green - Healing The Pain (Delos). Just a beautiful recording by Green. I believe that both his parents had just died, putting extra meaning into pieces like, "The Thrill Is Gone", "Who Can I Turn To" & "Goodbye". On "Who Can I Turn To", you can almost hear his sax crying for him. Just so sad but also beautiful. Walter Norris - Sunburst (Concord). Joe Henderson is the sole horn for this quartet and what a horn he is. Norris has a nice touch on the piano too. He plays one tune with the trio only and several other tunes have a nice long piano intro. Their cover of "Naima" is as good as it gets. This CD is so obscure that the Joe Henderson discography page doesn't list it. I e-mailed them today about it. Uri Caine - Toys (JMT/Winter & Winter). Killer band - Caine on piano; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Don Byron, bass clarinet; Josh Roseman, trombone; Gary Thomas, tenor sax, flute; Dave Holland, bass; Ralph Peterson, Jr., drums; Don Alias, percussion. A few tunes turn outward a bit if that bothers you. If you like this, try Caine's "Sphere Music". Both are fun dates that you'll find yourself playing again.

I thought the Time masters were lost? The earliest CD issues would seem to indicate that they didn't have the best tapes back then.

Unfortunately, Jim would rather we don't discuss these types of recordings here.

That's the veterans committee feelings on it. B. B. King got voted in right before him by the readers. But the Blues Hall Of Fame has Jazz artists in it too. A total of one - Dinah Washington Two if you count Cleanhead Vinson.

I realized I wasn't part of their target audience when they voted in Frank Zappa.

The digital version of Downbeat magazine just hit my Inbox. Fan poll results for Hall Of Fame - Wynton Marsalis is in (1062 votes). And Hank Mobley still only got 618 votes. Still bums me out.

I just checked my order for "B3atles - A Tribute To The Fab Four" and I definitely ordered the bonus material option. We are still talking about the "B2atles" bonus material, right? I do not see "Live At The Speakez" on Pledge Music's website and the order page for this CD (which is somewhat hard to find right now) doesn't mention any bonus material. BTW, if Jim is watching this thread, the new "Live At The Speakez" CD is not showing up in the "CDs" link on the organissimo home page nor does it show up under the "CD" link in the Big O store. It only shows in the left most slider as a New Release and at the CD baby store as a download.

Jim's two solo discs fail to get mentioned too. So if someone contacts All Music, have them add Jim's "In Memorandum" (which I would probably classify as Ambient) and Jim Alfredson's Dirty Fingers doing "A Tribute To Big John Patton". I also don't know how organissimo gets tagged as "Pop/Rock". Huh?

I did not get any e-mail... and I get all of Jim's e-mails so I doubt it got put into spam. My spam folder empties itself every now & then so it won't be there months later. Kevin

Rudresh Mahanthappa made the cover of Downbeat where he talked about he latest recording, "Agrima", which hit the streets Tuesday (10/17). I liked the sample (Snap) so I ordered the download - a first for me! Well, I have to be honest, I ordered it because it was only $2.50 (https://www.rudreshm.com/). First off, I have to say that I am a fan of classical Indian music so I was very interested to hear this melding of this style of music with Jazz and Rock. Fusion for sure. What I mean to say is that I was predisposed to like this and... I do like this quite a bit. I'm not one to do a track by track analysis but I liked the tunes with the tabla better than the ones with drums. As a player, Rudresh has some mannerisms that get repeated, but what player doesn't? The spacey intro to "Revati" sounded like something from Jane Ira Bloom's "Modern Drama". On the last tune, "Take-Turns" I kept wanting to swat the fly buzzing around my head during the intro. I will probably poke around the rest of Mahanthappa's catalog to see if any of his other recordings are like this.

You have this one: Or this one: And another:

Being the Mobley nut that I am, I really wanted to like that Midnight Walk but it rarely gets played in my house. A couple of tracks have rather dated keyboard playing. For Collectible two-fers, I actually prefer this one: Note that Collectibles really messed up the track times on that Philly Joe two-fer.

I only have the first two on vinyl myself.

Atlantic? How about: or or:

I do like this one even if the label is run by a prick... And if it's tenor you want, pull this one off the shelf: Beautiful quartet date with Tommy Flanagan playing magically. Peter Washington & Lewis Nash round out the band.

I was surprised that a CD called "Latin Lover" wasn't a straight up Latin Jazz disc. Maybe it would have been better off being called "Latin-influenced Lover"? I agree that whoever mastered (or recorded) this music moved the sax & guitar way up in the mix. It does make a few of the tracks sound more like a duet is playing with a drummer. I could have done without ever hearing a Jazz cover of "If I Only Had A Brain".

I have this on CD with a different cover. Under $10 at Bull Moose Music: http://www.bullmoose.com/p/13512402/potts-bill-and-big-band-jazz-soul-of-porgy-and-bess?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpYOuj6b41gIVFyNoCh27SgVlEAQYAyABEgKJG_D_BwE

Another one that I often recommend but haven't in a while is Danny Gatton & Joey DeFrancesco's "Relentless" (Big Mo Records). CD only. Smokin' disc! Their take on "Broadway" is incredible, particularly DeFrancesco's organ solo. And FWIW, if you want to go "full-Gatton", follow this up with his "New York Stories (Blue Note).

Tiny Grimes - Profoundly Blue (Muse). Vinyl only (still) and not in the best sound, typical for 1973, but great playing. Killer band too.