Kevin Bresnahan

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.

The intro to Head Hunters' "Chameleon" gets stuck on repeat in my head quite often, particularly on a brisk walk. The cadence fits.

I checked the tonearm wires. I reduced the anti-skate to 0 and the problem is significantly better. I still think I may have an azimuth problem. Weird thing is everything was fine until I moved. I unplugged the headshell for the move and just plugged it back in and dropped the needle. But everything seems out of whack. I had to readjust the VTF and now the antiskate.

I am re-listening to this to decide if I should try the new(er) mono LP reissue that's in the stores now. As I am listening to side 1, I realize that "Blues To Bechet" and "Blues To You" are already mono.

That's great news! While my investigations seemed to indicate that the volume pot was sealed, I wasn't 100% certain. I'm glad to hear that it was able to be cleared out. Don't worry if that black gunk has some lubricant in it. Deoxit is also supposed to lubricate as well as clean so (hopefully) you should be fine. Now if only I could de-bug my own phono playback problem... distortion in the left channel on every LP I play. Nothing seems to fix it. Antiskate seems OK, VTF is dead on, azimuth looks OK. My tonearm height is fixed so it's not that. Now I remember why I loved CDs so much when they came out.

Sadly, Bebo passed away in 2013.

One of his biggest claims to fame as a vocalist was his work on the Schoolhouse Rock videos of the 70's.

Todd Barkan has reported on his Facebook page that drummer Grady Tate died Sunday, October 8th at the age of 85.

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Does anyone know if the typo on the cover is intentional? Maybe they meant "Baubles, Bangles and Reeds"?

The Live At The SpeakEZ tracks are the bonus tracks to the B3tles CD? I didn't get that E-mail...

Baritone sax?? What's up with that?

I thought that this was a nice tribute...

I have the Japanese CD reissue that Lon speaks of. It sounds very nice. Unfortunately, it's short (~34 minutes) but there's some nice music in those 34 minutes. Edit: We discussed these Japanese Latin Jazz CD reissues in this thread: There were 8 titles: Cannonball Adderley 'The Happy People' (Capitol),TOCJ-66621 Guitars Unlimited 'Quiet Nights & Brazilian Guitars' (Capitol), TOCJ-66622 Stan Kenton 'Artistry in Bossa Nova' (Capitol), TOCJ-66623 Sergio Mendes/Wanda De Sah 'Brasil '65' (Capitol), TOCJ-66624 Wanda De Sah 'Softly' (Capitol), TOCJ-66625 Clare Fischer 'Manteca!' (Pacific Jazz), TOCJ-66626 Bud Shank & Clare Fischer 'Bossa Nova Jazz Samba' (Pacific Jazz), TOCJ-66627 Bud Shank/Clare Fischer/Joe Pass 'Brasamba' (Pacific Jazz), TOCJ-66628

Though I haven't seen him in decades, he put on a great show when I saw him. I hear he was a genuinely nice guy too.

From looking at the service manual, I believe that this is your volume pot: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ALPS/EC12E2430804/?qs=PoKhxlfUXjKf1hIerO3GPQ%3D%3D. It's a ALPS volume control pot, a fairly well-respected volume pot manufacturer. It looks like it's part number EC12E2430804. I checked a 3D drawing of it ( http://www.alps.com/prod/info/E/HTML/Encoder/Incremental/EC12E/EC12E2430804_3dcad.html) and I think it is mostly sealed so cleaning it likely requires disassembly.

A dirty pot can't be cleaned from the outside of the unit. I am editing this because I am finding that your Marantz integrated amp likely has a mostly sealed volume pot. The best way to fix this is to bring it into a shop because they may have to remove it and replace it or take it apart to clean it. I guess the days of a quick spray of Deoxit are over.