Kevin Bresnahan

Tonight at the Sahara Jazz Club in Methuen, MA, Ralph Lalama.

Pepper Adams - Julian (Inner City). Not my favorite Pepper Adams date but still worth spinning.

I'd be interested to hear how it compared with an 47W63rd original - and also that 45rpm version (Acoustic Sounds?) So would I, but I would not be the person with the ability to do it.

Taking for another spin: John Coltrane - Blue Train (Blue Note/Music Matters). The new 33 rpm mono cut. Beautiful sound on this disc. Quite a nice presentation too. These guys really know how to do it right.

Man, everyone RAVES about those Pioneers, don't they? I don't need any bookshelf speakers right now, but I've been half tempted to get a pair just to see what all the fuss is about. You should have read the rave reviews of the previous model. You would have thought they were tower speakers.

If you live near a Best Buy, go listen to these Andrew Jones designed speakers: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pioneer-4-bookshelf-speakers-pair/5086955.p?id=1218610014045&skuId=5086955&st=categoryid$abcat0205001&cp=1&lp=5. The previous version (SP-BS21-LR) got rave reviews. This one still gets good press. They're worth listening to. If you happen to go to a Best Buy with a Magnolia showroom, see if they have the B&W 686 S2 speakers set up. They're $50 over budget, but I just love the B&W sound. Kevin

You should return it for a replacement. At fifty bucks a pop, Music Matters shouldn't sell warped records. $35 but you're right, it shouldn't be there. But the warp is slight and the return postage would be a bit much.

Tina Brooks - True Blue (Blue Note/Music Matters). New 33 rpm release. Beautiful sonics for one of my favorite Blue Note recordings. Unfortunately, there's a bit of dish warp on Side 1. My clamp minimizes it on Side 2 but it's still a bummer considering the price.

Tommy Flanagan - Super Session (InnerCity). As I've found to be typical of InnerCity pressings, this is pretty bad. Warped to almost skipping. Great music though.

Supertramp - Breakfast In America (A&M). A favorite from my younger days.

Lee Konitz & Martial Solal - Duplicity (Horo/Japan). Nice mellow date. Unlike the Red Norvo date I just spun, it's got a lot going on in those "mellow" spaces.

Red Norvo - Ad Lib (Liberty). This looked interesting in the store but it's turning out to be a bit of a snooze and the clean-looking vinyl is playing extremely noisy. Not a keeper.

Marcus Roberts - The Truth Is Spoken Here (RCA/Novus). OK stuff. It has it's moments. Badly warped. Luckily, it was in the dollar bin.

Various Artists - DEU (Lapsus). This is an interesting collection of ambient electronic music out of the Barcelona based Lapsus Records that I found on bandcamp.com. Cool stuff on two slabs of red vinyl. Unfortunately, the record was shipped in a single layer cardboard shipper and the corners are pretty mangled. The pressing is also off center, a little warped and has a spindle hole so small that I had to shave it a bit to get it onto my turntable. I doubt it would be worth it to exchange it. The return shipping would probably be double what I paid for the whole package. Live and learn.

Oh God, SS is turning over in his grave! They must have used the 32Jazz graphics department ! Or Audio Fidelity's.

OK. BillF, y`ve changed your avatar? Those were the days! Pretty crappy speakers back then. I imagine there's a lot of added hiss from those ocean sounds.

Ben Webster - Remember (Dutch Mercury). I have this on CD as "Big Ben Time". It's a nice swinging relaxed date from late in Ben's life (1967). I like most of this one. I could do without the organ tracks.

I saw them in Newcastle a few weeks ago and wasn't impressed. A bit full of themselves, I thought.......and Joe Lovano wore his shirt outside his pants, never a good sign That's actually the style these days. My girls are constantly trying to get me to do this and I try every now & then but it just doesn't feel right. I usually last about halfway through the day before it gets tucked back in. Tomorrow night Maria Schneider's Jazz Orchestra is coming to Berklee. I can't wait. I've wanted to see/hear this band live for many years and just never connected. Not tonight! I bought these tickets when they went on sale and got the front row.

Randy Marsh's dad Arno has a few CDs in their catalog.

Thanks for stopping by. I seem to remember you at the old Blue Note bulletin board. Also, thanks for the link to the memorial at your website. I learned some things about your Dad that I never would have know otherwise. It's refreshing to read your personal recollections without any sugarcoating. He sounded a lot like my Dad.

Tonight in Methuen, MA at The Sahara Jazz Club: Gary Smulyan in a trio with John Lockwood on bass and Ralph Peterson on drums. http://www.jockosjazz.com

Kenny Barron - Golden Lotus (Muse). Nice date - killer lineup. I never saw this on CD. Did it ever make it?

Just finished - Lionel Hampton - You Better Know It!!!! (Impulse!). ABC labels with Van Gelder stampers but has a nasty howl cut into it. Drop the needle and it's there. Are all of them like this? Again, it's cuttings like this that remind me why CDs were welcomed with open arms by this music fan. Now playing: John Coltrane - Settin' The Pace (Prestige). Nice blue label Van Gelder pressing that unfortunately sounds terrible. Rice crispies all over side one. Looks pretty good too. Bummer.

One of Bob Blumenthal's favorites. It is a fun date.

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