Kevin Bresnahan

If the vinyl buying demographic is "middle aged men", they're likely under 50. Anyone older than that who actually had to buy all their music on vinyl is all too aware of its shortcomings. I dumped those things like hotcakes. Sure, I have a few hundred LPs these days but that is nothing compared to the thousands of CDs I have.

I read quite a few of the 1 star reviews of this box and it sounds like it's not even worth the $34.99. :)

You know Jim, I was playing Big John Patton's "Holiday Soul" and finding it kinda..... boring really. Then I played your holiday tunes and found myself tapping my foot and enjoying the heck out of it. And I'll reiterate that this music is a prefect amount of music for one LP.

I have always thought the jewel case as an elegantly designed protective box for CDs if only for the fact that if one breaks, it's a matter of seconds to replace it with a new one. Try that with a digipak or cardboard LP sleeve. Don't waste your time, it can't be done. I love the jewel case.

Ahh, here are the other tunes! Jim - looking at the timings of these 7songs, you've got just enough for an LP.

The 3 downloads listed in the first post by Jim still work if you haven't heard these funky takes on Christmas songs by organissimo. I have 7 tunes so I don't where the others are. Merry Christmas.

Weird... I sent a message yesterday but even though my cell showed that message as posted, it must not have made it out of my handheld device onto the Organissimo server. Another message sent,

Jason got on first so they're his. I've been out Christmas shopping so sorry for the delay in posting this.

I am selling John Carter's 5 CDs that he used to document the history of the African American forced migration. $35 shipped to a US address. International shipping is extra. Paypal preferred. The titles are as follows: Dauwhe (Black Saint). Older pressing with no UPC. Made in France. Castles Of Ghana (Gramavision). Hole punch in UPC and sticker residue on booklet. A couple of very faint scratches on disc that do not affect play. Dance Of The Love Ghosts (Gramavision). Saw cut on spine (case replaced). Fields (Gramavision). Shadows On A Wall (Gramavision). Visible scratch on disc that does not affect play.

To put it simply, no. But is there a reason why would you'd want to?

If your router has sufficient WiFi protection turned on, you should be OK with leaving it on overnight. Rebooting a router everyday carries its own problems as each time it boots, it has to acquire a new DNS address, which can sometimes cause networking problems. This might be part of your current problem. If I were you, I would make sure that WiFi protection is turned on and leave the router on all the time. As for getting a tablet... if you want to use your wife's old laptop as a simple web browser, just download and install Ubuntu (Linux) on it. It comes with everything you need to get on line and it cannot get viruses. You'll be amazed at how fast it will run too. Even better, don't shut it down when you're done, just close the lid (suspend). When you open the cover and it comes back alive, you'll be back on line in about 20 seconds. I have several laptops running Ubuntu and I love it.

If you think it's the wireless router, buy an ethernet cable and hardwire your PC to the router to see if that helps. You should be able to get one pretty cheap from Monoprice. If it's your internet provider throttling you back, try doing the updates at off hours. Many providers throttle you back during peak usage times so doing your updates during their slow period may help avoid this problem. BTW, I thought that a lawsuit was settled recently that made it "illegal" to have your internet connection throttled?

Pepper Adams - Live At Fat Tuesdays (Uptown Records). Recording made by Malcolm Addey Recorders with Jim Anderson at the controls. Two masters at work created a well recorded live date.

It looks like Sonny is still touring. His website has been updated to include some 2016 dates: 2016 FEB 14 Sunday Half Moon Bay, CA DOUGLAS BEACH HOUSE - Quartet - Tickets TBA With Theo Saunders, piano; Henry Franklin, bass; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, drums For the BACH DYNAMITE & DANCING SOCIETY FEB 16 Tuesday Seattle, WA JAZZ ALLEY- Quartet - Tickets With Theo Saunders, piano; Henry Franklin, bass; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, drums FEB 17 Wednesday Seattle, WA JAZZ ALLEY- Quartet - Tickets With Theo Saunders, piano; Henry Franklin, bass; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, drums FEB 18 Thursday Portland, OR JIMMY MAK'S - Quartet With Theo Saunders, piano; Henry Franklin, bass; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, drums For the PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL - Tickets FEB 19 Friday Portland, OR JIMMY MAK'S ALAN JONES, with AZAR LAWRENCE and SONNY FORTUNE and JONATHAN LAKEY A TRIBUTE TO ELVIN JONES For the PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL - Tickets

Larry Young - Unity (Blue Note/Music Matters). New 33 rpm version. Sounds fine to my ears but not one of my favorite listening sessions. I guess I'm more a funky organ guy.

For some reason, I was sure this story was going to say, "When he returned, he found 3 more basses in his car".

I see where one just sold for $150 on eBay. It used to sell for ~$350. Is that $150 what you are considering unreasonable or the $350 it used to sell for?

I've been waiting for Weeds to make his way to Boston for several years now. Last year, he toured, but didn't get to the East Coast. I'll just have to enjoy his playing on CD.

I have a signed copy of this hanging on my office wall:

J.R. Monterose - Live In Albany (Uptown). J.R. - sax; Hod O'Brien - piano; Teddy Kotick - bass; Eddie Robinson - drums. This one is pretty good. Rough in patches but still worth the spin and I'm gald I bought it. J.R. sounds a bit short of breath in places where he seems to "bite off" notes but it could be his style of the time (recorded May 8, 1979). O'Brien (as usual) is pretty spot on, even if stuck with a nominally tuned piano (the bass sound isn't much better). On Monterose's original, "Lu-an", he is on but the rest of the band seems to be playing at a different tempo, which strikes me as weird for a ballad. BTW, I really enjoyed Robert Sunenblick's liner notes.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. I've kept the early albums I have by her, but I've never kept the more recent Bloom albums I've tried for more than a couple of months. "Mighty Lights" is one of Bloom's earliest efforts (1982). I hope by "early" you mean prior to 2000. Because if you missed "The Nearness" (1995) or "Red Quartets" (1999), you missed some good stuff. I do agree that her latest efforts (2000-2013) are not as good as her earlier stuff.

His updated review still seems to diss Brignola's two leader dates based on his negative impression of one tune and he still hasn't fixed his error of claiming that Ricky Ford played on Dizzy Reece's "Manhattan Walk".

I do like this date. Always have.

#1 - I think that's Brignola, and #2 - this hangup on "prime time" and "schooling" seems to me to be (unintentionally?) saying more about where Iverson's head is at about himself than it does anything actually happening on the records. Yeah, Holland does seem to trip over a string or two and is behind the beat for a most of the intro, but it's not as obvious as Smith turning the beat over a couple of times during his solo. Who knows, maybe it was intentional? Interesting to think that the second bari solo is Nick. I can hear it I suppose. I'm at work, do the liner notes mention the solo order for this song? Edit: The LP liner notes are shown on line and it does appear that the second soloist is in fact Brignola. Jim gets a gold star! Any way I look at it, they took this song at an insane tempo and it amazes me that they were able to pull it off at all. The first time I heard it, I laughed. It's comically fast. That poor drummer... He must've taken 5 after that take. I can't begin to imagine seeing a band try to do this live on a stage. Maybe James Carter would try it? He's a bit of showman at times.