Kevin Bresnahan

As many times as I've seen Cedar live, I never thought to ask for his autograph. I guess he's another of those guys I just figured I'd ask the next time he came through town. I never realized he was already 79. Man, how time flies. I think he was probably around 60 the first time I saw him and I remember thinking how young he looked. BTW, on CD, that Eastern Rebellion date with George Coleman could also be found on the Impulse! label. I have been getting more & more bummed out these past few years as this older generation dies out. I guess I still have their music.

I am lucky to have seen Cedar quite a few times over the years. If I saw his name on the bill, I made sure to go. He never disappointed. RIP to a great pianist.

Probably not a $500 bill. $500 bills were last printed in 1934 and not in general circulation too often, even in the 60's.

How do these sound though? The last two batches of Japanese reissues have suffered from the "make it louder" camp. I hate buying new CDs today. It's such a crap shoot for sound.

Just finished playing: Nick Brignola - Signals... In From Somewhere (Trend/Discovery). Was this ever issued on CD? Up now: Booker Ervin - Groovin' High (Prestige green label RVG)

Ubuntu does not mean "human kindness". It means "Linux operating system".

I don't know who Hans is, but I agree with this sentiment whole-heartedly. He's the guy who turned a thread about Chris being in a documentary into a thread about him and Aloc....all the while proclaiming he's innocent of what most everyone thinks he meant, but are now twisting what he meant (wink, wink) to what he didn't mean (wink wink). Ironically, he also proclaimed he was leaving the board....if you're going to do that.....might as well do it in a thread that was meant to be about Chris....but still posts....and apparently doesn't have me on ignore. The melodrama! There will be a pop quiz on this. And you are simply a troll. I would miss Hans if he stopped posting here. Not you.

I E-mailed Bruce at his Berklee E-mail address and he says that he still has copies of all of these LPs.

Which of his Fontana re-issues was in mono when everyone was expecting it to be in stereo?....Mexican Green? I think so. It was either that or the other way around i.e. the stereo mix supposedly sounds inferior to the mono mix. Edit to add: Listening to mp3 rips from the Japanese CD of Mexican Green right now and it sounds pretty good to me.

https://sites.google.com/site/brucegertzbasscom/shopping The E-mail I have is bgertz at berklee dot edu but there is another listed on the website I link to above. That one is bgertzbass at aol dot com. Kevin

I'll take these if they're still available.

As I was spinning "Front End" again last night and posting about this date in the "What Are You Listening To Now" thread, I checked around and found out that Gertz still has these listed on his website. Then I checked around the web and found some crazy prices for a lot of these LPs. Avoid paying big bucks and pick them up from Bruce Gertz directly.

Gonz (Jerry Bergonzi, Bruce Gertz & Bob Gullotti) - Front End (Not Fat Records). A great sax trio LP. I really like this and can recommend it highly. Bruce Gertz still has a stash of a bunch of his LP dates with Gonz so if you can swing it, grab it while he's still willing to ship them out. Partial LP cover:

Shit, I'll have to find a copy of that LP too. I was turned onto these sessions by sonnymax years ago and still enjoy spinning them.

Chico Freeman - Tradition In Transition (Elektra/Musician). I found it in the 25 cent bin this past weekend. Well spent 25 cents.

Oh no, Lola Smith has shown up on the boards! Now I suppose Jim's going to have to scrub this thread and remove all of these negative words. Obviously Jimmy was a saint. Everyone else is completely misrepresenting him here.

I have never been more disappointed in the actions of one of my favorite Jazz musicians than I was with Jimmy Smith. I am not at all surprised to hear that Verve fired him mid tour for insulting the audience and his own band on the bandstand. I saw it from the front row. This video bums me out even more.

Just finished: Art Pepper - Neon Art Volume One Now playing: She & Him - Volume 3

I just got my records in today and there's a bit of a problem. In order to create a unique LP package, they slid the vinyl into the cardboard jacket without an inner sleeve of any kind plus they slipped a download card in there too. Not cool. I went through my vinyl collection and found 3 round-bottomed Japanese clear inner sleeves and slid the records into them to protect them, something Omnivore should have done. Looking at the records, there are some pretty noticeable markings on the green record and a couple of scuffs on the pink one. I hope they're not audible. The fact that the red vinyl had the download card on the outside of the jacket and it was the only LP without noticeable scuffs leads me to believe that these cards are the culprit. Kevin

In my conversations with Ron McMaster, he has stated that if he is given an analog source, it's all analog. If he's given a digital source, it's not. The rumor that his cutting lathe converts everything to digital prior to cutting has been flatly denied. He may be wrong (if he really doesn't understand his cutting system) but he truly believes he is not.

Thanks! All three are on sale for $10 each with $5.99 for shipping. Great deal. I've been meaning to get these for a while and I couldn't pass this up.

I caught Sonny Landreth at the Regattabar tonight for what might be my last live blues gig. I am sick of getting my ears blown out so I am just going to avoid them from here on out. The sound was atrocious. Landreth sang some vocals but I have no idea what he was singing. It was all a blob of sound blasting from the sound system... and this was only a trio!

Dave "Fathead" Newman - Straight Ahead (orig. Stereo Atlantic)

I still have mine. Some original Impulse albums sound far better in their early mono form. I have quite a few of those - the 'Love Supreme' in the HMV imprint is a particular favourite. Got it! (Bought in 1965) Except that these mid-60s mono pressings are fold downs from the stereo master. You can get the same effect by using a y cord. I'm not saying anything about the pressing, just that "Mono" isn't a mix. Now playing: Coleman Hawkins - The High And Mighty Hawk (Affinity). Not the greatest sounding LP I've ever heard. It sounds like Affinity got a late generation tape to cut with.

Billy Bang Quintet - Rainbow Gladiator (Soul Note)