Kevin Bresnahan

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.

7406 La Salle Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90047 Owner: JERRY D DECD OF WHITE EST Total land value: $145,000 (it was $59,872 in 2009) Total building value: $77,000 (it was $59,872 in 2009) Total value for property: $222,000 (it was $119,744 in 2009) Recording date: 09/07/2008 Year built: 1926 Effective year built: 1926 Area of property: 1,092 square feet Assessment for fiscal year: 2012/2013 Read more: http://www.city-data.com/los-angeles-county/L/La-Salle-Avenue-68.html#ixzz2yp2Vodm1 So Jerry is dead? Est on the end is never a good thing when you're trying to find someone by a property search.

Joe just finished. Now playing: Mal Waldron - The Git Go - Live At The Village Vanguard (Soul Note). Woody Shaw and Charlie Rouse in the front line. What's not to like?

Joe Van Enkhuizen - Back On The Scene (Criss Cross). Nice hard bop date of standards from an relatively unknown tenor player here in the US. Nothing to make you go "wow" but nothing to make go "eh" either. It's never made it to CD which is probably why there aren't many pictures of the cover on the web.

It's too bad you don't live closer. I have an extra Pro-Ject Debut II with an acrylic platter and a Denon DL-160 cartridge that I would let you try and give you a good deal on it if you liked it. I just don't have any packing material for it right now. Kevin

Now on, an album much more to my liking: Woody Shaw - Little Red's Fantasy (Muse). I've always enjoyed this date on CD. To be honest, this sounds great on vinyl. About the only negative would be the twangy bass sound.

David Murray Trio - Sweet Lovely (Black Saint). This is not for me at all. It was in a cheapie bin so I figured I'd check it out. In a lot of places, it sounds like all three of these guys are playing different songs with different beats. And for some reason, I really don't dig this drummer.

Steve Kuhn brings his trio to Scullers in Boston tonight. He is bringing Eric Alexander along as a "special guest".