Kevin Bresnahan

With Hiroshi closing his store, I only know of a couple of guys on the Steve Hoffman forums in Japan these days. It's a very difficult title to find, even in Japan.

I recommend the live version of "Funkallero" done by Evans' trio with Getz as guest artist performed at Laren in '74. The CD is titled BUT BEAUTIFUL (Milestone MCD-9249-2) released under Evans' name. The liner notes to this CD make it plain that there was some tension between Getz and Evans on this performance (Getz' fault mostly, it seems, no surprise there). It got to the point where Evans refused to comp behind Getz on one tune. So it's not hard to imagine that there were some major issues on the '64 studio session. Careful, you're moving awfully close to saying something bad about Stan. We know where that got us last time.

Phil Woods - Heaven (Black-Hawk)

I went into NYC twice to see him and never got around to it. RIP Mr. Sims. Cancer sucks.

Roland Hanna - The New York Jazz Quartet In Chicago (Bee Hive) I like the Bee Hive record label. It's too bad that the label's owner never licensed any of them out for CD reissue (except for the Johnny Hartman date). I really can't figure out what he is waiting for to reissue them.

Nat Adderley - In The Bag (Jazzland)

Elvin Jones - Midnight Walk (Atlantic) Kind of an uneven record. Dig one tune, eh on the next. The electric piano tracks don't do much for me. Not an audiophile's dream record but a bit better sounding than the Collectables CD.

"Standard Gonz" on Blue Note is very rare and has been hard to find for years. When I pulled out a copy for Jerry to sign, he said that he doesn't even have a copy. Kevin

Stan Getz - Sweet Rain (original Van Gelder pressing). One of my favorite Getz dates and I don't know exactly why. It just hits me right. EDIT: Why is it that most Verve vinyl (like CTI vinyl) is noisy? You find "Van Gelder" in the deadwax and you figure it'll sound good but the crackles & pops drive me nuts. There are times when CD is better. Getz's "Sweet Rain" would seem like one of them.

Fats Navarro - Nostalgia (Savoy MG 12133) RVG pressing

I bought mine from Smulyan directly when came into Methuen last month. A very enjoyable disc.

It looks like we just got updated to 3.3.4. It looks very different. I'll have to get used to this. Kevin

I just got the E-mail announcing this new LP set and I see that this one is limited to 2,500 copies. The other Mosaic Singles 4 LP sets were all limited to 5,000 copies.

Pete LaRoca - Tribute concert Dear Jazz musicians and fans, I have the sad task of informing the Jazz community that Pete (LaRoca) Sims is gravely ill at Kateri Residence on the Upper West Side. He is suffering from advanced lung cancer. The family is organizing a Tribute Concert on his behalf, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 29th 8 pm at St. Peter's Church, 54th & Lexington Ave. If you are interested in playing at the event, kindly contact: Randa Kirshbaum h 212 866 2204 c 646 596 0231 randafay212@gmail.com

Manny Albam - Solid State Soul Of The City (original Soild State heavy vinyl) I bought this because many years ago I picked up a copy of "Something New Something Blue" on Columbia which had some of Albam's work on it that I really liked. This isn't as good as that date.

Bobby Hutcherson - San Francisco featuring Harold Land (UA Van Gelder pressing). First time I've heard this. Eh. Although Hutch and Harold play their asses off, it isn't doing much for me. The funk/trippy beats are pretty dated.

The Beatles - Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (late 70's two box UK pressing) I have slowly converted most of my Beatles vinyl over to UK vinyl. Sadly, they're almost universally better than equivalent US pressings. As an added bonus, many of them have extra tracks.

I ordered it. It's supposed to ship in a few weeks. I have the Stan Getz set and it sounds fine. I assume that this one will be too. I've never heard of the mastering engineer. Hopefully he doesn't futz with the EQ too much. I was just told that my Monk set (ordered in early February) will also ship soon. Apparently RTI is backed up.

Those are the real covers. No idea why Mosaic chose to call them "Singles" either. They should be "LP Selects".

I find it strange that they have introduced and are shipping a new LP box set when they still haven't shipped "The Complete Thelonious Monk Live At The It Club" set that I ordered on February 2, 2012! :lol:

What does this mean? 'Wally' Traugott - who mastered the Blue Note vinyl in the 90's (from the digital files acccording to info at the Hoffman forums). Stop And Listen - 'Wally', $25 near mint Stop And Listen - ' RVG', $500 near mint it's the monetisation of vinyl Nobody on the Hoffman forums knows if this was cut from digital files or not. From what I was told the first or maybe the first & second batches of Connoisseur LPs were *probably* cut from a digital master. However, they switched to all analog somewhere along the way. I was never able to get the breakdown. I like the sound from these Wally cut LPs. FWIW, Wally is etched in deadwax going back for years. Wally cuts are the best sounding Bob Seger LPs too. Pre 1977 Wally Post 1977 Wally

John Lewis - 2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West (Pacific Jazz King Records Japanese pressing)

I imagine the model number is actually DM602. The DM602 is a larger, ported bookshelf speaker. Depending on when he bought them, they could be DM602, DM602 S2 or DM602 S3 (series 2 & series 3). They are pretty good speakers but are a bit bass shy, even with the port. However, I find that B&W speakers are the best speakers out there for acoustic bass, making them perfect for Jazz. You just won't be cranking that bass out of these at any volume. I have an entire home theater set-up with B&W 600 Series 3 speakers, I have DM603 S3's for the front L&R, an LCR600 S3 for a center and DM601 S3's for the surround L&R. They sound very good. I can recommend DM602 S3's but I don't know about S2's or the originals. Kevin

Buddy Tate - Groovin' With Buddy Tate (original Moodsville).

Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt with Brother Jack McDuff - Soul Summit (green label Prestige with RVG side 2). It's funny to read Bob Porter's 1966 liner notes where he spends most of the time saying that a blowing session with Ammons & Stitt is somehow better than anyone else's when in reality, it isn't. Pretty much just a plain ol' jam session. LP was stored in a basement too. Musty basement smell that just won't go away. BTW, Ray Baretto goes uncredited on this reissue. Was he credited on the original?