Kevin Bresnahan

Boy, has this thread twisted out of bounds! I am not a human of the female persuasion so I can't identify with this, but my wife considers the "C word" to be the most offensive slur for any woman. Many years ago, she nearly punched out another woman who called her that. In the 25 years I've known this woman, it was the closest I ever saw her come to physical violence. I don't know what it is about that word, but up here in the northeastern section of our country, it's tantamount to calling a woman an "Internet whore" on-line. Later, Kevin

Regardless of her show, regardless of any studio trickery, her CD is not that bad. I have no problem with making fun of the girl for this screw up, which, BTW, was the drummer's screw up. But to leap from a small mistake to "talentless young women" or to the extreme, "no-talent media-whore". That's just totally uncalled for here. Believe me people, I hear all kinds of stuff that gets called "music" by my daughters and Ashlee Simpson's "Autobiography" is one of the few that I don't get up and shut off. It's a hell of a lot better than Eminem or Simple Plan or (shudder) Justin Timberlake or Backstreet Boys or (God No!) Hansen or countless others that get blared non-stop. The thing that grates on me the most is that the radio stations seem to loop the latest crap about every hour. It's so annoying. On the bright side, my youngest just loves Herbie Hancock's "Head Hunters". Later, Kevin

Have any of you posters ever heard Simpson's CD, "Autobiography"?? I have. I have heard it several times, in fact. That's what happens when you have teenaged daughters. It is a very good CD considering some of the other shit that my girls play. Really. She has an OK voice and it doesn't sound all that dressed up in trickery like most others on the radio today. She a little like Avril Livigne with the major difference being that Livigne writes all her tunes. One thing Ashlee Simpson is not is a Brittney wannabee. Britney's stuff got a lot of playing time in my house years ago and every tune sounds like a different "Brittney" because she runs her voice through all these filters. Give the (19 year old) girl a break. She made a mistake. She should have just laughed it off, told the band to stop playing, and kicked off the tune again. Immaturity certainly played a part here. The band, particularly the drummer, should get their asses fired quick. The drummer's screw up likely cost the band a lot of money. Later, Kevin

Wasn't it Malcolm Addey who did the original transfers to CD? According to this post in another thread he was involved. Well I'll be... you are right... Malcolm Addey is listed on the original BN CDs. Well, I know for a fact that when I got the Mosaic I had someone swap the old BN CDs into my system for a blind comparison and no one in the room could tell a bit of difference. Now that I think of it, I seem to recall Michael Cuscuna saying that he didn't remaster these live dates for the Mosaic... I think he said they just pullled the old CD master off the shelf and made Mosaic CDs with it. I'll have to check that. Later, Kevin

I have both the old US CDs as well as the Mosaic, both remastered by Ron McMaster. The overall sound quality isn't all that great so I doubt that RVG can do a whole lot with these masters. Of all the material in the Mosaic, these live dates are usually what I play most often. Very good playing by all. Is it worth $40 for the JRVG? Well, as I was once told by a reissue producer many years ago, "If you want it, buy it, because you never know when you'll see it again. But if you don't buy it, don't worry... it'll get reissued." Later, Kevin

I like "Dippin'" a lot but there's no way it could supplant "Soul Station" as my favorite Mobley date. "Soul Station" has it all... the players, the tunes and flat out great Hank. "Soul Station" is my favorite Jazz date period. I listem to it constantly, but especially when I need a pick-me-up. Later, Kevin

This morning, I am spinning Mobley's "Another Workout". I love this date. It blows my mind that it sat in the vaults for so many years. The tempos are perfectly suited to Hank and he blows lazily behind the beat in the most hip fashion. Philly Joe is in prime form. The echoes off his kit are pure Philly... I would know it was Philly after two drum beats. As for Wynton Kelly, man, he comps so well on this date. I love the trills he adds to "Gettin' and Jettin'". All in all a fun, swingin' date for the Hankster. Later, Kevin

Did you catch that Pittsburgh/Dallas Sunday night?? Dallas absolutely blew it, in "Pisarcik-ian proportions". All they had to do was run a couple of plays, kick a field goal and make a defensive stand against a hobbled Steelers offense. Instead, Testeverde bumps into his running back, fumbles, and the Steelers seal the W. Steelers should've lost that one. The Jets are an enigma. Like NE, they've played some pretty weak teams (that's what we get with the Bills and Dolphins in our division). Who knows if their 5-0 is real? At least we have two tough W's. Not the Jets. Belichick seems to have Pennington's number though. Later, Kevin

When you pop an unfinalized CR-R into a machine with EZ CD Creator (and maybe Nero), there is an option to finalize the session or CD in one of the menus. You should be OK. Much better off than you were with a dead hard drive. Later, Kevin

Here at work, we just paid over $2,000 to recover data off of a dead hard drive. This was on the "low end" of the pricing spectrum. Unless you really, really need that data, just get a new drive and chuck the old one. Next, make sure to get a CD or DVD burner. Back-up often. Frequent back-ups can save major headaches in the future. I have a DVD burner in my PCs. 4.5 GB of storage per disc. Nice. Later, Kevin

I called it pretty good on the Pats/Seahawks game... I said their only hope was turnovers and Brady and that's exactly how they won this. Luckily the turnovers turning into points came early. It limited the Seahawks to playing catch up and this usually means "throw the ball". I still think the Seahawks had a chance in the end but I have to wonder why Alexander wasn't being handed the ball more often on their last drive. It's not like the Pats were stuffing him. Oh well, a win is a win. The biggest winner of the day? Bethel Johnson. He is probably still in Belechick's doghouse but he may have earned a reprieve for that incredible catch. Totally laying out like that and then being able to tuck it in so the replay couldn't overturn the call. Wow. Anybody watch the Cowboys blow it last night? Was that bizarre or what? I was thinking it was a lock. All they had to do was hand off a couple of times and try for a long FG. Next thing you know, Testeverde has the ball knocked out of his hands by his his running back and "Wham," they're done. It reminded me of that Giants/Eagles game years ago with the fumble. Quite a boneheaded play by the Cowboys. Of course, Parcells will blame the players, which is who screwed up, but the play calling has to be questioned. Later, Kevin

What a catch by Bethel Johnson! Man, was that a nail-biter, or what? I tell you, Chris Collingsworth truly sucks and his hatred of the Patriots shines through his commentary. First, he calls Harrison "the dirtiest player in the NFL" after Harrison falls backwards into Hasselback to get a "roughing the passer" call. Then, when Brady is clearly dumped by a Seahawk defender well after he threw the ball, a play that's always roughing, he clams up with a chuckle. What a jerk. The other one that showed his bias was when he defended the zebras on that bullshit "unecessary roughness" call when a Seahawk jumped and Warren shoved him on his ass. Collingsworth is saying, "Yeah, that's a penalty... I've never seen it called before, but that's a penalty." This after very early in the game where he blasted the refs for calling taunting on the Seahawks, calling it "totally unecessary". Hey Chris, go call someone else's games. You don't like the Pats and it shows. Later, Kevin

Over on the Jazz Corner's Speakeasy, Lois Gilbert is reporting that she spoke with several people familiar with Max's situation last night and she was told that Max's children sold his apartment so they would have enough money to afford a very good home for Max. She said she's knows the name of the place and it's a good one. Later, Kevin

I can't vote... my heart says the Pats will win but my head says they're gonna get their asses kicked. Rumor today is that Dillon might not play. Brown and Branch are out. Bethel Johnson may get sat again after his stupid comments this week. There's also some stories saying that Brady's shoulder may be acting up. All in all, if the Patriots win, they should prove that they still got game. Later, Kevin

I prefer Ron McMaster's remasterings for some sessions, but definitely not Sonny Rollins "Live at the Village Vanguard". The original CDs were not made from the master tapes... and they sound it. When RVG got these recently unearthed master tapes, he brightened them up in his usual fashion but to my ears, it works well for this. The original CDs sounded muffled. The RVG CDs sound bright, more "live". I would not trade my RVG of "Live at the Village Vanguard" for the older version. Later, Kevin

I was talking to Mosaic the other day and they mentioned that they will be changing their web site soon. I told them that I hope they keep all the directory structures the same so we could continue to access these old discographies. My statement caught them a bit off guard so I explained to them what we do here with the links. They really liked that we still use these discographies and they are looking into having them in the "No Longer Available" section of the new web site. Hopefully this happens. However, in the chance that they don't do this, anyone who wants to back these old discographies up, should do so soon. I have no idea when the changeover will happen but you don't want to wait until they're gone. Later, Kevin

Jackie's currently listed in the Gillespie tribute band's stop at The Regattabar from October 27-30. I have tickets to the 30th show. However, Jackie just cancelled his November visit to Yoshi's so his health might be a problem again. I have to wonder if he'll show up at either Gillespie tribute show. I'm expecting a last minute sub. Later, Kevin

Fuckin' eh... I knew they'd arrive! Now if only Aric would send Soulstation his copy of "Money Jungle", we'd be one big love-fest. Later, Kevin

The biggest change with these CDs is that they will use the US master tapes. These tapes are 3rd or 4th generation and they have had layers of echo and EQ'ed to "max output" (on some tracks).... "Americanized" if you will. I will probably buy them just to have them but by this time, having had the original CDs for almost 20 years now, I am very used to hearing the British versions. BTW, they way they're filling each CD with one of these short LPs is by including both the mono and stereo versions of each tune. Basically, you'll get each LP twice. Later, Kevin

Check out the ticket to the record-breaking Pats/Dolphins game: Notice the subliminal tuff? Add the players numbers togther... 2+6+3+8 = 19. The referee is number 19. The best is on the wall behind the play... "Sec. 19"... "in"... "a"... "row" . BTW, speaking of the Pats next opponent, over on patsfans.com, they have former QB Steve Grogan analyze the games each week. This week, they asked him about the Seahawks. Here's what he had to say: R.R. Marshall: This will be the first quality opponent the Patriots have faced since the opening week of the season. What’s the game plan for Seattle? Steve Grogan: I hadn’t seen Seattle play much before last Sunday and I was really impressed with their running back Shaun Alexander. I assume Alexander is what the Patriots will try and take away. He is the kind of back that hesitates to wait for a hole to open up, so it is going to be really important for the defense to swarm him and not give him time for that hole to open up because he can accelerate quickly. Matt Hasselbeck is a good quarterback but the Seahawk receivers seem to have a lot of problems with catching the ball, so if you can neutralize their running game it will give the Patriots a great shot at extending their winning streak to 20 games. This is exactly the way I feel about this game with one exception... I am worried that the Patriots offense might get shut down by the Seahawk's D. They need some of their receivers to get back in the game. Branch's absence is going to hurt when the opponents start doubling Givens on every play. Patten is going to have to get open and catch the ball, which he wasn't able to do agianst the Fins this weekend. Later, Kevin

I watched that Rams-Seahawks game myself. I was watching Alexander run all over the Rams and thought, man, we're dead next week. Even against Miami's no-name running game, we still allowed some long runs. But then I saw the Rams comeback and I figure we're about even with the Seahawks. Maybe BB & co. can tighten up the run D before next week? No matter, this looks to be a good test for the Pats. If they Pats win, they may be going up against an undefeated Jets team that next week. I'll be there. Later, Kevin

Blue Note surely knows some of their stuff escaped the vault and they would absolutely prosecute anyone they caught dealing in it. They're not particularly happy but they also know the "genie's out of the bottle". Without going the legal route and trying tracking down every single copy (which they must know is impossible now), they'll just have to keep their eyes & ears open. Obviously, this conversation we're having would not have been too cool on the old BN board. BTW, it took me years to get something to trade the guy who had this. He told me about it, dangling the carrot, but everything I offered, he already had. I tried to get something valuable to trade. I even got some musician's personal stage tapes. No doing. He wanted some vault stuff. I finally got my hands on another vault tape and that did the trick. After all the work it took, this is not a tape I'll be duping and blasting all over the place. As I said, BN would go after me then. I think they'll just leave me alone if I keep low. We should all do the same. I do think if I sent MC and mixed down copy, he'd give it a spin probably laugh at the effort. He might also change his mind, but I doubt it. FWIW, the same guy who traded me this tape has more vault tapes and live boots than anyone I've ever met or heard about. Cuscuna even knew about his collection. He named the guy when I told him I finally got my hands on a copy of this Blakey date. This same guy had a copy of the "Kind of Blue" masters years ago. I remember him playing that for me one night and there's a point where Cobb's brushes are swooshing away. The booth calls for a halt and tells Miles that their mikes are picking up Cobb's brushes. Miles leans to the mike and rasps, "You're gonna get that, yeah." Oh yeah, this guy also claims to have gotten that unissued Wayne Shorter date (the one with the weird tune titles like "Bee" and "Cee"). He says it sucks. Too bad he moved out of Boston. I heard he's somewhere in the Providence, RI area now. I wonder if the phone number I have will work? Later, Kevin

I swear sometimes MC listens to these things once, forms an opinion, and simply won't go back again. I also think he's overstating the problems with this date. I do believe there wouldn't be a way to put this out by simply "choosing takes" as nearly every take has a little problem, but with some judicious editing, even I could make this a decent Jazz Messenger's CD. I just don't have the editing software or, at this time in my life, patience to do this. BTW, MC has downplayed this date for as long as I've been talking to him... maybe 15 years by now... and when I got this, I was rather shocked at how it sounded. Not great, but not a bunch of high schoolers! I still think Morgan was the star of the date. FWIW, MC has said similar things about other dates and after re-visiting the date later, changed his mind a released some of them. Grant Green's 1st date certainly fits this description. He gave that a "thumbs-down" for many years but gave it a fresh spin and found it acceptable. He does change his mind. It's one of the things about him that I like. We may see this date someday. Hey, if someone has this session and is handy with editing tools, edit the session down to just the 5 tunes and send me the finished product. I'll get it to MC "blind" and see how he reacts. He could be swayed. Later, Kevin

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Unfortunately, the cassette tape that was used to create the CD-Rs that I have had to be flipped over right in the middle of one of the best takes of one tune... I can't remember right now which one. Bill, you got the wrong guy on the squeeky reed. I don't remember how many times Mobley blew a clinker so I didn't write that. My memory is foggy (and I'm at work) but I seem to remember that even where Hank didn't squeek, he was usually the cause for the breakdown in most of the tunes. Well... I seem to remeber Timmons having a tough time too. All in all, the guys just didn't hit it "on all cylinders". It was a group failure. Lee Morgan does play his ass off though. One of the funniest things about this session is that it was the hardest CD backer I ever had to create. The guy who burnt the CD-R created a new track for every take, whether it was a false start or breakdown. I had trouble fitting all the tracks onto the back of a single CD case. FYI, fidelity isn't the best on this. For instance, the background conversations don't come through too well. It's also got a bit too much treble. The guy who converted these to CD-R believes that they are best done with Dolby off, even if the cassette was created with it turned on. I think this comes through in sound. It has a bit of brittleness to it. Later, Kevin