Kevin Bresnahan

These Los Angeles area dealers are all getting their Mosaic CDs illegally. Someone in EMI's LA office is leaking them out by the box-full. It's been going on for years now. This dealer will probably say he got them from a legit wholesaler, but that wholesaler didn't acquire them legally because they're not available legally. Currently, only Mosaic has the license for these box sets. Just like Batvano of days passed, these sellers are picking up these sets that "fell off the truck" and selling them as legit copies. Mosaic tells me they are not legit. For the extra $7, my money's still going to Mosaic.

Someone at another website has posted a link from a Danish news agency that Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen has died. RIP to the Great Dane. So young at only 58! 58 and yet it seems like he played with everyone. Kevin

He's a guy who always typed with the "Caps lock" on. Basically, on the Internet, all caps is supposed to be the equivalent of shouting. Don't worry, Tom, they're just playing around. But you might want to take the caps lock off. Kevin

Well, it's beginning to look like Sun Music isn't the best when it comes to customer service. I E-mailed them Monday to ask what was the status of my order. They replied that they haven't received payment. I forwarded the E-mail I got from BidPay telling them that payment was made. Since then, nothing. I wish they would just cancel the order so I can move on. Kevin

I wonder why they say "Holland"? I guess the distributor may be out of Holland, but if they're the discs I have, they say, "Made In Germany" right on them. Lon, Mike, you'll like these. They did a nice job with these reissues. Kevin

Those are the ones I have. They have showed up in some stores over here but I haven't looked in a while. I see where Crazy Jazz, out of the UK, has both for around $15 each, but I think I paid less than that. Kevin

Mike, I'm looking at the liners now (I was at work when I typed my post above) and you're right, they didn't find out until after. It still must've been weird that day for them. They just finish recording basically a tribute album and the honoree happened to die just before they started recording? That'd give me the willies. The info on the CDs I have is: Sphere - Four In One - Electra Masters - Warner Jazz - Made in Germany Catalog Number: 7559-62601-2 UPC code: 75596 26012 1. Four In One (Monk) 6:53 2. Light Blue (Monk) 3:38 3. Monk's Dream (Monk) 5:58 4. Evidence (Monk) 5:59 5. Reflections (Monk) 5:58 6. Eronel (Monk) 6:53 Sphere - Flight Path - Electra Masters - Warner Jazz - Made in Germany Catalog Number: 7559-62602-2 UPC code: 75596 26022 1. If I Should Lose You (Robin/Rainger) 10:31 2. Pumpkins' Delight (Charlie Rouse) 6:40 3. Played Twice (Monk) 4:30 4. El Sueño (Kenny Barron) 5:27 5. Christina (Dedicated To Buster William's Niece) (Buster Williams) 4:47 6. Flight Path (Kenny Barron) 4:45

The first two Sphere dates on Electra are in print from Europe in digipaks. I was able to pick up both. According to the liner notes, the first was recorded on the day Monk died. They were in the studio recording when the word came in that Monk was gone. That must have been surreal. Kevin

Status update?

I talked to Cuscuna about this a few years back and I seem to remember that Lester's LRC reissues have gotten him in legal trouble with EMI. It doesn't seem to stop him from continuing releasing stuff on LRC that he no longer has the rights to. I agree that the Benny Golson date is a good one. FWIW, Blue Note put out a live 2 CD set (now oop) listed under Dizzy Gillespie's name that LRC still has in print, I think, called "Live at the Village Vanguard". It may be under Chick Corea's name on LRC. It's a pretty nice date. I'm pretty sure the Blue Note set had extra material but it's still worth picking up the edited LRC. Kevin

My order status still says "Pending" and has since the day I placed the order. So, Reinier, if this order doesn't go through, what'll take to get that? Kevin

Caveat Emptor with West Wind. Every time I've bought one of their releases, it turned out to a repackaged date I already had. They got me with Sonny Clark's "Blues Mambo" and another time with a Pepper Adams (?) date. I would look at the tunes and personnel carefully. You may have this on another (more legitimate) label. BTW, if I recall, sound quality wasn't stellar and since this is a live date, I would expect less. Kevin

Mike, I came very close to mentioning this date myself but it isn't reall easy to find these days. I have it on Charly two-fer. I do like that one a lot. Is the Japanese 24 bit version of this still in print? Kevin

I didn't know Rouse played with Rollins or Coltrane?

Good choices. The live stuff from Stockholm is currently available from the Monk family's private label. That DIW set is impossible to find... believe me, I looked! I really like this set and I thank John Litwack for turning me onto it. I'm a huge Charlie Rouse fan. I actually prefer his work away from Monk where he gets to do his own thing. Make sure you get that sampler of his Epic label output. I think it's called "Oh Yeah!". If vinyl is your thing, this material was recently reissued. On CD, the Japanese Epic's released in their "Mastersound" series sound phenomenal. Kevin

I had to bump Ellington's "Piano in the Background" up to the top of my queue last month because they were deleting it from their catalog. I still have "Piano in the Foreground" in my queue and I haven't gotten any notices on that. Kevin

I picked up a copy of this for a fellow board member. He still has it. I'll let him know you're looking for this. Kevin

Just so everyone knows, all of Renee's CDs, with the exception of the first two, are available at her website. Some of them are oop in the US. $16, including shipping and it's autographed. I highly recommend "For the Moment". Joe Henderson plays beautifully on this. I think my favorite leader-date of her's is "As We Are Now". As a sideman, or sidewoman in this case, she shines on JJ Johnson's "Heroes". I also like her on a little-known Soul Note CD from drummer Klaus Suonsaari called "Inside Out". Walt Weiskopf's "Anytown" (Criss Cross) is also worth seeking out, although more so for Weiskopf than Renee... it's just a very good CD with Renee's contributions. Looking at Renee's discography, I see several CDs on my want list. I should look to fill those one of these days. Kevin

Edit: Not a good thing to post someone else's mug on a "Show Us Your Face" thread. My mistake.

I went out with Doug twice... weren't you with us when we went to that microbrewery? Oh well, I thought it was you. Apologies to whomever it is I forgot! Kevin

Yup, jazzshrink was "analyzing" that show. Kevin

I'll be damned if I can remember all the people I met at the various hangs I've been to. I definitely remember the New York hang with Blue Note's Tom Evered and that drive in Dmitry's car! It was filled with us board members. Hmm... trying to remember... Jazzshrink - my buddy mike casinghino Jazzkitten Big Wheel John L (had a blast in Bourdeux with John and his wife) Christiern (even though he can't remember our meeting ) makpjazz57 (Marla) Stereojack ADR (? - not sure if this is Doug's user name) .:.Impossible (? if he is the Cary that used to live in Charlotte area) Shawn (? Again, if it's who I think he is - also from my Charlotte hang) Bertrand Dmitry Al in NYC (? I think that's who was sitting in that booth with Tom Evered that time) Dr Dave Gary Sisco (member here but never posted - lots of posts at JC) Pete C Steve Reynolds stevebop There are likely others but I just can't tell from the usernames. I have enjoyed talking with many posters. Lon and I have chatted quite a bit... in fact, I have to give him a call one of these days. I had a nice chat with Jim Sangrey back when he was having trouble with Blue Note's board (and don't worry Jim, any disagreements we had over that "thread deletion" spat is ancient history). I spoke with Weizen a couple of times. We have so many common interests and taste that his poilitcal leanings still blow my mind... which is why I totally avoid the politics threads... I like the guy and don't need a reason to think otherwise. I have spoken and still do speak ocassionally with "the DEEP one, Danny D'Imperio. We trade rare tapes. I still owe him something. I should get to that one of these days. I plan to meet Trumpet Guy soon. We have some wine to share. I think my buddy from Taipei is here somewhere but I can't find his name. Later, Kevin

Well, it's beginning to look bleak for my sunmusic order. The order status is still showing as "pending" and the "Tenor Time" CD is now listed as "Out Of Print". Will it show? Did I get the last copy or did relyles? I may still be "in the hunt" for this... Kevin

So, it looks like we're going to take Jim's advice and get the meal plan. Thanks for that info, Jim. The "travel agent" who booked us obviously didn't know how to save us a few bucks with that. I called to book it and she sounded exasperated, like, "You're gonna make me work, again". Since we do want to go to one of the "Signature" places one night, Joanne & I are going to go to try Christini's another night, probably Monday. Kinda steep but this vacation is already very steep so what's a few more $$? Thanks for that link, catesta. I found out that Sam Rivers is playing at a weekly Wednesday night gig at a downtown bar called Wills Pub. First set kicks off at 10... hmmm... might work. Thanks everyone. Kevin

I recently downloaded Musicmatch's latest released version, Ver. 10.0. Installed it. Looks nice. Rips mp3s at 10X too. Good stuff, right? I was in the middle of a project for my daughter, ripping all of her Now 2, Now 3, etc. CDs, right up to Now 18, for burning to CD-R for our upcoming vacation. Better to bring two packed CD-Rs than 18 CDs. Well, prior to the upgrade, I had ripped Now 1-9. Everything was OK. Each track had a song title and an artist. After 10.0 was installed, I ripped Now 10-15 and then noticed that all of the tracks had been ripped to be from an artist named "Various Artists" . Playing the tracks showed this same text. Not very useful if you're playing back the mp3 in a portable player. I went to Musicmatch's website and saw where they are now claiming that it's not a problem and that they have no plans to fix it. So, every version up to 10.0 worked the same (and properly) but 10.0 does it different and they think it's fine? Well, I went and found an old version and installed that. No more Musicmatch upgrades for me. Kevin