Kevin Bresnahan

Sonny is very much retired. He no longer plays. He made it clear in one of his last interviews.

Jim A gave me the ability to approve these registrations. I recently retired so I told him I have some spare time to help out with stuff like this. I don't know if it's permanent or if he just needed some temporary help. FWIW, I don't think it's worthwhile for anyone to go through over a thousand account applications to determine if they are a spam bot or a real person. I suppose I could compare the IP addresses to see if some of them come from the same block of IPs but knowing what I know, those can be spoofed. There are some applicants with somewhat real names with E-mail addresses that seem to match the chosen username. I am thinking maybe I should E-mail some of these to see if it's a real person but a lot more of them seem like businesses, with business E-mails. I figure those are companies that want to come here and sell their shit.

Jim talked about that but he never got around to implementing it.

I wonder if Bandcamp Friday works when the Bandcamp listing is a record label. For instance, if I buy an LP or CD from the Smoke Sessions page, do the artists get more today or does the Smoke Sessions label get more?

It turns out that spammers apply for access here quite often. There are over a thousand accounts awaiting approval. It's really hard to know which applicants are real people and which ones are spam-bots. This is the only reason you didn't get approved. Again, if current posters know someone who wants access here, contact me and I'll see if I can take care of it.

Pretty much... We'll see when they all realize that he's been retired for about 4 years now.

Larry hasn't been here since June. I hope he's OK but I do wonder if he'll be back after what happened during his last absence from the board. But no matter, who is supposed to have posted it, I don't remember anything about a Jazz artist going into modeling. Which jazz artist?

I actually prefer the tunes on Vol. 3 but all of them are excellent.

I saw that second comment and wondered what the heck he was talking about. I don't remember any conversations about Jazz artists taking to modeling to supplement their income. Does anyone remember this?

Someone on the Steve Hoffman forums mentioned that he had been trying to register here with no luck. Do any current members know of others trying to register here? If so, PM me their username/e-mail and I'll see if I can get them activated.

The best LP to check you turntable's isolation is Pink Floyd's "The Wall" on the track "Comfortably Numb".

In the early days of CD, just like they did with some cassette tape releases, labels often had bonus tracks that were only available on CD to encourage people buy that instead of the vinyl. Steeplechase could list those tracks the same way. The craziest "bonus track" move was when some labels added bonus tracks to the CD version that was only released in Japan. Japan's CD prices were higher than the rest of the world so they added bonus tracks to some Japanese CDs to encourage Japanese buyers to buy their version instead of the cheaper import. The last CD I bought from Japan for the extra track was Gerald Clayton's "Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard".

I was able to get a copy of Bob's Turandot CD from one of the players on the date. I think it's just totally bogus that Puccini's estate was able to retain the copyright for that opera through a fluke, with several people claiming that they finished the opera and therefore extended the copyright. Puccini died in 1924, ending "Turandot" then and there, with instructions that the opera should end where he finished. But family members wanted a piece of the action, so they had music added posthumously, which put Belden in a bind with the estate.

I wonder why Steeplechase hasn't dipped their toes into the vinyl waters? Sure, it's likely a fad & CDs may make a comeback, but it's still a larger market when it comes to physical sales so it doesn't really make much business sense to not give it a try.

I recognized Billy right away. Haden is the one I would not have guessed without the caption.

When I get back from the holiday this weekend, I'll try to put it up on the web somewhere. I only have mp3 files, no FLAC or WAV, so that'll have to do. Bob wanted this heard so I'll do my part in his absence.

Ordered a couple of Christmas CDs yesterday. and I've been spinning Volume 1 for several years so I thought I'd give the other volumes a try.

I'm seeing Hill at The Regattabar in Cambridge on December 7th. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm listening to this again and it seems strange to me that Deutsche Grammophon would squelch music one of their artists created. Snobbery or did they actually not like it? It's not great but I like hearing these jazzy interpretations of Vivaldi's violin quartet compositions.

I wonder why the "star", which indicates that I have posted in this thread, has gone back to a "dot"? I wonder if this post will turn it back to a star? It's happened on several threads that I regularly post in. Yup - the star is back.

Considering that HighNote's website doesn't even allow anyone to order anything at the moment, as the "Order" button goes to a broken link, I wonder how they're planning to sell these downloads?

I wonder why Fresh Sound copied the Contemporary Records' label design? Did Pell ever record for Contemporary?

I agree with you on this. For some reason, I've never been a fan of the sound on "Meet You..." either. The RVG CDs in particular sounded harsh to me.

I always liked the live sound on those recordings, with a "you are there" feel. I don't think they sound like bootlegs at all.

The thing that sticks in my mind the first few times I saw him live, was when he ended a drum solo with a hi-hat solo that went on and on. It was fun but a bit over the top. My ears were not happy by the end. In fact, the second time I saw him do it, I covered my ears for most of it. The weirdest thing about the last two times I saw him was him singing "The Gambler", and getting the crowd to join in.