Kevin Bresnahan

I do like the music on this but I am not a fan of the way Rudy drenched the horns in reverb. It makes it sound like they're playing in an empty warehouse.

I've also started getting error messages for album covers I copy over from discogs with the error being that they are too big. Pulling in a photo from an outside web source never gave an error like this before. It used to happen when you tried to upload a file from your own PC, but not from a web source.

John Hicks - In Concert (Teresa). Mine has a cut corner just like the one on discogs. Hicks with Walter Booker on bass & Idris Mohammad on drums. Elise Wood plays flute on one track & Bobby Hutcherson is on vibes for another. A rather sedate performance to my ears.

I'm spinning Joanne Brackeen's "Ancient Dynasty" (Columbia) again. This is such a great date and it's a shame that no one has seen fit to release this digitally. If only Mosaic was still doing their "singles".

www.organissimo.org has been a dead link ever since that last big software upgrade going back about a year ago. I don't know how anyone can get here if they don't already know about it. Not that it matters, but that main page hadn't been updated in years prior to it going down.

I have this on a Japanese mini-LP CD, UCCI-9076, and I don't hear anything that sounds like tape bleed. During the initial unison line, there is a tiny bit of overload when the trumpet joins in and there's a bit too much bass there as well, but Rudy seems to get the levels straightened out pretty quickly.

I have that on vinyl with this cover: Great stuff indeed.

What an incredible discography he leaves us. The stuff I find myself playing the most is the string of records he made under Booker Ervin's leadership with the great Alan Dawson on the drums. I always wanted to get the chance to see & hear him live but he never seemed to make his way through the Boston area.

They would if it were released on Elemental or Reel To Reel or Resonance or most any other record company that operates above board. Jordi has said in an interview that he buys the tapes so he believes that he has the rights to release it. I just find that attitude pretty terrible considering that many Jazz musicians didn't exactly live the good life in the first place. I remember Michael Cuscuna telling me that the main reason he did a Big John Patton Mosaic Select box was so he could get some money to his widow who was facing medical bills. That's the kind of release I can put my money behind. You can damn well bet that I bought that box the minute it was released.

Yes, but since his financial contribution to this is likely, "I bought the tape" and nothing to do with, "I paid the musicians' estates", why should I support him back? I have no problem supporting the musicians. I have big problems supporting this. Just download a copy of the tape and the musicians make the same amount of money. And to be clear, this is just my take. I don't think you're evil or anything by buying this. I just wish that Jordi's enterprise was more about paying the musicians than just uncovering lost tapes.

I stopped giving Jordi my money a while ago.

That's great news. Some good looking shows in that list. I'm a bit bummed that they still don't have the ability to choose your seats. Unless they changed the room layout, I'm not a huge fan of the audio outside of the aisle. I just grabbed two tickets to Danilo Perez next March. I'll be curious to see where they sit me.

I'd go with fucking weird.

Spooky Tooth's Luther Grosvenor is still kicking around. I don't know if he's still playing though.

Gary Wright died today at the age of 80. He'd been suffering from Lewy Body Dementia for the past 5 years. Although Wright was know for "Dream Weaver", he was actually a two-hit wonder with "Love Is Alive". I am somewhat surprised to read that both of these charted in early 1976. I thought it was several years earlier.

I've never heard an Applause LP but the CDs sounded absolutely terrible. I think they made them from an old cassette tape.

My buddy Frank was pretty proud of the stuff they did. He was really bummed when they couldn't cut it. I think he'd still be there if it didn't fall apart.

Depending on my mood, I sometimes like this second batch of tunes more. The released "Blue Hour" is excellent late night blues to wind down with. It can be a bit sleepy if the mood doesn't fit.

Not many engineers were recording in all analog in 2001, especially live. I would not be surprised to hear that this is a digital recording.

The story I was told was that these licenses were issued in error. Someone got in big trouble for it too. They were never supposed to be released like that. The CD releases (and probably this Spotify playlist too) are totally illegal and the story I was told by my friend who worked at One Way Records (also long out of business) is that someone found the original Applause licensing agreement and saw that there was no expiration date on the contract. They thought that gave them carte blanche to reissue these titles. My buddy saw the contract and told them they were idiots if they believed that. They kept shopping it around until they found someone stupid enough to believe them.

I always liked his music and thought about seeing one of his shows, but the "Parrothead" stuff got crazy a long while ago and his concerts felt like an "in" thing that I didn't really get. Maybe if I liked margaritas more? I once met a guy with a parrothead hat on who went on rant at me that went something like, "If you don't think Jimmy Buffett is the best, you're a moron". I just can't get that into his music.

Ask Dusty Groove if they are going to carry it.

If it was a legit issue, I'd pick it up. Until then, I'll keep listening to my beat up LP.

But again, it's innuendo. Hey, I was just a skinny lad Never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my nursery, huh Left alone with big fat Fanny She was such a naughty nanny Hey, big woman You made a bad boy out of me It's more likely that children will miss that innuendo as opposed to these lines from Bohemian Rhapsody: Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead No innuendo there. And have they read the lyrics to "Don't Stop Me Now" and realized that it was basically Freddie Mercury singing about being out of control on drugs or understood that "Killer Queen" was Freddie's tribute to a high-end prostitute? And FWIW, I agree with you that Queen's "Greatest Hits" might not be the best album to play for a child's enjoyment.

But you know what's really fucked up here? First., "Fat Bottom Girls" is not any sort of fat-shaming song. In fact, it's singing the praises of said fat-bottomed girls. Second is the fact that they will include "Another One Bites The Dust" in that songlist for children. So, to be clear, a mere hint of sex = bad for children but this is perfectly fine: Steve walks warily down the street With the brim pulled way down low Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet Machine guns ready to go Are you ready? Hey Are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? Out of the doorway the bullets rip To the sound of the beat, yeah Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust That's America for you. We love our guns and hate the mere whiff of sexual innuendo.