Kevin Bresnahan

This is it for me. If we don't hear back from Cary Baker, I've given it my best shot.

I tried messaging Cary Baker on Facebook since he is listed as being the one who interviewed Jay's widow Patty for the recent Omnivore release of a lost Migliori date. I don't know if he'll answer a random Facebook person's request, so if anyone knows him, see if you can get him to ask Patty about this.

I used to consider Jeremy Pelt to be a great "young" trumpeter, but he's 46 now - hardly what I'd consider young. I think it's getting harder for me to discover new players, particularly because I often go to shows where the players' names are familiar. I do love being pleasantly surprised when a new face shows up there. I wish I could remember the name of the young tenor sax player that got up and jammed with Bill Pierce during Alex Minasian's show at Scullers last year.

I already had it for many years before he recommended it. He doesn't often recommend jazz recordings, so I find it interesting when he does.

The DoubleTime 2-CD set is pretty cheap on discogs: https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/1788109?ev=rb

Steve Hoffman recommended this one years ago and I agree with him that it's a really good swinging jazz LP. For a while it was hard to find after his recommendation but the years have marched on, so it's likely available again. Until he mentions it again or someone bubbles his old post back up.

Hank Mobley - A Slice Of The Top (Blue Note Connoisseur LP). I really enjoy this session. I have since I first heard it on the LT LP that I bought many years ago. I still think the cymbals are wonky on some of the tracks, which is why I'm guessing it wasn't released when it was recorded but who knows, maybe Blue Note just didn't like it? Michael Cuscuna deserves all of the credit he has gotten for creating that great LT series in the late 70s. Happy birthday Hank.

I've heard that around 63/64, Tommy started being pretty unreliable. By the end of 1964, he was pretty much done. The rumor was that he had a drinking problem, not all that uncommon then or now. I once asked Stanley at a gig in the mid-90s why he didn't bring his brother Tommy and he just shook his head no and said that Tommy couldn't play anymore.

By the same token, Tommy's presence may be why this is still in the can.

Well, Bob certainly knew what that felt like so maybe he thought that the music listeners would want that experience as well? Not all music surround mixes are like that though. For instance, one of my favorites is Aerosmith's "Toys In The Attic". For that surround mix, the engineer did some gimmicky things like sending the vocoder intro to "Sweet Emotion" around all of the speakers to give it this spinning feeling. I think it works well but I can see how some might hate it. The Doors "LA Woman" DVD-Audio disc has cool surround sound on "Riders on the Storm", where they use the 5 speakers to make you feel like you're in the thunderstorm, not simply listening to one.

I am planning to go see Danny Harrington, Newburyport's gift to the baritone saxophone, at Arthur's House of Jazz in Methuen tonight. I hope to make it, but things are conspiring against me right now.

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bob-belden-jazz-adventurer-bob-belden-by-jeff-dayton-johnson Bob thought it was the future of music reproduction but time has seemingly proven him wrong. Surround music is almost as popular as 3D movies. Both have their fans but little to no market. Without a growing market, there is no way that the music industry will back it. Shortly before he died, Bob sent me a couple of videos with surround mixes he did of mostly ambient music. I've yet to find them posted online. One was titled "Hubble" and included still shots of different parts of the galaxy. The other was titled "Transparent Heat" and it had no video content. I found an interview he did with AllAboutJazz where he goes into his thoughts on surround music... BB: We performed a concert at London's Tabernacle (July 3, 2012). The concert was meant to introduce a refined live presentation concept that builds on what is already going on in the pop music world but we are taking the idea to a new and different level. Joining us that night were Serafino DiRosario, a magical live audio visionary, and Brandy Alexander, a live video projection team. What we did on that night was an Ambisonic concert. Ambisonic is about using the entire aural space of a venue and making that space part of the presentation of the sound. The Ambisonic engineer becomes part of the band, mixing us in and out of the sound canvas. This live mixing allowed the band to not only improvise to the song but to the texture of the projected sound and the imagery that was being projected into the band. In some cases, the layering of the band image within the projection suggested a potential for 3-D simulated visualizations. As Ambisonic would also be considered part of an aural 3-D spectrum there is a lot of room for connected creativity and narrative. What this opens the door to is to be able to create a live movie experience along the lines of an IMAX theater using improvised music and specifically created videos to tell as story and using the Ambisonic surround audio elements to enhance the total experience for the audience.

Surround sound was originally meant for watching movies, with small speakers in the back mainly for sound effects and a subwoofer for loud noises. When the DVD-Audio & SACD multichannel standards were created, they were meant more for music, which required those rear speakers to be full range, with equal sound reproduction capabilities to those of the front L, R & C speakers. With a good surround set up and a well done multichannel DVD-A/SACD disc, it can be very immersive. You get the feeling that you are in the band, not so much as in front of it. It's more of a feeling that the musicians are playing all around you. Therefore the "stereo mixing console" becomes your ears, which allows for the artist to push forward many more instruments than they would be able to in a stereo mix.

I've said it elsewhere on these forums but it's important to mention it again. Bob Belden told me that he made "Black Dahlia" to be listened to in 5.1 sound. Bob was very big into multichannel audio near the end of his life as he felt it was the future of music. I think he did a really good job creating the surround mix for "Black Dahlia". It's one of the best multichannel music discs I own.

I would never sell a CD-R. Give? Maybe. (Fingers crossed behind my back as I type this)

So I found a copy on discogs for $12.92... with $28.00 shipping from Japan. But the seller offered combined shipping, so I found a few other Japanese rarities, including a Harry Allen CD I didn't know existed ("Isn't This A Lovely Day" with Hank Jones) & a Sonny Stitt CD I'd been looking for for quite some time ("Saxophone Supremacy"). In case you are interested, this seller, magius, also had CD copies of the super-rare Puccini's Turandot by Bob Belden and Joe Lovano's "Tenor Time", a very good date that I had a very tough time finding.

John - you have to finish this sale soon... before I start my own "retirement sale".

Well, yeah, except that I already paid Jim directly for it.

I ordered this from Jim when he announced its release on Facebook (April 26th) and I have yet to receive it. I've messaged him on Facebook and he said he sold out of them at the gigs he did after I ordered my CD and he would get it to me when he got it back in stock. While I don't think that he should have sold his stock at a show before he sent mine out, he's in charge and maybe he makes more from sales at shows? Either way, I'll hear it when he gets it to me. Jim does not come here often so your best bet is contacting him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.alfredson.3

I was not a big fan of the cover art for the 4 CDs of the Coltrane "Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings". And I really disliked the "frog" cover for the Ben Webster Verve two-fer "Ballads".

Joe pass - For Django (Pacific Jazz/Tone Poet). Nice record for a whole $8.00.

More George from last night (20June2023). Note that the music doesn't start until after the 35 minute mark. George is playing at Jimmy's in Portsmouth, NH in August. He's bringing Eric Alexander to help out with the sax-playing duties and Mike LeDonne on piano. No Farnsworth though - his son George Jr is in the drum chair - and the $75 ticket price is a bit steep. I may go if only because I wonder how many more times George will tour.

Terri Lyne Carrington - TLC and friends (CEI Records). 16 year old Carrington leading a band of nobodies . I don't get why someone hasn't re-released this one. Other than the iffy Billy Joel cover tune ("Just The Way You Are"), this is pretty good stuff and well deserving of a wider audience. Even that Joel cover has Coleman going to town on it. Have fun trying to find an affordable copy of this LP these days.

Only 2 players left from those 1980's Philly Joe Dameronia tribute recordings: Don Sickler & Larry Ridley. I don't know that either one is still playing these days. Kenny Washington played drums on their live date from 1989 and he could have made it but since Bernd Reiter is the one who re-started this band, it doesn't make much sense for him to have Kenny play drums. I am looking forward to it. I am pretty sure I've never seen Oatts either but for some reason, I'm wondering if he wasn't in the sax section of a big band I saw years ago.

I know the thread is titled "Tonight" but I thought I'd give a bit of advance notice to a show I'm going to next Saturday (6/24) in Boston because I see that there are a bunch of tickets still available for those interested. Next Saturday (6/24) at Scullers, the Dameronia's Legacy All Stars are bringing their Tadd Dameron tribute to Boston. The Dameronia's Legacy All Stars for this show features Joe Magnarelli, Dick Oatts, Gary Smulyan, Steve Davis, Jeb Patton, John Lockwood & leader/drummer Bernd Reiter. I am looking forward to being there. I've seen many of these players perform live over the years but it will be interesting to see how they mesh for this one. I've never seen Oatts live, so that will be interesting. https://scullersjazz.com/upcoming-events/