Kevin Bresnahan

I don't know why you would trust your government when they stopped reporting deaths due to COVID: https://coronadashboard.government.nl/landelijk/sterfte Note where it says, "Not all patients are tested and there is no longer an obligation to report deaths from corona. As a result, the information from CBS provides a more complete picture than mortality from corona reported to the GGD." This is the same approach being taken by several states here in the US, with some states like Florida going so far as to criminalize the reporting of these numbers. They arrested a researcher for doing this last year. They want you to think it's just another flu. They don't want you to worry. They don't want you to start asking how many people have died from Covid and they certainly don't want it listed on any of their official websites or else people can then ask why they stopped caring. Really, they don't care about us at all. All they care about is money & the economy. What are a few dead folk if it means the economic numbers look good? Money talks.

This is also happening here in the US, but if you look harder at the situation, you'll find that it is the result of a well-orchestrated de-escalation plan by our countries' governments who want nothing more than to get our economies "back to normal". Since the beginning of 2023, over 36,000 US citizens have died from COVID - over 3,000 per week. But this number is likely underestimating the actual total because there are several states that no longer report their numbers. It is estimated that 18,000 people died from the flu in 2022. More people died from COVID in the first 6 weeks of 2023 than the number of people who died from the flu during all of 2022. COVID is not a "regular flu" at all and no one should treat it that way. Yes, the numbers continue to tread down. Yes, more people are surviving and a lot of them get a mild case. But people are still dying. Don't fall for the trap that says it's over or that it's not that bad. It's still a big problem. Hopefully you'll never find out how much of a problem it can be. My mom is 85 and, fingers crossed, she still hasn't gotten COVID. I don't think she'd survive it.

On Amazon UK, there is a review that mentions that half of the tracks have strings, which is not mentioned at all in the discogs listing. Having said that, that review has really peaked my interest. I'm going to have to pick this up. The Collector 5.0 out of 5 stars A Revived Rarity Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 March 2008 Verified Purchase Ronnie Scott made all but five albums under his own leadership after his lengthy Esquire contract expired in 1955 and amongst those scattered jewels is this gem, recorded during 1964 and 1965, active years for Scott not only as a player but co-partner in his own jazz club venture. It was this aspect of Scott's professional life which gave him revealing first hand exposes on many visiting American saxophone soloists, and, with a talent for readily digesting musical trends, it was little wonder that Scott came under the spell of various players who graced his bandstand in Gerrard Street. This CD reissue replicates the original running order of the now long sought after Fontana LP and therefore balances the two sessions, made around sixteen months apart. The earlier set finds Scott in romantic mood, with a small and tasteful string orchestra arranged by Richard Rodney Bennett. Stan Getz had alighted on the Scott club a few months previously and it is his influence which can be felt in the tender readings of "What's New", "Once Upon A Summertime" and the other ballads heard here. Fast forward to November 1965 and Scott had heard the titanic influence of Sonny Rollins in the flesh and it shows. The tone is rounder and the phrasing far less polite. These quartet cuts rank among his best work on record with the closing "Treat It Lightly" a positively thumping clout of jazz tenor. There are glimpses of Stan Tracey on the 1965 tracks, in his two-fisted pomp, and of Jamaican guitar-whizz Ernest Ranglin, doing straight ahead as well as anyone. Former Jazz Courier Bill Eyden kicks the band on the quartet tracks and a subdued Tony Crombie is heard with the string section. Scott was famously unmoved at the prospect of recording and so this album must have been doubly worth the effort of producer Terry Brown. Not only did Scott deliver in two varied contexts, he also played at close to the top of his game. Ironically whilst the original LP probably trickled off the shelves, this limited edition CD is all gone unless you're lucky enough to find a wise private seller. Go get it!

Sean Jones is bringing a quartet into Jimmy's Jazz in Portsmouth tonight. I'm not a huge fab of this club but my friend had an extra ticket and Orrin Evans in on piano so why not? I just hope there are no distractions this time.

My neighbors don't drink the stuff I buy. My years working at a wine bar elevated my wine tastes dramatically. I don't even know if my neighbors would know the names of some of the wineries I buy from. I'm sure my impending retirement will change that. Good thing those Black Box wines are decent.

I was in my late 20's when I bought my first few Mosaics on LP. I'm now in my early 60's and still buying them. Amazing to think it's been almost 35 years.

Maybe they don't want to have anything released that Goodman didn't approve himself? It could also be that they are overestimating their value and ask too much.

Where is the option for 20-30, 30-40, 40-50 & 50-60?

Joe Henderson - Mirror, Mirror (MPS/Folio). This is a really good date. Chick Corea, Ron Carter & Billy Higgins make for a formidable rhythm section.

I just hope you come out with your taste buds intact. I say this not at all because of Paxlovid (I have no idea if it makes this better or worse) but because I work with someone who still suffers from a messed up sense of taste. Certain flavors make him want to vomit. I am so glad that my senses came out OK when I got Covid. My wine cellar would be pretty useless if I couldn't taste any of it.

Thanks for finding that. I clicked the "Notify me" link. I'll see if that works.

"Tastes like nickels"... that's just about what my wife Joanne said. She never complained about the taste of food, just that when we would sit around watching TV, she would have that constant metallic taste.

I can't find that Joe Henderson CD anywhere on the Jazz Messengers site. I'd like to pick that up as I never did find a copy of the original CD back in the day.

It was Jim and you're right - it is really good. Weirdly, it's not listed on discogs but there are copies available on Amazon & ebay. The entire title is "Oh, Gee! LIve in Manchester, 1967"

Miles Davis - In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Complete (Volume II) - disc 1.

Who was the idiot that posted the comment underneath?? That is a true WTF if I ever saw one.

"Serious Gold" is only available on LP. The Acrobat CD is called "On A Clear Day". That same band plus Loughty Amao playing conga on one track, can be found on this RCA LP: Ronnie Scott discography: http://henrybebop.co.uk/scott.htm & http://henrybebop.co.uk/scott2.htm

I was told by Michael Cuscuna that he gave Horace Silver the tapes for the live recording he made at Pep's for Blue Note. Horace didn't want it ever released. So if Horace's son finds these tapes, he can release them. This is what I meant by my comment.

My wife started taking Paxlovid when she got Covid last May but she had to stop. She had a constant metallic taste in her mouth and she just couldn't stand it. She stopped taking it after about 2 days. I don't know if it helped her or not.

We liked it a lot. Went through all 10 episodes over the weekend. Bummer that the author, Matthew Quirk, wrote this book as a one-off, so any sequels will not be based on another book with these characters.

I bought a bunch of Steeplechase CDs from Tommy's Jazz a few years ago and I'm still waiting for them to replace a Ronnie Cuber disc that was a CD-R. I've about given up on it, to be honest, but since I did pay for a CD that I never got, I'm still a little upset with them over it.

On the opposite side of this, I always wondered how Harold Mabern could play a single key. His fingers were huge.

I've always thought Renee Rosnes had small hands for a pianist but what she does with them makes me forget pretty quickly.

I think "I'm Not Dead Yet" is a great band name. The opening act could be called "Bring Out Your Dead".