Kevin Bresnahan

I had a long reply written up but I deleted it, as I have fond memories of seeing older Jazz greats, even when they were not playing well. As I said, not every septuagenarian/octogenarian musician can continue to play at a high level. I'll leave it at that.

I've seen several elderly Jazz musicians in recent times that should have been retired. Their playing was not good. One sax player embarrassed himself up on stage. Not every septuagenarian/octogenarian is physically capable of continuing their music career. I wonder why Bobby Kimball retired? He was a great singer with Toto.

Conference Call - Final Answer (Soul Note). Gebhard Ullmann (tenor and soprano saxopjones, bass clarinet); Michael jefry Stevens (piano); Joe Fonda (double bass); Matt Wilson (drums). Not really my kind of music. It's bandcamp Friday, so if you like it, you can buy it today and support the artists: https://gebhardullmann.bandcamp.com/album/final-answer

Did You miss this one? That is not someone exploring ethnic/cultural identity.

I never commented in this thread because I always felt it was just Allen fucking with us. I see he's managing to do it even though he's no longer posting here.

If you call what he does "singing", then sure.

I believe this. But I'd also be willing to bet that if this chart was "Watch a cell phone screen for more than 11 hours per week", it would be totally reversed.

I'm nowhere near 81 & even at my age I can't see myself performing on stages all around the world, night after night. I have enough trouble when we get back to back snowstorms up here in Maine. I am retired and hope to be able to enjoy not working. I heard a story that 81 year old Steve Miller (now 82) backed out of a small tour at the last minute last year and some of the artists involved threatened to sue. I guess you can't even slow down when you get older in the rock world. You can only stop.

I'm thinking about seeing Nick Goumas and Jason Palmer at Arthur's House of Jazz in Methuen Thursday night, but I just saw them at The Press Room a few months ago. Plus, no one seems able to go to this one, so I'd have to go solo.

I seem to remember late (like December) of 1996 but it may have been later. No matter when it started, it wasn't around for very long. I hung out at various Jazz forums back then and even the AAJ and The Jazz Corner forums held on longer than the Blue Note board.

The Blue Note forum was only around for about 7 years (1996-2003), so this forum has outlasted it by quite a bit.

The way-too-short "Way Out West" ended, so it's on to Kenny Dorham's "Live At The Cafe Bohemia" 2-CD set. I'm listening to disc 1 of the Ron McMaster CD set now and it sounds pretty good... well, except for the piano, which sounds a bit off. Sustained notes have a bit of warble. Probably on the master tape. This is coming out as a 3 LP/2 CD Tone Poet reissue soon. I'm going to pass on this one, as I think my old double-CD set will suffice. Sometimes it's good to have lost that upgrade itch. I think I've finally come to realize that my ears are fucked up enough at this point that it's money poorly spent to upgrade anything. That said, even my shitty ears can hear the lousy piano sound here.

Sonny Rollins Way Out West (Contemporary/Analogue Productions) SACD version mastered by Doug Sax. I enjoy these SACDs, as they seem to try and mimic the original LP sound.

Nope - I have days where the back button takes quite a few seconds to do anything. A couple of times, I went to another tab with a different website to see if that website was also slow (meaning my internet connection was slow) and found that it was only organissimo's forums that wasn't loading.

In the past, Jim Alfredson has said that the board is sometimes attacked by spam bots and this can cause DNS (denial of service) for users. I've had days recently where the board's response was very slow. I do not see any anti-spam tools for the moderators to mess with so if it gets really bad for everyone, we'll have to have Jim look into it again.

I'm sure a search of these forums will find some discussion of it. I have never been a fan, as it saddens me to hear a weak Hank Mobley struggle to blow his horn. Others hear differently.

I almost went but the prices were a bit rich for me, especially considering I just saw them a couple of times last month on the McBride's World At Sea cruise.

Because Greg is somewhat "local" to my area, I get to see him quite often. He's actually playing at Arthur's House Of Jazz in Methuen, MA on April 9th. Every time I catch him live, he plays great.

Sabbagh's best effort yet. Killer rhythm section.

Would love to hear this but it's impossible to find, even as a download. Paid download on bandcamp that is... https://smokejazzclub.bandcamp.com/album/the-smoke-sessions-10th-anniversary-limited-edition-4cd-box-set

Rumored to have been changed due to a threat of a lawsuit, which I believe was denied by Hefner. The answer is blowing in the wind.

I guess Pittsburgh is aiming to be the heart attack capital of the US?

Another example of why the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was such a bad law. Before this stupid law was enacted, no one entity could own so many networks. It allowed for independence. It prevented any one corporation from skewing the news. What will happen now is anyone's guess, but recent history (CBS' recent BS moves) has shown that it will not be good when it comes to reporting on real stories.

I could have sworn that I had this CD in my collection but a search brings up nothing. I bet I haven't heard this in decades by now. I remember liking it. I wonder where it went?

If you've ever thought of taking one of the many Jazz cruises out there but wondered what it might be like, here are the activity schedules from the McBride's World At Sea Jazz cruise that took place Jan. 20-27 of this year. I had a blast and truth be told, got a little more Jazz than I could handle by the end.