Kevin Bresnahan

My company backed off from their vaccination mandated day of December 1st. They gave everyone who isn't vaccinated a 90 day reprieve. Like that's going to get them to change their minds? Yeah, right.

I know. I know. I know.... sounds like "Ain't No Sunshine" (great tune by Bill Withers). But that's written in A.

This recording seems to get a new cover almost every time it's reissued. I have it on its first CD incarnation (1989):

Has anyone ever found Jeff's contact info? Given how frequently he used to post here, his last post (above) seems rather ominous.

Gertz used to have a bunch of old private label (Not Fat, Plug, New Age Records) LPs for sale. All of them with him and Bergonzi. Some good stuff in there.

I saw JJ twice at the Regattabar in Canbridge, MA and back then, me & Rob always got the table at the front so I know all about dodging that slide. Great shows that I'll always remember.

Joe Farnsworth can make almost any date a good one. I love to see Joe on the stage. He has never disappointed me.

I still think that's a lousy cover photo. I wonder if Joe picked it himself? He's doesn't look like he's digging the sun in his eyes. Maybe Joe got a kick out if it?

I didn't know about this one and I see that it was just reissued in Japan. I might have to order that one.

The daughter of one of my co-workers, who sits in one of the offices next to mine, got married last weekend. My co-worker, his son and quite a few people in the wedding reception are now sick with Covid. Luckily, they were all vaccinated but I am in a remote meeting with him now and he sounds terrible. He's got a pretty bad case. Lucky for him that he's vaccinated if he's this bad. He says he's getting better... I hope that continues. Maine's hospitalizations are now at a record high.

"Schizophrenia" is one of my favorite Shorter LPs too. I love the first track, "Tom Thumb". I sometimes play that track on repeat a couple of times when I do play the album.

I didn't know him personally but his manager, who I do know, says that he was in good health otherwise. According to him, everyone was very shocked because it happened so fast. He was in work, went home sick one day with cold-like symptoms, went to the hospital a few days later, got intubated for a few days and then died. It was over in less than two weeks. Just to add - and I'm not saying that happened here - there was at least one person in my building who claimed that he got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and didn't actually get it. This seems to be a thing among some anti-vaxxers. They go as far as to get fake vaccination cards and submit them as proof of vaccination for work & travel purposes. The guy here in my building who falsely claimed he was vaccinated didn't go that far but he definitely tried faking the system by telling everyone he was vaccinated. He eventually got the J&J vaccine because his wife made him get it. My company has a vaccine mandate that starts December 1st. They are still reviewing all the exemption requests. Many of the request are for religious reasons.

A co-worker died last week from Covid and he had the J&J vaccine, so if i had that one, I'd be looking to combine it with another too.

Well shit - I always thought it was due to that Clint Eastwood movie. Learn something new every day.

Wow - great memory! I had quite a few of those CDs... I remember buying them at the big Boston Tower Records thinking that they were from some weird Japanese reissue series. I was talking to Cuscuna about them and learned that they were boots so I dumped them all pretty quickly. I seem to remember a Blue Mitchell one but no listing in discogs. The discogs listing for that label seems to show that some of these CDs had real covers: https://www.discogs.com/label/413163-Echo-Industry-Co-Ltd Amazon actually lists Blue Mitchell's The Thing To Do (Best Selection) as a download. I think that's the one I was thinking of: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Do-Best-Selection/dp/B00865KZHO BTW - these Best Selection CDs were really cheap and were usually in a sort of "cut-out bin" or no name PD sales section.

Someone should transcribe this for posterity. You never know how long these blogs stay around.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

BTW - for Sun Ra fans - he goes into a little discussion about his they came to be his Monday night band for several years.

Nothing like making the price part of the artwork... and listing it in the largest font on the cover. Great record BTW.

I was googling Slugs Saloon when I tripped over this link: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/20145088/slugs-saloon This was a great interview. Learned some things too. He says that Lee Morgan licensed "The Sidewinder" to Chrysler for $17,000, which goes against all the rumors that Chrysler tried to use it without paying him.

I had a bottle of this last night with dinner at a local restaurant, Frankie & Johnny's. Upon opening, i was not that impressed. It didn't have a lot going on. Then after about 20 minutes to a half hour, it opened up significantly, almost becoming a different wine. Another winner from Daou, who are quickly becoming one of my favorite wineries.

Look at the initial post. "I wanted to go but didn't for fear of I might hear". What does that mean?

I've seen Ravi live many times. What is he doing now that might offend anyone? This is from his last release as a leader:

I'd much rather get any of the Pfizer COVID shots than the Shingles vaccine. I got my first shingles vaccine and my arm hurt like hell for a week. I couldn't sleep the fist night at all. Good thing I scheduled it for Friday.

Danny D'Imperio Quintet - 3rd Annual Jazz Gala - Disc 1 (private recording). Danny heading up a band with Nick Brignola on baritone, soprano & alto, Frank Moser on alto, Rick Montalbano on piano & Nick Molfese on bass. Carol Leigh guests on vocals on a few tunes. Great to hear this music again. When you have so much music laying around, you sometimes forget about these private recordings you've been gifted with over the years. I'm surprised Danny never got any of this stuff out. He probably couldn't get the clearances. Edit to add... Carol Leigh's guest on "Lover Man" is not my favorite. In some places, she sounds like a cat getting strangled.