Kevin Bresnahan

Spinning this one again. It's just OK. The funk tune 'Aurora' with the whacka-whacka guitar and electric bass remind me a bit of Sly & the Family Stone.

I finally got around to ordering this. I got an e-mail from Artist Share about another artist and thought, "Shit... I never got around to ordering that Maria Schneider disc"!

Herb Ellis - softly... but with that feeling (Verve). I have this on a 1981 Japanese pressing. Ellis with Victor Feldman on vibes, Leroy Vinnegar on bass and Ronnie Zito on drums. I haven't spun this in a while. Polite jazz. I'll have to spin something a little more lively after this to wake up.

In listening to this record, I was reminded of the many times I managed to see/hear George live. It also reminded me that as great of a tenor player George was/is, that circular breathing thing, which shows up a couple of times on this record, is kinda boring. It was really cool the first time I saw/heard it but by the 2nd or 3rd time, I was more like "eh". He basically does the same thing with it every time. No matter, it doesn't ruin this record at all and George does play his ass off. Higgins is pretty good too.

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone. I bought this one Record Store Day many years back. Clear vinyl. Music is just OK for me. The thing I'm not a fan of is the dynamic compression the recording engineer applied. Everything sounds loud. No nuance at all.

George Coleman - Ronnie Scott's Presents George Coleman Live (Pye). Great record. Whoever recorded this did a great job too.

I take it that you are not married?

Does anyone know why the Japanese producers added the 's' to shout or even better - why they didn't use the Reid Miles cover that was in the vault?

A Tommy Flanagan kinda night... Just finished: Now playing:

Both of those CDs are available as a two-fer: https://www.discogs.com/release/12618078-Freddie-Hubbard-And-Woody-Shaw-The-Freddie-Hubbard-And-Woody-Shaw-Sessions

Wasn't this recorded in stereo though? RVG started recording in stereo in March of 1957 and by May when this was made, he was recording all sessions in stereo. I know that there have been LPs released with "Electronically rechanneled for stereo" stamped across the cover when the music is in actual stereo.

Ah - the famous Johnny Gri... err, I mean Hank Mobley two-fer.

Cancer sucks. Cancer plus Covid must've really sucked. Damn. Too young.

I'll miss his posts here. From his Facebook page, it looks like his death may have been related to or due to Covid. In his last post, he wrote that he was having a rough time with it even though he was vaccinated and boosted.

It's a pain at home because you need special upward-firing speakers and the only ones on the market are not what you might consider audiophile. These upward-firing designs need to be placed properly to get the right reflections too. As much as I love surround sound, I won't be going for this. Atmos speaker:

I had to laugh when you mention warbling under a cover photo of "Black Fire".

There are 2 pressings of this on vinyl and there are several copies of each for sale on discogs. Also, you might get more responses if you said what you were willing to pay for this LP.

I get that it's missing the book, but you could just buy the download for 10 Pounds and burn it to a CD-R yourself.

The last two nights, I was able to see Chris Potter (in a trio) and Yoko Miwa at the new jazz club in Portsmouth, NH, Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club. Next up on my calendar is Alex Minasian, who is bringing a great-looking band into Sculler's Jazz Club on March 26th, with Alex on piano, Billy Pierce on tenor, Vince DuPont on bass & one of my favorite drummers, Joe Farnsworth at the drum kit. I haven't seen Alex in many years. He was a local (Hudson, NH) piano prodigy who I first encountered when he played piano for Curtis Fuller's band when they played in the area. I bet he was around 15 the first time I saw him. How time flies...

Donald Byrd - Blackjack (Blue Note)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/arts/music/maxine-gordon-dexter-gordon-jazz-advocates.html If it helps understand their dynamic any... Maxine is about 27 years younger than Dex.

LTD is one of the jazz players that I wished I had gotten around to seeing live when he was around. Unfortunately, I started going to jazz shows shortly after he stopped touring. After reading these reviews of his later shows, I don't feel as bad about it.

Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair* – Blue Bogey (Jasmine Records). I do enjoy this records. Gaynair reminds me of a combo of Charlie Rouse with Ike Quebec.

As I understand it, Ron McMaster had customers. These customers had their producer get him to pull a tape, get the playback set up (bake the tape, align the azimuth etc), add EQ per the tape box recommendations and then digitize it. The producer gets a CD-R, listens to the music and gives it a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Ron McMaster is not a producer.

That 1977 recording was Childs' recording debut at the young age of 20.