Kevin Bresnahan

Yeah, Gorelick only got 20 seconds but at least he got paid to play himself in the video. G's solo is at 3:55 and they even make fun of his sax playing if you watch it to the end.

I had tickets to see Ambrose Akinmusire at Jimmy's Jazz Club in Portsmouth next Friday. Today, they sent an e-mail notifying me it's been moved to September 16th. I also have tickets to see Kenny Barron at the club in February. I wonder if that one will happen?

Almost $60 to my door... I think I'll pass this time. I really have too much music at this point. I haven't spun Tone Poet records I bought last September.

Ordered a used LP from discogs today. I'm seriously thinking about ordering this CD today too... anyone want to talk me out of it?

I started bidding on a Nick Brignola LP but I bowed out way before the end. I had never heard of it so I wanted it for the LP/music, not the autograph on the back. It went for about triple what it was worth so I guess I'll head over to discogs and pick it up there.

I was able to get Andrew Hill to sign my LP of "Judgement!" after a show at Birdland, so I wasn't looking at that one. I saw Wayne Shorter live many times but it was always in a large venue where there was no opportunity to get him to sign anything. The same goes for Herbie Hancock & Sonny Rollins. I was never able to interact with any of these Jazz greats when they played at the Berklee Performance Center. The local clubs, sure, but not there.

Yes! Wild huh? Clearly the buyers are not buying these for the record. Those DMM pressings kinds suck. I actually have both of those LPs with small b labels and VAN GELDER in the deadwax, so I only wanted one to put on my wall.

If you buy that LP for Shorter's autograph (and why else would anyone pay so much for it?), you are not going to attempt to peel that sticker. Sure, it might peel off clean, but it is more likely to tear off the top layer of the cover. Even if it peeled off clean, the sticker outline would likely still be there and there may be a sticky residue. I'd just leave it on there if I had won that auction. BTW - aren't peeled Beatles "butcher" covers worth less than unpeeled ones? I could have sworn I read that once...

This went for $385. Way more than I thought and much more than I was willing to pay. Certainly too much with that sticker on there. Even crazier is the autographed DMM LP of "Adam's Apple" that went for $771! Ouch. Just because there was no sticker??

4 out of 6 of my nieces/nephews have or are getting over COVID.

TMZ is reporting that actor and comedian Bob Saget has died. While most will likely remember him for his role as the father in Full House, I will remember seeing him as a stand up comedian. A really raunchy and hilarious stand up comic. https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/09/bob-saget-dead-dies-hotel-comedian-full-house/

I cannot find these CDs or files anywhere on the web. I never even knew they or the label existed.

I have nearly all of this material on the 3 Analogue Productions SACDs that they put out in 2003. I think it's missing one track ("Donna Lee") and 4 alternate takes. They also sound very nice.

That's the Artist House material that reverted back to Laurie, right? She is selling all of that material digitally on bandcamp: https://blueplatespecials.bandcamp.com/album/artists-house-sessions-complete

The funniest thing about colored vinyl is that it makes it almost impossible to grade the record without playing it so the collectors of these things have no idea what they're getting most of the time. I have to admit, I can't see scratches or even dirt/dust when I play them. I do have to add that today's colored vinyl seems to be made much better than the stuff from old days. Back in the 70's & 80's when I was buying a lot of vinyl, I avoided colored vinyl and especially picture discs, because they almost always sounded terrible and wore out quickly. I remember when someone gave me a picture disc of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the picture had a hazy look to it from being played so often and it played back with rice crispies throughout.

I do agree to a certain point but I thought that this one was particularly cool. As I said, the music isn't all that great to my ears and I wasn't planning to buy it on vinyl at all but this pressing caught my eye, so why not? Besides, if I ever decide that I don't need this in my collection, I will not lose money on it. No matter the reason, many of these VMP pressings are getting crazy money on the secondary market.

I'm not usually a fan of these isolation tracks, but I thought this one was interesting.

Damn - I would like this for my wall but what is with that sticker? I get that they wanted to remember the concert where they got that autograph but why not just slide a piece of paper into the LP sleeve instead of sticking a sticker onto the cover???

Music From The Motion Picture Juno (Rhino). Orange transparent vinyl. I think I bought this because my daughters liked the movie but I don't remember playing it much. Pulled it off the shelf this morning and figured "What the heck". Some "spoken word" type singing that reminds me of Laurie Anderson's work. I can't believe that this LP is currently selling for over $50. I guess vinyl is hot right now. Here's a song from this LP. Almost sounds like a kid's singalong at times.

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Just Coolin' (Blue Note/Vinyl Me Please). I bought this for the cool-looking vinyl. The music is just so-so in my book.

I still don't understand why Mosaic had to reverse this image. They could have used it the right way and cropped it accordingly.

Adults have to get tetanus booster shots. If all of the people refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, refused their tetanus shots, I imagine we'd be hearing about 10% of the people dying from getting tetanus by now. It's a horrible way to die. But we don't. Because they do get their tetanus shot when their doctor tells them to because they can die from it. And for the record, the tetanus booster shot is the second most painful shot I've gotten, second only to the Shingles vaccine shot (that I just got a few months ago). I still plan to get one every 10 years.

Nice CD. This is the only affordable way to get McDuff's "Hot Barbeque" on CD. The only other CD releases were in Japan and they are out-of-print and expensive these days. Am I the only one who is having my last post showing up in the edit box? I post to a thread and when I go to post something new, my old post is sitting there. I have to delete it to post something new. Very annoying.

Jim Alfredson - In Memorandom (Big O Records). I also have the bonus track, Snowform", that was available for a short time as a download. I do enjoy this recording and play it often.

Ravi Shankar - Ragas Hameer & Gara (Deutsche Grammophon).