Kevin Bresnahan

Ordered a couple of Christmas CDs yesterday. and I've been spinning Volume 1 for several years so I thought I'd give the other volumes a try.

I'm seeing Hill at The Regattabar in Cambridge on December 7th. I'm looking forward ti it.

I'm listening to this again and it seems strange to me that Deutsche Grammophon would squelch music one of their artists created. Snobbery or did they actually not like it? It's not great but I like hearing these jazzy interpretations of Vivaldi's violin quartet compositions.

I wonder why the "star", which indicates that I have posted in this thread, has gone back to a "dot"? I wonder if this post will turn it back to a star? It's happened on several threads that I regularly post in. Yup - the star is back.

Considering that HighNote's website doesn't even allow anyone to order anything at the moment, as the "Order" button goes to a broken link, I wonder how they're planning to sell these downloads?

I wonder why Fresh Sound copied the Contemporary Records' label design? Did Pell ever record for Contemporary?

I agree with you on this. For some reason, I've never been a fan of the sound on "Meet You..." either. The RVG CDs in particular sounded harsh to me.

I always liked the live sound on those recordings, with a "you are there" feel. I don't think they sound like bootlegs at all.

The thing that sticks in my mind the first few times I saw him live, was when he ended a drum solo with a hi-hat solo that went on and on. It was fun but a bit over the top. My ears were not happy by the end. In fact, the second time I saw him do it, I covered my ears for most of it. The weirdest thing about the last two times I saw him was him singing "The Gambler", and getting the crowd to join in.

That is weird. No European LP releases back the in the 60s either.

That is a very unusual recording. I would have never thought to re-imagine college fight songs in a Jazz setting. On top of that, after listening to a few of them on YouTube, I'm not sure I like them much.

Sticking with the CD in this case makes you a completist, as it has unissued bonus tracks that the LP misses.

Do you have an idea why the CD release didn't include all of this material?

I just got back from a short trip to wine country in Northern Virginia. It was fun and there were some excellent wines. We ended up going to 5 wineries, with our favorite being Zephaniah Farm Vineyard in Leesburg. All of our favorite wines were whites as almost every red we tasted was far too wimpy for our palates. Our favorite overall wine was a white blend from Zephaniah called Steamship White. Unfortunately, these wineries are all too small to make an entry into the retail game, so if I want any more, it's mail order.

I saw Roy quite a few times over the years. The earliest shows, in the mid-90s were pretty damn incredible. Thanks for the music Roy.