Kevin Bresnahan

Dave Brubeck - My Favorite Things (Columbia). I found a Sony CD (SRCS 9369) in a cheapie bin so I'm giving it a try. What an odd stereo image. Piano all alone in the right channel and the bass/drums in the left, with Desmond split equally when he plays. When Desmond is playing, it sorta sounds OK, but when it's just the trio, the sound it's not good.

I have a lot of the dates mentioned in this thread but it's hard to sort them all out sometimes. Sessions overlap on different CD releases and it's gotten very difficult to avoid buying music you already have. I recently picked up the Ensayo CD of "Gentle Ben" in a cheapie bin & I was worried that I already had the material on another CD.

The early days of the Internet were newsgroups, not message boards. Text was all you wanted on your screen when using a 28.8 kbps modem. Downloading a single picture could take about 5 minutes.

I've seen Rathbun perform many times but it's been a long time since he toured around here. Maybe this is why?

I still keep hoping that soulstation1 posts to this thread but my fear is that he is no longer with us.

Happy 77th birthday to Ron McMaster.

Because of family history, I have to get one every 3 years. They always find a polyp or two, so it never goes up. I shouldn't complain... colon cancer is a whole lot worse than having a colonoscopy every 3 years.

The Jazz Modes - The Jazz Modes Play Excerpts From The Frank Loesser Musical The Most Happy Fella (Atlantic) This one's OK, but it's not grabbing me. I saw Rouse's name on there and figured that was enough. It wasn't.

I just picked up 3 more of these today. I'm looking forward to spinning them over the next few days. I got the Gene Ammons, Red Holloway & another of the Johnny Hammond Smith discs.

Clare Fischer - ONE - to get ready: FOUR to GO! (Revelation Records)

CDs Art Blakey - Chippin' In Ben Webster - Gentle Ben Gene Ammons - Legends of Acid Jazz Red Holloway - Legends of Acid Jazz Johnny Hammond Smith - Legends of Acid Jazz George Kawaguchi - Maiden Voyage - Music Of Herbie Hancock Various Artitsts - Melancholy - Boogie Woogie & Piano Classics (TOCJ-66006) A rare one! Jackie McLean - New Wine In Old Bottles Joe Newman & Zoot Sims - Locking Horns (Roulette) SHM-CD Dave Brubeck - My Favorite Things (Japan) Steve Kuhn with Joe Lovano - Mostly Coltrane Eddie Higgins - Moonlight Becomes You Eddie Higgins - If Dream Come True Junior Cook - On A Misty Night plus 2 CDs that I already have... I hate when this happens Gene Ammons - Soul Summit - This copy has a totally different cover from the CD I already have. Sonny Stitt - In Style - This is the cheesy 32Jazz plastic case version. I already have the Muse CD. LPs The Jazz Modes - The Most Happy Fella (Atlantic) Clare Fischer - ONE - to get ready: FOUR to GO! (Revelation Records)

Pat Labarbera is coming to Boston as part of Tony Levin's group in May. I've never seen him. Might be time to rectify that. I've been trying to find an decent priced copy of his ballad CD, "Deep In A Dream" for a while now without luck. It seems to only be available in Canada.

He's coming to Portland, ME too and I'm thinking about skipping it. It's happening August 1st and I'm pretty sure that I'll be out of the area then.

I'm somewhat surprised that Esteban has such a limited social media presence. I get that some of the sites, like Facebook, have lost a lot of followers due to the proliferation of AI BS all over it, but you need to have some way to let people know when & where you're playing or else no one can buy tickets. He even allowed his web domain to expire.

I haven't seen Esteban Castro perform, but I'll watch for his name in the future. Young piano masters seems to be a thing throughout history. They crop up time & again going back to Mozart. BTW - one of his recent Smalls' performances is up on You Tube & their website. Free to watch: I believe the second set is up here too. https://www.smallslive.com/events/31534-esteban-castro-trio/