Kevin Bresnahan

I'm surprised that a major label is licensing their stuff to Dusty Groove. A 20 second peek at their website would show that Dusty Groove sells every bootleg that the Andorran pirates put out. For this illegal activity, they get rewarded with licenses?

No takers at $65? Lowering the price to $50 plus shipping. Isn't anyone looking for a decent player for their car? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

If Tedy Bruschi can return to playing football, you should be able to join us at the keyboard! :) Good luck on your recovery. Kevin

Last summer, I bought my Dad this JVC CD changer at Best Buy so that he could listen to his Country & Western mp3 CD-Rs while driving his Kawasaki Voyager XII touring bike. It cost me $249. I helped him install it last June and I think he used it for maybe 1 hour before he had the fatal heart attack in July. I inherited the bike and tried using this CD deck, but Jazz doesn't seem to rise about the road noise. Pretty much useless for my listening choice. I yanked it out while getting the bike ready for the road a few weeks ago. It was still working perfectly when I took it out. Description: 12 disc changer Connects to your current factory FM radio using the existing RF antenna Plays CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and mp3 CD-Rs Both wired and wireless remote controls - Wired remote displays track info for mp3 tracks CD text display capability Shockproof, full-floating mechanism - didn't skip when I was driving it around in the motorcycle Includes mounting brackets and wiring harness Measures approximately 13-3/4" x 11-1/4" x 9-7/8" I'm asking $50 plus actual shipping. Kevin

For those wondering what I opened for my birthday meal, it was my last bottle of A. Rafanelli Cabernet Sauvignon. A 1999. Yum. Perfectly aged although it still could've laid down another 5 years. Still a little zip from the tannins. Thanks again everyone for the well wishes. I still feel old, but at least I'm getting old just as fast as the rest of you.

Just curious: if you already have the Mosaic, and now you're getting the JRVG's of these sessions, why would it matter if there are missing tracks on the JRVG's? If I can replicate the Mosaic, I'll sell it. I rarely play my Mosaic CDs any more because a majority of my listening is done in the car. These CD sets are far too valuable to bring there. Actually, I am really trying to switch over to old TOCJ CDs. I really like the sound of those most of all.

Thanks for the quick reply. Now what to do? It looks like there are only a couple of unissued trio tracks on the Mosaic. Hmmm.

I am considering picking up the Japanese RVG CD issues of Jimmy Smith's "A Date With Jimmy Smith Vol. 1" and "A Date With Jimmy Smith Vol. 2". However, I can't remember if my Mosaic box has extra material from these live dates. Could someone check their discography and tell me if there are any bonus tracks? BTW, has anyone ever tried searching the forums for a thread with Mosaic in it? Or even Mosaic and Jimmy Smith? Fuggettabotit. You get like 1000 hits.

Happy birthday from another 6-12'er. One of the things I used to like when George Bush Sr. was president. His birthday is June 12th too.

Ooo boy. These girls aren't much older than my daughter. Man, now I REALLY feel old

Definitely a nice red from the cellar. I do have that bottle of '62 Cote du Rhone that my brothers gave me. Probably vinegar. Another day older and deeper in debt. My oldest daughter graduated from high school last week. I feel old.

So now instead of breaking the PayPal rules, he's breaking the rules for exorbitant shipping as a means to avoid fee payment. You can't do that either. I bet this auction gets cancelled soon.

People just looking to try Jazz are going to start with the compilations. I know I did. Blue Note sees Grant Green as a name that will sell, so they try different varieties of comps, hoping to catch a few new browsers, maybe even one that bought one of the previous comps. As couw said, new gets the press. Old just slows down in sales and is finally deleted. Let Blue Note issue these comps. The fans like us will ignore them. The newbies will buy them. A few years will go by and then the whole cycle repeats. Look at a label like 32Jazz. They sold millions of copies of those "Jazz For XXXXX Day". These comps kept them afloat. When they stopped selling, their catalog sales didn't keep them above water and they closed shop. Every major Jazz label needs comps to attract new fans.

You might be surprised to find that these compilations sell. In fact, they typically sell far more than any individual relase. Not everyone browsing the Jazz section is looking for Grant Green's "Visions". Many are just looking for "Something by Grant Green - I hear he's a good guitarist". I've always bit my tongue on these. Why complain about a CD that sells, enabling the company to issue another title that might not?

The market spoke, Mosaic listened. If the LP sets had sold back when they were issuing both, Mosaic would have kept it up, for sure. Michael Cuscuna does listen to a lot of vinyl. They way the world of reissues is going, we may see Mosaic doing vinyl again. It's much easier to reissue a record than a new digital version. Warner Brothers just started an LP reissue program that should let everyone know what that market is like.

Euclid Records lists this one, albeit in VG+/VG+ condition, which in my experience is listenable, but not perfect. Expect a few crackles.

Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's the Boston area, but I can't remember the last time I ever concerned myself about the race of the players on the stage. Sure, I've thought about the mix of races in a few bands, but I never thought to myself, "Hey, these guys are all white" or vice versa. I just can't fathom what difference it should make. Who cares what skin tone they have? They can either play or they can't play. Only valid criterian in my book.

Back in 1997, I wrote this for the rec.music.bluenote newgroup in discussing the liner notes to a few of Hank's CDs: "These give a good idea of what Hank's performance years were like and talk about what his life was like in his later years. They all portray a man who's addiction (and subsequent health problems) resulted in a bleak ending to a great musical career. In fact, the "Slice of the Top" notes paint the picture of Hank's final years, penniless and homeless in Philadelphia. I read in JazzTimes a few years back that Hank died on a bench in the central Amtrak station in Philadelphia. My favorite tenor player.... I wish I could turn back the clock to that time. Maybe I could have done something. Probably not. Wishful thinking though." So if anyone has a way to search back issues of JazzTimes, they should find it mentioned in there. Kevin

Are you sure about the "Amtrak bench"? The local papers said he died in a hospital. I know that I read that somewhere. Was it that Litweiler piece? Maybe he was found on the bench and they rushed him to the hospital? Can they declare someone dead in a train station or do they have to make an effort to revive them? No matter what, it was a tragedy. I believe that the person who knows the most about Hank's last days is Don Sickler... and maybe his wife Maureen. Didn't I read recently that Maureen and Don tried to help Mobley out near the end? Kevin

You do realize that he died on an Amtrak bench, homeless & penniless, right? Sleeping on a bench or sleeping in a gutter - not too far a stretch for a homeless broke. BTW, according to Michael Cuscuna, Mobley's appearance at the 1985 concert was totally unexpected and no, he wasn't supposed to play. He just mysteriously showed up. Michael sent out invites and when he didn't hear back from Mobley, didn't plan for him. I believe that when they found out he was in the crowd, they had him stand up and wave... maybe even dragged him up on stage for the wave. I forget which one.

Bummer that the prices have gone back up. The last few batches of CDs from the majors have been 1500-1800 Yen. These new releases, with prices at 2300-2500 Yen, will be priced too high to generate too many sales to US buyers. I guess Japan isn't going through the same market contraction that the US is seeing.

You'd have to pry it from his cold, sticky hands.

If someone doesn't like Jazz, leave 'em alone. In my own experience, changing listening habits is gradual. Just because the person walking by didn't like Tal Farlow, and he's not my favorite, maybe he'll dig Art Blakey tomorrow. One day soon, someone will stick their head into your cubicle and ask, "What is this music", with a genuine interest. That's the person to talk to. I've lead many people in my office down the path to being a Jazz fan. A few mp3s on their PC, a few dupe CDs from my trade pile, and the next thing you know, they're telling me who's playing at the Regattabar next month. You want to know the easiest way to sneak up on someone with Jazz? If they're Christian and listen to Christmas music, play Christmas Jazz. Works like a charm. At Christmas time, I play Charlie Brown's Christmas all the time. People dig it. After the season ends, I play Guaraldi's "Charlie Brown" CD. Sometimes people catch the comparison, sometimes they don't. Kevin

If you heard one of these recordings on 3 channel SACD, you'd cream your pants as if you were with Cybill Shepherd. The realism acheived with the full sound stage of 3 channels cannot be described. You can't get this from vinyl.

First off, you cannot plug a turntable straight into a PC line input. A PC line input is not at the same level as the turntable and does not have the necessary EQ applied to it. You need a phono pre-amp. If you do record it straight-up, it'll sound very weird, all tinny and the level will be so low, you'll have to crank up the input level so high there will be distortion. I believe you should be able to pick a good one up for under $100. If you have something plugged into the PC line input and nothing is happening, some Windows installations default to have the line-in muted. To unmute it, double-click the picture of the speaker down in the right-hand corner of your taskbar, next to the clock. Under "Options", click Properties. Select "Adjust volume for" Recording. After you click "OK", you should see sliders for your inputs. The box has to be checked or the input is muted. Different sound cards may have different lingo here, so look around these windows until you find the right input. DO NOT USE THE MICROPHONE INPUT. Really lousy sound from this input. I did it by accident once and I couldn't believe how bad it sounded.