Kevin Bresnahan

HDMI cables carry audio & video and there is a handshake between the receiver and the AV equipment that can screw things up, especially if there is some sort of automatic sensing of what was turned on. Sometimes, I think they make some of these modern receivers too smart.

I wonder if Payton plays the keys on this CD? He plays the keys at his live shows almost as much as the trumpet.

Google translate... Hello, I have a Viscount Legend Live that I use with a Leslie 122 via a combo pedal. I'm quite happy with it, but I've listened to the sound of the Legend One, which I think is much superior. I think it's the same engine as the Legend Soul. What I'm looking for is the best emulation of the scanner-based chorus vibrato I have on my real Hammond M100. The vibrato on the Legend Live is far from good! Do you think it's better on the Legend One? I'm not interested in the other sounds of the Legend One, which I find uninteresting and unauthentic, apart from the analog synth sound. I have a Rhodes Mark 2 at home that I use with an old Twin Reverb; it's unbeatable. The only keyboard that comes close to the "Rhodes" is the "Crumar seven" that I sometimes use.

Does anyone know the story of Brown leaving the Jazz Messengers in 1982? Most on-line stories say it was due to arthritis, which I can understand as I have just a touch of it in my left wrist and it can be painful. But Brown went on to teach at various schools and record 20+ albums, including quite a few live dates which would indicate that live performance was not an issue. Were Blakey's charts just too much for his arthritis?

I haven't been able to catch Bartz live in several years, probably due to COVID, but the last times I did see him perform, he was still playing great. I hope he makes his way back to the Boston area again.

That's the only one so far but there was one other that I approved that smelled a bit off. There were also two that I didn't approve because their data was flagged by a spammer website I've been using.

I just approved all of the December new members and we got our first spammer. It's not as bad as I expected so far. I've probably approved about 100 new members and only one turned out to be a spammer, which is pretty good in my opinion.

Yes' Topographic Oceans was never a favorite of mine but it's been many decades since I've heard it. Back in those days, "Fragile" & "Yessongs" got onto the turntable quite a bit, with "Yessongs" being a sort of a live "Greatest Hits" package.

William Parker - O'Neal's Porch (AUM). Apparently available at bandcamp these days: https://williamparker.bandcamp.com/album/oneals-porch

Several of the one & two star reviews at Denon's AVR-S760H product page mention that their unit suddenly started going into "Protect mode" and shutting off. It sounds like you may be having that problem here. About the only thing I would try before sending it out for repair is to disconnect everything from it and see if it still happens. Sometimes, something you have connected to the main unit starts failing and causes a weird impedance on one of the inputs or outputs (speakers). If you disconnect everything and it still shuts down, it's probably a bad board.

The Babylon Bee seems to think some things are funnier than they really are. Considering some of their other tweets, I can see why.

That's a huge remote!

A few questions for clarity... What do you mean by "sudden power loss"? Do you mean the volume is being reduced or that it is shutting off? What is the model of the receiver? The remote model will not help as that remote was probably used for all of their receivers that model year.

I was just spinning the MFSL SACD yesterday and I don't see how that could be improved on. I wonder if AP could have used that DSD master?

It looks typed, not printed and that is a signature in ink. I wouldn't be surprised if he had his secretary type it up and he just signed it. I seem to remember his secretary being quite elderly. Maybe she preferred typing over a printer? FWIW, I also have a note from Michael Cuscuna from this time and it's handwritten

I was going through some old documents today and i found this letter from Tom. Letters... remember those? I wrote him, he wrote back. This was in regards to the Collector's Choice CDs.

Frank Kimbrough - Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk - Disc 4 - Locomotive (Sunnyside).

I've never heard of this record before. Quite the band - Corea with Grossman, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette. It looks like it has never been put out on CD & some editions are going for big bucks: https://www.discogs.com/master/734497-Chick-Corea-The-Sun

Lots of variety on this date. Is there a reason the track "Ill Will" is listed as "ILL WILL"? Interesting effects with your guitar on that track. You get an organ-like sound.

I just approved everyone but one new member from January.

Like most reissue labels, they are at the mercy of the labels. If they are sent a good tape or digital file to cut from, they're fine; if not, they sound terrible.

I'd order a CD but with shipping to the US, it's about $30.

Frank Kimbrough - Meantime (Newvelle) This material was originally only released on clear vinyl but Newvelle finally gave in and offers downloads now - at least for some of their releases.

I just approved all of the new members who signed up in February - 14 total.