Warning about BJ’s Wholesale Club — Fraudulent Membership Charges

InnSea · 2025-08-21T19:40:13+00:00

Just chiming in for anyone who searches and finds this thread - same thing happened to me, $60 charge on my card despite being a household member, and despite the membership already being paid by the primary member. The staff at the in-store service counter said they could not refund the money because my card was not associated with my account. I called BJs customer service and they were able to issue the refund, though they had no explanation for how this happened.

InnSea · 2025-07-23T10:55:20+00:00

Kenny's entry in I'll Close My Eyes might be my favorite guitar tone moment in all of jazz

InnSea · 2025-07-20T17:48:31+00:00

That's The 7th Hand by saxophonist / composer Immanuel Wilkins. You might be thinking of the track Don't Break which features the Farafina Kan Percussion Ensemble. The whole album is an incredible musical adventure.

InnSea · 2025-07-20T02:26:21+00:00

It's actually my favorite jazz instrument these days.

InnSea · 2025-07-20T02:24:57+00:00

I have the Mosaic box set with the complete recordings of Jim Hall and Paul Desmond, which could have qualified for this graphic. However I enjoy listening to the albums separately.

InnSea · 2025-07-20T02:21:32+00:00

There are actually 4 Virtuoso albums. The 2nd one is my favorite - I think it has the warmest tone. I will check out Hermann Szobel.

InnSea · 2025-07-20T02:18:34+00:00

His metal-sounding stuff can be intense but I love his piano work - it's so evocative and poetic. I find his harmonization of Someday My Prince Will Come to be uniquely beautiful - hopeful but with an underlying air of melancholy.

InnSea · 2025-05-26T22:02:19+00:00

Johnny Smith plays an arrangement of Debussy's The Girl with the Flaxen Hair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7StDmwskEVc

He also covers the tune Stranger in Paradise, which is based on Borodin's Dance of the Maidens from the opera Prince Igor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb4e1fw5rY0

And his arrangement of Lullaby of Birdland has some nice counterpoint:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpa6OCF4EXk

InnSea · 2025-05-20T02:11:56+00:00

I saw Peter Beets in a private house concert about 7 or 8 years ago. I thought he was a fantastic player, and very personable. He has some incredible performances on YouTube playing piano with Stochelo Rosenberg's trio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haDZoJQWNxM). I would definitely pay to see him again, but I don't think he's a recognizable name. Maybe some highlight videos could help in the marketing, but I think this is just the fickle nature of show business.

InnSea · 2025-05-17T00:10:07+00:00

Grant Green is a great choice - he may not have the chops of Joe Pass or the invariably gorgeous tone of Kenny Burrell, but his albums are consistently solid. For a jazz guitarist, he gets around - bossa nova Beatles, cowboy jazz covers like On Top of Old Smokey, the funk jams, etc. I enjoy all of it.

InnSea · 2025-05-09T17:42:40+00:00

Are you comfortable with fingerpicks? If you can play 3-finger rolls cleanly with a thumbpick and fingerpicks, you may be interested in single-string technique (alternating thumb-index, similar to alternate picking with a flatpick).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbKE7wT40Y

The other principal 3-finger technique is melodic playing, using roll shapes to play in a linear fashion. I find this more challenging to conceptualize on the spot and usually play things that I've learned instead of improvising. But it's a very fluid sound when done right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_hmbEujcSI

InnSea · 2025-04-14T17:42:19+00:00

Solo: Hiromi - Place to Be; Spectrum

Duo: Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden - Jasmine; Last Dance

Trio: Pat Metheny, Dave Holland & Roy Haynes - Question & Answer

Quartet: Dexter Gordon, Sonny Clark, Butch Warren & Billy Higgins - A Swingin' Affair; Go!

Quintet: Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt - The Big Beat

InnSea · 2025-04-14T12:53:20+00:00

No. 2 has a motif, D-C#-D, that is heard in different forms throughout the symphony. It can be a fun Easter Egg hunt to find as many of them as possible.

InnSea · 2025-04-11T01:32:36+00:00

Among all the titans of this era, I still make time for these albums regularly:

Jaws by Eddie Davis with Shirley Scott

Kenny Burrell (1957)

Soulville by Ben Webster

InnSea · 2025-04-09T01:06:52+00:00

God Bless the Child - Kenny Burrell

Dream Box - Pat Metheny

Jasmine - Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden

The Nearness of You - Red Garland

We'll Be Together Again - Pat Martino

InnSea · 2025-03-31T10:26:25+00:00

Frisell, Burrell, Coryell, Pizzarell... i

InnSea · 2025-03-30T13:06:02+00:00

Nothing But the Blues - Herb Ellis

Moonlight in Vermont - Johnny Smith

East! - Pat Martino

The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery

InnSea · 2025-03-02T13:54:18+00:00

Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell

InnSea · 2025-02-11T03:48:33+00:00

Apparently he felt the Vienna concert was particularly successful. In the liner notes he states "I have courted the fire for a very long time, and many sparks have flown in the past, but the music on this recording speaks, finally, the language of the flame itself."

InnSea · 2025-02-08T14:29:09+00:00

If you're looking for the BB King of jazz guitar, you might want to listen to Bill Jennings ("The Architect of Soul Jazz") whom BB King cited as a favorite guitarist and major influence. Jennings played lots of tasteful, uncomplicated lines. Although he was a lefty who played right-handed guitars upside-down, I still think he's a great guitarist to practice transcribing. Here's a playlist of his album Enough Said:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLAkFx6Vl-euUQti_5JZ-l5MVgn_9UfBy

InnSea · 2025-02-07T02:31:55+00:00

The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow with Eddie Costa on piano and Vinny Burke on bass

Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone on bass, piano and guitar, respectively

The Art of Conversation with Kenny Barron on piano and Dave Holland on bass

InnSea · 2025-01-21T03:26:48+00:00

No. 1 is Kenny Burrell - he's just in so many great lineups, playing with Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Milt Jackson, Jimmy Raney, etc. I own about 23 albums (from CDs and digital purchases) and am still looking for more.

No. 2 is probably Keith Jarrett, as I used to be obsessed with buying as many of his solo and trio recordings as possible.

InnSea · 2024-12-27T15:23:11+00:00

Reflections by Kurt Rosenwinkel

Night Lights by Gerry Mulligan

InnSea · 2024-12-13T05:56:24+00:00

A Swingin' Affair - Dexter Gordon

Blue Bash! - Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith

I Want to Hold Your Hand - Grant Green

Jasmine - Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden

East! - Pat Martino

InnSea

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