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1 – “Cherokee”.  Vinyl sourced, likely from an old 78.   Sax player is really good, but the guitar rhythm is so rigid  - between that and the sound quality, a hard listen for me. 2 – An easy listen for me, I really like this.  Hope I have it somewhere.  Guitar player is fabulous.  Organist is excellent and I like his sound.  Both are adventurous for the genre.  Hope (and assume) I have this on the shelves somewhere – if not, I’ll look to remedy that ASAP.  So, so good.  My favorite cut on the BFT. 3 – This is a huge winner.  I should know this.  Reminds me of the album Sonny Rollins did with Don Cherry, and feels like it is from that era based on the rhythm (rock solid bass pre-Stanley Clarke) and the recording sound, but that’s not Don Cherry.  But it could be Charlie Haden.   Surely, I own this?  If not, I will.  And I’ll revisit this cut and may eventually ID it if someone doesn’t beat me to it. 4 – A frantic “Well, You Needn’t”.  Inventive pianist, though the stride turn is too cute for my tastes.  But the guy can really play. 5 – I know the composition, just need to remember it.  Arrangement too cerebral for me, but it’s fairly interesting. 6 – “Bags’ Groove”.  Good cut.  About impossible to do a bad version of this song.  Soloists are all solid, though they don’t blow me away the way the soloists in track #2 did.  I assume 60’s vintage by well-known practitioners of the organ-jazz genre.  Good chance I own this one already, and I may be able to eventually ID it. 7 – Older style than #6 and suffers for it my ears.  I don’t like the sound of the organ player (choice of stops,etc.) though organ players I do like, such as Jimmy Smith, use this at times.  Guitar has a good sound but a conventional style.  More Kenny Burrell, where cut #2 was more Pat Martino.  But it’s a good cut. 8 – Well-known standard that I’m not placing, but others will ID the song.  Very safe, very pleasant, very competent reading of it by talented musicians who I suspect are in later stages of their careers.  Vibes player takes solo honors for me. Good background music. 9 – Cocktail music.  Nothing happening for me. 10 – Solo vibes, vinyl sourced.  Now that’s interesting.  The only solo vibes album I own or even know is this, so I think it’s the last cut from this album.  (edit: forgot about the Gary Burton album that Dub Modal mentions, but I'll stick with my guess). 11 – Vaguely reggae-ish, which is never a good thing in my book.  And I don’t like the guitar player.  I think it’s a cover of a pop song, but I can’t ID the song.  Not a winner for me.  My least favorite cut on the BFT, and the only one I actively dislike. 12 – Starts with  good high-note trumpet player – I would guess Maynard Ferguson, but since it turns out to be a JATP-type of cut, maybe not.  Guessing Sweets Edison is the second trumpet.  1950’s vintage?  Louis Armstrong up last, of course.  That’s an identifying clue, but not for me.  You can’t possibly dislike a cut like this, it’s so happy, though I would never pull it off the shelf to play. Love cuts 2 and 3, can’t wait for the ID’s on them.   Like cut  #6 a lot.  Much pleasantness in the rest of it, thanks so much.   Dan, amazingly, you and I totally agree on this cut!

Has anyone seen this?

Jimmy's out of work because of him!  And I can't believe that's not Satchmo on that last track. Someone does a bang up impression. 

Interesting read. I used to enjoy the writer's Twitter feed pre-elon. Haven't seen it since. She was big on poetry which I think informs her writing style.