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I've spent the last week mostly playing with my visiting grandchildren, so I haven't got back to the BFT for awhile. Hopefully I will get back to it this weekend and make a wild guess or two. I did want to mention that I am really interested in the bass/vibe duo. The vibes really do sound familiar but I agree with your assesment that it is a tough instrument to ID. Neat track.

Thanks for the replies to my question.

Is the bandcamp page the best place for someone in the US to buy this? I thought squidco had but I was wrong.

Got a chance to download and listen to the first half of the BFT tonight. As a self proclaimed vibraphone nut I have to say that not much jumped out at me identification wise , yet. I will say that I can do track #6 all day long. Beside the vibes the other solos are all quite good particularly the trombone. Track #7 was pretty interesting also. At the risk of embarrassing myself, I'm fairly certain track #8 is the world's best vibes player. I stated on my first BFT here that Walt Dickerson was my favorite musician, so if I'm wrong...big egg on my face. Beautiful tune, nice bass line and maybe Andrew Cryille also. I honestly like Mr. Dickerson's later music better but this ain't bad. Hope to listen to the rest soon and maybe figure out some Ids. Thanks.

Great BFT, Bill. Thanks alot for putting it together. The first Sun Ra and solo Sun Ra and the Barry Altschul need to be check further by me.

Thanks, I will try the download this evening. I was going to sit this one out because I'm not sure I can give it the time it deserves. Then I saw it was about the vibe and I was hooked.

Can I still get a download?

Not to be overly dramatic, but that was one of those life-changing albums for me. Very affecting piece of music indeed!

A friend brought over the Art Ensembles "People In Sorrow" last night. How did I miss out on this one?

Friedlander is the other Masada member (had a brief moment of lucidity). The only album by them I know is the 50th anniversity one, which I foolishly sold. Bad move on my part. I listened to the BFT again on my last two morning walks and wanted to mention that track 10 was really tripping my musical trigger. Having now read through the comments, I now see why. What a group. I have listened to the album "Visions" by Walt Dickerson and Sun Ra alot in the last couple of months. I like Sun Ra's playing on that album more and more each time I hear and was wondering if he ever made any solo piano recordings. Now I know. I will be very interested to hear you thoughts on the album and any other Sun Ra solos for that matter.

I finally got to download the BFT yesterday. It took over an hour (rapidshare and my computer apparently don't play well together) but it was worth it. Some really good music here and some really different music as well for me. Only one time through so far but I am not done. Real quick thoughts; The first three tracks of more traditional (not sure if that is the right word) music really appealed to me. Although with that organ or whatever it was, track 1 may be a more modern group. Obviously track 2 is a great song. I like everything but the string parts. For me they just don't add anything. Track 3 is the most interesting. Really like the piano. The string trio reminds me of the Masada group, Feldman, Cohen and can't remember the other name (the years aren't being kind to my memory). Whoever it is plays music of great emotion. The string player on the final track plays with some of the same emotion. I really enjoyed both tracks. I hope to get back to the thread later but I will definately listen to this BFT more and that is more important to me I think. Thanks Bill.

I would like to join in. I won't be able to access it for a week or so but a download please.

I am very sorry for not acknowledging your fine BFT before now. My excuse is that we are in North Carolina for the birth of our grandson and the third birthday of our granddaughter. I have been getting a lot of grandchild time but haven't been on the computer much. Not a complaint. What I have had a chance to do is listen to the BFT quite a bit on the drive across country and on morning walks. I like it. Track 11 is probably my favorite and not just because of the vibes, although I like the way this person plays them. I thought of Khan Jamal like a couple of the other guys. Jason Adasiewicz plays kind of like this also but I've guessed him correctly on a couple of other BFTs so I've probably gone to that well once too often. Good music all around. I don't think I have anything with Jerome Richardson. Nice way to start things off. I also like the two solo tracks quite a bit, particularly the saxophone track. Can't really verbalize why but the last track has really grown on me. At one point the tune not the way they play it reminded me of the theme to the TV show “Taxi”. I have a tin ear, you know. Chuck Mangione. If there are more surprises like that, this is going to be fun. Thanks very much for your effort.

Jeff, Thanks for your comments and thanks again for doing the heavy lifting with the download link. Tim, I really enjoyed your participation and comments. Glad you found somethings you liked. I guess all you New England guys know each other.

12) Franco D'Andrea – I've Found A New Baby (S.Williams) from Jazz Italiano Live 2007 D'Andrea – piano; Fabrizio Bosso – trumpet; Gianluca Petrella – trombone; Daniele D'Agaro – clarinet; Aeno De Rossi – drums There is suppose to be audio of another track at the Casa del Jazz website but I haven't been able to get it to work on my computer. http://www.casajazz.it/media/franco-dandrea-march "Traditions and Clusters" (El Galo Rojo) is another D'Andrea album covering some of the same material but with a different group of musicians. 13) Irene Schweizer – Togetherness One (First Movement) (Don Cherry) from Chicago Solo Concert Schweizer – piano I've only been listening to Ms. Schweizer for a couple of years but she has gone to the top of my list. Review: http://ttp://www.onefinalnote.com/reviews/s/schweizer-irene/chicago-piano-solo.asp Thank you all for having a listen to my little effort. I had fun.

10) Georg Graewe/Ernst Reijseger/Gerry Hemingway – Continuum Phase Five (group) from Continuum Graewe – piano; Reijseger – cello; Hemingway – percussion 11) This one didn't work either. Man this has been a struggle for some reason. Foxes Fox – Set 3 (group) from Live At The Vortex Evan Parker – tenor saxophone; Steve Beresford – piano; John Edwards – double bass; Louis Moholo-Moholo – percussion; Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn I thought maybe someone would recognize Kenny Wheeler.

6) David Grisman – Minor Swing (D.Reinhardt/S.Grappelli) from Hot Dawg Grisman – mandolin; Stephane Grappelli – violin; Tony Rice – guitar; Mike Marshall – mandolin; Eddie Gomez – bass 7) Sun Ra – Pink Elephants On Parade (Wallace/Washington) from Stay Awake; Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Walt Disney Films Sun Ra – piano; Art Jenkins – vocals; Bruce Edwards – guitar; Pat Patrick – bass; Tom Hunter, Buster Smith, Aveeayl Ra Amen – drums; Owen Brown Jr. - violin; Vincent Chauncey – French horn; John Gilmore – tenor saxophone; Elo Omo – bass clarinet, alto saxophone; Marshall Allen – flute,alto saxophone; Kenny Williams – baritone saxophone; Tyrone Hill – trombone; Fred Adams, Michael Ray, Martin Banks – trumpet; James Jackwon – basson 8) The image I had didn't work. I will try to find another one. John Tchicai/Charlie Kohlahase/Garrison Fewell – Lilanto Del Indio (S. American Folk Tune) from Good Night Songs Tchicai – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, voice, percussion; Kohlhase – tenor, alto, baritone saxophone; Fewell – guitar, chopsticks, percussion Nice review: http://jazztimes.com/articles/17332-good-night-songs-john-tchicai-charlie-kohlhase-garrison-fewell 9) The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer (trad) from Funeral For A Friend Rodger Lewis – baritone saxophone; Kevin Harris – tenor saxophone; Efrem Towns – trumpet, flugelhorn; org Gregory Davis – trumpet; Sammie Williams – trombone; Jamie Mclean – guitar; Terence Higgins – drums; Kirk Joseph – sousaphone; David Hidalgo – accordian

This month and the whole summer for that matter have gone by way to fast for me. I'm thinking that anyone who wanted to weigh in has, plus the boss has designs for most of my weekend (and sadly not in a good way), so I'm going to get this started. It will probably take most of the day to get it done anyway. 1) Buell Neidlinger Quintet - Lady Sings The Blues (Herbie Nichols) from Blue Chopsticks Marty Krystall – reeds; Hugh Shick – brass; Richard Greene – violin; Jimbo Ross – viola; Neidlinger – cello This one got a pretty good response. Herbie Nichols! 2 & 3) Perry Robinson – The Call (Robinson) & Atomic Twist (Robinson) from The Traveller Robinson – clarinet; Hilly Dolganes – piano; Frank Luther – bass; Phillip Wilson – drums This album makes me smile a whole lot. I have to admitt that a friend made the copies for me as my used store album is not in the best condition. If this ever makes it to CD, I will be one of the first in line. 4) Adam Fairhall – Arabian Fantasy (Fairhall) from The Imaginary Delta Fairhall – piano; James Allsopp – clarinets; Chris Bridger – trombone, jug; Steve Cadwick – trumpet; Tim Fairhall – bass; Gaz Huges – diddley bow, laptop, electronic processing, turntable, chains, peppergrinder; Contains samples from Cincinnati Southern Blues performed by Ivy Smith For my ears, one of the best things I've found in the last couple of years. With song titles that include a Rag, a Stomp and a Shout they certainly have an ear toward the past with a more modern twist. Website: http://www.adamfairhall.co.uk/projects/the-imaginary-delta/ A nice review: http://www.birdistheworm.com/adam-fairhall-the-imaginary-delta/ 5) Joe McPhee – I Remember Clifford (Benny Golson) from Oleo McPhee – tenor saxophone; Francois Mechali – double bass This track is totally different from anything else on the album and except for hearing the Trio X group do a pretty straight version of "How High the Moon" pretty different from any other Joe McPhee I've heard. Of coarse I've haven't heard everything by Mr. McPhee, so maybe some of you guys know his music better than I do. Review: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1657 I am going to stop here for right now. I will get back to this later in the day.

You might say the same things about the horn player on track 5.

Track 8 is as you called it. Very good.

You may have already done some searching but... Positive allmusic review here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/funeral-for-a-friend-mw0000745752 Sound clips here: http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com/catalog/funeral-for-a-friend/