Dan Gould Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) BFT166-001 Round Midnight Jay McShann – Kansas City Hustle https://www.discogs.com/Jay-McShann-Kansas-City-Hustle/release/4769407 BFT166-002 Piggy Love Jack Walrath Group – https://www.discogs.com/The-Jack-Walrath-Group-Hi-Jinx/release/10872271 BFT166-003 Someone’s Rockin’ My Jazzboat Frank Foster’s Living Color – Twelve Shades of Black https://www.discogs.com/Frank-Fosters-Living-Color-Twelve-Shades-Of-Black/release/2965037 BFT166-004 Sugar Grover Mitchell And His Orchestra – Truckin’ https://www.discogs.com/Grover-Mitchell-And-His-Orchestra-Truckin/release/3469642 soloists Doug Lawrence, Cecil Bridgewater, Mitchell Arrangement by Frank Foster – which Thom called “kind of clunky, like a late night TV show band might do.” Well Frank did do an awful lot of arrangements. I’ve greatly enjoyed tracking down Mitchell’s big band recordings which are cheap to very cheap on discogs when I found them. BFT166-005 Ode to Billy Joe Harry Sweets Edison, Seven Eleven https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Sweets-Edison-Jerome-Richardson-Ray-Brown-Larry-Bunker-I-Giganti-Del-Jazz-53/release/836736 Many versions of this on discogs, here is one with the group info. Excellent early 70s concert with one contemporary tune. Thought it would be interesting to program Jerome Richardson who doesn’t get a lot of attention. BFT166-006 Bag’s Groove Red Garland, I Left My Heart In San Francisco https://www.discogs.com/Red-Garland-I-Left-My-Heart/release/4276487 Just as with Jerome Richardson, wanted to highlight Leo Wright, another who I don’t think has ever made an appearance in a BFT. BFT166-007 Everything Happens to Me Horace Parlan – My Little Brown Book https://www.discogs.com/Horace-Parlan-Trio-My-Little-Brown-Book/release/3564662 The alto is Christina Von Bulow and she plays exceptionally thru out. Excellent late Parlan, I didn’t intend to program him but when this arrived in December I knew I had to. I think this was the one track everybody liked so I guess I did well in squeezing it in. BFT166-008 Fuchsia Moods George Benson – Glenn Tucker https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/georgesaxbenson2 Spoon said “I get the feeling this is a horn player of advanced age. But unbroken by it.” And that’s a pretty good description. Benson, who stayed in Detroit his entire career and recorded but a handful of times, was 86 at the time of this duo recording. BFT 166-009 Dolo Coker – Track A1 of this: https://www.discogs.com/Dolo-Coker-Third-Down/release/3026913 Now we get to my modulation away from jazz starting with: BFT166-010 Dave Alexander, Track A1 here: https://www.discogs.com/Dave-Alexander-The-Dirt-On-The-Ground/release/3504899 Not sure how he got away without giving a credit to Horace Silver but I would recommend both of his Arhoolie recordings. From blues vocals over a jazz tune to … BFT166-011 Billy Hawks, “I’ll Wait for You Baby” https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Hawks-New-Genius-Of-The-Blues-More-Heavy-Soul/master/1073049 A terrible shame that his two LPs never had an OJC reissue, I feel like this guy is the guy with the greatest soul/blues recordings no one knows. There’s one Discogs seller with the CD comp for only $10. Other copies a bit higher … BFT166-012 Let It Roll (Let the Good Times Roll) Parts 1 & 2 George Kelly & Earl Knight And now seemingly further away from jazz but not really. George Kelly played jazz thru out his lengthy career, and Earl Knight played with Lucky Thompson in the late 40s. Supposedly. So completing our trek away from jazz we use George Kelly’s participation to pivot back to jazz by programming … George Kelly. BFT 166-013 Slightly Blue I'm Shootin’ High – Red Richards - George Kelly Quintet https://www.discogs.com/Red-Richards-George-Kelly-Quintet-Johnny-Letman-Leonard-Gaskin-Ronnie-Cole-Im-Shooting-High/release/8421007 Maybe if I had posted a hint that someone might have noticed a similarity in tone between the two Kelly tracks. BFT166-014 Hi Fly Charles Davis Super 80 (Nilva) https://www.discogs.com/Charles-Davis-Super-80/release/4399399 Another saxophonist who may have never made it to a BFT. I don’t believe I’ve heard this tune at this tempo and this one was always going to be on this BFT. Now we get into the guitar section of the BFT and in retrospect maybe I would have done well to delete these, had I known that no one would care much for them and the member I attempted to alert to their presence is hopefully just on a break from the board. BFT166-015 Al & Billy Blues Billy Butler/Al Casey Guitar Odyssey https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Butler-3-Al-Casey-Jackie-Williams-Guitar-Odyssey/release/5634077 Casey is on the left channel, if it matters. BFT166-016 Misty John Collins - The Incredible John Collins (Nilva) https://www.discogs.com/John-Collins-The-Incredible/release/9862178 Chuck mentioned this one in the “Obscure records” thread and I tracked down a copy. I hate “Misty” with a passion but this one works for me. Mileage. BFT166-017 Baby Sweets Joe Carter III In the Now http://www.tjswan.com/albums/jciii-inthenow.htm I found this CD because it has a track featuring Bubba Brooks and I enjoyed the rest of it too. Unfortunately Carter died in 2016 of cancer. He was only 55. BFT166-018 Now’s the Time/Straight No Chaser Eddie Harris Live at EJ’s My version is the 3/4 Miles release on the A Jazz Hour With label. Here’s a link to Amazon where both discs are available as a download: https://www.amazon.com/Listen-Here-Live-At-J-s/dp/B00003CLVK Thanks to all who waded thru this behemoth; should I sign up for another I promise I won't go nearly this long again. Edited February 3, 2018 by Dan Gould Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) I am glad that you included all of it. Wow, I really like Track 3! I wonder if that Frank Foster album has ever been issued in any format other than LP, since I am without a turntable. Grover Mitchell! I enjoyed seeing him leading the Basie band right after Frank Foster stopped leading it. Our local newspaper commented on his “acerbic” remarks between songs. I had never heard any of the albums under his name as leader. This one was really good. i had never heard of Christina Van Bulow. I like her playing here. That last song was Eddie Harris! I never would have guessed that. i really like all of the blues and guitar songs, all of which were unfamiliar to me. I am glad that you included them. Edited February 4, 2018 by Hot Ptah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Number 16. I had no idea it was John Collins. I have get this session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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