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An engaging assortment!

A few discs from this box set of electronica/musique concrete.

Although I never thought of the Valentine's day connection, JSngry did correctly deduce that all of the tracks on the BFT were led by women. 1. Wildwasser - Rebecca Trescher from Character Pieces Rebecca Trescher – Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Composition, Arrangement, Conception Julian Hesse – Trumpet, Flugelhorn Joachim Lenhardt – Tenor Saxophone, Flute Markus Harm – Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet Anton Mangold – Concert Harp, Alto Saxophone, Flute Juri Kannheiser – Cello Andreas Feith – Piano Roland Neffe – Vibraphone Christian Diener – Double Bass Silvio Morger – Drums Released 2024 I mentioned that I obsessively replayed this, and it was a motivation to arrange for my BFT to be sooner rather than later.  Not on ECM, but perhaps it could have been.  The leader is a fine clarinetist, but her arranging and composing for tentet was the real attraction for me.  She has 8 albums as leader, 7 on Bandcamp.  It was a Best of Bandcamp blurb that got me to check out her work 2. Black Crow - Joni Mitchell from Shadows and Light Joni Mitchell – electric guitar, vocals Pat Metheny – lead guitar Jaco Pastorius – electric bass (Fender Jazz) Don Alias – drums, percussion Lyle Mays – piano, electric piano (Rhodes), synthesizer (Oberheim FVS-1) Michael Brecker – saxophones The hard driving riffs of this track seemed to me to be a perfect fit to follow the previous track.  Probably one of my top 5 favorite albums, I play it way more than any other Joni. 3. Language - Myra Melford from Snowy Egret Myra Melford - Piano Stomu Tasheki -  Bass Guitar Ron Miles - Cornet Tyshawn Sorey - Drums Liberty Ellman - Guitar And more hard driving ensembles.  I saw this band just after Ron Miles's passing, and Liberty Ellman was missing due to a hand injury, but Cuong Vu fit in nicely and it was an excellent show at Big Ears. 4. Andromeda - Patricia Brennan from Of the Near and Far Modney - violin Pala Garcia - violin Kyle Armbrust - viola Michael Nicolas - cello Sylvie Courvoisier - piano Miles Okazaki - guitar Kim Cass - bass John Hollenbeck - drums and percussion Arktureye - electronics Patricia Brennan - vibraphone with electronics, marimba Eli Greenhoe - conductor 5. Red Velvet in Winter - Geri Allen from Flying Toward the Sound Geri Allen - piano 6. Gloria - Mary Lou Williams from Live at the Keystone Korner Mary Lou Williams - piano Larry Gales - bass Eddie Marshall - drums Mary Lou Williams was both a pioneer and a highly contemporary player.  This is from Mary Lou's Mass I believe, possibly right behind Duke Ellington's three Sacred Concerts as prominent large scale religious works for jazz ensembles. 7. Evil Blues - Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake from The Newest Sound Around Jeanne Lee - vocals Ran Blake - piano George Duvivier - bass 8. Rapid Shave - Shirley Scott from Queen of the Organ Shirley Scott - organ Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone Bob Cranshaw - bass Otis Finch - drums 9.  Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love - Betty Carter from Now It's My Turn Betty Carter - vocals John Hicks - piano Walter Booker - bass Eddie Moore - drums 10.  Kool - Mary Lou Williams on either The Asch Recordings or Chronological Classics 1945-1947 Mary Lou Williams - piano Bass – Grachan Moncur Guitar – John H. Smith, Jr. Trumpet – Kenny Dorham The Frankenstein trombonist was only 10 when this was recorded, the bassist is his father.  But this is some very early Kenny Dorham.  and John Henry Smith Jr. is better known as "the" Johnny Smith who shares a Mosaic with Stan Getz among many other highlights. 11. What's New - Helen Merrill from Helen Merrill Helen Merrill – vocals Clifford Brown – trumpet Danny Bank – bass clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone Jimmy Jones – piano Barry Galbraith – guitar Oscar Pettiford – cello, double bass (tracks 3, 4, and 5) Bobby Donaldson – drums (tracks 3, 4, and 5) Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor An emotional and moving performance that has always resonated with me. 12.  Stone Song - Maria Schneider from Data Lords Greg Gisbert – trumpet, flügelhorn Tony Kadleck – trumpet, flügelhorn Nadje Noordhuis – trumpet, flügelhorn Mike Rodriguez – trumpet, flügelhorn Marshall Gilkes – trombone Ryan Keberle – trombone Keith O'Quinn – trombone George Flynn – bass trombone Dave Pietro – alto saxophone, clarinet, piccolo, flute Steve Wilson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute Donny McCaslin – tenor saxophone, flute Rich Perry – tenor saxophone Scott Robinson – baritone, Bb, bass & contrabass clarinets, muson Gary Versace – accordion Frank Kimbrough – piano Ben Monder – guitar Jay Anderson – bass Johnathan Blake – drums, percussion Our Grammy winner.  Rebecca Trescher does evoke Gil Evans for me, and Maria Schneider does so even more so.  13. Aussichtsreich - Rebecca Trescher from Character Pieces personnel same as # 1

The vibe is unmistakably fuquitous, with which I am fully sympathetic.