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#4: Boy, is this good. At first blush, I thought it might be Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins, but the pianist is too forward and insistent. I suspect the pianist is Oscar P. The flugelhorn? Dunno, but I like it. #5: Another enjoyable cut. I suspect it's Oregon, who I dig immensely. If it is them, I'm glad McCandless isn't on oboe - he can sound cloying on that, #6: A tango? Besame Mucho, or some permutation thereof. Played in a very suave manner indeed! Love Me Or Leave Me? Well done - they carry the mood. Perry Robinson? #7: I think I have this: is it Dexter and Freddie on one of those Prestige releases? Or with Woody Shaw and George Benson on one of those late-stage Columbia releases? Anyway, it's Dex; nuff said. #8: A live track. Sounds like Lee Morgan. #9: Do the funky yak! it's got a good beat and you can dance to it. I could make out about half the lyrics, but it seems to be a shaggy yak story. Good groove. #10: I think I have this as well. Is it Kenny Burrell with some vocalist? #11: I could listen to stuff like this all night. Just needs a good single-malt scotch and I'm good. Is it a Texas tenor? #12: Beautiful way to end the BFT. Nice and stately. Beautiful tone and restraint. Good stuff! Thanks for posting.

Brantford had a very pleasant and well-rounded set to end the evening. I ended up enjoying it much more than I anticipated, maybe because I was there at least as much for the festival experience as for serious listening. Probably more. Let me put it this way - I would not pay serious money to hear them, but outdoors on a beautiful night, at no charge? Yeah.sure! And thank you!

Yep, me too, there's always a sense of excitement when I put on a Andrew Hill disc; it's like I just purchased it for the first time , and then the listening experience starts all over again.

I'd be really surprised if it was as early as the 70's. Seems to have a post-Wynton studied feel to it. But I've been wrong on these BFT's many times!

“Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord” is one of the most glorious things in Impulse’s discography. Also a major highlight in the careers of Cecil McBee (no mean feat!) and Lonnie Liston Smith

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This is just my opinion - some dude on the internet - but I think this would be better if the bass had more of an acoustic feel. It sounds like a pickup to me (what do I know?). I feel that a big acoustic bass has a lot of tonal character if well miked. But this bass sustains a lot and has a sort of fundamental tone, it's hard to hear the woody goodness of the instrument. To me it seems overwhelming and boomy. The horn is playing something that could be intimate but the bass is playing to an auditorium.

Jaleel - thanks for the update. I know it's a bear when you depend on others and they don't get it right. Best wishes, and stay strong!

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Omar Sosa had a pretty interesting compositional thing going on. Plus he played with a LOT of dynamics, very much appreciated! A bit of acoustic Zawinul/Shorter vibe going on but not excessive. Very enjoyable!

1. Sounds like a familiar song but I'm drawing a blank. Was this recorded in the 80s? It's got a sentimentality to it. 2. Classic hard bop. Maybe from the 70s? I hear some Tolliver and Hubbard in that trumpet. Clean tone on the sax but I can't make them out. Pianist vocalizes it sounds like. I'm totally missing this one but it's a good tune. 3. I really start digging it more after the intro. Drummer is crisp. Khan Jamal on vibes? If so would it be Byard Lancaster on sax? I'm probably way off there. Regardless, excellent song. 4. A standard I recognize but can't name. OP on keys? 5. I dig the style but hate the way they were recorded. Everyone on max volume. At least it sounds that way on this Bluetooth speaker I'm using. Could be South African jazz? 6. What style is this? I want to say Gypsy but that sounds wrong. Anyway, clarinet is well played. No guesses. 7. Good tune. Probably a big time trumpet player but no guesses. 8. Heavy duty. From the 70s maybe? Love this song as well. Yeah this is definitely one I would want to pick up. 9. Disco inflected jazz. These theatrical style vocals are always difficult for me to get into. No idea who this is. 10. Better vocal style to my ears. The scatting was top notch. She could carry this solo but the music behind her is good. Biddly Diddly Doo baby. 11. Ok, blues jazz. I like the variety of styles in this bft. Sounds like it's from the 50s. Or a 50s style recorded in the early 60s. It's going to be awesome when I'm totally wrong on all that. I'm not sure who the trumpet player is but I suspect they're the leader. 12. Sound like a modern noire style. Got some funk to it. A bit of sentimentality too like the first track. Hate I can't make more guesses here! Well, looking forward to the reveal and others' thoughts on these to see if I was anywhere close. Thanks for putting it together. Glad you knew this one. Checking them out now. Patti Cathcart has an interesting bio.

Let's see here...I called Konitz's alto a tenor in my notes, whiffed on the Galper tune and missed again with Cool Struttin'. My takes this time = 💩 Thanks for the tunes though. Lots of new artists here for me.

1 – Either Michael Brecker or someone greatly influenced by him and Jan Garbarek. Way too sleepy for my tastes, though expertly played for what it is. 2 – Much more up my alley, now we’re talking! I love the composition and everything about the cut, especially the trumpet solo. Sounds like Woody Shaw and Kenny Garrett, but I can’t find an album match for it. Very excited for the reveal if I don’t figure it out first. A gem. 3 – Very good cut. Steve Nelson on vibes? Strong solos, long cut which does not outstay its welcome. 4 - Cheek to Cheek. Has to be one of those Oscar Peterson/trumpet duet albums on Pablo, doesn’t it? But I can’t find a match. Pleasant enough for sure. 5 – Eastern influence, but not as overt as those Joe Harriott albums, I don’t think. Interesting, though not overly compelling to make me return. Maybe it’s the Oregon with a guest sax player. 6 – World tour? Nothing here for me, though I’m sure it’s a good example of whatever style this is. 7 – Back on track. Groovin’ High. Very enjoyable trumpet player. Fun to hear guitar rather than piano in background. 8 – One of those latter-day tracks that I respect more than I enjoy, even though I should “like” it. Players sound very trained, but to me the performance is pro-forma and lacks excitement. YMMV. This sort of thing sounds better to me live than on record (well, mp3). I do like the trumpet solo. 9 – Well, that was unusual. 10 – Better Than Anything by Tuck & Patti. That’s a great song, I love Irene Kral’s version of it as well as this version. My wife and I enjoy and still play those early Windham Hill Tuck & Patti albums, and back when we had answering machines, I had their “Love is the Key” as my answering machine message for a time. 11 – Pleasant. One of the old masters on tenor. 12 - Wonderful. Very substantial, and another favorite cut on the BFT. Wished it went on longer, grew more and more on me as it went on.

Another disc from the 60th Anniversary box set from the Grateful Dead, “Enjoying the Ride”. . . . Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5/1/81), disc 2 140×140 5.53 KB

Still more Tchaikovsky by Stokowski: Disc 8 - Tchaikovsky: Aurora's Wedding Ballet Music from The Sleeping Beauty

#3 turns out to be a sprightly tune - wish they had skipped the intro section. They're shifting between the different time signatures with a lot of enthusiasm. Vibes instead of piano is also nice. Could've been a little less "hot" for me - a little more restraint would lend more charm.

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Well, you certainly started off on a great note. Track #1 is the third track on this. Perhaps my favorite album of his. Track #2 hits that nice Blue Note kind of groove, but the clean sound quality says it's probably of the digital age. Trumpeter's nice and relaxed, alto is in a Cannonball vein. Relaxed yet driving.

More Tchaikovsky by Stokowski: Disc 7 - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

I asked Cory Weeds about this bonus material, as I thought it was already released on CD in 2004 on his Cellar Live label as "You'll See! - The Anniversary Quartet Live At The Cellar" & quickly deleted due to some contract issue. I asked him how it can be said to be "the first time available digitally". He said, "To my knowledge that 2004 recording was never made available digitally. I don’t even think digital was really around at that time so this will be the first time that the record is available digitally". So basically Cory's not calling an optical disc of 1's & 0's "digital". To his credit, this will be the first time this material will be available to stream or download, but it has been available, albeit briefly, on CD already. FWIW, this 2-CD set is worth picking up just for this 2004 material alone. It was a great CD release and I was disappointed that it was pulled so quickly. This was the cover of that CD:

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All done. Thanks.