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R.I.P.

Different arrangers cooparated on each track - Jeremy Lubbock, John Clayton, Richard Evans, and Nina herself. I only have the basic album, so I can't help you with this track. discogs doesn't state arrangers for the bonus tracks.

Mark Meyers Ensemble (and Sextet) "Our Metier" Capri cd That rare thing: a Meyers cd featuring his own compositions. And arrangements of course. Very nice in all ways!

Okay - it's always good to state a source right away. R.I.P. - one of the most reliable bassists of his generation, big tone. I bet every member has a few albums with him participating on the shelves.

Again a Favoriten of mine. I hat seen Pharoah live quote often in the Earl 80s in acoustic quartet setting.

Of course it depends on what kind of music. I’m pretty sure some music releases more cortisol in my body 🤣

RCA Victor NL-45962 - Al Cohn / Shorty Rogers "Eats Coast - West Coast Scene" - rec. 1954

Bassist. My mistake. It was reported by Spike Wilner the owner of Smalls

VIK NL-45905 (FSR reissue 1984) - Elliot Lawrence Groups " Jazz Goes Broadway" rec. LA 1957 Reply Quick Reply

Who's the arranger on that one?

I know Ray Drummond the bass player, born in 1946. There is a drummer Billy Drummond (no relation) , born 1959. Now who is it, what is your source?

My goodness. .

I still smile when I think of Par Metheney's description of Jack's style as "sneakers in a clothes dryer". Apt!

Ray Drummond has passed away today. Rest in peace and thanks for the music.

Very sad to hear this. I had a very enjoyable dinner with Guy in Paris some 20 years ago and he was a truly gracious man.

Stunning 😍

Damn, this stinks. He was so kind, and graciously allowed me to use several photos of his for a book a while back. True stalwart. RIP.

Jerry Weldon is one of my 4 or 5 favorite currently active jazz tenor players. On track one he swings so hard that it brought a huge smile to my face!

Pharoah Sanders “Shukuru” Theresa 500×500 37.2 KB From this box set

1 – A cultural artyfact? Rating: N/A 2 – Third Stream Lives! Strong shades of Stan Kenton’s early 50’s Innovations Orchestra, though this was probably a few years later. Fairly interesting, but definitely overstaying it’s welcome with me. Though I’ll brave it out to the end. I’m ready for that nap you mentioned. Rating: *** 3 - Listening to this one subconsciously through my nap. Jan Garbarek on ECM? #2 sort of worked for me, but this one doesn’t. Sounds more European, where #2 sounded more American (and earlier). Rating: *1/2 4 – The nap continues. No frame of reference at all for this one, though I dislike it less than #3. But is it jazz? Is #3? For that matter, how much of #2 is? I know, does it matter if it is or not? The great part is that these cuts give me a broad runway for what I can include in BFT 261 next month. Rating: ** 5 – I actually like this, and I could (should?) see it being Kenton with one of his female singers. June Christy rather than Anita O'Day or Ann Richards or Chris Connor (I like all four of them quite a bit). Given some more time, I may be able to sleuth this one out Rating: **** 6 – And now for something completely different! Jolted me awake with the up tempo. Good cut, I like all of the soloists. Should be names I know. Jimmy Raney? Rating: **** 7 – Another good uptempo cut. Definitely preferring the “awake” second portion of this BFT to the somnambulant first half. These are newer guys than the ones in the previous cut, and I would guess it’s the trumpet player’s album. Seems modeled those Columbia Woody Shaw albums, but not his earlier, more exciting Muse albums. I may well own this one already. Rating: ***1/2 8 – I like this, despite the static quality of the latin percussion in places. Vinyl-sourced? Fidelity isn’t great, but the strength of the music overcomes it. My favorite cut on the BFT so far. Pianist and tenor player both reached me. Rating: ****1/2 9 – I like this, too. We’re into the afro-cuban portion of the program with these last two cuts. Flute player is strong, and I assume it’s his album. The composition is good, may be a standard I’m not recognizing. Rating: **** 10 – There seems to be a cut like this on every BFT (except mine), an old tenor master displaying his stuff. I tend to admire these cuts more than I enjoy them, but this one is pretty good for me, with the accompaniment being unexpected in some ways. Rating: *** Thanks as always for a bracing listen!

Incredible goal.

I saw Gumbs once when he was in his straight ahead phase in the early 00's, but he was off my radar for most of his other visits to the Boston area, when he was more on the smooth side of things. He was quite the pianist that one time I saw him.