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The mass Hasse composed for the inauguration of the new Catholic court church in Dresden.

It is! Ya'll have ID'ed #5. That's an alto on #2. There's not explicit Sun Ra connection to #3 that I know of, but the circumstances of the personnel are such that Ra could be in the mix somehow. #4 is not a Prestige production. Not Herb Ellis on #7. Not Buddy Rich on #8. Not a household name, either. In fact, the ensemble is an iteresting mix (to me, anyway), of known and lesser names.

Isn't #10 a Mingus tune? I have no idea on the artists.

Only the Hasse concerto, an excellent piece.

March 1 Elliott Sharp - 1951

As a fellow lover of the fine arts, props to the Indy photo up there. My favorite movie trilogy of all time. To the music: 1. I've heard it before and probably have it but can't name it on the spot. Crazy good in every way. Wild guess for Fred Jackson on sax with EVD on organ. There's a guitar back there and that organ playing does't exactly match my idea of how a strictly jazz musician would play. Saxophone is so damn good. Really swings with a strong R&B style. Love it. 2. I can't even get a bead on what that is: clarinet or saxophone. So no guesses but totally digging it. 3. Sun Ra inspired intro and song. Not sure who it is but another winner. 4. Another tune with great swing. Love the bari and the sax chorus. Tenor is excellent. I would buy this album 100% 5. The guitar comes in at the right time, and this song gets better and better as it goes along. Melody is really familiar. Damn, helluva playlist so far. 6. Love that accordion. Nice find on this one. They are jamming 7. Mac the Knife? Good listen. No idea who these players are. 8. Somebody's getting vocal back there. Who is it? This is another winner. 9. Epic intro. Drums and piano all in the right channel. Left is bass and sax. The split works. Is it the sax player calling out in between notes there? Is this Dexter? I'd buy this album in a heartbeat. Bass player is on fire. Stereo split really works when it's just the piano/bass/drums trio. Incredible. No one is missing here. 10. That's great. Reminds me of the WSQ but I don't remember them being this inside. I'm no expert however. 11. Expensive sounding production. Song isn't holding my interest long though. There's something in how this was recorded that I'm not a huge fan of. Would probably dig this live. No guesses. 12. Percussion is great on this one. Love those bass notes too. 13. Is this Oregon? Not a bad song at all. Really loved this one. Wish I had more guesses to throw out there but just have to look forward to the other comments and reveal. Thanks for putting it together

Sun Ra – Concert For The Comet Kohoutek Korla Pandit – Latin Holiday

Disc 1

El'Zabar is putting serious time in for East London, it seems. He plays three or four times a year.

A Fickle Sonance off of.... Strong, fierce, never heard Tommy Turrentine play so loud, confident, and altogther tight, like Freddie Hubbard (circa 1960) tight. It is the only tune Jackie explores the fringes of "out" music on this disc; shame, kind of wish the entire record was like this, but alas. Shout out to Butch Warren too, the man's a monster bassist. Needless, great album overall and so glad to have it.

Great deal, almost half price. Not a bad album among the bunch. I wish we got more of the Matthew Halsall, El'Zabar, et al type gigs. Sadly they only come around rarely. Shows at the type of venues they'd perform at trend more straight ahead here. Looking at El'Zabar's 2026 tour dates, the closest stop was Baltimore which is an ugly 5 hour drive.

Arrived safely (very well packaged). Thank you!

It's "Blue Bossa" and you got right, from Eddie Daniels with Bucky Pizzarelli.

Miles Davis “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud” Fontana 60th Anniversary Deluxe 2-CD Edition, cd 1

BFT 264 1 – Great start, sounds great on a Sunday morning as I get ready to go to teach 4th/5th grade Sunday School. Organ player reminds me of early Larry Young, with the universal Jimmy Smith influence. Sax is excellent also. The cut has a wonderful propulsiveness (ie groove). This is a must have for me, right out of the gate! Surely this cut will get ID’d by someone in short order? 2 – Another relaxing cut, though not of the great appeal #1 is to me. Old-time master (Ben Webster?) on tenor. Pro-bop rhythm section playing. American sax player with European Rhythm section? Early-mid 50’s vintage? Right at the early edge of my jazz listening range. 3 – In my wheelhouse! Outstanding, and I don’t recognize it at all. Composition and all solos work! Not great sound quality, but that is easily overlooked. Another must have, could end up being an expensive BFT! 4 – The Blues. Could be one of those 50’s Prestige All-Star sessions arranged by Mal Waldron? Quite enjoyable, and likely on my shelves somewhere. Love the rock-solid bass playing. Paul Chambers? 5 – Really nice clarinet playing! Familiar composition. Eddie Daniels? 6 - Sounds like they had a better time recording it than I did listening to it. Maybe you had to be there… 7 – Very tasteful. “Jambalaya”, the old Hank Williams composition. Not really my thing, though both guitarists are clearly talented, and it’s quite listenable, but goes on way too long for me.. Herb Ellis? 8 – Back to more familiar ground for me! Very fancy arrangement. Buddy Rich? First sax solo is really good, but I’m not enamored of the piano solo. Very busy drummer. 9 – Back in my wheelhouse! I would assume I have this on the shelves somewhere, and that someone will ID it. Tenor player and pianist certainly took Trane and McCoy to heart, and are pretty convincing in spirit. Third “must have” cut out of nine total! 10 – I don’t normally like saxophone quartet stuff, but this is quite lovely. 11 – It’s very “good” but doesn’t grab me at all, maybe too ECM-cerebral-ish for me. 12 – World Music Jazz! Very repetitive, with just little layers added on each pass through. I do like the bass player, who has a Charlie Haden-ish sound about him. Tenor player has lots of licks, but no story to tell. Trumpet player has more story, less technique, sounds at times in his solo as if he is playing in a different key than the rest of the group. But he’s interesting. 13 – I like it quite a bit as background, though it sounds like it could be a backing track rather than a complete performance. I should know the song, something from old skool R&B, Roberta Flack or something. Thanks for the fine BFT, greatly look forward to the ID/reveal of cuts 1,3,4,9 and others!

Best track on the LP from which it originates, IMO. All players are Americans (as far as I know).

Started reading the Sonny Simmons autobiography, he's trash talking everyone he ever met for their substance abuse, their lack of character... According to Sonny, Barbara consumed way too much Diet Coke (or was it Pepsi? Need to read again)

Oh yes she’s great. When I first heard her play I thought I heard one of the more well known trumpeters. When I looked on the sleeve of my Simmons records I was surprised I never heard of her before.

Agree, love the Columbias. NP Max Roach!

Favorite of mine. The best of mainstream 70s jazz.

Ed Blackwell Trio, Walls and Bridges

Ricardo Belda Trio - Habitación blanca. Ricardo Belda : Piano. Lluis Lario : Bass Jeff Jerolamon: Drums. Featurong: Ximo Tebar: Guitar. Ramón Cardo: High and Tenor Sax. More informatión about this vinyl, in my blog: you can use the translator to read it... Pepico Jazz blog.