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Oh my .... I have six of these tracks and didn't get them. My temporary jazz abstinence takes its toll. At least I was (partly) close in two cases. I will have to re-listen to the Zoot Sims track - I always liked him before that one. The Claudia Acuna goes to my wish list - actually I like her more than Flora Purim. Thanks ....... for showing me my limits.
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Bernt Rosengren - Notes from Underground (Harvest SE, 1974)
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I've flirted with putting an MMO track on a BFT for years now!
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From the Grateful Dead “Enjoying the Ride” 60th Anniversary box set, Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (12/27/89) disc 1
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What Classical Music Are You Listening To?
mikeweil replied to StarThrower's topic in Classical Discussion
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Awesome man. Thanks for putting this together and for managing the entire BFT system here. Great tunes that were a fun and educational listen.
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My own CDR with all the jazz tracks first, like Tjader programmed his concerts.
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Jeez. I have that CD and I missed it!
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Get Happy (Harold Arlen) - Mal Waldron - Mal/4 (1958) Mal Waldron - piano; Addison Farmer - bass; Kenny Dennis - drum I love Mal like I love oxygen. This one came on in my car and knocked me spinning. Nothing earth shattering, nothing avant, just Mal being Mal. To quote Nathan Breedlove: “Love! Love!” Silk ’n’ Satin (Sonny Rollins) - Sonny Rollins - Movin’ Out (1954) Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone; Kenny Dorham - trumpet; Elmo Hope - piano; Percy Heath - bass; Art Blakey - drums I mean, Newk being Newk. Not looking to fool anyone, but you can’t go wrong with an early Rollins ballad, you just can’t. Alpha (Hank Jones) - Hank Jones - The Trio (1955) Jerome Richardson - flute; Hank Jones - piano; Wendell Marshall - bass; Kenny Clarke - drums Hank Jones does not get nearly enough love. Again, came up on the rotation in the car and just made me happy. Love everything about this. Blue Greens ’n’ Beans (Mal Waldron) - Mal Waldron trio w/Ed Xiques - Music Minus One: The Blues Minus You (1959) Ed Xiques - soprano saxophone; Mal Waldron - piano; Wendell Marshall - bass; Charles Perry - drums Couldn’t resist including another cut from this hidden album. When they released this play-along on CD, they included the original full tracks with Ed Xiques, and it’s absolutely killin’. I only knew him from his work with the Jazz Orchestra when I got this. Man, another guy nobody really knows who is a full-on beast. And, hell… Mal. A Time For Love (Johnny Mandel) - Zoot Sims - Plays Johnny Mandel: Quietly There (1984) Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone; Mike Wofford - piano; Chuck Berghofer - bass; Nick Ceroli - drums Simple fact: There is not enough Zoot on BFTs. A version of this by Warne Marsh came on in the car; Marsh, of course, is great, but the version kinda stank. It’s such a beautiful tune, though, that I went home and learned it and called it at a jam session the next week. The house band has since added it to their repertoire, which is a good feeling. Speaking of good feelings, if Zoot doesn’t touch your happy button, you’re probably dead. West Side (aka MIA) (Carl Perkins) - Carl Perkins - Introducing (1956) Carl Perkins - piano; Leroy Vinnegar - bass; Lawrence Marable - drums As you may have surmised, I’ve been on a bit of a retro kick over the last year, trying to dig into some of the lesser tapped areas of my collection. This one just grabbed me (and probably Leroy gets the credit for that). Again, nothing earth shattering, just well played, enjoyable, soulful Jazz. Comin’ Up (Bud Powell) - Bud Powell - The Scene Changes (vol. 5) (1958) Bud Powell - piano; Paul Chambers - bass; Art Taylor - drums I mean, what’s not to love? Catchy head, bad ass trio, no bullshit, straight to the point. You can hear the stable of pianists influenced by Bud that really doesn’t get talked about (talking about you, Randy Weston!). Another of those, if you don’t get the feels, you dead, Jack. It Only Happens Every Time (Thad Jones) - Thad Jones/Mel Lewis & The Jazz Orchestra - Consummation (1970) Not listing full personnel, but worth checking out, here: https://www.discogs.com/master/276264-Thad-Jones-Mel-Lewis-Consummation And here, we shift. This one really grabbed me when I heard it. Thad is certainly one of the under-appreciated geniuses of the genre. While this is not my standard fare, to my ear, this is the best of this sort of thing from the period (along with Clarke/Boland). This just works, on all levels. Hello To The Wind (Joe Chambers/Gene McDaniels) - Bobby Hutcherson - Now! (1969) Gene McDaniels - vocals; Alertine Robinson, Hilda Harris, Christine Spencer - backing vocals; Bobby Hutcherson - vibes; Harold Land - tenor saxophone; Kenny Barron - piano; Wally Richardson - guitar; Herbie Lewis - bass; Joe Chambers - drums; Candido Camero - congas I could swear this has been on a previous BFT, but a search did not uncover it. I’ve always loved, well, everything about this. Gene McDaniels vocals are in a class by themselves. Got to meet him (turns out he lived in my town) and he signed my copy of this. Absolute gentleman, and an absolute MF. You can’t go wrong with Harold Land in my world, and the exchange they have is one of the most epic things I’ve ever heard. The night I got to meet Gene, I fan-boyed him with this info. When I handed him the album, his eyes got huge and he said with degree of incredulity, “Where did you get this!? **I** don’t have this!” Then he took to the stage to sit in with the house band, and in his scat solo did this very thing. As he returned to the table, he nodded to me and tapped his chest. I could have died a very happy man in that moment. Again, epic. Also, while programming, I knew this was the track that would make Dan kick his speaker. Bewtiched (Rodgers/Hart) - Claudia Acuña - Wind From The South (2000) Claudia Acuña - vocals; Jason Lindner - piano; Avishai Cohen - bass; Jeff Ballard - drums A drummer on a gig I was on backing up a vocalist turned me on to this recording. It’s a good record if you like that Flora Purim style. Claudia has her own thing, but this tune is the class of the set for me. Not a bad band behind her, either. Again, I feel positive I’ve put this on a BFT before, but a search of the forum did not uncover that as truth. This is about as far into the “young lions” set as I go, but this one works for me. Bari’ed Treasure (Jack Walrath) - Hamiet Bluiett - Young Warrior, Old Warrior (1995) Jack Walrath - trumpet; Mark Shim - tenor saxophone; Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone; Larry Willis - piano; Keter Betts - bass; Jimmy Cobb - drums Bluiett doesn’t always hit for me. This certainly does. It’s a great feel, Larry Willis (why is he not talked about more!?), that decent drummer, a lot here for me. The Bluiett relationship with Maple Shade always struck me as an oddity, but it really resulted in some interesting music. Shim is also a beast. Much to love here, for me. Track 08 (I don’t know the real title — that’s where Sangry comes in! [edit: actually ID'd as Guinea by @Milestones]) - Old And New Dreams - (live bootleg, no date) Don Cherry - trumpet; Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone; ??? - piano; Charlie Haden - bass; Ed Blackwell - drums This is a complete bootleg. Not even sure from whence it came, but as I was driving home from seeing David Murray and Kahil El’Zabar last month, this came on in the car, and Dewey FLOORED me. Cherry, too, but Dewey is dripping soul at Mal Waldron levels on this. No surprises, nothing completely new, just REAL. Sound sucks, but I could listen to a WHOLE lot of this. Any help filling in the gaps greatly appreciated! There Is A Time For Love (Dick Griffin) - Dick Griffin - A Dream For Rahsaan (1985) Dick Griffin - trombone; Gary Bartz - alto saxophone; Stanley Cowell - piano; Cecil McBee - bass; Idris Muhammad - drums I LOVE Dick Griffin. More to the point, I LOVE this entire band. Figured ending on a nice, happy note would be a good touch. Also, more people need to know about Dick Griffin. He’s still with us, and still making real music. Hopefully there was a little something here for everybody.
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Fer Urbina started following Best/Definitive/Most Accurate Billie Holiday bio?
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I have a vague recollection of having heard that Stuart Nicholson was working on a new edition of his biography including Linda Kuehl's tapes, who were now owned by Toby Byron. Whether or not that's the case, I see that Kuehl's materials were gifted by Byron to Johns Hopkins University in 2022, see: https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/3/resources/1699 F
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Gary Peacock–he always amazes me with his imagination and technique. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette “Yesterdays” ECM cd 240×240 12.2 KB
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Listening to “Murder Most Foul” first. Bob Dylan “Rough and Rowdy Ways” Sony Japan 2 cd set.
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Agreed about your assessment of the contents of the Keynote box set. The Keynotes have long been a favorite here, and it is true they contribute to highlighting how the "condensed" and "concentrated" statements made by the artists within the 78 rpm playing time limits do have their special appeal. Some of the artists did indeed fall by the wayside reissue-wise (as it happens so often with labels from that era), but overall there were quite a lot of reissues in the LP era by Mercury and (in Europe) on the Fontana label throughout the 60s and 70s. Very welcome when found one by one ... but it did not keep me from springing for that 21-LP box set when that occasion presented itself. (Though I also had acquired the CD box set by Fresh Sound when this hit the market a couple of years earlier. )
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A thunderstorm woke us up and I for one had a hard time going back to sleep so I got up to do some listening. This solo piano disc (like the other three in the series on Adventure Music) is fascinating and in great sound and perfect for this time of the day/night. Great selections as well–a few originals and well chosen pieces. Benjamin Taubkin, “Piano Masters Series, Vol. 1” Followed by Charles Mingus “Statements” Studio Songs cd Charles Mingus - bass Eddie Preston - trumpet Charles McPherson - alto sax Bobby Jones - tenor sax Jaki Byard - piano Dannie Richmond - drums
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Funnily enough, I immediately knew you were talking about the new Nicole Glover album from that sentence... Which I guess is a good thing... Also streamed it once and liked it...
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Three Chord Bourbon's "Flipside Triple Wood Bourbon", vs Grant Green's "Idle Moments"
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Listening to this and it’s really good. Reminds me of Joe Lovano at his most Dewey Redman esque. May pick it up…
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Never had that album either. Was wracking my brain -- so familiar, but couldn't place it. Thanks!
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