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Carl Brown made another Lacy date for Atlantic. It was a trio date with Billy Higgins (recorded 2 weeks before 'Evidence"), and remains unissued.

A third vote for George Tucker, who died far too young. He could edge outside when he needed to. Saheh Sarbib has a high-ish profile in the 80s thanks to leader dates on the Cadence and Black Lion labels, but I guess he "left the scene" at some point [?]

https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/mckibbon.php It was Black Orchid! And yes, they are rare, McKibbon's more than Abdul-Mailk's.

Mr Bongo CD reissues

I actually wasn't suggesting it wss done by Resonance but more likely some engineer along the way who thought he was making an an acoustical improvement. Probably a rock guy.

Mosaic had a major impact on my jazz education over the last 30 years. My first box was the Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers set. I remember when I placed the on-line order for my 100th set (this was sometime in the mid-2000s), I noted in the comment block that this was, indeed, my 100th set and thanked them for all the great work. The next day when I got home there was a FedEx overnight envelope sitting on my doorstep. Inside was a card from Michael thanking me for being such a loyal customer and including a $100 Mosaic gift card. RIP Michael and thanks for the lifetime of great work.

What Felser Would Like - Not Me

Wow - three thoughtful, considered, incisive commentaries on the tracks; thanks for the effort y'all put in. One of the mysteries of music, and BFTs really bring this out, is how different people can hear things so differently. Indeed, I can hear the same track differently from one listen to the next. There's probably an analogy to wine here, but wine never got to me the way music does. I'm not saying I love all these tracks (especially not the more diffident ones), but I thought they'd be a good springboard for conversation. And even those, I find repeated listening bears fruit. And, to be clear, I'm not a fan of the lengths of some of these tracks. I could try editing them down, but would probably mangle them in an unpleasant way, so here they stand. As for IDs thus far, felser nailed #14 (talk about editing: I wish I could have edited out the shout-out to Jamaaladeen Tacuma before his solo!). Jim was the first to ID Fathead (#9), and Dan found the album source. Compositions Goldfinger, Wichita Lineman, Happy Birthday, and As Time Goes By were identified (I'd be worried if they weren't). Thom noticed the presence of "our host" on #12 (but he's not on #13). And Jim made an interesting John Patton reference to #13, because this artist worked with Patton. Carry on!

I like the albums by Ahmed Abdul-Malik. Also, Al McKibbon, particularly the CD Black Lotus. I think they are both fairly obscure.

I don't know how long the sale will last (perhaps only through this evening), but at the moment, the Greenleaf Music subscription deal on Bandcamp has dropped to $60/year and you get something like 103 back catalogue releases. Crazy! https://glmstore.bandcamp.com/subscription

Yeah, at that point in time Ervin and Young's inside out styles really paired quite well. When Young and Forrest recorded Forrest Fire (3 years prior) Young was still quite JOS-inspired which gave him a forward looking but still relatively straight ahead sound that worked very well with Forrest's modern tough-tenor style. It's cool to see Young work with a variety of soloists as his conception evolved through time.

Personally, I feel that the tenor player who worked best with Larry Young was Booker Ervin. The session that came out as bonus on a Pony Poindexter CD was a cool mix of traditional and advanced. I think they should be better known.

Zev knows how to find ‘em. Wonder what other goodies he’s sitting on.

Yup. That would have been ideal. Of course I loved the album when I first got it but what really opened my ears to how incredible this all was was when I bought the Japanese Volume 2 and Volume 3 albums on sale at Tower Records when I was in college. The first side of Volume 3 with All the Things You Are, Woodyn' You and Four was life changing for me and put these recordings in a whole new light. The RVG in the end, now that I have absorbed everything individually for years, is more fun for me now since it is in order and has all the announcements.

I remember this as well. I don't remember which one and while there was a time when the 3 CDs were on repeat for quite some time, it's been a while..... As much as I'd like to pile on, I'm not sure I can agree with this. If the Dragon release was legitimate, then he shouldn't be able to do this. It also could be someone at the label trying to do this. Part of the problem with trying to take credit for everything is you get credit for everything, the good with the bad. And has alienated everyone who has nipped the mistakes in the bud previously..... I doubt I'll ever hear the Resonance version of this, I'm happy with the bootleg 3 CD I've had for a while, so I guess I'll never know if you are right or not. Again, I have a lot of faith in Bernie Grundman and doubt has would do this or do it poorly. Sometimes, he does have to follow the orders of the "producer" but I still think he would voice objections and it wouldn't happen in the end. Sometimes Resonance does things in house (the digital mixing and mastering at least) and they have been known to take a liberty or two....

There were definitely shots during the rehearsals but I think the bulk of them were taken at the recording studio. There is plenty of time when the musicians are warming up and noodling between takes to get plenty of shots. I'm sure they were not taking pictures during takes. The shutter would make too much noise and Rudy would have thrown you out on your ass. A few years ago, after Ruth Lion passed, apparently a dumpster diver (or perhaps it was an Estate sale though I think we ruled this out for some reason) came across some of her possessions. Blue Note was still sending her product so it was recent CDs and things like that but also some contact sheets (and maybe the negatives as well) of some Francis Wolff photos. I remember for sure that there were photos from the aborted Horace Silver Tentet session among a few other things. I alerted Cuscuna and was on the phone with him while he tried to bid on the stuff in the closing minutes but the bids were climbing at a pace he couldn't believe and he was outbid in the end. He contacted the seller to see if he could get the contact info of the winner or at least pass on a note asking to get in touch with him but nothing came out it.

The Jerry Garcia Band and Sun Ra are now Sold. A few final price reductions and updated list below with what is still available. Condition noted is for vinyl/sleeve. If interested, please note in thread and then send a pm. Media mail shipping $6 for 1-2 records (2 LP sets count as 2 records). Free shipping if 3+ items bought. Payment by pay pal friends/family. Satisfaction guaranteed: I will pack each record well, provide Buyer with postal tracking # after shipping, and offer a no-questions asked return policy: if you are not happy with the record you receive, just send it back to me within 7 days or receipt (Buyer pays return shipping) and I will provide a refund. Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet - Shades of Blue Recent (2019) Jazzman Records reissue. Mint/Mint. Record sleeve is still in shrinkwrap but shrinkwrap has been opened on the side edge to allow retrieval of record. Played once. $28 The Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited - Dream Queen Now Again Records (2022). RSD 2022. Gatefold. Mint/Mint $15 Booker T. & The M.G.'s - McLemore Avenue Stax/Craft (2020). RSD 2020. Gatefold. Mint/Mint. Played two or three times. High discogs prices on this one. $35 Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes (2 LP, Atlantic, 1979). Gatefold, VG+/VG+ (top left corner of record sleeve has a cutout notch to it, otherwise is very nice). $27 Bill Evans - Some Other Time: The Lost Sessions from the Black Forest (2 LP, Resonance, 2020). RSD 2020. 2nd pressing. Gatefold. NM/NM (vinyl plays with a little crackle here and there, per most Resonance releases but it still plays well). 2nd pressing. Limited to 6000 copies (this is copy # 5253). Mastered by Kevin Grey at Cohearant Audio. Includes 8pp. booklet with photos, liner notes, interviews, etc. $48 Roland Kirk - Here Comes the Whistleman Atlantic (2022). Mint/Mint. Played once. Recent mono reissue on orange vinyl. $16 Miles Davis - Live Evil 2 LP, Columbia, 2021. RSD 2021. Mint/Mint. Played once. Gatefold. Limited Edition on colored (teal opaque) vinyl $23 Miles Davis - **** Brew 2 LP, Columbia/Legacy, 2008. Gatefold. Mint/Mint. Played once. $23 Take both Miles Davis lps (Live Evil, BB) for $45 (+ $6.75 shipping). Hawkwind - Hawkwind 4 Men With Beards reissue (2010). Gatefold. Mint/Mint. Played once. $16 Herbie Hancock - Crossings (Speakers Corner, 2017). Brand New - still in original shrinkwrap w/hype sticker. There may be a small area of shelf wear to one lower corner of the spine of the outer sleeve but it also may be just the fold of the shrinkwrap at that point. It is hard to tell but I want to be transparent in case it does turn out to be some minor shelf wear at that spot). Gatefold. Mastered by Kevin Gray. This may be the best sounding version of this incredible record. Out-of-print and getting scarce to find, this will not disappoint! $42 King Crimson: In The Court of the Crimson King: 50th Anniversary Edition (2 LP) (2 LP, Panegyric/DGM/Inner Knot, 2019) Mint/Mint. Like New. Gatefold. 2lps - includes the 2019 remix of the original album by Steven Wilson and a second album of alternate mixes and studio takes by Steven Wilson & David Singleton. 200-gram vinyl. $34 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Impulse (2015). Gatefold. NM/NM. An excellent copy. $21 Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound (OJC, 1987) NM/NM. A very nice copy. $21 Charles Mingus with Eric Dolphy and Jaki Byard - Portrait (2 LP) (2 LP, Prestige, 1980). Gatefold. Records are VG+ and play nicely. Sleeve is VG as there is some creasing to lower right corner of rear cover and same to lower spine and lower left edge of front cover). $20 Neil Young - Decade (3 LP) (3 LP, Reprise, 2017). Gatefold. NM/NM (small bump or shelf wear to lower spine). $33 (media mail shipping is $6.55 extra for this 3lp set) Small Faces - Complete Greatest Hits! (Immediate/BMG/Charly, 2021). RSD 2021. Mono. Mint/Mint. Like New. Still in original shrinkwrap but shrinkwrap open on side edge to retrieve record. Limited Edition of 2000 copies. Colored (red/white/blue) vinyl. Includes color postcard hand-signed by Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones. $52 Peter Tosh - Complete Captured Live (2 LP) (2 LP, Parlophone, 2022). RSD 2022. NM/NM. Non-gatefold. Colored (green, orange) vinyl. $23 Gary Saracho - En Medio (Verve/Impulse, 2022). RSD 2022. Gatefold. NM/NM. $17 Airto- Seeds on the Ground: The Natural Sounds of Airto (Real Gone, 2020). Gatefold. NM/NM. Limited to 1000 copies. Colored (ocean blue) vinyl. $19

A couple days late, life gets complicated! 1 – I like this a lot, it’s just the sort of thing that finds a home on my shelves, nice inside/outside feel. Trumpeter sure sounds like Freddie Hubbard, tenor player makes me think of Joe Henderson, though the composition doesn’t remind me of either of them. The rhythm section is first rate. If I don’t own this already, I’ll look to rectify that post-haste. Great start. 2 – OK, this is interesting. I am enjoying it, and curious to know what it is. Piano solo stands out to me, but the composition and arrangement are also really refreshing, though things get sort of wonky to me after it. But overall, it’s a bracing listen. 3 – Tenor has a beautiful tone. Whole group is first-rate. In some ways, I admire this more than I enjoy it, as the composition leaves me fairly cold, though I can appreciate that it’s performed incredibly well, and in many ways this performance quite lovely. I would listen to this at a different time of day (early morning, maybe). 4 – Wow, loving this! Makes me think of that Dave Holland group with Julian Priester which did such great work on ECM, though it is likely of earlier vintage. Can’t wait for the reveal and to ensure this is on my shelves! 5 – Has to be Lester Bowie, doesn’t it? It’s interesting, but not compelling to me. 6 – Goldfinger! By someone who listened to their Duane Eddy and Ventures records! Fun, for sure, but definitely overstays its welcome. 7 – Wichita Lineman! First (and only) thought is Gabor Szabo, though I can’t locate it. Immensely enjoying this and would like to have it on the shelves if it’s not there already. 8 – Happy Birthday! To me, pompous nonsense (and I’m someone who owns almost all of the Keith Jarrett solo albums), but YMMV. 9 – As Time Goes By? One of the great pre-bop tenor masters, no doubt, but not of much interest to me. 10 – Back on track now, thanks. Like the tenor player, love the bass player! Looking forward to the reveal. 11 – No thanks, totally lost on me. 12 – This is the change in rhythm in later times which turns me off, feels stiff and static to me. The tenor player is a monster, and the organist is great, which redeems the cut for me, and it will be a welcome reveal. 13 – Much more my preference for organ combo style! Love it! Interesting in this BFT where you seem to be pairing track with different approaches to same instrument combinations (here with the organs, earlier with the guitars and the tenor players). 14 – I know this one (cut 5 on this disc) , without having ever heard it before! I have another album by this group, and they’re unmistakable. I find them fun, but sort of a one-trick pony. And I was never a big Ohio Players guy, give me Kool & The Gang instead! Really enjoyed this BFT, and look forward to the reveal, thanks! WF definitely wouldn't like!

Kinda the Postcards All-Stars here. It was a nifty label. "Dated" in the sense of technology. "Derivative" in that it sometimes sounds like if Wayne and Joe never got into popular rhythms and such. Pleasant listening, and with the players on hand to move it ahead. Fun listen!

General house keeping comment I've got the archive complete through 2017. With the new site setup, I've changed the instructions for naming files for the BFT. In short, if you follow the new instructions, uploading becomes a breeze and very little time is wasted (as opposed to what I'm going through building the archive). Please and thanks, take a look at the instructions here: https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/83336-how-to-setting-up-a-blindfold-test/

Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 & No.5