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The version with Trane on "Mating Call" (Prestige). Junior Cook has a nice on on Steeplechase.

Record labels show "H. Gibeling". This name was unfamiliar to me, so I did a Google search, and came up with Howard Gibeling, a trombonist who also wrote for Stan Kenton.

Here is a collective personnel as listed in Raben: Lee Castle, Charlie Shavers, Billy Marshall, John Frosk, Paul Cohen, Dick Perry, John McCormick, Art Tancredi, Andy Ferretti (tp) Tommy Dorsey, Tak Takvorian, Vince Forrest, Jimmy Henderson, Sam Hyster, Sonny Russo (tb) Jimmy Dorsey (cl/as), Red Press, Skip Galluccio, Kenny DeLange, Toots Mondello (as) Buzzy Brauner, Joe Pamelia, Gail Curtis, Boomie Richman (ts), Teddy Lee (bars) Doug Talbert (p), Sam Herman (g), Bill Cronk (b), Cliff Leeman, Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson (d) Sy Oliver, Dick Jones, Neal Hefti, Deane Kincaide, Ernie Wilkins (arr) Recorded at several sessions in 1954 & 1955 in NYC. (Edited for typos)

Don't have full details, but there are several tidbits of information in the liner notes. The tapes were produced by Tommy Dorsey & sold to Columbia. Charlie Shavers, Lee Castle (tp) are in the band. Buddy Rich (d) on We've Crossed the Widest River, How Far Is It To Jordan, Judgement Is Coming, Where Is That Rock, Heaven Help Us. Cliff Leeman (d) on Wagon Wheels. Louis Bellson (d) on This Is What Gabriel Says. Neal Hefti (arr) on Moonlight In Vermont. Deane Kincaide (arr) on We've Crossed the Widest River, How Far Is It To Jordan, This Is What Gabriel Says, Judgement Is Coming, Where Is That Rock, Heaven Help Us. Sy Oliver (arr) on Wagon Wheels. Ernie Wilkins (arr) on Peace Pipe, Skirts and Sweaters, Do It Yourself, Flagler Drive, Stereophonic. Btw, several of the Wilkins charts were also recorded by Count Basie.

My discs arrived yesterday. Thanks!

In regards to the Evans box, I both agree and disagree with you, Chris. I was happy to get the additional live material, all of which has value, but I think 3 discs worth of outtakes from the "From Left To Right" sessions is excessive. As for the Benedetti, set, there's no pleasing everybody. There are those people (and we all know a few) who absolutely need to have every scrap, and there are those who are more judicious in their purchases. My criterion has always been "is the thing worth listening to?", as I suspect is yours and most people's. Years ago I had a conversation with a label owner about a poor quality Parker release he had issued, asking (politely) how he could justify such a bad sounding release. His response was that you are damned if you do by those who expect quality, and you are damned if you don't by those who would accuse you of sitting on material and not sharing it. I didn't buy the Benedetti set because I didn't think it was essential, and I think Mosaic could consider a "best of" set. Btw, as it turns out, the Benedetti set is not complete. After Mosaic made their deal with Benedetti's brother, more material turned up in the hands of another relative, and they were unable to agree on a price.

Their plans to do this were announced nearly a year ago. I would certainly attend, if I lived in England! I wonder if there is a plan to release a recording, perhaps a video?

I know Charlie - it's definitely COAL hace.

Somewhat late to the party, but some nice responses. Thanks!

Both of these were dubbed from vinyl, but both are out on CD. The Staton is on Collectables, and the Belvin is on Fresh Sounds. The cover of the Belvin I used is actually from the CD, the image taken from the web. The LP does not mention Art Pepper on the front.

I like the record a lot. Benny put together an all star band for the tour. Besides the familiar material, there are several interesting new charts, such as "Titter Pipes" and Tadd Dameron's "Fontainebleu". I suspect the only way you're ever going to get this on CD is to make your own!

Have never even seen or heard of that recording. Talk about obscure ! If you were a fan of Handy's work with Mingus and his 60s Columbia recordings buying LPs in the 1980s, you would have picked this LP up (as I did) as a return to straight ahead jazz, after his dismal commercial recordings (Hard Work, Carnival...). Yes, it is a fine album. In defense of those who missed it, I don't think it was around for very long. I believe the label, Quartet Music, went belly-up within a year or two, after only a handful of releases.

What a surprise!

Fantastic clip! This comes from the film "Go, Johnny, Go" (1959). Red Holloway did back them on some of their Chance records made in Chicago in the early 50's (including an early version of "Jump Children"), but I believe the tenor on this version is Jimmy Wright.

I saw the Beach Boys in concert on Boston Common in 1971 or 1972. Charles Lloyd was with them on stage, playing maracas.

Have never even seen or heard of that recording. Talk about obscure ! This is one of the things I enjoy about the BFT's. I'm sure that Handy is held in pretty high regard around these parts, yet opinions were all over the map about this track. Not knowing the identity of the artist eliminates preconceptions.

Photobucket worked for me. I was unable to get satisfactory results following Jim's instructions (I'm sure it was me, Jim!). so I joined Photobucket, and voila!

11. James Moody – “Tenor Blues” (composer unknown) live audience recording Rec. October 14, 1979 James Moody (ts), Walter Davis (p), Earl May (b), Alan Dawson (d) (CDR, originally from cassette) This is from a live recording I made from the audience at Lulu White’s in Boston. Moody always comes to play, although he has rarely been captured fully on his commercially released albums. I gave the tune this mundane title when digitizing the cassette – he mostly performed standards that night, but this sounds like an off-the-cuff “composition”. 12. Matty Matlock – “Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider” (Leonard-Munson) (From “Dixieland USA”, Pickwick) Rec. 1957 Dick Cathcart (tp), Abe Lincoln (tb), Matty Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Stan Wrightsman (p), Al Hendrickson (g), Phil Stephens (b), Nick Fatool (d) (CD) Originally issued on the budget Tops label, this fine session features Dick Cathcart, a superb musician who was buried in the Lawrence Welk band for most of his career, and Abe Lincoln, one of the great trombone virtuosi. Have always dug this old tune, as well. 13. Dakota Staton – “Play Your Hand, Girls” (Staton) (From “Dakota at Storyville”, Capitol) Rec. April 29, 1961 Dakota Staton (vo), Yusef Lateef (ts), Norman Simmons (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Charlie Persip (d) (vinyl) Uncredited on the LP, brother Yusef Lateef has a booting tenor solo on this track from this classic live album. Dakota can sing a ballad convincingly, and she can shout the blues. 14. Frank Strozier – “Day In, Day Out” (Bloom-Mercer) (From “Cloudy and Cool”, Vee Jay) Rec. October 13, 1960 Frank Strozier (as), Billy Wallace (p), Bill Lee (b), Vernell Fournier (d) (CD) This is from a session recorded for Vee Jay, but not released at the time. I first had this on a Japanese LP that came out in the late 1970’s, and it finally came out on CD in the US in the 90’s, with a bunch of alternate takes. This is one of the alternates. 15. Kirk Lightsey & Harold Danko – “El Gaucho” (Shorter) (From “Shorter By Two”, Sunnyside) Rec. July 19/21, 1983 Kirk Lightsey, Harold Danko (p) (CD) This is from a delightful album of Wayne Shorter tunes by Lightsey and Danko. Wayne’s tunes are really special, and I enjoy the treatment they get from these pianists. Kudos to all the responders – some sharp ears out there! All but two of the tracks were identified.

For my first BFT, I decided to include some of my all time favorite tracks among the selections. I expected that several of them would be guessed right away, although I was hoping there will be a few stumpers! Some of these are dubbed from LP, others are from CD’s. The tracks were selected totally at random, and it's just a coincidence that George Duvivier and Charlie Persip each appear on three tracks! 1. Coleman Hawkins – “Cloudy” (composer unknown) (from “The Hawk Swings”, Crown) Rec. 1960 Thad Jones (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Eddie Costa (p), George Duvivier (b), Osie Johnson (d) (vinyl) This was one of the first Hawkins albums I ever heard - picked it up for short money back when I was in high school in the early 1960’s. Hawkins just smokes on this session, which yielded two fine LP’s. Hawk was recording prolifically at the time, and I’ve always felt that this session is overlooked, perhaps due to the “budget” nature of the Crown label. The original pressings were poor, and I replaced my noisy originals with nice Japanese LP’s some years ago. Unfortunately, the Japanese reissues and subsequent Fresh Sound CD’s reprogrammed the tracks. This track led off the original album. 2. Pony Poindexter – “Cattin’ Latin” (Poindexter) (from “Pony’s Express”, Epic) Rec. May 10, 1962 Pony Poindexter (ss), Phil Woods, Gene Quill (as), Dexter Gordon, Billy Mitchell (ts), Pepper Adams (bars), Gildo Mahones (p), Bill Yancey (b), Charlie Persip (d) (vinyl) Pony leads an all-saxophone band (with several lineups) on this rare classic. It has been pointed out that Koch has reissued this, but I dubbed it from my original LP. 3. Jesse Belvin – “It’s All Right With Me” (Cole Porter) (from “Mr. Easy”, RCA Victor) Rec. December 8, 1959 Jesse Belvin (vo), Conte Candoli, Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson (tp), Frank Rosolino, Harry Betts, Vern Friley, Marshall Cram (tb), Red Callendar (tu), Art Pepper (as), Russ Freeman (p), Larry Bunker (vbs/perc), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d), Marty Paich (arr/cond) (vinyl) Jesse Belvin was widely known as an R&B singer, but was looking toward the mainstream when he cut this LP. Unfortunately, he was killed in an auto crash just two months after recording this session, and the LP was issued posthumously. The arrangements by Marty Paich are sublime, Art Pepper plays wonderfully, and Mel Lewis’ drumming is really uplifting. 4. John Handy – “Soulesson” (Handy) (From “Excursion In Blue”, Quartet) Rec. 1988 John Handy (as), Jim McNeely (p), Rufus Reid (b), Billy Hart (d) (CD) Have loved John Handy since first hearing him with Charles Mingus on the classic “Wonderland” LP when I was a college freshman back in 1963. This comes from a fine album from the late 80’s that came and went pretty quickly. 5. Budd Johnson – “Falling In Love With Love” (Rodgers-Hart) (From “Let’s Swing”, Prestige Swingville) Rec. December 2, 1960 Keg Johnson (tb), Budd Johnson (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), George Duvivier (b), Charlie Persip (d) (CD) Budd Johnson was a timeless player, and he’s in fine form on this session. Reissued on OJC. 6. Plas Johnson & Red Holloway – “Go Red Go” (Arnett Cobb) (From “Keep That Groove Going”, Milestone) Rec. April 25-27, 2001 Plas Johnson, Red Holloway (ts), Gene Ludwig (org), Melvin Sparks (g), Kenny Washington (d) (CD) Plas Johnson has been heard on hundreds of pop, rock & roll, R&B, and soundtrack sides since the late 1950’s. Here he goes head to head with another strong tenor veteran, Red Holloway. 7. Freddie Redd – “Thespian” (Redd) (From “Lonely City”, Uptown) Rec. January 18-19, 1985 Don Sickler (tp), Clarence “C” Sharpe (as), Clifford Jordan (ts), Gerry Cappuccio (bars), Freddie Redd (p), George Duvivier (b), Ben Riley (d) (CD) Freddie Redd originally cut this tune for Blue Note on “Shades of Redd”. I like the arrangement here. A rare opportunity to hear the legendary alto player Clarence “C” Sharpe. 8. Sonny Clark – “Voodoo” (Clark) (From “Leapin’ and Lopin’”, Blue Note) Rec. November 13, 1961 Tommy Turrentine (tp), Charlie Rouse (ts), Sonny Clark (p), Butch Warren (b), Billy Higgins (d) (CD) One of my favorite Sonny Clark tunes. A nice lope to it, so to speak. 9. Jon Eardley – “If You Could See Me Now” (Dameron-Sigman) (From “From Hollywood To New York”, Prestige/OJC) Rec. March 14, 1955 Jon Eardley (tp), J. R. Monterose (ts), George Syran (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Nick Stabulas (d) (CD) I had this on an old Prestige 10” LP for many years. Eventually OJC coupled it with another rare 10” for this reissue. Eardley is a fine, straightforward lyrical player, and it’s hard to go wrong with a Tadd Dameron tune. 10. Clare Fischer – “Miles Behind” (Fischer) (From “Thesaurus”, Atlantic) Rec. August 26/27, 1968 Larry McGuire, Buddy Childers, Conte Candoli, Steve Huffstetter, Stewart Fischer (tp), Gil Falco, Charley Loper, David Sanchez, Morris Repass (tb), Gary Foster, Kim Richmond (as), Warne Marsh, Louis Ciotti (ts), Bill Perkins (bars), Clare Fischer (piano), Chuck Domanico (b), Larry Bunker (d) (CD) Warne Marsh and Conte Candoli are the soloists on this track from a memorable big band album. CD reissue is on Koch.

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Jim, thanks. With a little trial & error, I think I'm gonna get the hang of it.

I am ready to post the answers to BFT #55. I have composed the entire post with pictures in Word, but when I paste the information into my post, the pictures are lost. I see that many others regularly attach pictures with their posts, so I have to assume that there's an easy way to do it, but I can't figure it out. Is there someone who can walk me through the steps?

She said "yes".

Older recording, remastered for HDCD. Yes indeed! And thank you for the responses!

sounds like you're saying something negative about trane.................... I don't take it that way. I have to agree with Chuck, in that I find Pepper's earlier style more compelling than after he came under the Trane influence. How does that diminish Trane's greatness?