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Toussaint McCall Steve McCall McCall's (magazine)

Rollins Griffith Earl Griffith Hugh Griffith

Herman Blount Sonny Berman Ethel Merman

BFT #38 I know the answers have already been posted, but I got the discs late, and I promise I haven’t looked! 1. The piano reminds me of early McCoy Tyner, or perhaps a young Chick Corea. Can’t place the soprano. At first I thought Dave Liebman, but maybe it’s Joe Farrell? 2. Two guitars here? I listened to the first part and I swear there are two. I’m reminded of Jim Hall in places. No idea on the trumpet, although I like his playing. Towards the end I’m only hearing one guitar. 3. A nice tango feel here, with a lyrical piano. The tenor at first seemed like Gato Barbieri, but I wonder if it might be Jan Garbarek. Puzzled by the clarinet. 4. Can’t get a handle on this one. Pianist is a little busy, and the whole thing descends into cacophony for a while. Lost interest about halfway through. 5. An interesting groove – 10/8, I think. Not a clue. 6. Two distinctly different sounding tenor players here. Nice pianist. It’s hard to find something to say other than “interesting” when you have no idea who you are listening to! 7. More South American sounds. Is that a bandoneon? A fine trumpet player. 8. This one didn’t go anywhere for me. 9. A medley from a pianist I can’t recognize. The first tune is vaguely familiar, then into a fast blues. This guy can play. Eventually he lands on “These Foolish Things”. 10. “Skylark”. I’m reminded of Lee Konitz, but I don’t think it’s him. 11. At first, I thought this was some young guitarist playing a Kenny Burrell-styled blues. On second listen, I think I recognized Barney Kessel, especially from a phrase he plays twice at about 1:00. I think this might be from his album “Feeling Free” with Elvin Jones on drums. I’m so used to hearing Barney with the steady groove of Shelly Manne that I was thrown off at first by Elvin’s unpredictable-ness, but I definitely like it! And now on to disc #2.

Foster Brooks Joan Rivers Greg Lake

Ernie Ford Abe Lincoln Joe Dodge

Tom Collins Tom Cat Cat Stevens

Bradford Dillman Christina Pickles Heinz Sauer

Wings Hauser Tim Hauser Homer

Doc Sausage Kevin Bacon The Hamm Brothers

Dan, thanks for the link to the old Percy France thread - this was before I joined the board, and I enjoyed the reminiscences and the enthusiasm for an all-but-forgotten player. I bought the CD from Allen when it first came out, and it's a real winner! Also enjoyed your additional comments, fasstrack. FYI, Percy did work and record with Bill Doggett, but the famous tenor solo on "Honky Tonk" is Clifford Scott. Are you sure about that? He used to play that solo and even milk the fact that he was on it---unless senility is setting in here---a distinct possibility. I am sure - every discography confirms it, and Scott's name is even in the songwriting credits. I'm not surprised that Percy knew the solo. Every tenor player who ever worked with Doggett had to play that solo note for note every night! I once saw Doggett in the mid 1960's, and the tenor player (whoever he was) played the original solo verbatim. As for Percy's claim to have been on the original record, this wouldn't be the first time an older musician engaged in a little hyperbole.

Dan, thanks for the link to the old Percy France thread - this was before I joined the board, and I enjoyed the reminiscences and the enthusiasm for an all-but-forgotten player. I bought the CD from Allen when it first came out, and it's a real winner! Also enjoyed your additional comments, fasstrack. FYI, Percy did work and record with Bill Doggett, but the famous tenor solo on "Honky Tonk" is Clifford Scott.

Whitey Ford Boston Blackie Silver (the Lone Ranger's Horse)

Spencer Wiggins Gerald Wiggins Ella Fitzgerald

Nah, just that Phony morphed into Fontella, at least in my mind. Skinny Dynamo Henry "Thins" Francis Bones Howe

Fontella Bass James Whale Bobby Fisher

Mary Magdalene Magda Gabor Gabor Szabo

Spring Byington Brett Sommers Shelley Winters

I agree. I had some trouble downloading (only partially due to my incompetence), and Dan Gould was kind enough to send me copies of the discs. Perhaps when we sign up we should indicate which option we prefer.

Stone Phillips Philips Screwdriver Minnie Driver

Yes, and the fourth track (After Hours) was a piano feature for Phineas without the horns.

Mr. Day Mr. Knight Mr. Syms

Damn. Was Hawkins the baddest MF ever? Amen to that!

Gil joined the Claude Thornhill band in 1941, the same year this film was made. Always thought of Ennis as a cornball band because of his association with Hal Kemp, but this band swings pretty good! Non-PC intro to Birth of the Blues!

William Jennings Bryan Brian Piccolo Doug Flutie