Big Al

Hey Jeff, is it too late to get a download? Thanks! Duh, shoulda scrolled up!

My thoughts exactly. RIP

Drat. Such a wonderful player, such a rich legacy. RIP

I'm reading! J Practically any comment by Jim is a joy to read!

Bump for the holiday shoppers...

Well, I'll try. But don't you think you'll get a little tired of me saying DKDC, NMCOT, and HAFC alla time?

Same for me with the Miles/Gil box. Also, the Plugged Nickel box, mainly because for a few years (when I still had time for such extended listenings) I listened to each set on the corresponding late Dec day. Now THAT'S cool!!!!

Oh boy!!! I'm a hardcore Christmas music nut, but there's a lotta music that makes me feel Christmas-y while having absolutely nothing to do with Christmas! Such as: 1) "The Unforgettable Fire" by U2 and "Method of Modern Love" by Hall & Oates. The only thing these two have in common is I heard them December 1984 and couldn't hear them enough. Still love 'em, even when it isn't Christmas! Cometothinkofit, there's a LOT of U2 that makes me feel Christmas-y, by virtue of their movie coming out in December of 1988 and I bought WAR, THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE, WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA, and the RATTLE AND HUM soundtrack. That was pretty much all I listened to on a drive to and from Chicago that Christmas. 2) "Touch and Go" by the Cars. First heard December 1985 on their Greatest Hits tape. (yes, I said "tape") 3) COLTRANE'S SOUND. First heard this December 2001 as part of the HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION box, and the first two tracks became instant favorites. 4) "Like Cockatoos" by the Cure. So my sister and I drove to Chicago by ourselves for the first time in December 1989 and the fighting over the choice of music began before we ever hit the highway. (I had all kinds of variety, only some of which she liked; she had Depeche Mode 101. And that's it!) But we both like the Cure, so we brought KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME along, and we were driving through a particularly pretty stretch of Illinois surrounded by rock formations and trees, which fit the beginning of this song perfectly. 5) SKYLARKING by XTC. Another group whose music, somewhat ironically, makes me feel Christmas-y. First heard them December of 1989 after I'd fallen headoverheels for ORANGES AND LEMONS, and a friend made me a tape (remember, this was before everything was available over a thing called the internet) of tracks from his XTC records (songs from BLACK SEA and BEESWAX). Hard to believe there was a time when my only hope of scoring XTC ANYTHING was going to this import record shop in Schaumburg. I guess 22 years really is a long time ago... 6) THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON by Sly & the Family Stone, especially "Africa Talks to You (The Asphalt Jungle)." Checked this out from the Ft Worth library a few Decembers back. Musta played "Asphalt Jungle" a zillion times during the Christmas season. No connection, no statement on the times, just timing. One of the bleakest songs ever recorded puts me in a Christmas mood. Go figure.... There will be more!

This is how funny Jack Benny is/was: replay the video and close your eyes. It STILL works brilliantly! Best line, IMO, belongs to Morgan at the end!

I'll be curious, too. I tried, I really did. Hopefully, reading others' comments will lead me to something I may have overlooked.... or tried to avoid!

Always liked his roles in "Support Your Local Sheriff" and "Support Your Local Gunfighter." RIP

The sessions mentioned above by brownie & Larry are my favorites, as I first heard them on a wonderful Verve 2-LP reissue called DALE'S WAIL. Jo Jones swings like a bad muthashutyomouth! Wish he'd been on more tracks. Roy and Diz also, ESPECIALLY on "Blue Moon" when the mutes come flying off halfway thru the track and the playing goes careening off into the stratosphere! I'm surprised the studio didn't burn down as a result of this track! (Edited because I didn't realize there was a second page to this thread, which answered the question that was previously here.)

I agree! But perhaps for different reasons! But now that I know it's Davis & Chambers, I'll listen to it with new ears and see if I hear anything different. I generally enjoy it when those two work together! I'm sorry? Clifford Jordan on drums? Ah well. This just goes to show that I need to get over any fears & preconceptions I have about Sun Ra and just start diggin, cuz it seems that everything I've heard by him on various BFT's has been nothing short of extraordinary, and nothing like I would've imagined. I s'pose this is as good as any place to start! Okay, I'll give this another listen, simply because I'll give ANYTHING with Dejohnette the benefit of the doubt! About all I can say is the record cover accurately reflects my reaction to this track! My my, that's a whole lotta people! Sure didn't sound this big, and maybe that's where the beauty lies! Lots of good stuff, lotsa surprises! A fantastic BFT, Ptah! One for the ages!

Thanks to this BFT, I've been enjoying this album all over again! I can't help but wonder if this is what turned Wynton against avant-garde... Wow! Al McKibbon on bass??? I woulda thought he woulda been on the previous track, but still! A fun track, and even more reason to seek this out! McKibbon is the REAL Big Al, AFAIC! Wow, so that WASN'T Ben Webster! Oh well, certainly one of his better disciples, nonetheless! Wow. That's really all I can say. And I mean that in a positive way, BTW.

Congrats to Paul!!! And for being the fastest with the mostest! Nailed the contest in the second post! Next year, I'm waiting by the computer for GA's post to kick off the 2012 contest!

Well, if no one's buying them, no sense in making them.

Drat! RIP indeed. All I really know of his playing is the work he did with Bill Evans, but even then that would be enough for me to miss him. I especially love his playing on MOON BEAMS and HOW MY HEART SINGS, where it seems like he's doing something more sublime than just playing or accompanying.

Winnipeg 35 Hey, if the Wild Card St. Louis Cardinals can win this year's World Series....

I'm in, but I can't guarantee I'll participate. Jazz vocals usually aren't my thing, but I trust your good taste enough that it will at least be worth a listen! Edited to add: download please!

Well, that makes three of us who own this disc but couldn't ID a tune from it! I'm listening to it right now, and I now distinctly remember wanting to put a track from this album on my last BFT, but I could never settle on any one track: I liked them all, but I wasn't familiar enough with any of them to be comfortable putting one on. I mean, it'd be kinda silly for me to not be able to identify tracks on MY OWN BFT!!!

Unfortunately, Paterno is making damn sure it is. The more I read about this guy, the more nauseated I get. Whether he's guilty or not, he's doing a grand job of putting himself as a grade-A douchebag. Fuck your hindsight, Joe Pa.

You are correct on Milt Bernhart-trombone, and Bob Gordon--baritone sax. The other guesses are not correct. We're gettin' there. Well, it's "Super-G" from Maynard Ferguson and His Octet Play the Arrangements of Bill Holman. Also in there are Conte Candoli (tpt), Georgie Auld (tnr), Ian Bernard (pno), Red Callendar (bs) and Shelly Manne (dms) and it was recorded in Hollywood April 27, 1955. It's currently available on this album: I have had this album for five years and have played it many times. I must be losing my touch! That is all correct. I have it on this CD: DRAT!!!! I have this CD!!! The fact that we both own the album, but didn't recognize it says something about the music, I think. Of the highest quality, but so firmly in the mainstream that it could have been played by a large range of musicians. Even Maynard didn't put his individual stamp on it as he didn't go stratospheric at all by his standards! One consolation: I was thinking it was so good I'd have to go out and buy it. Now I realise I don't have to! My thoughts exactly!

Presumably because it was already part of the FIRST IMPULSE box that also included: Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz John Coltrane Africa/Brass Gil Evans Out Of The Cool Kai Winding The Great Kai & J.J. Kai Winding The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones

You are correct on Milt Bernhart-trombone, and Bob Gordon--baritone sax. The other guesses are not correct. We're gettin' there. Well, it's "Super-G" from Maynard Ferguson and His Octet Play the Arrangements of Bill Holman. Also in there are Conte Candoli (tpt), Georgie Auld (tnr), Ian Bernard (pno), Red Callendar (bs) and Shelly Manne (dms) and it was recorded in Hollywood April 27, 1955. It's currently available on this album: I have had this album for five years and have played it many times. I must be losing my touch! That is all correct. I have it on this CD: DRAT!!!! I have this CD!!!