Big Al

Does anyone have the link to this BFT they can share? I didn't have time to play along with this one and based on the Reveal, I missed a dandy!!!

The Gibbs is fantastic. If they include the non-album track that was originally released on the sampler LP, that might make this worth the price of admission alone. (I missed the track listing)

Fair enough, and honest, which is always good.

I wouldn't say that. I'm just not hearing or feeling this particular piece. At this point, anyway.

I dug out the Chestnut Albums since I'd seen him earlier in the year. Its a great tune. Lloyd is great (just keeps getting better as time passes?) and as noted above the tune is the Costello/Bacharach one also covered by Frisell about the same time. Tapscott is a wonder and all the solo stuff I've heard is marvellous. Its not fabulously recorded but the atmosphere of the room and the sound of the piano is a joy. Thanks for taking part! C Indeed!

Big Al, I included this track mostly for what comes after the saxophone player is finished with his solo. If you can stand it, you might want to explore the ending. Well, I got through it. It was interesting, I'll give you that. Gonna be interested to read others comments, hopefully someone will point out something I've missed!

Totally, totally unnecessary. Always appreciate someone covering my back. Moms/Clem/whoeverthehellyouarethistime, save your bloviating and your feigning me with damned praise. YOU are incorrect, if not incoherent. And yeah, I think the White Album is a great work of art. So what? It's a testament to your own small worldview that you can't accept people who dare have an opinion different from your own.

Funny, but after listening to this in its entirety (and having heard this music previously in various snippets, forms, etc), I still prefer the Brian Wilson version. The only way I can explain it is this: on the Beach Boys version, the tension is still very much in evidence, the discomfort permeating the music so that even though it's "complete," it still sounds disconnected. It's the audio equivalent of listening to a band rebel against its leader; it's no secret that nobody was on Brian's side during the original sessions, and that dissatisfaction/frustration/resentment is still present, despite the voices being all the more glorious for it. While there have been many, MANY, incredible works of art that have come from the most unhappy of circumstances (The White Album, for instance, which I know it's a cliche to say, but it still holds true), the reason it works against this project is because the Beach Boys as a unit stood for everything this album isn't: sunny, simple, direct pop music. The Brian Wilson version, on the other hand and quite ironically, works better for me because it's the work of a singular vision from a single artist with a full team working entirely FOR him. And this didn't have to work, but the fragments that never fully formed under the moniker of "The Beach Boys" finally gel here because proper credit is finally being paid: SM!LE is and always has been and always will be Brian's baby. As such, it's only fitting that the project released in 2004 was fully titled "Brian Wilson Presents SM!LE" because that's precisely what happened, and ironically enough continues to happen. Yes, the current box is the culmination of assembling the work of "The Beach Boys" (and let's face it, the guys in the band at this point were nothing more than paid singers, a frustration that is justifiable given that their success was built on them BEING a band in the first place), and standing on its own will likely garner the praise and (hopefully) sales to justify what Brian was thinking 40-odd years ago. But he was right on the money when he said SM!LE was way ahead of its time. And you should buy it if you're a fan of the Beach Boys and/or Brian.

Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! I even flipped a coin: heads BG, tails AS. Came up heads! Grrrrrrrrr!!!!!! NOJ! You are just too good at Latin music! Why do I try? NICE!!!! Gotta pursue this one!

At some point, I’d like to think I’ve listened to jazz long enough that I could easily identify a buncha players, and broaden my horizons so that I could hear everything that’s being said. Unfortunately, I’m turning into a grouchy old fart, set in his ways, what’s all that racket & get offa my lawn! In other words, get ready for the usual mind-numbing cluelessness! TRACK 1: Nice swinging start. Fidelity suggests an early Prestige date right when the 12" LP became the norm. Purt-near everyone in town showed up for this date, didn't they? Love it! Can't wait to find out who all it is! TRACK 2: The bulk of this is very nice until the Pharoah wannabe shows up and starts splattering all over the place. I tellya, my tolerance for squawky squealy sax players diminishes with each passing day. Or, with each passing BFT. Oh, and when I say "bulk," that doesn't include the most ridiculous or outta-place ending to a song I've ever heard. Curiosity killed the kat again! TRACK 3: Nice so far! Timbales & such make me think MONGO!!! In fact, I'll even go so far as to say that this is either a Mongo session, or a Cal Tjader session with Cal on percussion but not vibes (and this would be a sneaky kind of trick I normally associate with mikeweil! hehehe)! Great stuff nonetheless! TRACK 4: Fiddlin' around, after you've gone! Love it love it LOVE IT!!! TRACK 5: This reminds me of Meade Lux Lewis CAT HOUSE PIANO. Maybe it is, for all I know. Sure has that nice boogie-woogie-down-the-railroad-tracks vibe to it. Love the "After You've Gone" quote thrown in there for good measure! TRACK 6: Sounds like a Benny Goodman radio broadcast with Bunny Berigan wailing away in the spotlight! Diggin' the heck outta this one! TRACK 7: Sounds like a mid-40's small group recording, which means it could be practically... oh WAIT!!! THAT'S my man, Ben Webster there!!!! Oh! Oh! Oh! MUST find this recording!!! I love the "Honeysuckle Rose" riff that skips a beat and goes "Psyche!" TRACK 8: Nice! It's making me sleepy in a raining-outside-sitting-by-the-window-daydreamy kinda bliss. TRACK 9: Wow! Just about every instrument's in here except a didgeridoo (and with a little over a minute to go, who's to say we won't hear that?)! I just heard a rimshot that reminded me of Philly Joe Jones. TRACK 10: Reminds me of Maceo Parker & the Rebirth Brass Band, it's THAT greeeeazy! TRACK 11: "Jive Samba," don't know who does it, don't care either because this one swings like a mutha, the way it oughta! Love the harp solo to start things, can't tell if that's a soprano sax, an accordion, or a bouzouki. Or none or all of the above! Get DOWN!!!! TRACK 12: Eh, okay I guess. The sax player sounds bored at the 2:30 mark, not a good sign for an 8-1/2 minute track. Alright I'm hitting NEXT on the next squawky squeal. Aw, what the hell. I'm saying Charles Lloyd & hitting the NEXT button! TRACK 13: Ahhhh, much more suited to my tastes! Man, NOBODY sounds familiar in any way, shape, or form. I mean, once this is ID'd, I'm either gonna kick myself for not recognizing anyone, or feel pretty good about liking something really obscure! TRACK 14: Aaaaand just like that, I re-re-re-rediscover what an old fogey I am when it comes to jazz. NMCOT™, DKDC™, the usual rant about saying a lot by saying as little as possible yeah you can play a bazillion notes per second bigdealsowhat..... TRACK 15: OMFGWTH???? NEMCOT™ DKDGARA™ NEXT NEXT NEXT ALREADY!!!! DAMN!!! TRACK 16: Ahhhhh, I hope the remainder of this is as lovely as the beginning! Hey, I said that on the last BFT! Most definitely Bobby Hutcherson & Freddie Hubbard, maybe something from the late 70's/early 80's? I like it, that's for sure! Nice way to end the BFT! Another grand BFT, lotsa gems, some stuff I could do without, a buncha candidates for the always-expanding Best of BFT list, and probably a couple discs I’ll chase down hopefully before I die!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT a second!!!!! This is the Elvis Costello-Burt Bacharach piece?????? Dang, I need to try & listen to this again! Ahhhhhh, the Jazz Trading Post! How I miss those days! I can honestly say that NOTHING broadened my jazz horizon and hipped me to so much good music as those wonderful daze. I bring this up because either you traded this to me or I traded it to you. One of the two, and now I know why this sounded strangely familiar, and even after it was ID'd, why it was still familiarly unfamiliar. Looks like I owned it at one time, and judging by this track, I think I remember why I traded it away!

I just remember Jack McDowell being the arrogant SOB he was (and still may be, for all I know), talking shit about Nolan after the incident. Now, if you wanna talk an actual "dirtbag," shit-for-brains McDowell oughta fit the bill eons more than Nolan.

*bad jazz pun warning* They need to heal Nefti. Dude, haven't we suffered enough? The nice thing about Rangers fans is we generally tend to be forgiving (unless, of course, your name is AFraud or Texeiria), so I like Neffy'a chances better than the other guys in that list. Joe, seeing that old logo is kinda bittersweet: it represents how the Rangers used to be, but it also represents my childhood as a lifelong Rangers fan.

I want so much to agree with this, but I can't. Fact is, the Rangers got away with MORE than their fair share of mistakes, blown plays, and other minor-league stuff that should've guaranteed them an early exit. It's a credit to their gutsiness and their refusal to die that they were able to overcome that. But tonight, and especially last night, it finally caught up to them. In the end, I think this is more a statement on the sorry state of baseball than on how good or bad the Rangers did. Any other year and this team doesn't even make the playoffs. But now the talent pool is so diluted and so concentrated ("Occupy Yankee Stadium" anyone?) that damn near anyone can make the playoffs and the World Series. This year, that's exactly what happened. For sheer entertainment value, yeah okay this was one for the ages. But for baseball value? Forget it. And the odd thing is, I'm not nearly as disappointed about tonight's outcome as I thought I'd be. Probably cuz there wasn't any lower one could go after last night. But I'll give Wash this: he was smart to stick with Harrison to start tonight. Even if Holland starts, it makes no difference if the bats are gonna go cold again. It's almost as if he could see the end before it began. That was evident when Ogando came to the mound. All that was missing was the waving of the white flag. And so it goes. That's the way baseball go. Guess we'll try it again next year. Go Rangers! Forever and ever, amen!

Was thinking about that on the way to work this morning, and I can't help but think the Cards have the advantage now for the following convoluted reasons: 1) I don't see them losing three in a row 2) I'm even less certain Texas WINS three in a row 3) If the Cards win Wednesday, that shifts the momentum back to them 4) In their backyard in front of THEIR frenzied fans 5) Starting pitching continues to be the big (no, FREAKIN HUMONGOUS) question mark, moreso for the Rangers than the Cards Did I mention how much I hate being right for all the wrong reasons? grrrrr

Individually they're tolerable, but tonight was the first time every damn one of 'em collapsed. I sure hope Harrison has a good complete game in him tomorrow or, at the very least, Wash's first and ONLY trip to the bullpen is to get Holland. Ogando & Oliver should be on a plane back to Texas RIGHT NOW! The way I see it the biggest culprit was Feliz because he's your closer. He's been getting away with falling behind hitters, walking batters, bringing the tying or winning run to the plate all series, but tonight that kind of inexcusable pitching with the game on the line caught up to him. Can't disagree, and he's actually been pulling that shit all year. However, I still blame Ogando for walking two straight batters, and Wash for thinking Ogando has anything left to offer in this Series. What a colossal fall from grace, that Ogando. Some of us Rangers fans know all too well: it's real, and it's a nightmare that just keeps repeating itself....

Individually they're tolerable, but tonight was the first time every damn one of 'em collapsed. I sure hope Harrison has a good complete game in him tomorrow or, at the very least, Wash's first and ONLY trip to the bullpen is to get Holland. Ogando & Oliver should be on a plane back to Texas RIGHT NOW! I want so much to agree with you, my man, but... Five errors by both teams??? Five blown leads??? A complete bullpen meltdown by both teams? THIS is the best that Major League Baseball has to offer? No wonder the ratings are so dismal! You can watch a game like this any day of the week at your local Little League baseball game! This game has really soured me on the outcome of the Series. Make no mistake, I want the Rangers to win it, but my enjoyment of said win has been tempered by the realization that any other team woulda cleaned their clock by now.

GRRRRR!!!! Why can't I be right for all the RIGHT reasons for once????

Wash has often said it's not always the best team that wins ball games. Gonna love to hear him explain THIS game, when it seemed like both teams were in a contest to see who could play the worst World Series game EVER!

Not jazz, but every year I put my CD boombox out front and play the Ventures "Fear (Main Title theme from 'One Step Beyond')" from the IN SPACE album. Gets lots of compliments for its eerie sound.

Personally, I would prefer they win it all tonight so I don't have to miss game seven on Friday. But having said that, the baseball gods, in their infinite sense of humor, will have all but guaranteed a game seven now!

PM coming, interested in YOUR money.

Already tried that; this series has been too crazy even for my own ridiculously rambling doom&gloom predictions! And THAT, sadly, is the way baseball go....

I don't know about you, but I sure had a lotta fun when the Mavs finally won their championship earlier this year.

Was thinking about that on the way to work this morning, and I can't help but think the Cards have the advantage now for the following convoluted reasons: 1) I don't see them losing three in a row 2) I'm even less certain Texas WINS three in a row 3) If the Cards win Wednesday, that shifts the momentum back to them 4) In their backyard in front of THEIR frenzied fans 5) Starting pitching continues to be the big (no, FREAKIN HUMONGOUS) question mark, moreso for the Rangers than the Cards Of course, I could be wrong about all of this (sure as hell wouldn't be the first time) and the Rangers could take it all tomorrow night. If they don't, I'm gonna have to find me some extra-strength heart medicine to get me through game seven. I may just save time and watch the game in the local ER!!! :party: