Big Al

Oh yeah? Wait'll I wrap my cluelessness around it! You'll feel like a jazz genius after my guesses are posted!

Just makes the July blackout all the more heartbreaking..... Put out the next record already!!!

Aftab’s signature line is so cool! Anyone else ever read it and then get the urge to yell, “Hold it! That’s not gonna sell the records!!!”

Love, Devotion, and Surrender, baby!

The more I listened to this, the more I enjoyed those specific tracks I enjoyed the first time around. Here’s hoping the “unknown” musicians on track 2 become more well-known!

Them Not them again!!!

Actually, yes they can! Did you see the URL address for this image? http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00065JTBA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg -_-

Track 2: The guitarist reminds me of Peter Leitch. In fact, were it not for the sax player, I would’ve thought it was something from Up Front, as the drummer sounds like Smitty Smith. So, that’ll be my guess—Leitch & Smith on their respective instruments—even though I have no clue as to who the sax player is.

First base! (edited cuz I got my comedy routines mixed up)

That's gotta hurt. No wonder he was so cranky.

Them. And if not them, then who?

Are the McGriff and Patterson discs available on CD (I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope)?

Then, who played?

That's what I thought, too! I didn't want to say anything until an expert spoke up!

Any good Christmas/holiday greeeeaze out there, in addition to the J.O.S. CD that's coming out?

So, is there a way to hook up a stereo to a PC for music editing? I'm guessing I would need to go from the headphone jack of my stereo (no line-outs in the back, drattit) to the mic jack on the PC. Yes?

Welcome to the board, fellow Texan! Great pictures!

Yeah, me too! Heck, I always make my comments knowing full well that when it comes to my turn, there’s gonna be at least one person who will post something like “Criminey, Al; were ya TRYING to put me to sleep?” I listened to track three again, and I’m glad you guys identified it. At some points, to these ears, the tone of the alto suggested Bobby McFerrin trying to sound like an alto sax. Track four must be interesting enough to quite a few folks. It’s torture to me! Track eight, ehhhhh…. I dunno. I mean, I admire it’s complexity & all, but after a while, I get lost and forget what the heck I’m listening to and it just becomes so much of a blur.

Jack Bruce is still completely full of shit.

My turn for the BFT is coming up and it looks like it’s going to happen right in time for the holidays. I’m going to be making two discs: one for the regular BFT, and then another to be determined. I’m looking for feedback as to which one would get the most responses: A special Christmas BFT, featuring Christmas/holiday songs in mainly jazz settings (along with the occasional left-field track). No elevator/shopping-mall music, I guarantee you! -OR- A disc that I like to call “Short Attention Span Radio,” which is the aural equivalent of changing the radio station every ten seconds and hearing clips of songs. It consists of various guitar/piano/synth/whatever solos, song openings, fadeouts, and other random noise that always jump out at me from a particular song. I’ve had a tape of this for about ten years which I love to listen to, and I thought it would be fun to FINALLY digitize the thing and let y’all guess the contents of the disc. I would start a thread with a blank form, and as people post their guesses, the correct answer would then be posted to the original post (along with the name of the poster who guessed first). There’s no prizes for the most guesses except for the fawning praise of the maker of the disc for having as little a life as me. I’ll wrap up voting when the signup for BFT 21 starts. Thanks for playing!

I need to listen to track 8 again. And track 3. As for track 6, I listened to that track again and.... well, I understand now why the word "Impressions" is in the album title. Very impressionistic. Which, unfortunately for me, doesn't hold my attention for very long!

Yup

Happy Birthday Paul!!!

Two more words which have already been mentioned, but worth repeating: BILLY HIGGINS!!! I'll write more later when I don't have a pounding headache, but suffice to say, the man could play anything, anytime, anywhere, with anyone. And he always sounds so blasted HAPPY when he's playing it!!!!