Big Al

I turned 40 this year, but that's in US years, so I'll take Montreal in 30.

{{{sigh}}} It's finally happened: I missed a track that I have in my collection....

Lester Young Verve Box, discs 2 & 3

GET IT!!! Oh.... [scroll, scroll, scroll] You got it. GOOD!!!

Not yet! My Procrastinator-of-the-Year plaque isn't on the floor leaning against the wall for nothing.

{{{sigh}}}

JAM SESSIONS IN SWINGVILLE (Prestige P-24051, reissue of Swingville 2024 & 2025) with Hawk, Pee Wee Russell, and many MANY others!

Milt Jackson VIBRATIONS (Atlantic stereo SD 1417) Changed my mind: Elvin Jones PRIME ELEMENT, record 2 with George Coleman, Lee Morgan, & Joe Farrell. Whoa!!!!

Really???? I may have to listen to this then. When I saw Burnett's name, I thought it was going to sound more like Sugarcane, which sounds nothing like Momofuku, which is not a bad thing just a personal preference is all.

Who'da thunk there'd be a time when the Cows had a worse record than the Lions????

Anyone hear EC on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" this past weekend? Very funny! Approaching this with no small amount of trepidation. Didn't care for "Sugarcane," and it took me forever to like "KOA." Ah well, if I gotta wait through these albums to get to the rockin' stuff (like MOMOFUKU) it's worth it, I s'pose.

I thought the Cowboys were the NFC's version of the Raiders. Unless, of course, Jerry Jones has finally succeeded in dethroning Al Davis as the World's Worst NFL Owner. In which case, the Raiders are now the AFC version of the Cows.

"New Dehli" James Clay DOUBLE DOSE OF SOUL. I like it when a track just catches you by surprise like this one did.

Why, thank you, comrade!!!

Y'know, I think I shoulda just copied & pasted alex's answers. How rare is it that Glenn Miller is guessed in a BFT (I mean BESIDES on my own BFT's!), much less twice, even lesser on the same TRACK??? alex, if you're booted outta the BFT, you're gonna have company. Trust me!!!!

Hear we go! Track 1: Not every time a BFT starts off with a big ol’ WTF from me, but WTH! No clue, and I’m sorry to say that it sounds like they ran out of music and just started going in 100 different directions at once. Track 2: Sounds like an old old OLD Benny Goodman record. There was a time when I might could’ve been able to ID this. I hate it when tastes change, cuz they’re not always for the better. Track 3: Man, you sure dig you some clarinet! And the only ones I know are Goodman, Shaw, & DeFranco. So, um, DeFranco? Only cuz I’ve already guessed BG and this doesn’t sound like a Shaw record. Oh, but that SO sounds like Sweets! Sheesh, got me here (like that’s a difficult task!) OH, that break sounded like Max Roach! And I don’t hear a piano! Alright, final answer is a Max Roach group! There! Now, I can reserve DeFranco for another guess! :lol Track 4: Now THIS sounds more like a Shaw record! Wait, no it doesn’t. It sounds like Bags. OH heavens, you know what this reminds me of? The Benny Goodman Sextet record that came out in the late 40’s early 50’s on Columbia. This isn’t that record (I’ve got that one memorized within the fabric of my being), but I will go ahead and play the Goodman card again and say this is from the same era! Track 5: And the clarinet madness continues! Gotta love it! No clue here, as usual, but I love the fleet-fingered playing of said reedman! Maybe an early Ellington small group? Jimmy Hamilton! Duh, how could I leave that name out of the list of clarinetists? Oh yeah, cuz I’m as clueless about jazz today as I was when I first started listening years ago. {{{sigh}}} Track 6: The phrasing kinda reminds me of Glenn Miller (could I get any more whitebread?), which means I love it! Wait, that phrasing sounded like a Riverside recording (gotta love that Plaza Sound echo!). I really have no clue what I’m talking about. Hopefully, someone is getting a good chuckle or glomming some semblance of entertainment value outta this! Track 7: Man, this one’s making me sleepy. Track 8: OUCH!!! There are dogs outside my office window screaming at me right now!!! Track 9: HERE we go!!! Great swing! Love it! Gonna say a Basie band! Track 10: Hey! I’ve heard this song in various Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes! But I don’t recall this being on the Raymond Scott compilation that came out years ago. For that matter, I’m not even sure it’s a Scott band. Or that the song is a Scott composition! It just reminds me of “Powerhouse!” Track 11: A very nice “Day Dream.” Boy, is this being a fantastic lesson in clarinet! Track 12: Steve Lacy from Evidence? Which is worse: guessing something so obviously incorrect or not guessing at all? Track 13: YES!!!! I KNOW THIS ONE!!!! WOO HOO!!! I’M GONNA GET ONE RIGHT!!! YES YES YES!!!! That’s Pres barely playing his old clarinet! Track 2 from this album! Ahhhhhhhhh! I may just stop here and savor the moment! This rarely happens! Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!! Of course, it occurs to me that probably everyone else is gonna get this one, but I don’t care! BFT tracks guessed is BFT conquered! Hee hee hee hee Track 14: No clue. But did you see that I got track 13 right???? HOO HAH!!! Track 15: Y’know, I remember this starting, but for some reason I thought I was still on track 14. What can I say? They sound like they’re from the same album! Track 16: I’ll bet this was fun to watch, record, and play. I wish it were as fun to listen to. Track 17: MMMMMM!!!!! Love grooves like this! Maybe a Jack Teagarden group? Track 18: No clue. Good enough, I guess. Not the biggest fan of solo clarinet but this is melodic and could certainly be a WHOLE lot worse! Nice peaceful way to end the show!

Shweet! Good rule of thumb: never pass up a good deal on some good Red!

I gotta go back and listen to tracks 11 & 12 again! Lotsa great stuff on here! A very nice BFT, Mr. Weiss!!!

Well, I finally got around to listening and of course I didn't know anything. Some groovy comments contained herein, and I love it that you're playing on the last track because that was a groovy closer! Really enjoyed tracks 1 thru 7, 8 thru 12 not so much, and 13 of course! Now to go see the answers!

Very nice! The conga is an added treat!

Just down the road from you, isn't it, Bev? Correct, or as we like to say around here, "just down the road a-piece."

The game has lost one of the greats. RIP

I love a good Red Garland intro, when he hits a groove and rides it for like three hours! Somebody mentioned "Soul Junction" earlier, a very worthy tune, but my FAVORITE, the one that I'll take with me on a long drive cuz it's perfect for night driving, is "Sweet Sapphire Blues." I mean, Red just jump-starts that bad boy and doesn't let ANYONE disrupt his groove for a good solid ten minutes or so, doesn't waste a note, doesn't repeat any tired riffs, just swings the ever-lovin' goodness outta that mutha!!!!

I just need to get outta Texas for an extended period once in my life...

One of these days I'm gonna realize you're not referring to Mansfield, TX.