Jim R

Okay, since I posted that, two others have suggested Woody Herman's band. I did a search, and couldn't find any album title (why do I get the feeling Jim planned it that way ), but I did find this: see: "Sex..." So, it looks like Herman did record it. What I don't quite "get" is why nobody else seems to have recognized the tune (although I'll admit it's not the most distinctive composition). Nobody else had this? Am I THAT old? (don't answer that! )

Damn. It seems I can no longer get KUSP over the airwaves (some contemporary hard rock station is dominating that frequency on this side of the Santa Cruz mountains). At least not tonight. On top of that, my RealPlayer stream kept quitting ("server timed out"). @#$%. I've never had this much trouble with RealPlayer before... listened to Ghost of Miles' program once, and that Gigi Gryce show from NYC that Mike Fitzgerald posted about... but I can't pick up a damn show from 30 miles away. Oh well, it's still good to know that Pete aired this. B)

Yowza! Thanks for the heads up, Jim. I should be paying more attention. I can sometimes pick the station up here over the airwaves (if the proper planets are aligned, the weather is right, and none of the neighbors are doing anything weird ). I may have to go out in the car to listen, if the reception is better out there. Pete is a hell of an organ historian. I wish he was posting here, in fact! I invited him to the BN board once, and he posted a couple of times. Everybody should check out his website, too: The Doodlin' Lounge

FWIW, here's the sequence: RLP 12 242 Monk's Music / Thelonious Monk RLP 12 243 Blues for Tomorrow / v.a. RLP 12 244 Jazz for Lovers / v.a. RLP 12 245 Great Ideas of Western Mann / Herbie Mann RLP 12 246 Duke with a Difference / Clark Terry RLP 12 247 Mulligan Meets Monk / Gerry Mulligan RLP 12 248 Seven Standards and a Blues / Ernie Henry I have one book that says blue labels began with 243, and another that suggests (indirectly) that blue began with 246.

Lyrics? On disc 2, track 11?

Happy Birthday to one of our resident graphics wizards. Have a great day!

Saddam's former handyman was scheduled to add another bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchenette to "the hole", and he specified cash. He never got around to it, because he had "other jobs lined up".

Jim, have yourself a wonderful birthday. Enjoy yourself, do something rewarding, relaxing and fun; something constructive to your overall being, and nourishing to your soul; and by all means do it with the people who are important in your life... ... in the meantime, we'll hang out here and wait 'til you're done.

Earlier in the thread there was a reference to "cartoons" and D1/T2 ("Almost Good"). The only connection I've come up with is that David Seville and the Chipmunks recorded a song called "Almost Good". I don't own it, but if I did, I'd slow that sucker down.

Rather, Brokaw, and Jennings are all now projecting this to be correct. (I wonder if Big Wheel "cheated" the same way I did... )

Clyde McCool Gnubie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 1, 2003 Location: Carpenter Vocation: ? First of all, bare with me hear... I'm sorta new at this. Theirs not a lot of jazz in my collexion yet. Anyways, Jack Slick was nice enuf to send me the DVD, so I'm gonna give this a shot. 1. Interesting. This is Dexter Gordon, playing the Selmer he got from Ben (this was the 7th time he used the horn, and on this day he was using a brand new reed). Obviously one of the private recordings from Holland, with Rein de Graaff on piano, Henk Haverhoek (knew it immediately) on bass, and Eric Ineke on drums. The tune is of course "Mrs. Miniver". This song was named for my aunt. Long story. 2. Wes Montgomery and John Coltrane doing "Impressions". What a coincidence that Jack would choose this. It was recorded in my apartment. Weird night- there was this strange sort of ball of light that came through the window during the recording... almost like Glinda the Good Witch coming to check it out, you know? Wild. 3. Is that Buddy Bolden? Sure sounds like him. Well, I'll add some more later- gotta go to my squaredance practice.

Not a whole lotta MEAT (baby), but this could be SWEET! Uh... I think a few of you guys overlooked this link I posted yesterday. I had already seen the "Ballads" CD compilation at AMG (with the Bellson/Nelson names included), and Jim indicated that he took the track from a non-CD source (pretty obvious the LP is OOP), and gave the hint about the AMG page I linked above. I had been searching for the tune at AMG, and since the LP listing didn't include the song titles, I wasn't finding it that way. So, I Googled™ it and found a King discography, where I got the LP title. Plugged that in at AMG, and voila.

A little research tells me I was wrong. The tracks on that Ubatuqui CD were taken from PJ LP's "Bossa Nova Jazz Samba", "Brasamba", and "Bud Shank And His Brazilian Friends". I just remembered that one of the tracks is a 1962 recording of Clare Fischer's "Pensativa", with Fischer on piano. Made my day, as this has become a favorite tune lately (I knew about it, but must have taken it for granted).

Yeah, Dan... what WERE you doing shopping for CD's on your honeymoon? I NEVER would have done that! Of course, CD's weren't around yet at the time. I might have picked up a few LP's...

Not a whole lotta MEAT (baby), but this could be SWEET!

I bought the Evidence CD version in September of '98. It came out on King (Japan) sometime in '96. Nice disc- with Goldings and Muhammad supporting the guitarists, it was bound to be a winner.

MEAT Jim.... despite the fact that there are no less than 30 tracks listed for that.... I don't see a song title that matches our disc 1 track 5 (isn't it "That's My Desire"?). I do see the "meat" regarding the other two names I mentioned, but they were also listed on the CD I linked, and your link was also to a CD with no LP release data given. I was wondering what LP (since Jim took this track from vinyl) it might have come from... am I confused?

I would be surprised if I was to learn that James Brown had recorded with Louis Bellson's orchestra, and with Oliver Nelson arranging. Anybody (besides Jim, of course) know if that ever happened? As I said, I have never heard a great deal of JB myself. Bits and pieces here and there, but I've never owned an album. It seems plausible to me that this is JB, but frankly I'm going along with the strongly expressed opinions (statements, actually) here that's it is indeed JB. Obviously, that track was taken from an LP, but I wouldn't have the first clue which one. Anybody want to add a little more meat to the bone here?...

Tom, I've attempted to analyze this already, and although there's a minor similarity in the way the note sequence descends and then rises, the notes are not quite the same. Even if they were, we wouldn't have "Ask Me Now" in complete form, but to my ears at least, we don't even have a real snippet. I'll also disagree a bit with the comparisons to "Monk's left hand" on the intro to this. I don't quite hear it. It seems to me Monk's rhythm was typically even more irregular, more playful than this. I still hear more of an Ellington influence (at least in the intro), but then Ellington influenced Monk too, so... At any rate, IMO, for the purposes of this discussion the Monk references are irrelevant to who wrote this particular piece, and who these players are (not that some of them weren't likely influenced by Monk). I think the intro is sort of a seperate entity, in terms of analyzing who and what this is. I hope I said that right... I would almost (but not quite- I'm part Scottish) be willing to put some money down on Horace Silver being involved... (if only as a HEAVY influence on the solo style of this pianist)...

'Fraid not... but it's understandable- you were groggy. I still don't think it's a Monk tune.

Hmm... seeing that John (couw) quoted my last post reminds me of my question. Jim, was I out of line to ask that? Maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit (and/or assuming too much), but since that particular track seemed to have been nailed, I thought I could ask you a "yes" or "no" type question without helping anybody who didn't wish to view the link...

That "I Love Lucy" theme was one of the hippest TV themes of all time, and I actually dug that midi version! Did you guys catch the quotes of "English Country Garden" (a favorite of the bopsters) and "St. Thomas"? Yeah, they messed up a bit including F Troop, but hey- it was the thought that counted. That's one of many shows I haven't seen yet on TVland or Nickelodeon, and it pisses me off!

Here's your chance to poke a little fun at our cherished institution. I don't know why, but the feeling suddenly came over me, and I just couldn't help it... =============================================================================== Jack Slick Groove God Group: Members Posts: 9,347 Member No.: 33.3 Joined: 1-April 03 Location: In the pocket Okay folks, this is the thread to post your reactions to the music I've sent out. Now, listen up. Even though the BF test has only been in existence for a few months, I've spent the better part of 19 years assembling this music for you people. I knew this day would come, and I was PREPARED! Don't be fooled by the fact that there's only one disc- I meant to do that. You see, this is the best of the best, the cream of the cream (or however that saying goes over there in France), the hippest of the hip. Every track was carefully selected over a course of months, tested and retested for suitability. The artists were chosen very carefully to help form a package that would be cohesive (in a subtly diverse way) and set a standard for all future BF tests. I even went so far as to investigate the family histories of each artist, to ensure the proper integrity (and wholesome vibe) for this collection. EVERY song was carefully examined for quality, in terms of compositional structure, group interplay, solo length/quality, recording quality, etc, etc (I could go on forever, so I'll just leave it at that for now). Your task here is to give your honest reaction to the music. You should try to identify what it is you're hearing if possible, but it's just as important to explain and analyze what your PERSONAL reaction is to this music. Detail, detail, detail. EXPRESS yourself here. Essays for each track should be not longer than 1,000 words. =============================================================================== Jazzstronaut Super Fine Groover Group: Members Posts: 18,946 Member No.: 0 Joined: 29-February 03 Location: You mean right now? Whoa, thanks for the disc, Jack Slick! I probably won't get any of these right, but here goes... 1. No clue 2. I like this a lot. 3. Didn't listen to this one 4. Okay 5. Very good 6. Really good 7. Mmmph 8. Cool 9. Is this from "Kinda Blue"? 10. No guess 11. Pretty nice 12. Good 13. 14. 15. I'll try to get to those last three next week. Right now I gotta run- people are signing up for the next test...

It will be great to have you join in, brownie.

Interesting, Jim. I wouldn't have put much of this together (details on disc 1, track 5) without having some of you guys pointing me in the right direction, but what's surprising me a bit are the names being connected here (singer, arranger, orchestra leader). That's assuming that this info is correct, of course. Jim, do they have that drummer/orch leader correct? There are multiple arrangers listed, but I think it's clear now who you're referring to...