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Fred Anderson Fred Frith Fred Wesley

Tucker Carlson (sorry...) Tuck (of Tuck & Patti) Minnesota Fats

Oh geez, we are such sensitive motherfuckers aren't we now. This chick here walks up to you at the beach and says "Let's go." You don't know her from Kelly Ripa or Kelly Springfield, or Tom Kelly for that matter. all you know is that this is what it is. Right now, and then...game over. A show of hands please - in a disease free, pregnancy-proof, unmarried/otherwise committed world, who among the heterosexual penistic among us is gonna say, "Nah, I don't think so, you're too SKINNY" or "uh, if I didn't think you might be really ANNOYING" or "go away, baby, I don't fuck PERKY chicks"? C'mon, be honest now, this is fantasy, listen to your dick, not your TV, That's what I thought. And for the record, I thnk she's fine enough, but terribly, fatally annoying. But I ain't talking about that, and neither, I think, is SS1... i hear ya. and to be quite honest, i'm lucky if i can get a woman to sit and drink coffee w/ me, let alone... you know. so i should really just shut up. she's ten times the catch i'll ever be... kelly ripa: total hottie!

The King (& His Court) Albert King MLK

for the record: she's too skinny for me. plus, she's annoying as hell. but maybe she could front me some cash...

just finished this: very fun/interesting read if you've ever gone through any kind of Grateful Dead phase - even a short one. also a decent read if you're just a regular rock-music-listening-joe who's interested in the scene. my (short) review of it will be coming out on/in Blurt! soon. am back to reading this now: i love me some Gaitskill! she's a great, great writer. i'm not as blown away by this as her 1st set of stories Bad Behavior, but their kicking my ass just the same. she's a bad ass writer.

For what it's worth, Julian Lee of Australia was the arranger for both Limelight albums that matched The Sounds with a larger group. Of course, I have no idea what he meant by sounding UK or Euro in the arranging, but then again, as I said in Disc 1, "This Joint's Too Hip For Me". 3. Three More Sounds – John Brown’s Body (traditional) A Musical Tribute to Gene Harris (BP) Bobby Pierce, piano, Carl Burnett, drums, Henry Franklin, bass I finally got this CD via half.com just before Christmas and found it highly enjoyable. Interesting to hear Bobby Pierce on piano, along with two late-era members of the Three Sounds. I don't think they tag the ending too long at all. 4. Ray Brown Trio, You Don’t Know Me Live in CA circa 1987 Gene Harris, piano, Ray Brown, bass Jeff Hamilton, drums Jim was right that this is a GH boot - I found this recording on a site advertising some type of microphone. They wanted to give an example of the kind of sound guys who sneak recording devices into clubs could get. What I got out of it is what I consider an all-time Gene Harris/Ray Brown performance, equaling or surpassing his official recording of "Summertime". If some part of you doesn't start moving and keep moving from about 8:30 to the end of this one, you have to be dead. 5. Tad Weed, I’m Walkin’ (Fats Domino) A tribute to Gene Harris (All Story Records) Weed, piano Our final Gene/Not Gene track may be a surprise to some, as Weed is apparently much better known as a more avant type of player. But he is a Michigan guy, and so was Gene, and so he put together a very nice tribute disc that I am glad I own. He definitely shows he has chops to spare and does a very nice job with a program inspired by GH. 6. Houston Person – Ron Carter, Meditation (Jobim) Just Between Friends (HighNote) I came oh so close to picking "Blueberry Hill" from this CD as a match with "I'm Walkin'" but finally switched in the belief (implied by the liners) that a bass and tenor playing a bossa was a challenging proposition. Regardless, Houston Person and Ron Carter are a match made in heaven and I recommend any of their duo recordings. 7. Ryan Kisor, The Sidewinder (Lee Morgan) The Sidewinder (Video Arts) Sam Yahel, organ, Peter Bernstein, guitar, Willie Jones III, drums I really thought that "The Sidewinder" played with organ would throw some people off, but most got this one. I should probably find an image of the "sexyass leg cover" as Jim described it. 8. Tete Montoliu – Autumn Leaves I Wanna Talk About You (Steeplechase) With Hank Mobley, tenor sax, George Mraz and Al Foster Well, here is the "surprise" of this disc - as I presume most of you know, this was Hank Mobley's final recording, from 1980. It was set up as a sort of audition for a possible contract with Steeplechase, having him sit in during a Tete Montoliu trio session but it was decided that Hank's playing wasn't good enough. When Steeplechase put Montoliu's recording out on CD, they added this as it was apparently the one tune Hank recorded that was regarded as worthy of release. I honestly thought Hank's tone was recognizable enough, but only Jim S. recognized it. Some of you may recall a lengthy discussion way back when of the picture of a balding Hank that was included in the insert of the CD, as some of us used Hank's eyes as a window into his soul. The unextinguishably soulful Hank Mobley. 9. Jack Walrath – Lil’ Stinker (Walrath) A Plea for Sanity (Stash) Walrath, trumpet, Michael Cochrane, piano, Anthony Cox, bass Not a terribly popular track, but I wanted to go with something with a little different instrumentation, and Michael Cochrane on piano is always a bonus as far as I am concerned! 10. Dexter Gordon & Al Cohn – On The Trail Silver Blue (Xanadu) Dex and Al - a classic combination, one of the great recordings in each discography, imho. As I mentioned, this is available from the Andorrans, and if I had to buy one of their releases, this would be it. The Silver Blue and True Blue sessions are excellent. 11. Rob Schneiderman – Smoke Screen (Lynch) Dark Blue (Reservoir) Schneiderman, piano Brian Lynch, trumpet Ralph Moore tenor sax Lewis Nash, drums Peter Washington bass Another one of those moody, late-night blues that I love so much to wrap things up. Thanks again to everyone, and even though the answers are now posted, I do hope that the half dozen folks who asked for downloads but didn't participate will still take the time to post in the discussion threads, even if they've read through the answers. #1-5 (gene/not gene). 4 outta 5. not bad. i guess that big band setting for gene threw me off. i hadn't heard him in that context before. i guess McConnell lifted a lot of stuff from Hefti's arranging bag (who didn't?). i really thought that was the Boss Brass. and that version of "You Don't Know Me" is just amazing. #6. i've heard Person live but don't own any recordings by him. excellent player. i guess i'm the only one here who didn't particularly care for Carter's playing on this one? #7. yeah - Bernstein is the man. i really thought this was Stewart on drums. i'm not too hot on kisor's playing here. oh well. #8. Mobley is awesome but i'm not surprised i didn't recognize him. i haven't spent that much time w/ him. but it's wild that i thought this was a baritone player. interesting... #10. thanks so much for turning me onto this Dan. awesome. great job Dan. thanks again.

Whereas thedwork said Guess this is one of those rare Wynton performances Jim approves of …or else the Ambien was really kicking in. Interesting too that Soul Stream ID’d the players as “older” … as for me, I am a sucker for this kind of slow mood-invoking blues, and as these quotes show, hearing a Wynton performance without knowing who it is can sometimes lead to surprising reactions. And kudos to thedwork for recognizing Wynton and Warm Daddy Anderson! thanks for the kudos dan. these BFTs are fun. enjoyed/enjoying the current one (Bill's) too. 1. Betty Hall Jones. never heard of her before. put me down as one who liked this track. it cracked me up, and i thought the sidemen, whoever they were, all sound great. 2. Love this track and i never woulda guessed billy higgins. but unlike others here, i also never woulda guessed Dr. John. i didn't even know Higgins sang. am i reading your post correctly?: he's drumming and singing at the same time on this track? that's fucking unbelievable. i know lots o' guys do that (levon helm, guy from Pillars & Tongues, etc...) but this is really something man... 3. for some reason this track doesn't do anything for me. 4. Don Wilkerson. never heard of him before this BFT. killer. does nobody else here his screams at 2:22 - 2:34 sound like pre-James Brown? anyone know if Brown checked out Wilkerson? nice track. 5. Beyond beautiful. 6. Major discovery for me this one. Thanks a lot for this one Dan. "Everyone should dig Johnny Adams." damn right. 9. I've got one Otis Rush CD and have heard stuff here and there and have always liked him. didn't care for this track. 10. yeah - didn't really care for this track. but man, that piano player really reminded of Goldings. 12. Love Edwards. for some reason didn't get turned on by this track. 14. Sweet! i knew i was gonna kick myself for not gettin' some of this rhythm section. Dennis Irwin was the man! what a great musician/guy he was. sorely missed. looks like i was probably right about it being a 'NYC' recording? don't know why i wrote that, just feels like it to me... and i've never heard LeDonne on piano before. he's a killin' organ player. 15. yup - wynton, warm daddy and co. nice arranging. that chord at 5:40 - that shit is nasty! nice... thanks Dan! will be checking out the answers on disc 2 tomorrow...

here goes: 1. Hmm. My computer speakers that I’m listening on aren’t the best so I can’t tell if this is a drum/guitar duet or whether there’s also something of a bass pedal throughout. Anyway, boy/girl’s got some chops on geetar for sure. I don’t find it particularly fun/interesting to listen to however. No accounting for taste. Lots of similar licks going around. Certainly influenced by Metheny here and there. Maybe a rare recording of Metheny and Moses from way back in the day - 1969? That snare drum sounds like a single piece of notebook paper flapping in the wind. 2. Beirach and Herwig? Beautiful, searching music and deeply blue - dark blue that is. There’s a part in there that reminds me of "Porkpie Hat." And earlier, a line that sounds like an unintentional quote from “You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch” at 0:35 - 0:38! I don’t have their record but the piano playing here in particular brought Beirach to my mind pretty quickly. What a master musician he is. I’ll have to seek… 3. No idea really but here’s a guess: Michael Moore. I don’t know his playing that well except from a Clusone Trio cd I have. He’s brilliant on that. I love the bass clarinet. That’s what that is - right? One of my favorite sounds. Sounds like some kind of traditional Hebrew melody stuff going on here. Zorn? I like this track a lot. 4. Yea! Sounds like a recording Claude Bolling would’ve made if he were any good at improvising creative music (apologies to the Bolling fans here). Random stab: Fred Londberg-Holm? Great track. That ending is HILARIOUS!!! 5. 1st impression is definitely Dave Douglas though I don’t have this recording. Tiny Bell Trio?! I like this track a lot. 6. Gonna guess Brad Shepik on this track ’cuz of the previous track. I really loved Lingua Franca but most of his other stuff - “world music” stuff - leaves me pretty indifferent. just like this track. 7. Damn!!! Beautiful straight-ahead playing. Super fine. Wicked tone - is that a soprano? I thought it was a clarinet for a while. No guess except to say that it makes me think that if Getz played soprano he’d maybe sound like this. I have the feeling I’m gonna kick myself for not knowing this rhythm section… 8. Julius Hemphill? Terrific music. 9. The general vibe of this is very familiar to me but I can’t place it. It’s killin’ me! Trumpet player is spectacular. It’s not Cherry, right? Roy Campbell?! Great stuff here. 10. Drake & Parker? Don’t know the piano player. Another fine track. It’s got that thing where it’s free but it’s also a groove tune. Very nice. 11. Not Gene Harris? Ha! Don’t know this one… 12. I got nuthin’ here… Bill! Great little collection of music, although I didn’t recognize one tune (maybe some players though?…)! Thanks. I’m off to check out the earlier posts…

yeah. i got my cd already looking forward to being stumped. the last one i felt like i recognized a few players, but from my cursory listen to this new one, looks like i'll be blowin' in the wind...

an old friend of mine lives and plays around denver regularly: Dominic lalli. great saxophone player. if he's playing w/ his jazz group (occasionally including rudy royston or ron miles) anywhere around where you're at you should try to get in on it. he also plays in a kind of dance/trance/party/hiphop/groove thing which is fun too but a whole other bag that may not what you're looking for...

hey bill. hope this isn't a drag but i'd prefer a 'hard' copy CD-R. i can private message you my address or however you guys do it. Dan has my address from the last BFT as well. looking forward to some more fun listening and all...

i'd like to be in on it Bill. looking forward to seeing about a few things on BFT #64 soon. they're fun...

Otto von Bismarck Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius Gaius Octavius Ludicrus Sextus Augustus Egg Whitey Mitchell glen

Henry Chinaski Sandra Oh Sandy Dennis

Red Rodney Rod Carew Rod Morgenstein

damn straight man. for me, that's the one. i knew Rourke was a special actor the first time i saw that back in the day. it's a film/performance that tends to polarize people. love it or hate it kinda thing. i loved it. it's detractors say that Rourke was way, way over the top in his performance but i didn't see it that way. and after i saw the Bukowski documentary Born Into This many many years after internalizing the film Barfly i felt that vindicated in my sense that it was indeed not over the top. if anything it was maybe a little timid. people who didn't enjoy it also thought it wasn't funny when it was trying to be (or they didn't even know it was going for the laugh). i thought it was very funny when it was trying to be and struck a good balance. i always figured for sure that would be his greatest performance. now we've also got The Wrestler! and it's the last great thing i can think of faye Dunaway doing. plus it's one of the most endlessly quotable movies i know of: "So - you hired a dick to find an asshole." "The last time you ever paid for a drink... was the first time." or maybe my favorite bit and probably the most classic: Wanda: I can't stand people, I hate them. Henry: Oh yeah? Wanda: Do you hate them? Henry: No... but I seem to feel better when they're not around. then later in the movie: Wanda: I hate the police, don't you? Henry: I don't know, but I seem to feel better when they're not around. a taste if interested: Barfly: The Fuel Scene

i also was pulling for Rourke for the oscar, and i thought he deserved it. the fact that it was Penn who won instead, with his mentioning of Rourke in particular at the end of his acceptance speech, took some of the sting out of it - as well as taking some guts to do because i believe it is customary to either acknowledge all the other nominees, or none at all, and it considered uncouth to do otherwise. Penn is a master performer and recognized that he should acknowledge Rourke's performance as being a special one. that's how i saw that anyway... very good review alexander (Spoiler Alert!!!) The Wrestler totally blew me away. at the end of the movie i had tears streaming down my face. i couldn't think straight for a good 5-10 minutes after the credits ended. it really got to me. this kind of work is why film is beautiful and important. for anyone who's ever had real thoughts about giving up (in the final analysis, that's what the film is about: giving up) not only on their dreams, but their life, this movie is brutally - and thankfully - unsentimentally direct and on target imo. everyone involved nailed it. ROURKE!!!

that acronym just may show up on The Daily Show (anyone remeber NILF? it was about Fox News if i remember...) but seriously - that's too bad about Chambers. she was still pretty young really. it's a shame...

amen to that... Ginger Baker Jon Lord Lord Buckley

william jefferson clinton blind lemon jefferson jefferson airplane

Willie "The Lion" Smith Willie Mays Lyle Mays

seen it - good to go.

It would -- but we can also set it up digitally (if Al doesn't want that burden, I can take it) for you. that's great thom. whatever works. i'm really looking forward to doing one. going through my cd collection to choose material will be like a kid at the candy store. so many cds that have been unduly neglected for no other reason besides the mathematics of time. we'll talk more after i find out when i'm doin' it and the time draws nearer...

"the dworkin." i'll keep an eye out or send me a private message and we can talk about it. as far as the whole discussion on the hows and whys and ifs of the BFT here, i'm too much of a newbie here to feel like i should be saying what's what.