mikeweil

Just ordered the Onzy Matthews - that's the only one on my wish list from those issues. Sure didn't want to miss it.

I will take the disc on my vacation this week and post after my return - late but still ... I'm getting into that BFT bag again, finally!

So I actually fared better than I thought, getting the Shihab, and, well almost, the Martino ... I must get me that Grachan Moncur record. I had seen him live with Ken McIntyre in the 1990's, somehow he sounded a bit shaky, but this is great! I also saw that Roach band, which was hot as hell ... that studio record was new at the time, and doesn't do them justice. BooBoo Monk - what a talent the music world lost! Never heard of Sam Sherry or lauren Sevian, but will check them out after this, for sure! Some very nice surprises - thanks again!

p.s. Almost overlooked the last three tracks, which I had burned on a second disc ... # 12 - Swift baritone - I don't think this is Adams, Smulyan, or Cuber, or any of the other guys I am familiar with. Interesting player, but I'm not a fan of these fast tempos - the rhythm guys are playing it safe to cope with it. # 13 - 'nother nice track I'm very curious about. The bass solo is a bit long for my taste, kind of anti-climatic, but otherwise, very good. Trumpeter has a nice sound. # 14 - my concentration is gone - sorry ... nice big band track, but I have no idea who they are. p.p.s. thanks for your understanding - and I indeed missed the last three and like # 13 - Just me, of course .... Read your comment only after I had added the last three.

Better late than never ... before I hit the road for one week of vacation, my guesses for BFT 89. # 1 - Sounds like a European recording to me - but the bass sounds more recent in sound conception than the rest of the band. A wild guess would be Sahib Shihab with the Boland rhythm section - bongos and vibes make think of Sadi Lallemand. Nice jazz waltz. # 2 - The type of jazz I do not listen to very much these days - trumpeter has a nice mellow sound, makes me think of Tom Harrell, but I can't recognize anybody here. # 3 - Judging by the bass sound this must be a recent recording - with an old style bass sound I would like this much better. I'd guess the horns are rather younger players trying older stylistics. Not really convincing. # 4 - I have heard this before! 1970's recording? Or is just the tune? Pat Martino? (the tune, I mean ...) Not many organ groups used a flute. # 5 - Another typical 1970's product - modal jazz with a hard blowing alto saxist. He starts his solo promisingly, but screams too much for my taste - I'd have preferred if he developped his melodic ideas. Tyneresque piano with a left hand rhythmically not quite in sync with the right. Oh, I've heard this type of music too many times ... # 6 - Quite a mix - Calypso feel with the bassist playing a mix of generalized Latin and more old-fashioned Cuban style, drummer mixing Calyspo and Brazilian Xaxado etc. ... another pianist with rhythmic coordination problems. This bassist likes early Stanley Clarke, reminds me a bit of Cecil McBee. I wonder who it is playing conga later in the track. Not too bad for non-percussionist. That flutist is nice, sounds to me like he knows what he's doing. # 7 - Another 1970's recording? Would like to hear more and know who the singers are ... A bit energetic, but that's how these times were. # 8 - Some more peaceful music, at last (okay, that's my personal preference these days ...). Trombonist reminds me of Julian Priester, but I wouldn't bet my hat it is him. Saxist plays a bit like Bennie Maupin, but with a different, sharper sound. Nice horn voicings - my favourite track so far. Who is this? Very nice how they build that piece of music. No that isn't Priester - he wouldn't bend his notes like the trombonist at the end of the track does. # 9 - Back to 1970's wild modal sytistics ... too wild for me today. # 10 - You really seem to like that type of post-Coltrane modal jazz - this one comes directly from later Trane. Oh well ... # 11 - Very nice closing number, at least for my taste - beautiful low-toned brass - sounds almost like a bass trumpet, or is this a valve trombone? Okay, I'm more in the mood for these reflective mood pieces at this moment. This and # 8 are my favorites. Thanks a lot for compiling - it's not your fault that many of these numbers do not fit my current state of mind. The two I mentioned, I will check out for more, and the vocalists.

I will take it with me on my vacation next week ...

Yes it's not an "exciting" album. But it is a very nice listen. If you want some relaxed but nonetheless engagingly played Brailian music, this is very nice - the whole album plays when you go to his website.

Updated!

Turns out Johnson plays only on te first two discs, Paris, Belgium, and Gothenburg.

Stitt and Patterson was a great pairing - Patterson always inspired Stitt to good, no-nonsense playing. I have only the second of the two Delmark CDs, but I can recommend it. They are pretty much like the Stitt-Patterson albums on Prestige.

I absolutely love this album, but this is a modern style conga drum with metal tuning lugs, not what I had in mind - I think of low technology drums, from any continent.

Spinning this right now - I very much prefer that close recording to any artificial reverb etc. .... the band is standing right in my living room. Lovelle ist staying out of the way, that's all, IMHO ... I like this album a lot. They audibly had a ball recording it.

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Oh yeah!!!

1. Blue Nun 2. Nermus 3. Village Blues 4. Azure 5. Coming Home 6. Concepts In Blue 7. Mohawk ... but I also saw this with the same tracklist as the other: 1. Squatty Roo 2. Tribute to Louis Armstrong: When It's Sleepy Time Down South/Confe ... 3. Them There Eyes 4. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Fine bass player - saw him many years ago when he was a member of Double Image (David Friedman & Dave Samuels). This here is a bit short, but very well done, and features some really inspired playing by Dave Sanborn this side of Fusion:

Guy, Where was this previously listed as a Brew Moore date? In the Walter Bruyninckx Discography it is listed under Moore's name, other personnel unidentified, with the tracks that Michael Fitzgerald has.