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Thank you. I will send you a private message.

While I was exchanging emails with this English seller about whether they would ship this CD to the United States, someone else bought it. Was it a member of this board? If it was, could I get a CD-R copy from you? My LPs are in storage until I am able to move into a place where I can set up my stereo, so I can only listen to CDs at the present time.

He was one of the nicest and most interesting contributors to this board.

Thank you, that is helpful information.

Wow Dan, your Blindfold Test is really good, and really difficult!

I am looking for Abdullah Ibrahim's Ekaya album on CD. The cover looks like this: If anyone has a CD of this album which they are willing to part with, we can discuss the amount then. I think it was only released once on CD, in the late 1980s.

As I have lived in Kansas City since 1982, I had regular opportunities to see Jay McShamn live. I saw him perform more than 20 times. He was a much more versatile pianist than the blues and boogie which may come to mind when one thinks of him. He performed a lot of material live which was like this “Round Midnight”.

I have played this Blindfold Test once. I recognize many of the song titles but almost none of the artists yet. I am going to give this BFT some more careful listens. That will be a pleasure, as this BFT could be used as a very enjoyable playlist for a car trip or an evening at home. I know the first song though. It is Jay McShann performing "Round Midnight". It is the opening track on the Sackville LP, "Kansas City Hustle." That is one of my favorite Jay McShann albums. I think it was reissued on CD in a compilation package with other albums. I have that CD set too, but am away from my CD collection and have not dug it out yet.

As always, you put together an enjoyable and fascinating BFT. I actually listened to Nancie Banks albums a few years ago but somehow failed to remember this track. I found her albums to show evidence of a unique perspective. She should be better known. i have often read about Pentangle but never heard them before, to my knowledge.

I also attended the April 29: NOJHF, Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya with Terence Blanchard. My other favorites were: Spanish Harlem Orchestra Brian Blade Quartet at the Kansas City Jazz Festival (Memorial Day weekend) Jack DeJohnette : Hudson (John Scofield, John Medeski and Larry Grenadier) Jack DeJohnette with Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison Herbie Hancock with Lionel Loeke, James Genus, Terrace Martin and Vinnie Colaiuta.

I mailed a check to Jim in early 2017 in the U.S. Mail. It is not reflected in the total shown on the board, and I am not listed as a donor for 2017. So it is at least possible that the amount received is greater than what is shown on this board.

Oh wow. I like to think that I can identify Richard Davis, as I have heard him so often live. But I did not identify him! Is Track 5 from this album? If so, the drummer is Thelonious Monk, Jr. If it is that album, I had never heard it before, to my knowledge.

It is very interesting to hear Earl Grant. I have seen his albums often in used record store bins over the years but never bought any. I don't think I had ever heard his playing before this Blindfold Test. Thanks for sharing his music.

I am embarrassed that I could not identify Wild Bill Davis and Hampton Hawes. I have seen that Northern Windows album cover in used record stores hundreds of times, but never bought it. I should have! Thanks for a great Blindfold Test, fun and enjoyable from start to finish!

I saw the edition with Valeri Ponomarev, Bobby Watson, David Schnitter, James Williams and Dennis Irwin. They were the very last act in the four day 1978 Ann Arbor Jazz Festival, beginning their set after midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning. I also saw the Jazz Messengers more than once at Milwaukee's Jazz Gallery in the 1980-82 period. The band was Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Billy Pierce, James Williams and Charles Fambrough. I spoke to Bobby Watson at a Kansas City jazz festival around 2005, and mentioned that I had seen the band with a young Wynton Marsalis at the Jazz Gallery in Milwaukee. The band all wore denim bib overalls, and Wynton had a big scraggly beard. Bobby Watson told me that I had seen the fourth gig that Wynton ever performed with the Jazz Messengers. He also said that the band met Brian Lynch in the club that night for the first time. He later joined the band At the Jazz Gallery, Art introduced all of the members of that band at some length. When he got to Charles Fambrough, he said, "he was playing with McCoy Tyner, but he decided to come with us, because he wanted to play some JAZZ!" The unmistakable premise of what Art was saying, is that McCoy Tyner's music was not jazz. I went to the restroom between sets at the Jazz Gallery. Art was standing in the doorway as I walked past. I was surprised at how short he was. He played with such power, and was physically not a large man.

1. This is "New York" from the Dreams album, released in 1970. The band included Billy Cobham, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker and John Abercrombie. 3. This is Woody Shaw's composition "The Moontrane." In addition to Woody's recording of it, Dexter Gordon recorded it on his Sophisticated Giant album. I do not know who is performing it here. 11, That is Tim Buckley. I had his Happy Sad album when I was in high school, in the early 1970s. His voice is unmistakable.

Tomorrow would be a good time for the answers.

You richly deserve it, Allen.

One isolated anecdote, for what it is worth. My parents and I visited my brother's home on Thanksgiving. My brother had a guest there who is a volunteer DJ on a not-for-profit community FM radio station in Kansas City. My 84 year old mother asked him what a community radio station is. He told her about the volunteer aspect of it, and how it survives on listener's contributions during semi-annual fund drives. Then he said, "we started the station thirty years ago. Back then it was based mostly on jazz and blues programming. But as those audiences passed away, and those musics died out, we have switched mostly to indie rock for our programming." He is a nice guy, with a very thoughtful radio program. He thought he was just describing well known facts.

No, I would think it was great.

Yes, I have heard that--an excellent album!

I was so taken with Track 14 that I cheated and did some internet investigation. It is James Moody from his 1973 album “Sax and Flute Man” on the Paula label. I was not familiar with the album. I have many Moody albums and saw him live several times and have not heard him play this soulfully before.

Is #11 Don Shirley? Some of the playing reminds me of his recordings. #9 is so interesting, going from almost classical to funk. Is that the same bass player on both sections? If so, there are not that many who could do it. #12 reminds me of a time when I saw Joe Sample live. #14 is James Taylor’s “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight.” What a soulful saxophonist!

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