Hot Ptah

I have CDs in my car in Kansas City, where summer days can feature 100 degree temperatures with over 70 per cent humidity. I have never had any problems with my CDs.

My first Mulgrew Miller album: Work with Charnett Moffett and Terri Lyne Carrington

My first album by Steve Swallow as a leader: Real Book, with Tom Harrell, Joe Lovano, Mulgrew Miller, Steve Swallow, Jack DeJohnette

Carla Bley is on Liberation Music Orchestra. My first Carla Bley album was Escalator Over the Hill. Musicians (now if this doesn't open up possibilities...) Jack, Parrot-Jack Bruce Leader, Mutant, Voice, Desert Women-Carla Bley Sand Shepherd-Don Cherry Ginger-Linda Ronstadt Ginger II-Jeanne Lee David-Paul Jones Doctor, Lion-Don Preston Viva-Viva Cecil Clark-Tod Papageorge His Friends-Charlie Haden, Steve Ferguson Calliope Bill-Bill Leonard Roomer-Bill Stewart Ancient Roomer-Karen Mantler Loudspeaker-Roswell Rudd Used Woman-Sheila Jordan Operasinger-Rosalind Hupp Nurse-Jane Blackstone Yodelling Ventriloquist-Howard Johnson Therapist-Timothy Marquand Dad-Perry Robinson Phantoms, Multiple Public Members, Hotelpeople, Women, Men, Flies, Bullfrogs, Mindsweepers, Speakers, Blindman-Jane Blackstone, Carla Bley, Jonathan Cott, Sharon Freeman, Steve Gebhardt, Tyrus Gerlach, Eileen Hale, Rosalind Hupp, Jack Jeffers, Howard Johnson, Sheila Jordan, Michael Mantler, Timothy Marquand, Nancy Newton, Tod Papageorge, Don Preston, Bill Roughen, Phyllis Schneider, Bob Stewart, Pat Stewart, Viva MUSICIANS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orchestra (& Hotel Lobby Band) Jimmy Lyons-asx Gato Barbieri-tsx Chris Woods-bsx Michael Mantler, Enrico Rava-tpt Bob Carlisle, Sharon Freeman-fr hn Roswell Rudd, Sam Burtis, Jimmy Knepper-tbn Jack Jeffers-btbn John Buckingham-tu Nancy Newton-vla Karl Berger-vbs Carla Bley-p Charlie Haden-b Paul Motian-d Roger Dawson-cga Bill Morimando-perc Jack's Traveling Band John McLaughlin-g Carla Bley-org Jack Bruce-eb Paul Motian-d Desert Band Don Cherry-tpt Souren Baronian-cl Leroy Jenkins-vln Calo Scott-cll Sam Brown-g Carla Bley-org Ron McClure-b Paul Motian-dumbec Original Hotel Amateur Band Perry Robinson, Peggy Imig-cl Michael Snow-tpt Michael Mantler-vtbn Nancy Newton-vla Howard Johnson-tu Richard Youngstein-b Carla Bley-p Paul Motian-d Phantom Music Michael Mantler-ring modulated and prepared piano, perc Carla Bley-org, cel, chimes, calliope Don

Blind Mamie Forehand's song is one that really stood out for me, as well. Your reaction to the set is quite similar to mine, from an earlier delivery date.

My first John Hicks album was 1979's "After the Morning", on the West 54 label. He is joined by Walter Booker and Cliff Barbaro. I cannot find an online image of the cover.

My first Sonny Rollins recording was a Prestige two-fer, "Saxophone Colossus and More".

I saw Rene Marie live twice. She mixed jazz standards with material that is not usually presented in a jazz show, such as Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne". I found her to be a compelling singer.

Happy Birthday!

I love the names of the countries and oceans on this one.

I saw Mario Rivera with the Brian Lynch/Conrad Herwig Latin jazz band, and he was incredible. A few years later, I saw the same group without Mario, and it was not nearly as interesting a group without him.

No wonder I could not identify anyone. Thanks for a fascinating BFT, which I play in my car for pleasure. I will now have the Reveal on my front seat and refer to it as I listen. I really enjoy this collection of music.

Okay... I (literally) don't have the $$$ to mail out discs, but hopefully jeffcrom or Big Al can help us out here. Yes, I'm the guy now - I'll send him a disc. I will pay for the disc and mailing.

I found a used copy of the CD box set "What It Is/Funky Soul and Rare Grooves". My copy has no booklet. Would anyone with a booklet consider copying it for me, or sending it to me so that I can copy it? I will reward you with items of your choice. Thanks!

I'm in. I am unable to receive downloads--it's a long story. I will have to ask for discs.

That is a nice comment. How does Greil Marcus have access to all 36 CDs of "Really The Blues?" though? I thought that only the first 9 were available, as Volume 1. I have been listening to Allen Lowe's "American Pop: From Minstel to Mojo" collection, and Volume 1 of "Really the Blues?" constantly in the past two weeks, and I have found that my mood heightens as I get into these collections. They are so interesting, so varied and so good, I just find myself feeling happier as I listen to them. Allen's achievements with these sets, and with Devilin' Tune, should not be underestimated. These are amazing sets. He does not take himself very seriously in his posts here, so it is easy to forget the magnitude of what he has produced.

I have been chuckling about this for days now. That "In the Transiition' album--didn't Elvis Costello sing a song on that one as well?

Oh yes, I almost forgot. Jazz also figures into the first date between the NBA superstar and Queen Latifah. He takes her to a small club in which Terrance Blanchard is playing. This is presented as a highly prized, and nearly impossible, task to pull off. He comments that he was able to get them in only because he "knows people." She is highly impressed. If only it was that way in real life.

In our jazz history class at the University of Wisconsin in 1978, Richard Davis told us that it was planned that he was going to become a full time member of Coltrane's group in the winter of 1967-68. This is not as exotic as some of the other suggestions here, I suppose.

Has anyone else seen the new Hollywood romantic comedy, Just Wright, starring Queen Latifah? Jazz figures prominently in the film. Queen Latifah plays a physical therapist who meets an NBA superstar, the two time league MVP from the New Jersey Nets (it's fiction), at a gas station, and they bond over talking about Joni Mitchell's album with Charles Mingus. Later Queen Latifah moves into the NBA superstar's mansion to give him intensive physical therapy for his injured knee. There is a door which he keeps locked at all times and which no one is allowed to go into. We learn later in the film that the mysterious room contains a Steinway piano on which the NBA superstar plays jazz. The room is decorated with classic album cover posters, some from the Blue Note label, John Coltrane's "Lush Life" album, etc. Queen Latifah enters the room, expresses positive feelings about jazz and the NBA guy's playing, and sings the song he is playing on his piano. Later on, the thinner, cuter woman who is Queen Latifah's rival for this guy, asks him to close the door so that she doesn't have to hear his jazz piano playing. She has no interest or feeling for jazz, his passion. This is meant as a clear signal that she is not right for him. I can't remember another light Hollywood film in recent years in which jazz was presented as something so positive, with no derisive remarks about it at all.

No on all counts. I think people will be really surprised by this, but when it's revealed, a few may kick themselves. I am quite surprised that #14 is not Napolean Murphy Brock on vocals. I can remember how he sounded live with Zappa, and it sounds just like him. Wow, who would be a major Napolean Murphy Brock vocal imitator?

I have really enjoyed this Blindfold Test. 1. This sounds like a recent Art Blakey tribute to me. It sounds like they are focusing on the Benny Golson era of the Jazz Messengers. I can't identify any of the players. 2. I like this one a lot. The bassist has such a full, rich tone. Again, I can't identify the players and am really looking forward to finding out who they are. Who would play trumpet for so long in the lower register only, in a free, spare way? 3. I like this one very much too. I don't know who the clarinet player is. I like the bassist's sound. The drummer plays things that remind me of Ed Blackwell at times here. 4. A Dolphy like theme, with a drummer who sometimes has an Elvin Jones sound to me, a trumpeter who reminds me of Lester Bowie at times, and a tenor saxophonist who reminds me of David Murrary. I like this type of thing very much, and think that this is a great performance. 5. Really excellent bass playing, great bowing. I like this one a great deal. I don't know who they are. 6. Interesting guitar player--like Abercrombie or Rosenwinkel, he does not play just the usual patterns. I can't place the saxophonist. 7. What an interesting piece. I like the pianist, and all the players. It sounds like a short burst of Raymond Scott at one point. No idea who this is. 8. Really good. Obviously a Coltrane-ish tenor, but this player has some real depth. The bassist has a full, beautiful tone. I want this album, once I find out what and who it is. 9. This is "Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers" by Steve Kuhn, but I don't know who is singing it. Very interesting piano solo, beyond the mainstream. 10. This one really has me puzzled. The tenor sax player sounds like George Adams in parts of this, and like Jan Garbarek with Keith Jarrett at other times. The pianist has listened to Keith Jarrett, but the playing is too straight to be Jarrett. I don't know! 11. A catchy piece. The trumpeter reminds me of Kenny Wheeler at times, but I am not sure it is him. I don't have any idea who it is. 12. Is this later Sonny Rollins with Tony Williams on drums, plus bass and congas? 13. I like the bowed bass very much, excellent bassist. I have no idea who the singer is. 14. This is Napolean Murphy Brock on vocals--he was the saxophonist/vocalist for Frank Zappa's mid-1970s ensembles. The horns at the beginning have a Zappa influence--whoever arranged them knows Zappa's 'Grand Wazoo" album. It is not a Frank Zappa album though. Is it a George Duke album? That sounds like George Duke on piano. 15. A soulful baritone sax workout. I kept having this feeling that the baritone sax is not this player's main instrument. 16. If it is not Horace Tapscott saying "I am Horace Tapscott", then who is it? I have no idea. 17. A nice vocal. The lyrics almost have to be circa 1970-76. 18. I can't place the tenor sax player. The electronics are interesting. I can't tell if they are made by a keyboard or a guitar. Very intriguing to me. I really liked all of the songs, and loved several. I can't wait for the Reveal! This was a great Blindfold Test, and has given me much enjoyment.

Here is a fantasy I wrote up years ago: John Coltrane Discography 1971-82: 1971: Electronic Communication: with John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Sonny Sharrock, Larry Coryell, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, Larry Young, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Garrison, Jack Bruce, Harvey Brooks, Rashied Ali, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Don Alias, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette (all playing on every cut) 1972: Light as a Lotus Flower: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, Airto, Flora Purim 1973: Love Devotion Surrender: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Larry Young, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, Airto 1974: Live! With Love Devotion Surrender! (3 LP gatefold set) with same lineup as previous year 1975: Talkin' To The People: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Gil Scott Heron, Doug Carn, Wah Wah Watson, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, Mtume 1976: The Happy Trane: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Wah Wah Watson, Lonnie Liston Smith, Jaco Pastorius, Narada Michael Walden, Alex Acuna (sells 1.2 million copies) 1977: The Disco Trane: John Coltrane and a cast of thousands, produced by Donna Summers' producer (sells 3 million copies) 1978: Doin' It Again On The Disco Trane: same as previous year (sells 2.1 million copies) 1979: The Disco Trane Rides Again: same as 1977 (sells 800,000 copies) 1980: no album (spends year meditating in Nova Scotia) 1981: no album (spends year "seeking new direction", discussing many projects in jazz press--all major jazz magazines run multiple cover stories throughout the year on "Where Is Trane?" "Is Trane coming back?" etc.) 1982: Trane Is Back!!!: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Pete Cosey, Dominique Gaumont, Michael Henderson, Al Foster, Mtume (album leads to bitter denunciations by Young Lions of jazz world, who see him as "the problem with jazz")