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BFT 199 Quite a broad range of music here. Something for all tastes, ranging from my friend Dan Gould to me! 1 – Monk cover. Well enough done, but generally I only like Monk by Monk (and I don’t like “Blue Monk” by anybody). 2 – Nice version of “Born to Be Blue”. Not sure who the singer is, but she’s good. 3 – Doesn’t translate for me. 4 – Good guitar player, but don’t care for the rhythm section (too stiff). 5 – “All the Things You Are”. I do like this version. Surely from the 50’s? Would not be shocked if I have this on the shelves somewhere. Was thinking Teddy Charles and Jimmy Raney, but can’t find anything along those lines. 6 – Before my time. “Caravan” 7 – I like this a lot. 60’s? Might be a little later. I know a lot of these songs, but my brain is too scrambled at the moment to place them. 8 – Not a fan of this sort of thing, though (as with everything on the BFT), it’s well done for what it is. 9 – This is lovely for sure. 10 – Works for me. Randy Weston? I know he did a duet album with Billy Harper in the past few years, but I’ve never heard it. Is this from that? 11 – I LOVE this one! Sure hope I have it somewhere, if not, will seek to remedy that ASAP. This (along with the obvious #16) is the pick of the BFT for me. 12 – Caffeine high? I think if I was in the right mood, this would sound good, but it just strikes me as frantic. Not at all taken with the sound of the guitar player, and the organ player seems to be noodling. I do like the trumpet solo. 13 – Found the trumpet player most annoying (sort of like 80’s Miles Davis, when he had lost his chops). 14 – Sounds like something John Lewis cooked up when moonlighting from the MJQ. I like it. Good bass player (Percy Heath?) and good drummer. Another one of those standards my head can’t place today, but I believe it is likely a John Lewis composition. 15 – Good cut for sure, nice trumpet and bass. I imagine it’s a well-ish known trumpet player, who has listened to Don Cherry. I like it, but not sure it is something I would ever get around to pulling off the shelf and listening to a second time. 16 – Well, it certainly sounds like Paul Desmond playing “Take Five”, I assume from the 70’s live recordings with Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, and Jerry Fuller. Great stuff of course. And certainly the rhythm section brought a new excitement. This times in shorter than the version on the original album – is it an alternate take from the Mosaic set?

Me too, and that Paul Quinichette was his VP.

Yeah, this was a most excellent (though lengthy) BFT.

Mine always fit on one CD, doesn't help responses all that much in my case. Just a limited interest topic anymore.

The Milestones were, but not the Prestiges that followed. AFAIK it was.

Looking forward to the reveal, as it is the last day of September!

Beautiful box set musically and aesthetically:

Milestone and Prestige were major jazz labels back in that era. Does anyone here know what their approach was on compensating artists for their albums in the late 60's to mid-70's?

Still my very favorite Bartz release, and still no CD reissue (how did OJC overlook it?). Also excellent Woody Shaw on this one:

Strozier was a most underrated player. Glad he had opportunity to record those SteepleChase albums in the late 70's.

Masterly musician with a diverse recording legacy. Saw him live twice, once at the Tower Theatre in the 70's (his crossover phase, did "Macaroni"), once at the Mill Creek Jazz Society in the 90's (straight ahead with the house rhythm section led by Sid Simmons), and he seemed like a very kind man.

To be honest, it's usually this while I work, Sony boombox with Sennheiser headphones. I'm a big Sennheiser fan. I do have a setup with Klipsch speakers, etc. but rarely get to use it.

I'm thinking that if I get to retire at some point, I'll make a document for my wife to give her some options to consider, depending on her desires and financial condition (which should be OK) and try to specify what's worth selling, and what's not. Also will try to deal with most of the dispostion myself in retirement years if I can. May be that having someone like DustyGroove swoop in and handle it in my absence would be worthwhile. Pennies on the dollar, I know, but at least it's handled then and the music should eventually find good homes. My daughter has said that she wants my collection if I pass, so if that is still the case, that will likely be the disposition, but I'm not totally convinced. She couldn't tell you who Billy Harper, Charles Tolliver, or Lloyd McNeill are . For now, the music keeps me sane and motivated while I work.

Really interesting musician. 89 years old, RIP.

And his Riversides from the early 60's are also really good, well-written and arranged in addition to being well-played.

That's a really good Sam Jones album.

I've found his music interesting at times through the years (love the "Too Late to Stop Now" live set and some of the other early 70's stuff), but he's never struck me as someone I would want to hang out with. But then, he probably wouldn't want to hang out with me, either .

I've thought of doing an entirely 1970s Philly-Centric BFT to honor the stuff I came of age on. Catalyst, The Visitors, Khan Jamal, Byard Lancaster, Rufus Harley, Monette Sudler etc.

Mark, safe for you to assume that buying Heavyweight Champion is pretty essential! 30 pounds on discogs.

Abebooks has one at a good price, and Amazon has some fair prices on them. Well worth picking up.

I'm good with the Heavyweight Champion box (a beautiful set, as are the Ornette and Mingus Atlantic boxes).

Larry Kart's "Jazz in Search of Itself" has some very good writing about the 70's (as well as before and after).

I have the following if anyone has interest in a trade or something: 1 - Johnny Hodges, discs/inserts/book (no box) 2 - Sam Rivers discs/inserts (no box or book) 3 - Joe Pass partial set of discs/inserts (no box, no book) 4 - Kenton Holman/Russo discs/inserts (no box or book)

And a really really good one at that, love the Pharoah Sanders bit.

Thanks so much. Not really familiar with a lot of them, but at those prices and with the funds going to a good cause, I'm in for trying them out.