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A strong second on those thoughts. Nothing more discouraging than to put in the hours preparing these, and have crickets in response. Really nice to have people at least checking it out. Also agree with Dan's assessment that his BFT is a really nice way to pass 90 minutes or so. All go down easy on the ears in foreground or background. Here are some of my thoughts on some of the cuts: 1 - "Watermelon Man" - not something I would listen to. 2 - "Song for My Father" - no such thing as a bad version of this song, and the pianist certainly has the Horace thing down. 3 – Nice big band version of this Horace Silver classic. I know the tune well, but am going blank! 6 – Tuba power? Later Gil Evans? 8 – Lively, I like this one. 9 – “Little Sunflower” really nice solo piano version. I LOVE any version of this beautiful Kenny Barron song. Here’s where our tastes best intersect! 11 - “Tin Tin Deo”. Classic line. Sonny Criss, maybe? Really good alto player whoever it is. Our tastes also definitely intersect here. 12 – “Well You Needn’t”. Nice version, though I mainly like to hear Monk done by Monk.

My Sixers if they can get their freakin' act together. They're not all on the same page right now. BTW, watch Matisse Thybulle play D when he comes back. He and Tobias Harris are class acts, very mature and good people. Jojo still has much growing up to do. Such a talent, needs to play smart and bring it every night. Simmons has so much talent, but still can't make a jumper or consistently sink free throws. Richardson and Horford show flashes of what they can mean to this team, but also disappear for games at a time. They miss the sniper mentality/ability that Redick brought to the team. Yep. Atlanta got a young guy averaging 27 a game and another decent first round pick in the trade, and still lost the trade by a mile.

Great sound given the age and locale. Excellent music, well worth the investment.

I also got the CD from Mosaic via pre-order, thx.

First off, glad your wife is recovering - what a frightening occurrence! Great work on the BFT. You were the only one who got Moncur (and even the label!), and the only one who showed any love for the Auger cut. Glad to have introduced you to the Visitors. They did four albums on Cobblestone/Muse, but only this one made it to CD. Young Stanley Clarke on bass BTW. Kenny Cox is the man on #2. Catalyst (#6) was another Philly band who made four albums for Muse, same as the Visitors. Odean Pope on oboe, Sherman Ferguson on drums. By all means please check out Schneider, start anywhere! My main man Carlos Garnett on tenor on the Blakey/Shaw cut. Don't know why he doesn't get more acclaim than he does. This is a treasure. Thanks again!

Thanks Tim. Thom and I have very similar tastes also. Really appreciate your enthsiasm and feedback, makes it all worthwhile! Happy New Years to you and yours also!

The stereo was actually a mislabeling of an entirely different album, shown below (there is precedent for that).

I like Howard's Judson Hall ESP-Disk album a lot, not overly familiar with his work beyond that - it's quite pricey to obtain.

JIm Duckworth and I match up well taste-wise, so look forward to getting his thoughts, but right now I'm a pretty solid "no" as far as laying out that kind of money for it, and your feedback further strengthens that decision, thanks.

I bought the CD which pairs it with 'New Africa', which is the much stronger session, and a must-have for someone like me. This one is more a "nice-to-have", though it holds up very well. But very short (under 30 minutes) and it doesn't move the earth.

Just got this from Amazon.ca. Cost me less than $50 for the set, but I'm gonna be waiting a while! Hello from Amazon.ca. We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on December 18, 2019 (Order# 701-2175187-9677008). We've listed the item(s) listed below with the expected delivery date(s): Tubby Hayes Quartet "The Complete Fontana Albums (1961-1969) (11CD)" Estimated arrival date: February 06, 2020 - March 18, 2020

BTW, the other singer/Songwriter in Circus Maximus was Jerry Jeff Walker, so you had Noah Howard's pianist and Mr. Great Gonzos co-leading a group. Could only have happened in 1967! . Here was Circus Maximus's golden moment, an early FM rock turntable hit. You can hear the jazziness in this one.

BFT 189 Reveal Thanks to all who took the time to listen and comment. Here are the selections – hope there were some new discoveries or some nice reacquaintances. Very much a Philly-based sub-then, celebrating my listening roots, as the Visitors, Khan Jamal, and Catalyst were all active on the Philly scene in the early-mid 70’s. I saw the Visitors at the Main Point opening for Gil Scott-Heron, never got to see Catalyst or Jamal live, but was well aware of their music. 1 - Visitors – “In My Youth” from ‘In My Youth’, Muse Records 1973 Coltrane’s nephews Earl and Carl Grubbs on the saxes, Philly local luminary Sid Simmons on piano, a very young Stanley Clarke on bass. 2 - Bert Myrick – “Scorpio's Child” from ‘Live ‘n Well’, Strata Records, 1974. Recorded 1965. George Bohannon on trombone with an excellent solo. Detroit Legend and Strata Records label founder Kenny Cox played piano and composed the piece. 3 - Brian Auger & Trinity – “Pavane” from ‘Befour’ RCA Records 1970 Auger is a massive talent on keyboards. This is his take on a well-known classical piece. I was disappointed that there was no love for this track. I think it’s great. 4 - Grachan Moncur II – “One Morning I Waked Up Very Early” from the album of the same name, BYG Actuel 1970. Biggest surprise of the BFT was that no one identified this. Piano and vocal by Fernando Martins. 5 - Khan Jamal – “Bloom” from ‘The Traveller’ Steeplechase Records 1986. Impressive trio with Johnny Dyani and the unheralded Leroy Lowe. People liked this one, and I’m glad. 6 - Catalyst – “East” from ‘Catalyst’ Cobblestone Records 1972. Catalyst was a Philly group comprised of Odean Pope, Eddie Green, Tyrone Brown, and Sherman Ferguson. Pope and Brown went on to do excellent work with Max Roach a decade later. 7 - Eric Alexander – “Airegin” from ‘My Favorite Things’ Venus Records 2007 I love Eric Alexander’s playing. Sangrey doesn’t. We’ve well established that dynamic on various board discussions. Hazeltine/Webber/Farnsworth rhythm section (wish it had been Harold Mabern, but Hazeltine is solid). 8 - Maria Schneider – “Love Theme From Spartacus” from ‘Coming About’ ENJA records 1996 I love Schneider’s work across the board, believe she is the best out there at arranging large groups. Someone else will need to identify if it is Rich Perry or Rick Margitza taking the tenor solo on this. My wife and I Saw Schneider’s orchestra at the Philly Art Museum many years ago with several other Organissimo board members, and it was a beautiful and memorable concert. 9 - Art Blakey – “Moontrane” from ‘Rutgers University, NJ, April 15th 1969 ‘ Hi Hat Records 2015 I expected people to recognize the classic Shaw composition, but be stunned that the performance existed, and that’s how it worked out. Blakey on drums, Shaw on trumpet, my main man Carlos Garnet on tenor, George Cables on piano, and Scotty Holt on bass. Blakey had some amazing groups in the late 60’s and early 70’s who were never properly recorded, and we can be thankful that items like this are available. Billy Harper did a residency with Blakey during that period. A musical tragedy that there were no proper US-distributed albums between 1966’s ‘Buttercorn Lady’ (Keith Jarrett! Chuck Mangione!) and 1972’s ‘Childs Dance’. Same situation that hit with Max Roach through much of the 70’s when he had that great group with Harper, though at least that group was well-recorded by the Japanese.

"Renaissance Fair" is the most perfect 2 minutes of music I have ever heard.

Worth the purchase price?

Picked this up for $3 recently and really glad I did. She is Charlie Haden's daughter, and does the entire album acapella with overdubs of just her voice, incredible how she does things like guitar effects etc.

Helped define the era, as did the next two albums. BOTW helped define a different era.

Bill, I find that to be the best combination, where I hear new things that I really like. It is also economically the most perilous!

agree on both points.

Not Wes. Valentino Jazz Bazar is the name of the group. Not bad but sub-Wes and sub- any given Riverside house rhythm section (none of that is an insult, they'd be great to hear on a Saturday night).

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I think it can get complicated separating the musician and the band. The Butterfield Blues Band most certainly were innovators. There is absolutely no precedent for "East-West". I don't know how credit should be allocated among Butterfield, Bloomfield, and Bishop, but the sum is astounding. And I consider Butterfield the musician to be the best (or at least my favorite) harmonica player. Certainly he built upon the innovations of Little Walter, but build he did, not just recycle. And his late-60's bands after Bloomfield (and then Bishop) left were a beautiful hybrid of styles which were his/their own, and could not at all be pegged as "Chicago Blues (nor can "East-West").

I agree with all of that, but am glad I have all four titles!

Great album. That one, Solid Air, and Inside Out was an incredible run, and Live at Leeds is up there.