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I don't see how they could be the 40th anniversary issues, which were done by an independent company, nor the Wounded Bird issues. I would expect them to be the early 90's masters that came out on Columbia/Legacy.

Hey, I can I.D. two of them! Wonders never cease! 1-1 After the manner of Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams, right down to the Lex Humphries-ish drummer, though it’s not them. Loving the walking bass/splashy cymbals rhythm. The bari wins solo honors for me. I own so very much of this sort of thing on Blue Note/Prestige/Riverside, etc. 1-2 Vinyl rip. One of those so-tasteful Kenny Burrell type guitar players. 1-3 Like this a lot. Reminds me some of the McCoy Tyner “Echoes of a Friend” solo album , which I’ve always loved, though this feels a little more academic, and also some of the Keith Jarrett solo stuff, but less abstract. Muhal Abrams has done some things like this, including the incredible “Young at Heart”. Would like to pick this up if I don’t already own it. 1-4 “Jumpin’ at Woodside” and that certainly sounds like Coleman Hawkins or someone greatly indebted to him. Have to enjoy the pianist. 1-5 A Gene Harris-ish blues. 1-6 A non- Gene Harris-ish blues. 1-7 “You Can’t Sit Down”, Phil Upchurch 1961. Reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. You wander into 60’s pop music, you risk me actually correctly ID’ing stuff, rather than my usual “sounds sorta like” shtick. 1-8 On the other hand, if you then wander into 40’s-50’s jump blues, I’m back to “sounds sorta like” at best. Sounds sorta like Louis Prima, but not him. 1-9 “It Should Have Been Me”. I know this song by Ray Charles, and like this version quite a bit. Sounds sorta like Frankie Lymon. 1-10 “Sister Sadie” Horace Silver Quintet from ‘Blowin The Blues Away’. Great stuff, of course.

The latest Japanese CTI Blu-spec CDs sound best of all. They are cheap and two of the five Farrell titles are included. Outback Penny Arcade Also great sounding is Idris Muhammad's Power Of Soul Not loud and compressed, no hot treble. The Muhammad sounds so nice you keep hitting the replay button. But, of course, you don't get them for $4 a CD, as you do the OAS!

Us old, half-deaf, wooden ear guys like the new remasterings.

Has anyone heard these and can comment on how they sound compared to the Wounded Bird reissues? Those Sony OAC and WEA OAS sets have never had new remasters, they are pure budget sets. The Sony's at least tend to have any previously released bonus cuts, where the WEA's are the original album content only. Pretty encouraging to see that Farrell set, though, both for what it is itself and for what it portends on the possibility of other CTI sets.

That's a nice set.

Bunch of Philly guys on 11, I need to go relisten. McKenna is a little-known master. I've been a fan of Simmons since his days with the Grubbs brothers in the early 70's. I've seen all of these musicians locally through the years, Barnes/Simmons/Boone/Landham was the house band for the Mill Creek Jazz Society on Haverford Avenue in West Philly at one point. Page, very impressive performance on your part!

with you on that.

Got mine, should keep me happily busy for awhile !

D/L courtesy of Thom Keith's server, please.

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Totally agree, Qwest was Warner Brothers. And Simmons' "Ancient Ritual" was the most shocking release I've ever come across, due to any number of factors, including that I didn't think Simmons was even still alive (remember, that was pre-internet for us normal folks).

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Jazz at Massey Hall for me. Much thanks to the kind and knowledgeable sales guy at Franklin Music back in the early 70's, it was the first Bird and first Diz I ever heard, and is indelibly sketched in my consciousness. Can't say if it's the best or not, as I can't possibly be objective about it, but it always has been and always will be my favorite.

Would work for me. Spirit made a lot of great music, and Jo Jo Gunne a lot of good music,. as opposed to Toto or Was Not Was!

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Actually, BGO generally does a great job on their remastering (I have many 70's rock reissues by them), so you may be very happy.

1968 Live at Fillmore version of H.P. Lovecraft's "Wayfaring Stranger". But you gotta embrace the 60's to catch the magic.

This was/is a perfect box set. Love this, and the Mingus and Coltrane Atlantic sets. Have never felt any need to upgrade any of those recordings, 20 years on now.

I'll jump in. I'm no threat to any of the more knowledgeable guys who can actually ID this stuff. I don't know what's what, but I know what I like. 1 – Very pleasant. I like the guitar player’s sound. Assume it is a well-known guy. 2 – Old fashioned for me. Out of my comfort range. 3 – “St. Thomas” of course. Have never been fond of that comp. Not Sonny Rollins. Sounds like an electric tenor, like Eddie Harris and Sonny Stitt used in the late 60’s/early 70’s. Strange recording. 4 – Right up my alley, hope I have this. If not, will look to get it. 5 – Newer recording. I admire it, though would not play it on my own. It goes very well in the background of my work day. 6 – Totally competent, but feels by the numbers, plus the voice(s) in the background very annoying on headphones. Latter day recording, I’m sure. 7 – I do like this one. Interested to know what it is, Tenor player is a monster on this, takes solo honors to my ears. I assume he is someone I am well familiar with. If not, I will hunt him down. Trumpet, not so much. Reminds me of Freddie Hubbard or Donald Byrd when they were in decline. 8 – “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most”. Great version, love the first sax solo! And the piano solo is fine. 9 – Again, admire it more than I enjoy it. Too relaxed for me on balance. Strangely, the one element that really catches my ear is the bass player. Love what he is doing on this. The tenor player is no doubt a big name, and he is fine, but doesn’t really pull me in until late in his solo, when it gets a little knottier. I don’t like the drums on this. 10 – That is a guitar tone I really dislike, came to prominence in the past 20 years. Again, the best part of this for me is the bass player. He’s just playing time, but I love bass players playng time. Tenor player is again fine, and I probably have enjoyed him in a number of contexts, but he doesn’t grab me here, and I doubt if he’s a favorite of mine.. Lots of tenor/guitar stuff on this BFT, and if I remember, there was on your last one also. 11 – This one works for me. Really like the tenor solo. This sounds like something I would have at home, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a 60’s Blue Note with Hank Mobley or something. Even seems to have that Englewood Cliffs sound. This and #4 are the two I want in my collection. Thanks for the BFT, a good companion to a March workday with 10 inches of new snow on the groud.