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  1. Can song lyrics ever be literature?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by felser

    I treat at least parts of some song lyrics as poetry or, less often, prose.  I own Dylan lyrics 1962-1985 book and the Springsteen lyrics book. Dylan's "My Back Pages", "Chimes of Freedom", those are poetry to me.  Something like Norman Whitfield's "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" and "Cloud Nine" and Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billy Joe" and Mann/Weil's "On Broadway" and Springsteen's "The River" and "Thunder Road" and "Racing in the Streets" are prose to me.

  4. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted · Edited by felser

    1 hour ago, JSngry said:

    Strong church thing in Billy's music. Tongues of fire. 

    Amen.  And he acknowledges that in many of his song titles.  For instance, here is the track listing from 'The Believer':

    A        Is It Not True, Simply Because You Cannot Believe It?
    B1        I Do Believe
    B2        Believe, For It Is True!

     IIRC, his father was a Baptist pastor.

  7. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

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    2 hours ago, randyhersom said:

    @Felser I think the tenor is Billy Harper (high praise).
     

    It is Billy, and I agree, high praise due, regardless of what @Dan Gould thinks!

    @felser  Well an interesting Felser in that I didn't start hating it until that god-awful sax solo.  No stars and NEXT!

    @Dan Gould  That's my favorite musician in the history of the world, he is to me what Percy France is to you, so ouch!  We DO have different tastes! 😀

  8. Horo Records

    in Discography

    Posted · Edited by felser

    Horo had some other releases in the same period.  The Max Roach Loadstar is great, as is the Archie Shepp Jazz A Confronto 27.  A huge regret that there have been so few CD releases of the Horo material:

    HDP series

    • HDP 1-2 Irio De Paula orchestra Casinha Branca
    • HDP 3-4 Sam Rivers trio Black Africa 1
    • HDP 5-6 Sam Rivers trio Black Africa 2
    • HDP 7-8 Ran Blake solo piano Open City
    • HDP 9-10 Max Roach quartet The Loadstar
    • HDP 11-12 Michael Smith duo Elvira Madigan
    • HDP 13-14 Archie Shepp trio The Tradition
    • HDP 15-16 M.E.V.: Lacy / Teitelbaum / List / Berger sextet United Patchwork
    • HDP 17-18 Lee Konitz / Martial Solal Duo Duplicity
    • HDP 19-20 Sun Ra Arkestra Unity
    • HDP 21-22 Karl Berger duo Changing the Time
    • HDP 23-24 Sun Ra Quartet featuring John Gilmore Other Voices, Other Blues
    • HDP 25-26 Sun Ra Quartet featuring John Gilmore New Steps
    • HDP 27-28 Burton Greene solo piano It's All One
    • HDP 29-30 Lester Bowie African Children
    • HDP 31-32 Gil Evans Orchestra Parabola
    • HDP 33-34 Gunter Hampel / Jeannie Lee duo Oasis
    • HDP 35-36 Bennink / Mengelberg / Rutherford / Schiano quartet A European Proposal
    • HDP 37-38 Garrett List/ Lancaster/ Shahid, Etc. quartet American Images
    • HDP 39-40 Wheeler / Rudd / Potts /Evan / Parker / Rjewski / Honsiger / Lacy / Lytton, etc. orchestra Laboratorio della Quercia
    • HDP 41-42 Joe Venuti & Joe Albany quintet Joe Venuti & Joe Albany

    Complete HZ Series (12 single LPs)

  11. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

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    55 minutes ago, JSngry said:

    Yeah. But with a different drummer and Ray Anderson added. Also a lot more produced.

    Not really a literal sequel, except in title. 

    Cut 4 from this is what we are discussing then.  I have never checked out that album - my bad I guess?  Easily remedied on the used market.

  12. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    41 minutes ago, JSngry said:

    Ok, the OG one then 

    Indeed.

    4 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

    @felser this comes across like a song from a Tyner Milestone album but I don’t think that’s the case here. I dig the tune.

     

    Not Tyner and not Milestone.  ID'd by Jim.

  14. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    I used the Wetransfer preview files.  Had to refresh often between cuts, or the audio would not play, but I got through it OK.

    @Dan Gould – I actually liked this one fine, nice charts.  ***

    @DrJ – Nice to meet you (musically)!   Nice cut.  Not totally sold on the singer, but I like the composition.  And love the piano solo.   ***

    Felser – wanted to make my selection a signature statement, and this fills that bill. *****

    @JSngry – Really good stuff by seasoned pros.  ****

    @Joe – Also really good stuff by seasoned pros!  ****

    @Ken Dryden – I know they know what they’re doing, but composition and format lost on me.  * in a fully subjective rating.  I’m sure some others will really dig this.

    @medjuk – Love the groove!  ****

    @mikeweil – Sounds like they had quite a night when they were in Tunisia!  Though it’s a little hard for me with the non-English lyrics.  Fun cut.  ****

    @mjzee – Well done big band chart.  ***

    @tkeith – Makes me think of some of the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra recordings.  If I have the group right, I’ll go back and try to figure out the song.  Excellent stuff, for sure.  My favorite cut on this BFT.   ****

     

     

    12 minutes ago, medjuck said:

    I'm only seeing 10 cuts on either site.  To quote Randy Newman "Maybe I'm doing it wrong."  (I am computer illiterate.)

    Joe, 10 cuts is the full test.

    1 hour ago, JSngry said:

    Thom - my file is not loaded into the player?

    That's what I'm seeing also, that an entry for your file is on Thom's player, but the file itself isn't.  Your file is available in the WeTransfer preview files.

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