The Magnificent Goldberg

Actually, I'm not very surprised. I always liked Mendes and have been exploring Latin music a lot lately and intending to get properly into him soon. This will encourage me to do that sooner, rather than later. Thanks. MG

Scarlot Harlot Scarlet von Harlot Scarlet the Harlot

Blimey, this was a nice ride! Here we go. 1 Oh, pretty advanced music here. Obviously competent, but not my cup of tea, or within the scope of my knowledge. 2 Well, I don’t suppose it is, but this makes me think of Herbie Mann with Chick Corea. But when he stated talking, it obviously wasn’t Mann. Early seventies Black Revolutionary Ensemble or some such band with much influence from the Last Poets. OK, if this song is called ‘Complete the circle’, it’s by Ju Ju, from Chapter 2: Nia. You shouldn’t put stuff on with titles mentioned and those by only one band ever. Sorry. Damn good, though. Glad to hear this. 3 A bit of hard bop by a biggish band with a fleet trumpeter who might as well be Freddie Hubbard. Great for what it is. Band is a bit too brassy for me. Needs more saxes. 4 Oh, it’s groove time in the old homestead! One thing about the hard boppers I always liked – they can put a good groove on when they relax and don’t try so hard. It wouldn’t surprise me if the drummer were Idris Muhammad. But it wouldn’t surprise me if it weren’t, because I think I might be able to ID it if it were. I probably know the horn players, but can’t finger them. Damn good! 5 Is Bennie Maupin the tenor player here? Never really paid much attention to him, though I have a few things with him on them. I don’t think he and the trumpet player have quite enough to them to sustain this for a quarter of an hour, but we’ll see. Five minutes in and no flagging of interest here. Eight – I’m supposed to get tonight’s dinner in from the garage freezer, but I can’t stop this. Well, for a change, I do not think the trumpet player is Freddie Hubbard (so it probably is ) The piano player seems a bit under-recorded – I mean, quiet and overpowered by the drummer. Can’t concentrate on him. Well, back with the chore done and a cuppa made and now we’re on the low-powered bass solo. Same problem, overcome by the drummer. This is either the engineer’s fault or the drummer’s. Perhaps it’s a live recording, in which case everyone does the best they can. OK, this was good except for the sound, which wasn’t up to scratch for the piano and bass, or the drummer, who was too loud. It’s not often a bit of hard bop chains me to my seat. 6 More of the same, with a lady singer, whose voice I don’t like much. But the tenor player is WAILIN’. Woooooo!!! Yes, Word, I know it’s a spelling mistake. Damn good drummers you’ve picked for this BFT young man! And you can hear the pianist clearly. Backings like this are one good reason to use electric pianos. Hazard a guess at George Coleperson on sax, but without much conviction. 7 Same singer? Sax player sounds as if it MIGHT be Harold Vick, this time. No, Coleperson again. Not Coleperson, much too Hendersonlike for George. 8 Different singer. Good singer. Interesting song. Interesting and often exciting accompaniment. No idea who. 9 Heavy rhythm sections, you’ve chosen. I can see what someone meant about the flow of this programme. I immediately like this trumpet man: dramatic but not silly with it. I doubt if I’ve heard him before. Soprano man’s a bit ordinary, though good. The only soprano saxmen I can identify are Fathead and Sidney, and it’s neither of them. Pianist sounds a bit like Cedar Walton to me. 10 Ah, relaxed, almost balladic version of a tune I can’t identify. “Prince of Peace”. Well, it was always a ballad. The singer sounds foreign – not American, that is. Oh and he can sing!!! Oh, this is something! Live and he’s well liked by the crowd. So he probably IS American, but with a slightly different accent. I feel the pianist is familiar. I like what he’s making of this a lot. The tenor player is right there, welcoming me in. A right little band of masters here. Don’t know who this is, except there’s a version by Tony Esposito. 11 Gawd, another good song by a good singer with an interesting delivery. Never heard this singer before. I get a strong feeling someone’s been listening to Gil Scott-Heron here, but can do it better. A lot better. Really NICE stuff in this BFT young sir. Mostly very enjoyable. You have my thanks, Squire. I await the reveal with great interest. MG

Wilfred Pickles Mabel (Give 'em the money, Mabel!) Able Mable

Bobby Randazzo Armando Perazza Gazza

Good grief, seems like you’ve raided my collection and found stuff I don’t play all that much. I’ve been really embarrassed several times! 2 Oh, Duke Ellington’s big bands are one of my many weak points in jazz. Geniuses aren’t really very interesting to me; I find the ordinary working chap more interesting. Well, there we are. 3 Never heard any Cumbia before. Is this from Colombia? Is it typical of cumbias, or an oddity? 5 “Red clay” – a tune I ALWAYS fail to recognise even though I have loads of versions of it. Not this one, though. 7 Sample is a guy whose own records I haven’t explored at all. My mistake. Thanks for this. 9 This is one I’ve got. Oops! “I definitely know that I don’t know who or what this is.” 10 I don’t have this one – I don’t have any Klemmer albums. On this showing, another mistake. 13 Oh, never heard the Mitchell-Ruff trio before. Must correct that. 14 So who WAS the sax player? – you didn’t list him in the personnel. 15 Never heard of this tenor player before. Another nice intro, thanks. 17 I kept wanting to buy this LP – it was in the Cardiff 2nd hand shop for years – but I always thought, well, I’d like it but it’s probably like a jazz album… 20 Another I’ve got, but the original, which isn’t anything like this. Sorry, but when I listened again, after finding out what it was I thought, ‘Colonial mentality’. 21 Got this one, too, and REALLY should have picked up that it was Maceo. Bloomin’ ‘eck, Tucker! 23 Well, I’ve got this, too. I never picked up that ‘Blues to be there’ was the same tune as ‘After supper’ so, when I got the tune, I didn’t look or listen any farther. 24 This is interesting. I looked this up on the web just now. Apparently this track is 23:40. I guess you faded it out after five and a bit. Is the rest kinda boring? Discogs have this to say about it. So, does the bit that you included feature Azar or David? 28 And ANOTHER I’ve got! This is actually from the album ‘Musical bones’ by Lee Perry and the Upsetters on DIP. It was reissued as part of the 3 LP set ‘Dubstrumentals’ on Trojan, which is where we both got it My excuse for not getting this is simply because I really didn’t expect it. 29 If I’m not much mistaken, ‘Suite 16’ was a Joel Dorn production. A good guy, Dorn, but he did occasionally have daft ideas. Well, that was pretty interesting and has pointed me in the direction of several people I ought to know more about. Thanks Jon. MG

Yes - a very good question. Even when the music's not really up my street, it's something I always want to know about indie labels. MG

Sonny Hopson Sonny Rollins Harold 'Pop Pop' Rollins

Bea Booze Henry Boozier Adolf & the Piss Artists

That's the only one I have, too. I was quite excited when I saw the thread title, but looking at the list that Soulpope put on earlier, I see the only other one I'm interested in is the Arnett Cobb. Oh well. Better start looking on e-bay. MG

Noj, I got that Demon Fuzz album the summer of '71, the same time I got the first Osibisa album. I think you're the first person I've known who is familiar with it! (Probably MG knows it well too.) No - but I got the Osibisa LP when it came out in 71. Took my wife to a gig of theirs then, when we were courting. We danced in the aisles! MG

Johnny Lytle Lem Winchester Cal Tjader

This is the best thread ever! MG

DJ Spooky DJ Fontana Wayne Fontana

Lord Nibbler The Supreme Fuzzler Nudist Alien Scammers

EMI Decca Pye

Good luck to you and your lady! I'm afraid I've no room for new CDs left myself, though. MG

One for me please. MG

Paul Raymond Raymonde Mr Teasy Weasy

Balam's Ass Aslaug Boewulf

I've got the Houston Person albums on LP. Can't say I'd recommend them to anyone who wasn't a raving fan like me. But his one hit single - 'Disco sax' is included in 'Get outa my way'. So there. The Blue Mitchell is one of his very best albums - Jimmy Forrest and Walter Bishop are on it. Nuff sed? MG

The Deele Brother John Sellers Don Byas

Jim - I'll go for one! But what sizes are they available in - and what do those sizes mean in inches? MG

Randy Crawford - Knockin' on heaven's door, from 'Rich and poor', WB. Not much of an album, but the first track.... MG

Rosemary June July Andrews Augustus Caesar