randyhersom

Some midmonth hints on the 4 remaining unsolved performances, 1,6,12 and 13. One of the unsolved performances features a musician who also played on one of the solved performances. One unsolved performance comes from a Grammy winning album. Of the three unsolved performances with horns, one elicited the prefix Euro- in a comment from a participant. That is the only one of those three that did not originate in Europe.

Your reaction makes me think it was Gary Thomas. I'll see if I can confirm... Yeah, Herbie Hancock Gary Thomas finds some quick google hits, Herbie Hancock Gary Foster does not. My bad. Corrected my post to Gary Thomas.

Got the artists on 8 and 9. I obsessively replayed 1 for a while, the tenor doesn't demand attention or overwhelm with brilliance, but that doesn't seem to be their role in the music. Reminds me of my reaction to Gary Thomas playing in a Herbie Hancock quartet live many years ago. Not a star, but committed to not getting in the way of the music. Parts of this feed my Obsequious/Jodo jones for hard driving themes. In the context of the whole album I thought there was a carrying forward of Gil Evans contributions that I really liked.

Curious how you got there. Would you mind describing the sleuthing process?

No to both.

You nailed 2,7,8,9 and 11. Your comments are consistently interesting and insightful. Thanks!

Been a fan of both Ralph and Oregon for just under 50 years. Favorites are Yet To Be from Oregon In Concert, any version of Icarus or The Silence of a Candle, all of Diary and Solstice and on and on. Glad I saw him solo at Big Ears, sad I never caught Oregon.

No

The accordion player is not Guy and has recorded as a leader on another instrument.

Right on! 9 of 13 tracks IDed 1, 6, 12 and 13 remain a mystery.

Indeed, you did!

Correct!

That is corect.

Correct title and artist on 2, full ID on 5. Got the album name in there for 2, so that's a full ID by the team Artist correct on 5 and 7, full IDs above Your clever response on 8 gets full ID credit, no way you don't know all the details Correct on 9 and 11 The artist for #13 appears elsewhere on the BFT, but it's not track 3. No ID's so far conflict with your closing hypothesis. Full ID, well done