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Oh, go get Jubilant Power by Ted Curson.

BFT 216 1. April in Paris with Brownie, Harold and Max? 2. Medley, possibly JATP. Prez, Summertime with Cootie, Sassy Come Rain or Come Shine 3. Bowed bass, soprano and piano. Very lyrical. Maybe Jane Ira Bloom? 4. Mal Waldron. I recognized musical materials from a familiar source but didn't place it right away. I realized it was the First Encounter album by Mal and Gary Peacock, but this is not a track from that album. It does remind me why I love that album, and this too. 5. Electric piano enters the picture, but still feels more hard bop than fusion. Sounds like it pushes the harmonic edge a little more than your average Messengers date. Maybe Stanley Cowell? 6. Adele Sebastian? She was part of the Horace Tapscott Arkestra scene and passed away very young. 7. That sounds like Terje Rypdal, but Rypdal as sideman, or early Rypdal. I've also heard Brandon Ross play in the style so Harriet Tubman is my backup guess. Near the end there may be some electronics in the mix, so I also thought of Andrew Cyrille's ECM with Blll Frisell. 8. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child. Wow. I want to know who this is. Only weak guess I can offer is Dwight Trimble. As soonas I typed "no piano" the piano came in, so it could be with Horace Tapscott. Changing my mind to Archie Shepp, maybe with Joe Lee Wilson. 9. Not Ibrahim because no piano, but it's got that township sound. Now some vocals that sound more American than South African. I'll google Mama Ann after I post my initial guesses. In desperation I'll guess Thomas Buckner with Roscoe Mitchell.

I thought I had seen something that changed the original statement that wristbands would be mailed two weeks before the festival (from ticket purchase email). I want to make sure I and everyone else arrives in Knoxville with everything they need to enjoy the festival. Does anyone have the details on what you need to present at the festival office to get your wristbands?

I have the lp but bought the whole thing. The PDF notes remind me that I saw the red type insert in my LP copy, but have never seen Indent II. Did it ever exist? If not, can Chuck Nessa make it so?

Christy Doran?

I collected and very much enjoyed his leader dates, The Almoravid, New World and Mirrors, as well as Double Exposure where he co-leads with Larry Young. Wikipedia is showing me that I missed quite a few, will have to catch up. My choice for a sideman date is Dialogue with Bobby Hutcherson.

Things will change of course, but here's my initial plan Thursday 4:30 So Percussion 6:30 Patti Smith 7:45 Trefoil in progress 9:00 Trefoil 10:00 Fennesz in progress possibly Low or Joe Henry (in progress) Friday 12:00 Craig Taborn 1:30 Arooj Aftab, leaving early for 2:30 Harriet Tubman 4:15 Cyrille Akinmusire 5:15 possibly end of Kris Davis Diatom Ribbons 6:15 Kris Davis Diatom Ribbons 7:30 possibly end of Sons of Kemet 8:30 Ensemble Dal Niente & Ken Vandermark 10:00 Patti Smith 11:30 end of Jason Moran, or Mdou Moctar Saturday 10:00 Ensemble Dal Niente 1:00 Myra Melford, (narrowly over Ches Smith) 2:00 Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah 5:30 Jason Moran 7:00 Cyrille Ribot 9:00 Jaimie Branch 10:30 Annette Peacock, possibly leaving early for 11:00 Joshua Abrams Sunday 12:00 Zorn 2:00 Miguel Zenon 3:15 Bill Frisell in progress 4:15 Odean Pope 6:00 Bang on a Can, leaving early for 6:45 Ambrose Akinmusire 8:00 GEORGE leaving early for 9:00 Zorn New Masada Quartet

Joe Henderson on 5 and 9? If we take you literally, all four players can't be American, because Greg Osby was already identified as American. .Not finding anything in his discog that features European rhythm section. Not much better luck with Griffin, Joshua Redman or Brecker.. If the tenor is European, Tommy Smith and Courtney Pine are possible. The musical style seems too modern to fit Tubby Hayes or Barney Wilen... Jeez, Dexter? Essbjorn Svensson Trio for 10?

Garbarek on 5 and 9?

1. ECM on the licorice stick? Anat Cohen? 2. Stride aware composition and playing from more modern players. Jaki Byard? 3. Despite thinking it was an alto for the first few minutes, I'm going with Stan Getz. Piano sounded a bit like Ran Blake at the beginning, but by the end I couldn't rule out Kenny Barron. 4. Sounds experimental at the beginning and South American in the second half. Luciana Sousa? 5. Jarrett without the vocal sounds meets a milder variant of Dewey. Definitely not those two, so maybe Frank Kimbrough? 6. Modern piece with a humorous ending. Too much piano to be Gil Evans. More tightly arranged than I would expect of LCJO. Barry Guy? 7. Bass Clarinet. Guessing James Carter, without much certainty. 8. I like guitar players with a rock edge in jazz bands so this is right up my alley. I thought of Phalanx with Blood Ulmer and George Adams, but the sax does not ever play the agitated flurry of notes that Adams probably would. Is this the Hudson Project with John Abercrombie? 9. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a lesser known Monk composition. I suspect, but am not sure that there is a latin percussionist and a drummer too. The restless groove adds to the interest of what's going on up top. very close to no clue - my thoughts were Kenny Barron or one of the Gonzalez brothers, Andy or Jerry. 10. Maybe Mulgrew Miller with Christian McBride, or vice versa?

Nice clue, sent me right to the Percy France site for research. Sir Charles Thompson on 2? Or Cliff Smalls?

So 8 is likely to be the Clayton Brothers. Bass is recorded up front, so that would make sense. Perhaps Save Yourself for Me from Siblingity based on length?

Almost has to be the Heath Brothers

Solal?

I think we can safely rule out Albert and Donald, and Wayne and Alan. I believe Dennis Sandole's brother only composed, did not play. Ooh, Addison and Art?

Julian and Nathaniel?

Lester and Lee?

Big Joe Turner (1911–1985), blues singer Joe Turner (jazz pianist) (1907–1990), jazz/stride pianist Are all the Pablos Big Joe?

Coming to Big Ears on Thursday Mar 24, but I won't pass up Patti Smith for them, so we'll see how the scheduling shakes out. Or Trefoil with Kris Davis.

Enjoyable set! 1, Mose Allison? Love it! 2. OK, I'll use my Gene Harris card here. 3. Jumpy tenor sax number. Tune is familiar but eluding me at the moment. Wait, maybe Sweet Georgia Brown? Having been warned that I'm going to get a lot wrong, I'll try Percy France. 4. Mid-Tempo tenor sax number. Tune is familiar but eluding me at the moment - I think "of my own" is part of the lyric. Googling the lyric fragment, Blue Moon is the tune I was thinking of. Smmother than many of the other tenors here. Zoot Sims? 5. Electric bass on this one. Black & Blue is a label that seems to use electric bass with musicians who first emerged mid 20th century. Trombone seems to be the leader. Maybe not Black & Blue. Urbie Green? 6. Jazz Messengers feel, but seems to be alto, trumpet and rhythm. Bass very prominent in the mix, I don't think it's 60's or earlier. I'll try Sonny Criss without much confidence. 7. Stanley Turrentine? 8. A little gruffer tone. Eddie Lockjaw Davis? 9. I hate being wrong when I guess Rollins, but I'm going to risk it. Live recording with a Blue Note boogaloo feel, but serious command of the tenor and a lot of variety of technique. 10. Well You Needn't in a modern version. Bass way up front again. Freddie Hubbard? 11. The pianists high runs are very chopsy, maybe Barry Harris? 12. This little light of mine? Hank Jones? 13. Gene Ammons, or maybe Ben Webster?

I'll take April

I'm not very familiar with his work, but it's been almost a week since his passing, thought it should be noted here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Shakespeare

So is 12 the Gato ESP?

1. Nassau gets funky. Unknown Bahamanian locals. 2. Probably Alice Coltrane. Probably with Joe Henderson and Michael White. 3. Black Coffee. Initial thought is Carmen McRae, but only in the full voice moments. Most of the song is in a quieter and more reflective mode that doesn't fit as wll. Someone newer like Nnenna Freelon? Interesting how the strings are used just for one short segment. 4. Joe Lovano? 5. Organ and tenor. Stanley Turrentine? 6. Trumpet, soprano and electric piano front line. Wallace Roney? 7. Never Will I Marry. Dee Dee Bridgewater? 8. This has me thinking of the Art Ensemble albums with singers, Les Stances de Sophie and With Fontella Bass. 9. Stephon Harris? 10. I'm in unfamiliar territory here, stylistically, but it's good. New York Voices? 11. The bass is very reminiscent of Woody Shaw's Blackstone Legacy band. 12. Pharoah Sanders, sounds more like Alice Coltrane than Joe Bonner. 13. The ending is weird enough to make me think it could be a British "jazz-rock" unit like Colloseum or Soft Machine

The theme seems similar to Dan Gould's, highlighting locals, from the viewpoint of a European resident. James Carter the notable exception, but the composition provides the hometown link there. OK Harry James too, and I'm quite embarrassed to have mistaken Harry James for Ellington. I just hate not trying to guess.