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Based on the cellist, then it seems likely that #9 is the Masada String Trio. If so that's two John Zorn projects, perhaps there are more.

STONY always has a guitar - James Emery. The other thoughts I had for 9 were Erik Friedlander, Maxine Roach and Turtle Island, just because these instruments don't often play in this combination and this style.

Jay Hoggard has a fairly new 2 cd set available through CD Baby that sounds promising. I have seen some of his commentary through a mutual facebook friend, I believe he teaches at the university level as well as recording.

This has taken me to several places I didn't even know existed! 1. Lush and evocative, with instrumentation associated with George Shearing's quintets, but it sounds more modern. Eddie Higgins comes to mind. 2. Blue Note feel. I'm thinking Lee Morgan, perhaps with Wayne Shorter. 3. I think I (barely) hear organ in this big band mix. That makes me lean toward Gerald Wilson. I definitely hear guitar and am pretty sure it's piano free. 4. It makes me think Jack Wilson, without being something I remember having heard of his. 5. Takes that Latin groove and smoothly and gradually elevates it to a whole other level of intensity. I think I hear both soprano sax and clarinet. I can't remember anything from Andrew Hill that fits this groove but that's about the right level of inside/out for both the piano playing and the group/composition. 6. Unusually distorted and processed guitars for a "jazz" date, but not the seventies fusion style. I haven't heard Bill Frisell record with vibes, but he might be capable of envisioning and carrying out the guitar sounds at the start. 7. Pretty sure I don't know who this is, bit on those rare occasions where I do, it's probably Herbie Mann. Nah. Eddie Palmieri is probably a better hail mary. Sounds authentically Latin and jazz aware at the same time. Probably newer than either guess. 8. Very accomplished piano over a very active bass and drums bed of rhythm. I'm thinking Hilton Ruiz perhaps influenced by the surrounding tracks. 9. All strings, but with so much drive you don't miss the piano and drums. I'm thinking this may be viola on top rather than violin. Mat Maneri? 10. Cello?, accordion and guitar featured in a tango groove with vocals and percussion. My chances of knowing this are a lot lower than my chances of loving it. Richard Galliano? 11. An electric Miles influenced rhythm bed gives way to a non-Hammond sounding organ and eventually a larger band. No instrument sounds like the leader. Maybe Gil Evans? 12. This is surf guitar! More stretched out than the genre usually gets. I don't really think it's Dick Dale, but I don't have a better guess. 13. Reminds me of what little I have heard in the exotica genre. John Zorn has explored that genre some. 14. I'm guessing we have some kind of guitar synthesizer here. David Fiuczynski?

We shall agree to disagree on that point!

Multiple Facebook sources report the passing of bassist Bob Cunningham this weekend. Listening to Impressions of A Patch of Blue as we speak.

Funny, he referred to himself as a dirty guitar player! This information was acquired with the assistance of Shazam. Some people say the trumpeter sounds funny!

What a career, what a legacy, what a life! Thanks.

They gigged around Philly but I don't know if they toured much in the late 70s. When I was going to concerts around Philly I saw them three times. They lived together in a communal house and operated a convenience store for a bit of extra cash. I concur with the recommendations of the Szwed book.

I like James Newton more than Ray Anderson for 10, but haven't been able to match the instrumentation to a Newton led recording.

I'll jump in for August

Really enjoyable mix with everything I don't like about it concentrated in the last track. 1. Lyricism recalls Jarrett but no vocal sounds. That description often applies to Frank Kimbrough or Brad Mehldau. Since it's more soulful than showy, I'll go Kimbrough 2. The immediate impression is McCoy Tyner, so is it a staunch admirer or the real thing? I say the real thing. 3. This uses the resources of major label smooth jazz in an organic and swinging way. Nice guitar, congas and bari too. Considering the big band embellshments, I don't know if Larry Coryell ever had this big an album budget. Maybe this is a better (and more to my taste) track than I ever expected an Eric Gale or Larry Carlton to make. 4. So who's waltzing the Jitterbug here? Maybe Arthur Blythe with John Hicks? 5. Fleet fingered guitarist in a bebop/JATP vein. Hard to think of bebop era guitarists not named Kenny Burrell. 6. My guess is Don Patterson, the most bebop oriented of the organists. 7. The voice could pass for Bobby Blue Bland. The backing band is primo, perhaps moreso that Bland usually recorded with. 8. More Blues. I'm not familiar with the voice and presence of harmonica may indicate they are better known in blues or even R&B than jazz. Voice is higher range than most jazz identified blues singers. In my desperate attempt to field a guess, any guess I will say Jay McShann. 9. This feels European or perhaps South African. Louis Moholo? 10. Nice flute. A bit too modern for Jones-Lewis. Akiyoshi-Tabackin, or Maria Schneider, perhaps? 11. Witty trombone and tart alto converse about the tradition in modern tongues Henry Threadgill? 12. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child. Fats Waller. 13. The humor is not to my taste. I acknowledge that the targets deserve it, but ugh.

This may contain more stumpers than any BFT in recent memory. I'll guess Hannibal for track 10.

Well done. Not much reason to wait on this:

I came across these credits in an unexpected place, and indeed when I listened to the track there was no real stylistic input from the sidemen and I really never was sure I heard Milt at all. Bass – Red Callender Guitar – Barney Kessel, Glen Campbell Vibraphone [Vibes] – Milt Jackson The front man is well known in rock as both a group member and solo artist. I'll post a you-tube link in a day or two.

As composer and soloist with Elvin and McCoy: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjf49q_qJzSAhUEQCYKHW8XAQkQtwIIGjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKZJzSmVQxdg&usg=AFQjCNEQkGKfEyTZBuz4UYhgC50tNSMlWg&sig2=Iv-Rfk26TyFM3AWSWx0Y9Q&bvm=bv.147448319,d.eWE

Hey I liked 10. Looking forward to finding out who it is.

Floyd Smith might be the other pioneer that Chuck would give props to that would fit the profile for tune # 2.

How about Freddie Green?

1. Is it alto or tenor? Leaning toward tenor. Maybe Zoot Sims? 2. I'll guess Black and Blue for the label, not that helps too much. Maybe Illinois Jacquet. 3. Reminds me a little of the Al Cohn/Jimmy Rowles date on Xanadu, Heavy Love. 4. Jaws and Griff? 5. Definitely Alto. Could be Hodges. The little Hah from the piano player makes me think so even more, even though I don't know of them recording without another horn. Oh, look, another horn, bone. 6. More live Black and Blue vibe. Maybe Sonny Stitt? 7. Stanley Turrentine with the Three Sounds, Willow Weep for me. 8. I'll guess Kenny Burrell without much conviction. 9. I'll guess Barry Harris for the speed and crispness. 10. Electric Bass! Early Woody Shaw? 11. Farmer-Golson Jazztet? Nah, I think they always had a bone, and the the drum fills are shouting Art to me, so Jazz Messengers. 12. Bluesier than #9. Dan Gould would definitely play Gene Harris twice. Three Sounds? 13. This has more of a groove band feel than most Jimmy Smith I have heard. Maybe Milt Buckner?

I'm listening to Voices from 2003 right now. I would describe it as laid back and charmingly experimental through the first two tracks, particularly the first with long held vocal notes and high, gentle violin scrapings.

1. Brassy big band. Wild guess looking for a big tight brass section - maybe Bob Brookmeyer? 2. Nice muted trumpet and tenor quintet. Very familiar opening that goes in a different direction. I kinda like Art Farmer here. 3. That's tuba in that bottom! Arthur Blythe? 4. Killer baritone ballad. Feels like complete mastery of the horn, so I'm not suspecting a doubler. Pepper Adams? 5. Really nice low smoulder groove going here. I was about to guess Joe Locke, but it was a long time before the vibes came in. How about Kenny Barron? 6. Up Above my Head. Jumping boogie beat. No Clue 7. That groove again, this time with some horns in the theme. No real clue but it could be a Criss Cross date, mabye David Hazeltine or Orrin Evans? 8. I thought this was a repeat from a recent BFT but that theory didn't pan out. Thought it was bass guitar at the beginning, but the solos sounds like amplified standup bass. Feelin' the funk. Buster Williams? 9. Bass duet, mainstreamish. Did NHOP ever record bass duets 10. Blues-Rockish beat. Muted trumpet. I'd expect more lead guitar if this was, say, Derek Trucks going jazzy, so I'll say its more like Wallace Roney. 11. Alto flute. Hubert Laws? 12. Alto sax takes it to the edge of out in the coda. Not sure if Lee Konitz took it that far out. 13. Somebody's been studying them some Johnny Hodges. The bass and drums don't seem to be in a Dukish style, but the alto is delightfully so.

I prescribe some Nappy Brown and Drink Small for your ailment

How about Eddie Jefferson on a Frank Wright album.https://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wright-Kevin-My-Dear-Son/release/2218753

The whole BFT was right up my alley. Unlike JSngry, I loved 9 and liked 10 quite a bit. Had to cheat on #5 and I will just say whatta band! Feels great to not be totally clueless on a BFT, Thanks!