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1. Short number with a 70s feel. Lizz Wright and Cassandra Wilson have a deeper sound. 2. Definitely Gil Scott-Heron - Peace Go With You Brother from Winter in America. 3. Sounds like something from McCoy Tyner - Horizon, but without McCoy. That should mean that this is John Blake. 4. Feels like Milestone era Sonny Rollins. 5. Spiritual Jazz with electric piano, likely seventies. Gary Bartz is a possibility. 6. Has a Charles Tolliver feel. Can't quite rule out Woody Shaw either. Wait, the sax sounds a lot like Billy Harper. I don't recognize this as being on Love Dance, so I'm going to drop the idea of this being trumpet led and say Billy Harper is the leader. 7. Seems to be a bit of echo on the flute. Reminds me of some things I've heard from Matthias Lupri, but the bass has more of a 60s/70s feel. Like the vibes, more of a Walt Dickerson concept than most vibists, but absolutely not Walt. I Don't think Roy Ayers ever moved this far toward Spiritual Jazz without being overtly commercial. 8. Gil Evans is a possibility. I remember I had three Billy Harper appearances on my first BFT, hmmm ... 9. Very Santana. Almost has to be! Why don't I know this already? Love Devotion Surrender? 10. First thought was the Raybeats, but there have probably been dozens of surf revivalists since then. 11. Nice and loose. Didn't figure anything out from the excellent horns, but the drums have a lot to say too. Maybe this is Elvin Jones. 12. Gil Scott-Heron is back, with the two versions of this track bookending this BFT like they do the original album - Peace Go With You Brother #2 from Winter in America. 13. And a short and lovely piano coda. I'll guess Frank Kimbrough because it's a little reminiscent of Keith Jarrett but there are no vocal sounds. ... So now I've gotta know who's playing Vibes with Nicole Mitchell!

The clue that each track represents creative music from a different country suggests France's Andre Jaume for #2. The Salt Peanuts could possibly be Sweden's Bernt Rosengren. Now for #5 we're looking for a guitarist not from US, UK, Japan or Denmark recording during the LP era. Ireland's Christy Doran would seem to be a possibility.

1. Nice, reminds me of Bobby Bradford and John Carter. It sounds like a bigger group at first but I think it meant to. 2. Makes me think of Tony Scott and Jimmy Giuffre, Tony for the drone effect and Giuffre because not many others sounded this modern on the clarinet. Most later Giuffre I know is pianoless. It could be a tenorman doubling. 3. Instrumental Salt Peanuts that sounds like late 50s to early 60s. Pianoless, perhaps Max Roach? 4. Classic brawny tenor in a small group setting. Ben Webster is my guess. 5. Free, but not particularly "out", guitar with percussion, piano joins eventually. Surface noice leads me away from more modern guesses like Mary Halvorsen. Tisiji Munoz is the only avant guitarist I can think of that recorded as a leader in the period I am thinking of, although I am sure that there are dozens more. 6. Art Ensemble of Chicago is my guess here. 7. The dual basses remind me of Sonny Simmons Burning Spirits album, but maybe not out enough to be that. Don't recall 'bone on that album. 8. Progressive big band certainly makes me think of Gil Evans as a first guess. 9. Frank Lowe is a possibility. 10. Derek Bailey and who? Of course Derek is one answer to the memory lapse I shared with you on #5 above. 11. This is familiar. For that reason I don't think it's James Newton, I haven't checked him out enough. Oliver Lake with Michael Gregory Jackson? Henry Threadgill? 12. Von Freeman maybe?

Verified that The Echo Dot was connected to Amazon Unlimited by trying to connect with the command: Alexa upgrade my Amazon Music. So I guess it doesn't hear my Hugh Steinmetz in a way that looks up the artist name properly Alexa play Born To Run produced the expected effect Alexa play Living Space got me Moraz - Bruford Alexa play Living Space by John Coltrane got me the version without strings from the box set.

Just bought a Echo Dot. Couldn't see signing up for the Echo only trial of the new Amazon Unlimited streaming service, as I wanted to use my computer to evaluate what was available. First point of comparison - through my computer, Amazon Unlimited has the Hugh Steinmetz album featured on a recent BFT, Spotify does not. First technical issue - Alexa (the Echo Dot) does not think she has any Hugh Steinmetz to play me, so my Echo Dot is not connected to my Amazon Unlimited free trial account yet.

I would think that view is not widely shared.

Nah, mature Smokey has plenty of gems. Cruising, Tell Me Tomorrow, One Heartbeat ... there's comparative duds on both sides also,but plenty of dud free albums too. He had a special skill for the smaller worldview that early to mid-60s Motown inhabited, but he grew right along with Stevie and Marvin as they broadened the art form and threw off some of the shackles and inhibitions. Never a revolutionary but always an artist.

A tip of the hat to Picasso. And there's that moment when Stan Getz encountered a digital delay, title track of Another World. Someone beat me to Evan Parker.

Even more surprisingly Shazam knew that, and also identified the artists on 6 and 9. The composer's musical voyage is kind of interesting on 6.

Walt Dickerson - Peace John Coltrane - Africa Brass Pat Martino - Live Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert Keith Jarrett - Death and the Flower Slight bias toward the undeniable, total obsession track, here represented by Sunny and The Star Crossed Lovers. Might have gone with Blanton-Webster Band otherwise,

wow, corto! wicked chops in the Land of Sangrey III( or IV?) !! I've been an Anthony Davis fan since I heard him on Leo Smith's original Reflectativity in the 70s.

1. Signing Off signs on. Anita O'Day perhaps 2. Definite Mingus feeling. Disappoointing fadeout. 3. Genre bender. More contemporary classical than jazz. Gershwin feel until the vocals come in. 4. James Brown, probably remixed posthumously 5. Conga and a different kind of organ sound. 6. Some more classical influence, similar to Schubert Trout quintet 7. Vibraphone like instrument with female singing voice. Harry Partch? 8. Spoken word make lemonade lecture. Carnegie disciple 9. Milhaud, Shostakovich are my first thought, but did they really employ baritone saxophonists? 10. Deep male voices and jazz aware modern classical seem to be becoming a theme here. Wonder what an Anthony Braxron opera would sound like? Probably not like this but you never know. 11. I first thought Abdullah Ibrahim - African Space Program, but I'm leaning toward Randy Weston. 12. Collage of bowling alley sounds and political speech that seems far removed from today's guttersnipes, but you can never be sure.

Allmusic.com assists discovery of the gentleman with the good taste to cover Randy Weston - It's Ray Bryant from the album Cold Turkey.

So which two are Gene McDaniels?

Boy this BFT is hoppin' - I kept getting notifications but couldn't read until I listened, and rushed though so I could see the action. There, excuses prepared! I like how this one finds common threads between great pop and great jazz. 1. True Stride was not usually played with piano bass and drums, so I think this is jazz homage rather than pure boogie. Mary Lou Williams? 2. Burner with organ and band. Maybe Illinois Jacquet? 3. Vocal version of Monk's Straight No Chaser. I'll give Jon Hendricks the nod over Murphy amd Elling. 4. Swamp rock tinged jazz version (or vice versa) of In The Midnight Hour, medleying over to Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay. I'm guessing vocalist is better known for pop than jazz. 5. Stevie Ray Vaughn has nudged out Derek Trucks for my guess here. Loving this as pure music, labels not needed. 6. Azure Te by a silky male voice. 7. Could be Sarah Vaughn. Parody/answer song to Happiness is a Thing Called Joe. 8. Did Gene Ammons record with both piano and organ? Works well! 9. Sounds like Bobby Blue Bland. 10. Big gritty female voice. I'm not getting close with my knowledge of singers of the likely period, I don't think it's Etta James. 11. Production hints at 50's or 60's. Nat King Cole? 12. Getting rich quick, or not. Jimmy Rushing? 13. Electric bass underpins a perky, piano dominated mix. 14. Pop take on My Foolish Heart, maybe Jackie Wilson? 15. Souvenirs 16. If you don't want to get in trouble don't mess with this deep voiced lady. 17. Don't mess with Billy Eckstine. (from the intro I expected the Marvelettes to come in) Close Your Eyes sounds like the title. 18. Shirley Scott recorded with bass players more than most organists, and this fits the style. I suspect, but am not sure the organist is switching to piano, which Shirley can do. 19. Can't rule out Carmen McRae. 20. Hank Crawford seems like a possibility 21. Another Gene Ammons guess. 22. Two pianos with conga - I know Red Garland recorded with conga, perhaps he did some overdubbing? 23. This sounds a lot more like Mary Lou Williams than track 1 - but wait the band comes in, sounding a little too modern for the Asch recordings. The piano sounds chopsier than I would think for Basie. Early Jones-Lewis with Roland Hanna maybe?

We do tend to be hard on self promoters around here. We do love the same music, so tell us a little about what individual pieces of Coltrane's music mean to you personally if you want to warm up the icy reception.

Sunny from Pat Martino Live is one of my top 10 musical obsessions of all time.

I chose John Handy - New View to play in memory. Dialogue may well be the peak of a highly accomplished career.

Confirmed Choice of Potato's guess as correct. I remember reading that a pianist (John Esposito?) had some Rhames he was trying to get put out and it never happened. Quite a loss.

1. Clarinet and Organ sounding like a perfectly obvious combination that you never heard before. I would guess Bill Heid, unless the strange fadeout is an intentional laptop contribution. In that case I'd think it came from the Tzadik label. 2. The evocative percussion reminds of Sun Ra's India but the piano style definitely not, more Keith Jarrett, but free of vocalizations. Brad Mehldau? 3. The blues content is making me think of later Mary Lou Williams. 4. Farmer Golson Jazztet? 5. I'm thinking that's Milt Jackson, but not sure he's the leader. Alto could possibly be Gigi Gryce. 6. Definitely sounds like Billy Harper. 7. Maybe Tommy Flanagan? 8. Very tasty Rhodes playing. Kenny Barron played some Rhodes in the seventies. 9. Jane Ira Bloom? Wouldn't be surprised if this was on the Arabesque label. 10. Ron Carter? 11. Solo Alto. Not out, and not Tenderly so Lee Konitz is the guess. The tone fits. 12. This combination of gritty sax and silky commerical arrangements strongly suggests Gato Barbieri. 13. Nice big band. Modern enough to be Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. Tenor sax solo is not Billy Harper. 14. I'm thinking Ahmad Jamal here. 15. And this also sounds like Billy Harper, perhaps a little less. There are licks I would expect to hear if it was George Adams that I'm not hearing, a little aggressive flurry that appears even in his ballads.

Interested in downloads, but will be very busy until Aug 12 with the National Scrabble Championships.

Listened to the Harp Concerto this evening, Will probably pull down the piece with taped bird sounds soon. Any Thoughts?

But a very cool slice of history, thanks!

More than you know. I am a Max Roach fanboy and saw him live three times. And you slipped TWO Maxes by me! And Round Midnight to boot. My ears and I are going to have a talk! On 7 I had the thought Jay Hoggard and Anthony Davis and checked out the tune beginnings of their MPS album and found no matches. I'll still offer Jay Hoggard as a guess based on your hint that this might not be long after Walt Dickerson's recording phase.

Re #8 there was a recent as in this century Charles Lloyd accompanied by Arabic instruments. Could be that or Garbarek if it is ECM. No no stringed instruments on Sangam. Not Arabic but Indian.