Man with the Golden Arm

As mailing of the discs or disks nears please look to the initial post here and see if you are included. Just to double check me, any names I have listed above have sent me an e-mail with their address. If you are not on that list please do forward an e-mail as I may have overlooked something or missed the e-mail, okeedokey. Thanks!

Just an update- I now have 28 on the list so far and from the looks of it BFT #6 will be "officially" answered by the first of next week. I will try my best to get the European mailings out by then and follow up with the stateside distribution. I know there is much discussion after the facts have been revealed, as there already has been much great reception for Randy's discs, so hopefully a week's lag won't be to long. Any comments welcome.

1-5 well i'm out again with that silly guess and unfortunately in between the above posts so c & j are on. having googled it would be some long out of print trio on the Catalyst label? that is a fantastic cut and it's been the one i've listened to the most thus far. those pieces that strike you as redundant upon first exposure are invariably the ones that tend to reveal the most. if it is this, then thank you rh for letting us all have the pleasure.

check out the hangers on this rack

re: 1-5 Just to toss up a guess, as "we have too many users right now" must be because of all this, but, when Snow White makes a wish does she look down into a _________?

I've wondered about this to. I have seen that a great many early boogaloos during it's initial craze were called by only one "o" - some Puente comes to mind. It might just be the first Spanish language way of writing it that titles this album.

Tom, my sincerest condolences to you.

if someone does not use this for a "signature line" i just don't know... or this...

Boy track five on the first disc has me the most entranced right now. It is definitely tooooo long for me but that's a silly reason to shruff it off. The three horsemen (actually one's a couw) here say it's Mal Waldron and I'm not really all that familiar wit his work. If it is then I need to be ejamacated. As Jsngry states that it seems like the pianist is about to blow, my googling leads me to the acknowledgement that a decade before this cut, if it is Mal, he suffered a breakdown and needed to relearn some aspects of his playing from there. That the creative mind can be so hardened by so much yet so frail is a continuing mystery. This is one heavy track and should not be so maligned (pun pardoning). I recall John Zorn describing Tristano's fingers as made of "sledgehammers" and that's not far off mark here - maybe 'ball peens'. That little redundant elementary figure after 00:39... that is called out in a previous post, is really like some native american dervish akin to Pullen's "Common Ground" playing. Please tell me more, oh those on the mountain top.

Whether it's popes or beatles.

just so you know where to hang your hat!

while you're rubbing and thumping.

Oh yeah! This is the tip of the month. Just got this from DGA and it is simply beautiful. The mastering, not that any of us really care , is stunning. This quintet was in the room today! Wilen sounds perfect although not quite enough of him. Mine's a Right Tempo Classics release. FWIW Thanks Dave and Lon!!!!

I hope I get you right when I say: The answer is YES! Oops, well after reading Jsngry's post I'm not on the mark with this. I was alluding to who I thought might be the saxophonist from his own large groups on what I think might be the same Italian label of record. And man I can't believe, (I mean I can) Jim's post! You must have some outboard 500 Gig brain sitting in a jar like that one horror movie I saw when I was a kid where the organ controls a whole wall full of arms that ends up strangling the bad guy.... what the hell am i talking about here? Simply amazing.

something a bit more news worthy

is one of these guys a choir-boy?? This cut is a KILLER!

Very sorry to hear this news. What b3-er said is very important. My wife is a big believer in giving those so close to you "permission", especially a parent. Your Strength, Love and Warmth are so apparent. Wish you the best.

As BFT # 6 is well under way I am just taking the charge to allow enough time for all participants to hit me up for #7. My e-mail is a new one and I'm going to give it a shot for this test as a start: please use e-mail function I will probably go ahead and burn all and mail the stateside discs myself unless Texas has an out cropping of more than half a dozen members. I do welcome some distribution from across the sea ... I know that there are a few in the Black Forest that might help snuffle out the post girls, and the UK as well. Any offers tendered - I will count on the advice of the experienced for any tips. As for the disc, a solo, I can only ask that you listen to it as you would a complete piece, start to finish. I know that I have a habit of occasionally skipping around in between cuts (possibly my short attention span lisdexic thing) when digging into a BFT but I've selected a whole bunch that are, for the most part, hardly longer than a few minutes each. I hope it works for yall. Please e-mail me so that I may put you into the address pool! Thanks, Vint Sign Up as Confirmed w/ address (I have the following on the mailing list via e-mail): tjobbe couw mikeweil king ubu rockefeller center deus62 tom storer eke bbb marcoliv fent99 nate dorward chris joe christmas noj jimr catesta jim dye big al jsngry dan gould evan randyhersom conn 500 upright bill chuckyd4 peter johnson billyboy john b stefan wood relyes brad dimitry rdk .:.impossible tom in ri aftab sax__vag euro bold sent and domestics to go out on friday the 13th!

You know to be truthful I was a bit off-put at first by these two discs and had a harder time wrapping myself around the mix than prevously. Now after perusing the earnest leads, links, stories and editorials as well as the "wahdaphuckayouthinkin i hope someone sharpens your q-tips" quips:D I've gotta say that these platters are deeper than I had first imagined. I know there is a thread in here somewhere especially with Weston, Evans groups being revealed (and really first times for any of these groups to cross my path). Truly looking forward to the hash once Jim S ponies up. And mikeweil can you give more clue to D2#8... I came up with an imageless window and all that's above is "flower". (Funny that the next BFT has minor similarities to the past two even though it was in the works a ways back.)

Hey can somebody please tell me how to make stuff BOLD!? I did the 'alt + b", put the word in between and I get ? marks??? edit: thanks to ?COUW? for below

Well I will post as I let it go down today. Boy this was a tough one. (like they all aren't, heh). I can't figure out a weave here if there is one and that's good. Can't wait to read the posts here so there ain't no way I'm gonna know anymore the more I listen. From Randy's avatar he looks like such a normal guy? Here goes: Disc 1: Track 1- Great opener... has a fantastic sit up and listen (i have incorporated this for my BFT) but alas no idea. Some conga amidst the blowing might make the googling easier. Track 2- Some minor eastern influences but this drummer has me confused. It sounds older but this drummer is playing a bit more automated at times for this to be a classic slice of post hard bop, no? Track 3- A gift... GL from BH & SR Track 4- Boy, I just don't know this stuff at all. Is it a bit too restrained and more classic call and response than an AEC date? Sorry Chuck I just ain't hip yet to afro-chicago Track 5- Love this left hand noir. And the beginning surge of the rhythm sec. Plays very well after the last cut, though. Wow this thing unfold like that Hadley whazzhisfaz from Jsngry's test. Great, great stuff!! Track 6- I'm sure this will be a big surprise. Fantastic sound here but just can't dance to it. Track 7- As of first listen this is the one that will probably suck a bit of PayPal out of me. Track 8- ... nice arco seg. These last two HAVE to go together. Sweet cue! No clue. Track 9- Save any further emberassment in that when it comes to that big beautifull post Ellington sound I don't know beans. Track 10- Another gift... w/ the classic 4Tet Track 11- 'Last call and the bride's already dressed so let's hit the bar one more time and see if any late hangers want to cha cha.' Oh wait now the vocals... was this on a Murray album. Gosh I have no history for this test. Disc 2: Track 1- Absolutely no clue as to this cross shifting big band. Rather a bit of exotica with maybe a Burrell solo in the middle. Track 2- BC from that one older album of hers that every body should have but I don't. Had that Grammy winner for a spit but it seems to me that that's what she needs to do so I don't find her that alluring despite her raves. Track 3- Hartman-esque vibrato on these two but no clue. Some BN flute date from the post eighties. Track 4- A Hutcherson trio piece? It has a lot more echo than most of his. Is that true or am I just imagining. This is a very nice piece and not as avant as I first imagined. Track 5- A beautifully done cut. Intrigued to find out who? Not Frisell or Abercrombie, or is it? Bit too "new" for me though. Track 6- Guitarist's date? Absolutely no clue. Track 7- This one knocks me out as much as the long piano track on Disc One. Another nice bit of exotica, Lateef goes Dutch?? Track 8- My second favorite on this set. Seems a bit more modern. Truncated ending has me wanting a bit more if there was any? Track 9- There's a standard under here somewhere. Track, Track, Track, # # # !0, !0 !0...Sonny Rollins at the Hoover Dam. Track 11- ZacklylikeU ... but that's all I can come up with. Nicely done Randy... Now I can rip through this already well documented thread.

There ws a Spanish or Mexican film back in the eighties that reminded me of "8-1/2". Does anybody know what this is? It was very bizarre, almost Eraser-headish. It did, however, get me to buy some Perez Prado!

Curious as to whether they will off Tubby's reading of "'Round Midnight" from "BiT'? That's one creamy closer to that album.

Someone buy this "Johnny Lytle The Loop/New and Groovy (Beat Goes Public) $12" coolest disc in the world ! (kind of)

I am not sure where Jim Dye was in the mix before but I would say that he would then be # 8? It was also bizarre watching his avatar change before my eyes while i was posting the previous. from putting on a hat to rolling up his sleeves.... what is this new one?