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  2. BFT 95 Discussion

    in Blindfold Test

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    1. I believe this is the band Roots. The alto solo is Arthur Blythe and I am guessing that the tenor solo is by Chico Freeman (hey, it could be Nathan Davis but I’m guessing Freeman). The piano I think is Don Pullen although the solo doesn’t go all the way there the way I expect most Pullen solos to go. I really like this band and this version of St. Thomas.

    2. If there is any musician I like to think I can pick out its George Adams. I’d say given the background that this is George with the Gil Evans orchestra. The feeling I got from this was “Whoa, there’s got to be more than that”. So, is there?

    3. Well I started out so strong and now I am back to squinting and shrugging. I have no idea who this is. I like the performance and the tenor sounds like an older musician who also kept abreast of developments so I’d guess maybe Frank Foster.

    4. More confusion for me. I am thinking the tenor soloist is Lockjaw Davis.

    5. Totally clueless although I liked it.

    6. The alto solo is maybe by Sonny Criss.

    7. Once again, no idea. This is why I like to listen to people’s BFT’s but don’t usually put on a public display of ignorance. I dug the soprano solo, I thought the piano solo was a little corny.

    8. I didn’t really care for this. Can’t really come up with an intelligent guess. Probably would have enjoyed more had I been there when they played it.

    9. I feel like I should be able to id the tune and the tenor, but I can’t. I was really struck by how the tenor held a single note for a long time at a couple of points. Overall I liked this. If I had to guess I’d say the piano reminded me of Tommy Flanagan.

    10. I liked the sparse approach to the piano which still had, to me, great feeling. I am thinking this is someone more contemporary. The sax sounded like Chris Cheek to me.

    I burned these tracks to a disc and listened while driving around the past couple of days. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ll get to the rest over the weekend.

  10. Nick Brignola

    in Artists

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    I have only heard a few of his Reservoir releases, have several earlier lps and a couple of the Reservoir cd's. I like Nick Brignola alot. There is a very nice video around that he did for a public tv station. It seems he chose to be a big fish in a small pond.

  21. Irene

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

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    We just got our first period of torrential rain here in RI which lasted about 30 minutes. Its expected to begin sustained rain and wind later today and be potentially hairy here tonight and tomorrow. You can't buy a gallon of water or a d battery here today. I got all the water we will need on Tuesday. Could still use a couple of d batteries though.

  23. Cadence Magazine To Cease Publication

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    When they went to the new format a couple of years ago I canceled my subscription that was running for 9 yrs........I found it pretty offensive that they didn't inquire with us subscribers as to whether we would prefer this new every 3 months format or not. A survey of some kind would have been nice. Cadence doesn't seem to care about what the customer wants but yet still wants to make a profit on every cotton pickin' thing that they do, Mr Rusch seems to have this attitude that we the customer/subscriber are just like the rest of the dumb downed masses of humanity who feed on the junk music of our day.....plus never seen a magazine of any kind in my lifetime that charge double cover price for their back issues.......from a business stand point cadence north country is a pretty lame ass, control freak company. In order to be viable in business these days you have to know(or at least care about) what the customer wants and DELIVER the goods. And sorry to say but there are some things you just gotta do for free these days in this creative music business(LIKE HAVE A VIABLE WEB PRESENCE)........something Mr Rusch is not interested in doing because there's no profit in that.....I'm sure they must be making money in other things like their audio department.....probably the only bright spot of the whole company.

    Sorry you have such a negative opinion of Cadence. I wasn't thrilled when the went to the new format but I've gotten used to it (I've been a subscriber since around 1983). I believe the switch was made to try and keep the business viable by reducing costs. I feel Cadence has served a wide constituency well through the years. As far as doing things for a profit, well, that's business. Doing things for free, that's a hobby. I don't have personal knowledge of the financial circumstances of any of the Cadence employees but I feel I can safely assert no one's getting rich there. I've bought the magazine, bought records and cd's, and stereo equipment from Cadence and I haven't had a gripe yet, happy to say. I don't want to bore you with details of the customer service I've experienced but its all been good.

  24. The 70s Twofer Jazz Reissue LP

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    I remember the early BN twofers had the polkadots (Thad & Mel, and also a Gil Evans/Gary McFarland come to mind), and then came the manila-colored twofers. I still have a bunch of 'em. And of course the Prestige twofers.

    The Gil Evans/Gary McFarland vinyl two-fer is an Impulse "Dedications" series two-fer. It the only time that Gary McFarland's Impulse album "Profiles" has ever been reissued, to this day, to my knowledge. "Profiles" has never come out on CD and has had no other vinyl reissue.

    The Gil Evans BN twofer was entitled 'Pacific Standard Time' and reunited the two PacificJazz albums by Evans.

    Colinmce wrote:

    One more nod to the Bluebird chronological sets which issued more or less the complete recordings of Goodman, Shaw and Miller; I have the Goodman and Miller series which set me back less than $20. Still looking for the Shaws all in one place. Bechet, Henderson, Hines and Tatum were also represented in smaller sets; there is also the classic Hampton box set. Any others?

    There was also a Complete Bunny Berigan series of twofers.

    There was also a Willie Bryant and Jimmie Lunceford set, three sides of Bryant and one of Lunceford. The Bryant sides have some Ben Webster solos from 1935 along with some Benny Carter on trumpet. Teddy Wilson is on some of the other Bryant sessions.

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