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Hi Colin, I’ve waited so long to post again, since I felt that I had disqualified myself since I saw some answers from someone who posted already at the beginning of the month. Like I’ve said then, I didn’t even know that there was a link yet and I was just checking whether there was news on your BFT. I didn’t think of looking at the first post where you already had posted the new link. So even though I didn’t really look I felt that I had sort of an advantage over the others and so it didn’t feel really fair. I felt a bit disappointed since I like to discover all myself and don’t want a heads start that way. Anyway, that’s why I’ve waited till the last day of the month to post. Here are my answers and comments. 01. Joe McPhee Po Music – album: Oleo & A Future Retrospective - song: Astral Spirits – recorded at the 2nd of August 1982 at the Foundation Artist House, in Boswil, Switzerland. label: Hatology. Joe McPhee - , Raymond Boni – guitar, André Jaume – clarinet & alto sax, Francois Méchali – bass Beautiful beginning, building up to a massive whole and then finding ease. I have a view of a Highland somewhere like in Scotland or Ireland. At one point the main character has a crossroads where it is hard to decide which road to pick. Then it gets clear, like the fog lifts up and the road gets steady and clear. A bit like a poem really. It tells a story. Yes, I like it. 02. Alexander Hawkins, Louis Moholo-Moholo, – album: Keep your heart straight, song: Keep your hear straight – drums & percussion – Louis Moholo-Moholo, piano – Alexander Hawkins - recorded at the 24th of October 2011 at Fish Factory in London. Label: Ogun. I had a bit of trouble understanding this one, so I decided to just listen and let it come over me. I didn’t get really into it. 03. Clusono 3 – Michael Moore, Ernst Reijseger, Han Bennink – album: Rara Avis – song: El Condor Pasa - original composer Paul Simon. I’m a fan, so it’s nice to see what someone else does with it. There was great suspense in it. Recorded at the 13th of December 1997 at Kulak, Berikon in Switzerland. label: Hatology. Alto – Michael Moore, cello - Ernst Reijseger, drums – Han Bennink. I like what they did with the time and I guess that made this an intriguing listen. 04. I have no clue, but I’ve really enjoyed this trumpet solo. 05. Ed Blackwell – album Walls–Bridges – song: Take the A-train, originally by Billy Strayhorn Phonocomp – bass – Cameron Brown, drums – Ed Blackwell – tenor – Dewey Redman – recorded live at concert on the 27th of February 1992, at the Hampden Theatre at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Black Saint label. Nicely done. 06. Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake, William parker – album: Pain of Soul – song: Resolution recorded at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn on the 23rd of September 2005. Label: AUM Fidelity. Tabla – Hamid Drake, tenor – Kidd Jordan, guembri – William Parker. At one point I think I’m hearing something from a well-known song but I can’t come up with the title for it. I like these percussion instruments especially. The tenor I didn’t like that much. Beautiful album cover. 07. Paul Motian trio– album: Le Voyage – song: Abacus album 1979 – recorded in March 1979 at the Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, Germany. ECM records. composer Paul Motian. tenor – Charles Brackeen, bass – J.F. Jenny-Clark, drums – Paul Motian. Since I’ve worked with the abacus when I was teaching, it was a bit of a funny title for me for this song. 08. Urs Leimgruber, Joëlle Leandre, Fritz Hauser – album: No try no fail 1996 – song: Third, recorded live at Loft, Köln on the 10th of March 1996. label: Hatology. sax – Urs Leimgruber, bass and vocals – Joëlle Léandre, drums, percussion - Fritz Hauser. It sounded like there were animals in the recording, like it was a bit jungle like at some point. 09. 3:33 Nate Wooley Quintet– album: (Put your) Hands Together recorded 16 September 2010, song: Shanda Lea solo trumpet by Nate Wooley – recorded at the 16th of September 2010. Label Clean Feed. Beautiful solo piece. 10. Fred Anderson – album: Black Horn Long Gone – song: Wandering - composer – Fred Anderson. Tenor – Fred Anderson, bass Maachi Favors Maghostut, drums - Ajaramu. Recorded at the Sparrow Sound Design Recording Studio in Chicago in January 1003. I did like the accompanying playing of the tenor and the bass playing the theme together. I often enjoy bass playing melody I must say. Nice. 11. No clue. Lovely bass playing. Overall nice song. Nice theme. I didn’t like all soloing, some somewhat too crowdy for me, mainly by the horn players. Maybe weird but I thought it had a bit of Take 5 in it sometimes. 12. Schlippenbach Trio – Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan parker, Paul Lovens - album: God is where you find it - song: God is where you find it composer – Alexander von Schlippenbach. drums – Paul loens, piano – Alexander von Schlippenbach, tenor – Evan Parker. Recorded at 11th and 12th of June 2007 at the SWR Studio in Baden-Baden, Germany. Label: Intakt Records. Thank you for this BFT with all new music to me. I feel like I’m broadening my horizon and getting to explore a new world. I like the lyric stuff among these and want to know more about it. I try to visualize while I’m listening which will help me as a songwriter and new stuff will open up your mind to new ways. Thank you for showing these. Kind regards, page

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RIP. I think the fact we all believed him in his role, made him a great actor.

I know, she adjusted them to her own father. It struck me deeply I must say.

Man, she was one of a kind, wasn't she?! I must say I ache with her while listening. It is terribly sad and familiar. Thank you for posting, Tom. It impressed me.

I never knew either, it was a pleasant surprise. I ran into a big band arrangement of the song from the Woody Herman series. I think it is this one: Musicians do recognize a good song and want to give their rendition to it. A compliment to the work of Gilbert O'Sullivan. This last arrangement is by Alan Broadbent btw. in case you are wondering

Yes, well 4 octaves are remarkable for a female singer. I love her low range especially.

I can't recall a song right now, but I've had many of these. When I was a girl my oldest brother gave me his cassette deck and some recorded tapes. So that's how I learned about Simon and Garfunkel, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond, to name a few which were artists not really of my time but more of my brothers. I was really curious about the lyrics and what the songs were about and wrote everything down by ear. Since my English wasn't that good yet being that young and not a native speaker, I must have misheard quite a few lyric phrases. I really enjoyed trying to understand the songs, was quite excited doing so and that's why i still can sing along with most of those and still appreciate the music. They will stick with me 'til my end of time....

Wow, thanks Tom. You know, Gilbert O'Sullivan was one of the first singer songwriters getting my interest to lyrics. I wrote his lyrics down by ear from cassette, lol. How lovely Sarah recorded one of his beautiful songs. She had such a great tone of voice.

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Wow, I didn't know Sarah had recorded a Gilbert O'Sullivan song?! I'd love to hear her sing it!

Aw, what a sad news. R.I.P. Clark Terry, and thank you for the gift of your beautiful music you have left us. sincerely, page

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Van Harte!

Yes indeed. That must have been so.

Ah ok, you mean it like that. I now understand. Yes, that is probably since it wasn't accepted. Although I do think Cole Porter did make an effort there with his songs. What I meant is, that times have changed and nowadays it is accepted to write a love song whatever preference you have sexually. That guy winning a grammy last week wrote that song for his ex-boyfriend. I'm happy times have changed and people can express their feelings that way publicly although I know there is still work to be done to get everything equal

Hmmmm....not sure about that, unless love itself is determinedly hetero? In which case, "true" love is rooted in the need to reproduce, not the need to "become whole" in a spiritual/mental sense instead of a reproductive merging of genetic materials? Still figuring this out as I go along, definitely was not born into a world that entertained the notion of a gay "true" love, everything was based in making them babies, or at least in engaging in the act that would theoretically allow for that. And now, not so much. Still that, but also other possibilities? I mean, I hear what you're saying, what I would hesitate on is this an Ultimate Truth or is it perhaps a Temporal Assumption that is going to have to be amended to make room for other possibilities as we evolve? I guess I don't agree with that statement, Allen. Or maybe I don't really understand what you mean to say with "the life blood"; and even in the case of reproductive merging as JSngry mentions, that isn't really true anymore these days, is it? There are other possibilities for gay couples, at least in my country there are.

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Ok, thanks guys. Maybe it was vodka, but I thought he said rum at the time. I wouldn't know about the different kinds used the way like you say Jim, I'm just a singer myself. I know he went back home once when we were at a gig, since we had to perform and he didn't bring a spare one. It made me kind of nervous, since he barely made it back in time.

Another thing: a friend of mine always kept his reeds in some strong alcohol. I think it was white rum. Do you guys do that too? Is that a common thing, to preserve reeds in alcohol? Watching your video, what would be the advantage?

Ah yes, are they called pads in English? Why didn't I think of that. You can see here: http://www.saxshop.nl/contents/en-uk/d91_saxofoon_onderhoud.html (Sorry website seems to stay in Dutch, although I pointed out the link for the English version) You can see different kinds that are used.

When a sax is leaking the "polster" doesn't get closed enough while playing. A polster is made of felt with a bit of leather covering it. On top of that, there is the metal button. I don't know whether I got all terms correct in English, but that is what it means when it is leaking. You can't intonate correctly when a polster is leaking, you simply can not get the right tone. A bit like when you play recorder and you don't set your fingers exactly on the openings. Then there is a leak too. Ah, now I see, you are talking about a mouth piece. I'm not sure then. The term leaking is usually used for the polsters.