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Bump (this week).

Damn, that's right about the 15th, thanks for the reminder. I overlooked the Ted Daniel event. But the Lace Mill is half the travel, so that's probably what I'll go for.

Planning to go to the Saturday, not sure about Friday.

Thanks. Wow, that was recorded in 2019, released in 2020 and AFAICT (admittedly via Wikipedia) is Carla Bley's last recording.

Andrew Hill: Andrew!!!, Compulsion!!!!!, Grass Roots and Smoke Stack.

Based on the foregoing posts, I'll venture that my first thought for the #5 vocalist was Rickie Lee Jones. It does kinda sound like her IMO (I was a fan of her first couple of albums, but then lost track). I dismissed that as unlikely and resolved to listen further. Busy weekend so haven't gotten around to it yet.

You mean the guitarist is GG? 🤣 I thought I heard the trademark repeated note lick. Plus the single line solos. But overall seemed to play faster and in a higher register than GG, almost like someone trying to pay homage.

This would be a hassle of a drive for me, over 2 hours each way, but I might have to do it. https://www.facebook.com/events/1731558840826798/

I enjoy #6 and it's interesting because it reminds me of some people who aren't involved. Dig the saxist who goes the "Texas Tenor" route in many passages, someone I ought to be able to ID but can't right now. Piano comp is sort of in Jaki's style, not so much the solos, can't be Jaki but ditto on the ID. Guitarist does some single-line things similar to GG but it's definitely not him. I'm not that big a guitar listener so won't attempt ID, though I suspect the reveal will cause a forehead slap.

My computer sound is so bad that I thought it was a duet until the third listen 🤪...I was really taken by the piano, which vaguely reminds me of quasi-minimalist "classical" composers such as Howard Skempton (some of whose work I greatly enjoy, though I find him uneven). The saxist is pretty much in the ECM/"moody" bag, which generally doesn't engage me deeply, but this tune works well. I hesitate to comment on the bassist because I initially couldn't perceive him, but the knee-jerk guess is Gary Peacock, of whom I'm a fan.

I loved #3. From the preceding discussion I can't imagine I own it, but I intend to research it out of curiosity.

Thanks. It was a fun BFT to listen to. Definitely want to give some of those albums a spin (or several). Already reviewed the Belgrave, which I own but couldn't ID. Mingus Dynasty (same situation) will be next. 😉

+1. I already had a copy of Algonquin, but haven't digested the other 2 albums.

I wish Bill Evans had recorded more with PJJ.

It might be Mulligan himself on piano, see this page.

Damn, that's strange. I quickly checked discogs, and the release pictured seems to be a PD collection of Pacific Jazz releases from 1952-53. None of those Pacific Jazz records credit a pianist, AFAICT all bari-drums-bass-trumpet quartet. But I must have missed something.

After spinning the "Special Edition" box I'm listening to some more offbeat recordings with Jack: The duet with Foday Musa Suso Bill Evans Trio At the Montreux Jazz Festival Nick Brignola On a Different Level (my favorite Brignola album)

Yes! And especially with Jaki Byard on piano. There was a fairly recent thread (which is slightly off the current topic) here

Hamid Drake and William Parker in the drums/bass category.

Is "ballpark organist" a genre? I grew up in the Chicago area...Nancy Faust, who played at Comiskey Park for decades and Chicago Stadium for a few years, was a big deal. https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/nancy-faust-organist-white-sox-comiskey/

Thanks. Hard to explain the blunder, as I had the CD liner notes right in front of me.

Sorry, I misrecalled the liner note author Bob Blumenthal...I play chess and must have subliminally mixed him up with the "Blumenfeld Counter Gambit". 🤪

I discovered the "roller-rink" organist trope via Bob Blumenthal's updated (2004) liner notes to the RVG CD of Heavy Soul. Freddie Roach (1931-1980), with a more subdued (detractors might say roller-rink) sound than most organists of the period, might be an acquired taste, but for this listener it is a taste worth acquiring...

+1 to all sentiments. Too sad to say anything else.

Me too (in principle), but I am not telegenic and would completely lack screen presence, propelling the film into farcical / disaster territory. 😁 I think O'Connor's performance has gotten positive reviews. Cinema / theatre stars have a certain presence not common in the general population.