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Obscure Japanese reissues. Can't say they're essential, but I like pianist Takeshi Shibuya (he also sometimes plays organ), who is on both. First is a duet album, second a quartet.

Big Dave Burrell fan here, have a few CDs but would like to see much more on the medium. After Love, from the French America series, stands out as weird but extremely interesting. I originally got into DB because I l dig people who bash on the piano (e.g. Bobby Few, Cooper-Moore,... of course CT), but I enjoy his playing in other styles as well. The Jelly Roll Joys is great fun, High Won High Two has some surprising medleys. Consequences, the duet with Billy Martin, has lots of outside bashing. Don't have too much else with him as leader, only a Japanese piano duet album with Stanley Cowell comes to mind right now.

As Cliff P. mentioned upthread, Forced Exposure and Dusty Groove have the component CDs (singles and one twofer), but no box. I checked DMG, but they only seem to have one of the CDs (maybe prior release?). Nothing at Squidco, as Colin stated upthread. I only see the LP box set on discogs at this time. So I have no idea! Those are all my suspects. 😢

It's really good. Larson seems to be a Zen practitioner (based on her intro/dedication) and gets far more into the Buddhist aspect than anyone else I've ever read on Cage. And the whole thing is extremely well written. About 3/4 of the way through. In the meantime I finished this (more urgent because it was from library): Funny thing. I browsed a bookstore I hadn't visited in a while and saw Larson/Cage, Threadgill/Edwards and The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins on the same shelf, which triggered a reading binge. Purchased the Cage paperback, got the Threadgill via interlibrary loan. Couldn't bring myself to buy the Rollins notebooks because it's a slim volume with a lot of white space; may need to because the (pretty good) interlibrary loan system doesn't have it. 😕

In response to a "wobble" today, the 5 PM (Eastern time) guidance has shifted slightly South. Marginally better for the Tampa area, but quoting the NHC's latest discussion: It is still critical to remember that even at 36 hours (around the time of potential landfall), NHC's track forecasts can be off by an average of 60 n mi, which means we still can't pinpoint an exact landfall location, especially if additional wobbles occur in the short term.

I think the National Weather Service is the best source for storm graphics. Milton The "Peak Surge", "Rainfall Potential" and "Wind Speed Probabilities" are all worrisome. Example: the 50 knot wind probability chart:

Every year in Woodstock NY there's an anniversary performance of 4'33' at a museum/art gallery. Kay Larson, a Cage scholar, usually (in my experience) opens with a lecture. Then the celebrated piece, which the musician(s) follow with a "normal" performance.

Jim really nailed #4. I sleuthed and thus claim no credit, but full ID at https://tinyurl.com/2e3t9sva Indeed the flautist, who wrote the tune, is not so well known to me, but John Hicks is on electric piano! The tune is not Fancy Free, but is somewhat derivative thereof.

Looks an awful lot like Newport to me. This site suggests the same (scroll way down): Lights, Camera, Backbeat - Search (lightscamerabackbeat.com) Festival Field, Newport, Rhode Island, July 2, 1966. Includes Clark Terry - pocket trumpet, Ruby Braff - cornet, Red Allen -trumpet. *With Thad Jones, Bobby Hackett -cornet, Jimmy Owens - flugelhorn, Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham - trumpets

D. B. Cooper B. D. (Doonesbury) Biggus D***us (Monty Python Life of Brian)

From the "obscure Japanese piano jazz" department

Jim ID'd the artist of #13 and John the tune. I very much dig the rendition, knew the tune but not the artist...Full ID here, tinyurl to avoid spoiler: https://tinyurl.com/mwfs2x87 Posting on about half now (after sporadic edits/adds), will cover the rest later. #13: gonna have to listen to a lot of Jr. Parker! #12 is an interesting mix of fusion and "+ strings" with a strong Middle Eastern vibe. Haven't heard it, would have to come up with some candidate performers and sleuth, but too early for that. #11 is also in my wheelhouse, but I don't believe I've heard it before. I have an excellent Masabumi Kikuchi / Gil Evans album with the players John mentioned, but this tune ain't on it. I hear a vague Middle Eastern influence on the saxophone solo, but too early to say whether that could be a BFT theme here. #9 is "Oscarlypso". Excellent tune, I know only a Curtis Fuller version on The Opener, but this arrangement is much different. Bone sounds more like JJ here, but it's somebody else (BB). I'm surprised that this (presumably the OG) recording is so much more "exotic" than Fuller's later cover. Might be hallucinating, but the opening flute passage seems to have been quoted by Led Zeppelin(?!)*, I recall the LZ song's melody but not lyrics or title. Full ID here: https://tinyurl.com/yhf4ku6u [Added] *Honest to God, compare the opening of #9 with the opening of Zeppelin's The Immigrant Song... 🤣 #6: Not bad, I enjoy the way the sax plays behind the trumpet (who must be leader?), weird that sax gets no big solo. Saxophonist sounds familiar, as if I have at least recording with him, but can't put a finger on ID. Trumpeter is a dominant player with big stamina like Tolliver, but doesn't sound like CT and I can't ID. Look forward to ID or reveal. #5: Enjoy this, especially the piano. Can't ID musicians, but it feels like the leader/reed player is someone mostly known as "avant-garde" playing more straight-ahead. Kind of a Marion Brown situation, though it doesn't sound much like him and I can't even be certain it's an alto with my crummy computer sound. #4: Felser seems to be spot on here, though I can't vouch for the musician IDs. I like this a lot more than most of the genre, especially the flute soloist. Would be inclined to seek out a recording, but IMO there are a few too many stock early '70s licks on this particular tune so I'd need to hear more samples. Definitely interested in hearing more from the flautist.

Calendar — The Local (thelocalsaugerties.com) Also: David Weiss Sextet, same venue, Nov 21

Recorded 2000. Don't think it's been issued before, so posting here. I'm probably in, but waiting for bandcamp samples. https://orgmusiclabel.bandcamp.com/album/tribe-2000

ISTR Rahsaan doing some (lip) whistling. Can't recall the tune/album or whether it was credited, but I don't think it was a bebop number.

Thanks, fun BFT! Lots of new music to me, a handful of familiar performers but nothing I have in the collection. Much to think about and explore.

Damn, I totally missed the announcement. 😢 Hope it was good. Went to back-to-back afternoon concerts in Kingston today - Old Dutch Church, then the Handbell Studio. First stoplight just as I was heading back, I saw you outside Tubby's. Should have figured something was up and stopped.

I sensed a non-US theme and kind of forced the Japanese comparisons. I'm not really up to date with contemporary performers, so could only think of older analogues to many of the pieces.

Thanks, I listened to the whole BFT and enjoyed it. None of the tunes were clinkers IMO, but I couldn't really identify anything. #1 was familiar from a recording by the composer. #2 was great, I should have had a clue but came up empty. #3-5 were totally unfamiliar but I liked them. Should have had a clue about #6 since I was listening to some Ornette with Cherry this weekend, but oh well. #7 did sound like Harry Beckett but I'm not deeply into the style of that tune. Should have had a clue about #8 but sound quality made it hard to focus. #9 sounds like something Masahiko Togashi might have been involved with, but if so I doubt I have the recording. Posted earlier on #10, could never have ID'd. Agree with the South African influence on #11 and the Pharoah influence on #12, but that's as far as I could go. #13 is schizophrenic and totally threw me. Once the bari and big band came in, I had vague ideas of Japanese bandleaders like Shuko Mizuno or Toshiyuki Miyama, but then the vocals started and those notions went out the window. I enjoyed the music and singing of #14 despite not digging the lyrics. #15 sounds vaguely like it might have been composed/arranged by Kenny Wheeler, but if so I don't believe I've heard it before. Thanks again for the effort. Looking forward to full reveals. I did peek at the reveals so far.

I've been really busy this month and spending less time on the internet. Hope to have a good listen to the BFT this weekend, as the theme (which I somewhat expected) is of considerable interest to me. Wild guess on the pianist in 10: Alexander v. Schlippenbach? Not familiar with his playing, but I hear some 12-tone classical influence so he comes to mind. Don't have time/patience to sleuth right now.

Cool, and it's even on Blue Note! Highly curious about what else (eventually) gets released.

As far as I can tell, yes and it was the first performance since discovery (pieces of the video have been reposted by other Youtubers). Comments say that the piece (perhaps a different version) is now on Spotify. Funny that Bild should post it. I always got the impression Bild was a tabloid and distinctly low-brow. Perhaps that's why they referred to the new "Song".

Wow. I just now found about the following. Pity I can't make it tonight (Tues. 9/24). Carl Stone! https://www.tubbyskingston.com/calendar/electronic-pioneer-carl-stone-and-friends

Through the magic of the interwebs,

Fear not. Provided the manuscript gets authenticated, there will be a slew of recordings within a few months.