Joe

Beatrice Eurydice Persephone

Of course! Track 6 is Kenton. And this is a true Kenton arrangement, yes? The road from Gil Evans to Stan Kenton (the final minute or so) travels through some pretty avant territory. Listening to track #1 again, I hear some influences that I place more in Africa (South Africa and Zimbabwe specifically) than Europe. Intonation aside. Following the thread I pulled above, however, reveals the identity of this composer — someone much more widely known as a pop star. Surprising, but also, "well, yeah, that makes sense." Then again, surprises revealing themselves to be inevitabilities seems to be the theme of this BFT. Bravo!

Still listening. Intriguing! Have to say the guitar on track 4 sounds so much like Grant Green it almost can't be Grant Green. But I know he did a version of "Down Here on the Ground. But something in the recording doesn't sound "vintage." Something from one of the 90s BN remix compilations. (Ah; a little searching reveals the vocalist. Not who I expected.) Track 5: The Salsoul Orchestra! Was not expecting to hear that on a BFT! But, then again, I've never thought about who Vince (Montana) was or how important he was to the Philly soul/MFSB sound. I am getting a Gil Evans vibe from the colors and arrangement of 6. But what is up with the time signatures here! Track 8: Quilting! This doesn't sound like the Gee's Bend ladies, however. Very curious to learn more about this. Soundtrack work or something more in the vein of Steve Reich's tape pieces? Wonder who the leader here is. Guitar? There is a kind of Scott Fields feel to this. But I'm thinking the bassist is driving this. [Pulling some threads.] Caroline Shaw? If so, this makes me wonder if there's a more explicit connection between tracks 1 and 8 (Roomful of Teeth?).

Jason Kidd Grant Hill Jada Pinkett Smith

Will Lee Bill Lee Spike Jones

I don't believe Harold McNair has yet been mentioned. But a fine flute (and tenor) player probably most known for his contribution to Donovan's discography. But he also led some pretty interesting dates of his own.

The Emanem issue of the Bremen and Stuttgart concerts adds the original takes of "Trudgin'" and "Used To Be." This may be as close as that gets. http://www.emanemdisc.com/E5208.html

Boss Hog Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane John Coltrane

Damn. Sad, sad news. Much respect to the man, his resilience, his creativity.

Get this. https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/music-from-the-once-festival-1961-1966-box-set And this: https://www.newworldrecords.org/collections/jazz/products/jerome-harris-hidden-in-plain-view

Wow, was not aware of this. Thanks!

Nice!

Joe Maini!

Featuring Paul Kimble of Grant Lee Buffalo.

NYT write-up: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/music/julius-hemphill-music.html

FYI, now on Bandcamp. https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/julius-hemphill-1938-1995-the-boy-multi-national-crusade-for-harmony. Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, meaning the platform is not taking their cut of sales. See https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-2021 for more info.

Speaking of Philly and Trane connections... you might also enjoy Trudy Pitts' work. Jeff Palmer definitely helped keep the Larry Young flame burning in the 80s and 90s. EASE ON with Arthur Blythe, John Abercrombie and Victor Lewis is a good place to start.

Nice! Thanks for the heads up!