1. 1940-1950 bebop date. A live recording? High speed stuff, I especially like the segue into the sax solo. Good start.
2. Fast pace continued, thank you. Hope it will go on this way! The drummer reminds me of Victor Lewis somehow, could be him. Cecil McBee bass, Woody Shaw trumpet?
3. Well, I know very few vibraphonists and usually avoid music that features this instrument (except for "Out To Lunch" and "Hotel Hello")... my guess is Hutcherson. For some reason, this tune reminds me of Mingus's composing style.
4. I don't like it. Perhaps a good track to dance to. Too repetitive for me to keep it interesting for over 11 minutes. No idea who these guys are.
5. Same comment as #4 except for the dancing thing. I think the drumming sucks. This is a strange track. The piano is most likely not this musician's main instrument.
6. Too sweet for my brain. Can't stand it.
7. Good tune.
8. This one has an atmosphere that fits my current mood, I like it. The drumming is pretty much focused on creating tension only, maybe it fits for this tune but this is too subtile for my taste.
9. Beautiful. No idea who.
10. Not recognizing this one immediately is fucking embarassing; I should consider to stop listening to music.
11. This is cool! The guitar player very much reminds me of Gene Bertoncini's playing on Shorter's "Odyssey Of Iska." Will get the album which this is from.
I'll listen to disc #2 later. So far, this once again proves that I can't talk about music. Thanks for providing these discs, Randy!
edit: crappy spelling, grammar.