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That album's really a mixed bag, Dan. As you say, it does contain several really good tracks (I came so close to using "Triest" instead), a few tracks that are truly horrible, and others like "Something" that are (imo of course) at least entertaining even though somewhat dated in instrumentation and production. I really grew to like "Something," though, and wanted to include it even though I knew a few of you would hate it. One thing I gotta say is that, love it or hate it, Harris really (almost?) makes it work out of sheer talent. In lesser hands it might have been an absolute mess rather than just an arguable one. Though it sounds shockingly weird with that grungy keyboard and bass guitar sound, Harris does some really cool things with the tempo, taking sections fast and then slow, funkying (fuckin?) it up even while exploring the beautiful melody of Harrison's tune. I think the last minute or so is absolutely lovely. And that's to Harris' great credit.

DISC 2 ANSWERS 1. “Sister Cheryl” (Williams) Wayne Shorter (s), Wynton Marsalis (t), Herbie Hancock (p), Charlie Haden (b), Tony Williams (d) Jazz at the Opera House (Columbia, 1983) 2.”Knucklbean” (Marshall) Bobby Hutcherson (v), Freddie Hubbard (t), George Cables (p), Manny Boyd (s, fl), Hadley Caliman (s, fl), James Leary (b), Eddie Marshall (d) Knucklbean (Blue Note, 1977) 3. “One to Ten in Ohio” (Mulligan) Gerry Mulligan (bs), Tom Scott (s), Bud Shank (s), Bob Brookmeyer (tb), Harry Edison (t), Howard Roberts (g), Chuck Domanico (b), Emil Richards (d) The Age of Steam (A&M, 1971) 4. “Xocia’s Dance” (Land, Jr.) Harold Land (s), Bobby Hutcherson (v), George Cables (p), Billy Higgins (d), Oscar Brashear (t), John Heard (b), Ray Armando (perc) Xocia’s Dance (Muse, 1982) 5. “Something” (Harrison”) Gene Harris (p), John Hatton (b), Carl Burnett (d) Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Blue Note, 1973) 6. “Take the A-Train” (Ellington) Billy Byers Orchestra (w/ Clark Terry, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Jerry Dodgion, Eric Dixon, Sol Schlinger, Patti Brown, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, more…) Impressions of Duke Ellington (Mercury, 1961) “Perfect Presence Sound” Series – f:35d/35 mm film recording 7. “Black and Tan Fantasy” (Ellington) Lew Tabackin (s), John Heard (b), Billy Higgins (d) Black & Tan Fantasy (JAM, 1979) 8. “Shamading” (McCann) Les McCann (p, keys), Keith Loving (g), James Rowser (b), Donald Dean (d), Buck Clarke (perc) Talk to the People (Atlantic, 1972) 9. “Sex Machine” (S. Stewart) Woody Herman Band (w/Bill Chase, Sal Nistico, Phil Upchurch, John Hicks, Donny Hathaway, Gene Perla, Edward Soph Double Exposure (Chess, 1976) originally released on Heavy Exposure (Cadet, 1969?) 10. “Summer Wind” (Mercer & Mayer) Johnny Hartman (v), George Coleman (s), Herman Foster (p), Earl May (b), Roland Prince (g), Billy Higgins (d) Today (Perception, 1972) 11. “Our Home” (Henderson) Harold Land (s), Bobby Hutcherson (v), Bill Henderson (p), Harold Land, Jr. (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Woody Theus (d) Choma (Mainstream, 1971) 12. “Painter’s Blues” (Sandstrom) Nisse Sandstrom (s), Tommy Flanagan (p), Red Mitchell (b) Home Cooking (Polydor, 1981) 13. “Tonight at Noon” (Mingus) Charles Mingus (b), Shafi Hadi (s), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Wade Legge (p), Dannie Richmond (d) The Art of Charles Mingus: The Atlantic Years (Atlantic, 1973) originally recorded 1957 14. “Oh, Didn’t He Ramble” (Handy) Dave Pell (s), Jack Sheldon (t), Harry Betts (tb), Med Flory (bs), Marty Paitch/Johnny Williams (p), Lyle Ritz (b), Tommy Tedesco (g), Frankie Capp (d) The Old South Wails (Capitol, 1961) 15. “I’ve Tried” (Trad./Byrne/Blumberg) David Byrne (v) w/Pete Christlieb, Jackie Kelso, Garnett Brown, etc. Music for the Knee Plays (ECM, 1985)

With Durium's BFT #44 getting underway I wanted to post the answers to BFT #43. I had intended to post these a few days ago, with my own comments, but it's been a wacky week. I'll add my comments this weekend, but wanted to get the answers up and out of the way before #44 gets into high gear... DISC 1 ANSWERS 1. “’Round Midnight” (Monk) Wayne Shorter (s) & Herbie Hancock (p) Jazz at the Opera House (Columbia, 1983) 2. “Elm” (Beirach) Richard Beirach (p), George Mraz (b), Jack DeJohnette (d) Elm (ECM, 1979) 3. “Como En Vietnam” (Swallow) Gary Burton (v), Steve Swallow (b), Roy Haynes (d), Tiger Okoshi (t) Times Square (ECM, 1978) 4. “I Remember Clifford” (Golson) Odean Pope (s), Cecil Bridgewater (t), Calvin Hill (b), Max Roach (lays out) Chattahoochie Red (Columbia, 1981) 5. “The Nearness of You” Buster Cooper (tb), Johnny Hodges (leader), Paul Gonsalves, Hank Jones, Jimmy Jones, Tiny Grimes, Milt Hinton, Gus Johnson Triple Play (RCA, 1987) recorded 1967 6. “Brother Sam” (Rivers & Schiano) Sam Rivers (s), Mario Schiavo (s), Dave Holland (b), Barry Altschul (d) Rendez-Vous (Red/Vedette Records, 1977) 7. “Night Crawlers” (Albam) Manny Albam, Bill Evans, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Frank Rehak, Eddie Costa, Al Cohn, Addison Farmer, Ed Shaughnessy Something New, Something Blue (Columbia, 1959) 8. “Ghost Riders in the Sky” (Jones) Bob James (p), Ron Brooks (b), Bob Pozar (d) Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album (Nippon/Jasrac, 1984) recorded 1962 9. “Bird Raga” (Sprague) Peter Sprague (g), Bill Mays (p), Bob Magnusson (b), Jim Plank (d) Bird Raga (Xanadu, 1983) recorded 1980 10. “Brotherhood of Man” (Loesser) Gary McFarland, Clark Terry, Doc Severinson, Bernie Glow, Herb Pomeroy, Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Billy Byers, Ed Wasserman, Al Cohn, Oliver Nelson, Phil Woods, Sol Schlinger, Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell, Joe Benjamin, Osie Johnson How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Verve, 1961) 11. “Every Once in a While” (Rome) Randy Weston (p), Benny Green, Slide Hampton, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak (tbs), Peck Morrison (b), Elvin Jones (d), Willie Rodriguez (perc) Little Niles (Blue Note, 1976) originally released as Destry Rides Again (UA, 1959) 12. “Pete’s Meat” (Rogers) Pete Jolly (acord), Jimmy Giuffre (s), Shorty Rogers (t), Howard Roberts (g), Curtis Counce (b), Shelly Manne (d) Jolly Jumps In (RCA, 1955) 13. “Petite Fleur” (Bechet) Bud Shank (s), Chet Baker (t), the Star Trek Choir Michelle (World Pacific, 196?) 14. “Mornin’ Reverend” (Jones) Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra, Gregory Herbert (s) Live in Munich (Horizon, 1977) 15. “Road Time Shuffle” (Akiyoshi) Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band Road Time (RCA, 1976) 16. “The City of Dallas” (Swallow) Steve Kuhn (p), Harvie Swartz (b), Bob Moses (d), Sheila Jordan (v) Last Year’s Waltz (ECM, 1982)

Otherwise just get Greatest Hits vol. 1. It goes downhill from there.

11-17-70 is good, but i prefer the later ('73 or '74?) live set that's been expanded on CD. "Here and There" I think it is. Includes John Lennon on a couple of tracks. All the hits are there and thensome.

I thought we weren't supposed to support bootleggers like Benedetti.

From 1969 to about 1977, Elton was a pop god; almost everything he did was gold. Since then, he's been very erratic and often downright bad. Blame it on a host of personal and professonal problems, blame it on growing old, or simply burning too brightly and then burning out. It happens to most artists (jazz ones too!). Rod's in a similar situation. Part of it's just the fact that most pop music artists have relatively short career peaks even if they end up having long careers. It's often the case with novelists, movie stars, painters, etc. as well. Their brilliance is short-lived, their audience moves on, their time in the limelight relatively brief. Even though I haven't heard and/or liked much of Rod's recent work (but my dad loves it!), I have to applaud him for resurecting his career and finding a new audience. Shit, the guy can't keep singing Maggie Mae the rest of his life; the dude's all grown up and old now. Maybe he did it for commercial reasons, maybe he just digs the standards - doesn't mater. Doesn't matter if I/we despise it either. At least he's doing what he likes to do, and he's found an audience for it. Good for him.

So who should i see tomorrow night: Eddie Henderson, Arthur Blythe, or Azar Lawrence?

So when I heard Braxton play at UCSD, was that considered "West Coast Jazz?"

Now that's an eclectic group of musicians! Congrats to Sonny.

Moderator, could you please move this to the "Posting While Drunk" thread?

Didn't think so.

How can you tell a drunken from a sober post around here?

Don't think I've bought anything since before X-mas. Went a little loco at the Tower sale and must have picked up close to 80 discs over a 2-3 week period. Needless to say, I've barely scratched the surface listening to them. I'm also broke...

Hell yeah. Cut to the chase, shortest distance between two points and all that. Life's too short to think you have one kind of friendship only to find out that you don't. Post-65 'Trane falls in the category of "music that's played only when the wife isn't home." Bless her because it's a relatively short list, but hey, even after all these years of marriage I still like sex as much as the next guy.

Thanks for the comments, Vint. Yep, download is the way to go for me too. For the compiler, it's easier (and cheaper) when one doesn't have to burn and mail out so many discs. And I think that leads to less pressure for someone to just listen and not necessarily respond to every track. I've passed up a few recent BFTs since I felt too guilty for not having the time to give a solid listen and write up meaningful comments after someone took the time to make and send me discs.

We're well aware of that Jim.

Do you really want to introduce someone to post-65 Coltrane?

Heh. I remember when we were all exiled from the BNBB and were looking for a place to stay (this was just before Jim opened up Org.org to us), we all descended on Harlem.org en masse and pretty much raped and pillaged all that was there before moving on a day later. It became clear very quickly that it wasn't gonna be a good fit...

Maybe Lois thinks the "Big O" is about something very different, something she doesn't want to talk about... Seriously, that's very screwy behavior on her part.

That's probably true. I was just banned for life from JC, and the only reason I can think of is that I mentioned yesterday that I find this site to be superior. That's funny. I rarely visit JC, but was there just the other day and was reading a thread reviewing Keith Jarrett's Carnegie Hall Concert. Someone brought up a Larry Kart observation (a quote from his book) re: Jarrett, and I noticed that when that post was quoted by another, it contained a reference to Kart being a "frequent Organissimo poster" or some such. The only thing, the Organissimo reference had been edited out of the original poster's post and only showed up when that original post was quoted down thread. Thought that was odd...

William Parker's "O'Neal's Porch." It was my first Parker album, bought due to numerous recommendations here, but it did nothing for me. I've come to like and respect Parker in other settings, on other albums, but that one? Meh.

I've recommended The Gentle Side of Coltrane to a number of people with good success. Even my dad - who's more the Welk type - digs it.

Do you start the album after the first gunshot, or the second? Will this eventually tour the country being called "Wish You Were 24"? You have to sync up Jack's first torture scene with "If I Only Had a Heart."