Dan Gould

Well ... the first delightful "wake up, check scores and SMILE" news of the season from the Bronx. I went to bed last night, middle of the 8th, the Sox having blown an opportunity to tie up the game. I was extra hot under the collar (well, I was wearing a t-shirt) because the A/C had quit on us and it was damn hot in the house. Wake up to a cool 75 (I didn't think they'd show in the middle of the night but we use Gould A/C so they take pretty good care of us) and word of a "down to last strike, Red Sox rally and shock Yankees".

Well in addition to puzzling out two answers, you've inspired two purchases - the 3 LPs on 2 CDs Swingsville Tate dates that Jim mentioned above, and I also found a cheap copy of the Tate Concord LP. That's also a record for a BFT.

@GA Russell see above just in case.

First tune on Great Buddy Tate (Concord, 1981) is Green Dolphin Street. With Warren Vache.

What was that a Concord recording? Or Progressive?

Well I think that's a first for me to figure out two in a single month. And the best tracks too. I should ignore this thread until the reveal (and these backstories you've built up so much) but like the man said ....

It not only happens but it is a certified BFT Truism that you will own something on the BFT and not recognize it. Almost as predictable as Felser will like things I hate and vice versa. Green Smilie Here.

Again by track time, is #6 B1 from this? And has that LP really never been issued on CD?

Well I went back to it and clicked on the terrific #6 instead. That's how you get a tenor with Blue. And I still can't hear Buddy Tate, I guessed Arnett and then Cook. D'OH. Is it A2 from this? Going by track times.

I am sure I am wrong but Junior Cook with Blue Mitchell on #5?

Back, with my ears just waiting for that first sign of a Gould Reject. TRACK 6: Well this ain't it - it's fantasic. Arnett Cobb without any honks? Whatever it is I have to get it. 5 stars .... 5 million stars. Track 7: Nope. Most curious about the tenor. 4 stars. Track 8: Yeah that's the one. And by one I mean zero stars. Track 9: And again. Track 10: Cannot handle the singer. Nope not at all. Track 11: I can't figure out what this is going for ... the Bari wears out his welcome but then we move into mellow trumpet and 'bone. For coming after the past three, 2 1/2 stars. Wish it had been cohesive and stayed in the mellow mood the other horns maintained. ******************************************** Well #6 is the shit and I mean in that in the good sense. If I don't have it I will have to correct that ASAP. Thanks, Thom.

I thought Turner was not a favorite but I went for it. And much of the above was my own attempt at humor. (As in, I have big ears only in the literal sense.)

TRACK 1: Peppy! Enjoying the tenor sax a lot. Strange guitar sound is harshing my mellow though. Get rid of the guitar and this is a 3.5 star tune easily. Combined rating 2.5. TRACK 2: Mark Turner? 3 stars, no demerits. Track 3: Extra Peppy! Liking solos a lot more than ensemble. This was closest to a Gould Reject (tm) but I refused to give in to negativity and listened with open heart and mind. 3 stars. TRACK 4: OH HELL NO. Fake Coltrane. Yeah, no. I don't have all that much time tonight but didn't want to end on a downer (I'm a people person with big ears, doncha know. And I mean that literally) so: TRACK 5: Not a reject. 2.5 stars. Tomorrow night is a quiet night in MLB so I will try to listen to the rest then. There's gots to be something aggravating coming up.

And I always go in with a deep well of open-mindedness. It sucks to be pigeonholed.

This is hysterical that you posted this Lon. I am a member of the Rare Jazz Photos group on FB, and somebody asked a question about how common it was to post photos without crediting the photographer. I posted on the thread that I credit the author when known but there are a lot of photos on the interweb without credits, and that gets perpetuated. The next thing I know the thread starter is telling me I didn't make much of an effort on his photo. And I am completely baffled. As it turns out, he said it was this photo that he took and I posted. Didn't even get an apology when I set him straight and he named somebody else as the dastardly person who posted his photo. I will not say here who the photographer is. F that guy. According to Grease, it starts with C, Am and F. IIRC.

Nice to see the Yankees finally come back to earth a bit while the Sox have been playing mostly well. 7 1/2 is a lot more do-able than 13.

I hope this was worth the wait, DM: TRACK 1: I like this, wish there was more tenor. 3.5 stars. TRACK 2: It Had to Be You. Not for Felser but I like it fine. 3 stars. TRACK 3: Not feeling this as much. 2 1/2 stars. TRACK 4: Still in a pre-bop zone and I am starting to wish the clarinet was not so heavily featured in that era. Piano is the highlight for me here. 3 stars. TRACK 5: Really reaching my limit on clarinet. 2 1/2 stars. TRACK 6 thru 9: Oh how I wish there was more pre-bop clarinet you could have chosen. 0 stars. (And special mention for Track 9 which reminds me why I don't find Bill Evan's post-Miles work remotely special. Give me some swing and blues. Junior Mance. Gene Harris. Not this.) TRACK 10: Back to pre-bop and not a moment too soon. 3.5 stars. TRACK 11: Nice. 3 stars. TRACK 12: This grew on me and gets the highest mark: 4 stars. TRACK 13: OK organ groover. Would have preferred more solo voices, less organ. 3 stars. TRACK 14: A little of this classic Coltrane style goes a long way for me. 2 3/4 stars. **************************** I did read the thread and can say I am on the hunt for the Cliff Jordan recording, which I had never heard before. So that is the definite benefit of finally listening to this BFT. Thanks!

I was in the jazz section of a chain music store and overheard a customer ask for help finding "Dave Cruisin". 90 seems really old but I had no idea if he was doing film or tv work in the 60s.

Maybe its just me but "archival release" doesn't cover a concert from 10 years ago. This maybe exciting for some but I still hold out hope for something from a BN artist from the Left Bank tapes or something like that.

Honest injun, I got a plan for listening this week.

Took a bit more than that and had I not found the original box with instructions inside I'd still be clueless about getting it to output audio.

got it to work!

Does anyone have a micro-cassette player they could loan out to me? Long story short, I am in contact with board member Listeningtoprestige who is working on a book about the label. Years ago Chris Albertson put me in touch with Bob Weinstock who sat for a fairly length interview. Nothing came of it ultimately and my search for the audio to share turned up two digital files that are at most, 1/2 of what I recorded. I finally found what I am sure are the micro-cassettes but alas, the old micro-cassette player has bitten the dust. And Amazon shows that true mini-cassette devices are now over $100! So I am hoping someone has one that is functional and can ship to me so I can output the tapes to digital. I would gladly pay your shipping costs to send to me. Please DM. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the reminder ... I will do my darndest to listen and post (weakly) this weekend.

About a week from 81 games in the books and the division races are almost all a joke. You have the Yankees and Orioles in a legit race, and Minnesota and the Royals trying to hang on against Cleveland at 6-6.5 games back and every other race you can practically book right now. Maybe that changes but it seems like this season's stretch drive will be among weak-ass teams battling for last WC spot.