Dan Gould

Stunning and very sad news.

Has anyone else come to the realization that for a lot of umps, if a pitch goes across the strike zone but registers outside the box, they are calling a strike because of the seeming interception with the zone? Whereas the pitch that starts slightly outside or inside and stays there, doesn't get the benefit? This isn't to say that the so-called front-door or back-door pitch doesn't get generous calls sometimes, but that there's a particular affinity for the pitch I described above.

So last week I placed two orders on discogs, different sellers but both in CA and both shipped nearly simultaneously and both packages went to the same distribution center also within hours of each other. Which one do you think made it to my local PO first? The LP box or the CD envelope? Lately media mail CDs have come quick but .... as far as I can tell the CD envelope is taking the scenic route across the country but later today I will receive the two LPs.

Indeed! (green smilie here - oh hell make it 3 of them) I don't know what was less likely - Kutter Crawford pitching so effectively and efficiently or Devers second homer to right center on a pitch at least three inches off the plate away. Shades of Vladi Guerrero. And I think the Yanks have a new Big Papi - amazing that he ties Ortiz for homers at Yankee Stadium and before the age of 28. As far as the trade deadline, I predict the Yankees get Bellinger from the Cubs. Excellent defense in center and 1B (you know, just in case Rice isn't in it for a minute). I'd like to see the Sox pick up a left handed starter but if the Cubs are willing I'd be very happy with Nico Hoerner in a trade. Regardless, they look to get Casas and Liam Hendricks (lights out reliever from 2019-2022 before injuries/surgery) back right around August 1, so that is the proverbial "impact players without giving anyone up".

Cool!

Not to step on @tkeith's toes but I note nobody has September covered yet. Rather than wait until August I thought it might be a good idea to see if someone can step forward or alternatively, to volunteer to organize another "contribute a track" BFT.

@kh1958 Thanks for this.

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.