Dan Gould

So how does everyone feel about their own team as we wait for first pitches? I am ever so cautiously optimistic that: Jon Lester will regain his mojo, partially due to the return of the former pitching coach as manager John Lackey will pitch much better now that he is healthy. And while he's grossly overpaid, if he pitches like a number three in the number 5 slot, that's pretty good The bullpen is going to be shut-down, with two closers, not to mention two topnotch Japanese righthanders, Andrew Miller as lefty strikeout guy, Aceves as swing man, and Daniel Bard, should he regain his consistency, waiting on the farm. My worries are: Ortiz is out longer and starts showing his age; Shane Victorino was a shitty contract for a guy rapidly aging before our eyes Gomes can be a great clubhouse influence but he's still a butcher in LF and will flail against righties. I think the ship is turning and the team will be decent, but better days aren't far away.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/nyregion/envisioning-a-rebirth-of-jazz-in-harlem.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0 Be forewarned, the first page has a couple of appalling errors: But this one is much worse: Even my wife knew that was wrong, Coltrane as bebop pioneer. The Times is pathetic.

Not stalking you, Mike, I swear. But the search function is a wonderful thing. If you're wondering how many people bought somethng and there's a dedicated thread, you can read through and see who said what, then cross-reference your list of participants and, viola, as Kelly Bundy would say, you know who bought what you're using. Just happened to see this, sometime since the New Year when I came across this particular track. Again, no cyber-stalker here! Yes, and the track I used is the theme from the movie. I listened to that Ludwig single just once and then shelved it with the few 45s I still have - I liked the CD much more back then. But it's a nice track. Just checked - it's still there after the move. Funny, I bought the CD and 45 right when it was offered, but it took me until I was compiling the BFT to listen to the 45, and while I enjoyed the CD, I'd say I prefer this track to any single cut on it. Wilbert Hogan on drums. It is available through Amazon US. Glad you were able to participate and dug the compilation Mike.

First time I saw the name would have been on Billy Joel's breakthrough album. Now knowing his jazz background, was it Phil's idea to get Phil Woods to take the solo on "Just the Way You Are"? (it is Woods isn't it?).

Thanks to everyone who participated - I have a feeling some people will be kicking themselves as they read through the answers. In several cases, I previously shared the tracks with participants, but they didn't get the answers. TRACK 1: "Canino Road" SEBASTIAN WHITTACKER AND THE CREATORS One for Bu (Justice) Sebastian Whittaker, Drums; David Craig, Acoustic bass; Jacky Terrasson, piano; Jesse Davis, Alto Sax; Shelley Carroll, Tenor Sax; Barry Lee Hall, Trumpet; James Lakey, Trombone; G.T. Hogan, bass A pretty popular track, I hope people are inspired to seek out this group's CDs - they are all excellent, and I have noticed that Amazon Marketplace has most of them for a pittance (used) and still cheap new. Track 2: A Baptist Beat (Hank Mobley) The Jazz Giants Dudu Pukwana - alto sax Goodman "Tete" Mbambisa - piano Martin Mgijima - bass Early Mabuza - drums Nick Moyake - tenor sax Elija Nkwayane - trumpet Info here: http://www.flatinternational.org/template_volume.php?volume_id=119 Licensed downloads here: http://electricjive.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/sound-that-stood-test-of-time.html Congrats to MG for figuring this one out, I thought Mike Weil might get this as he has name checked Dudu pretty recently. As I mentioned in the discussion thread, I didn't know the recording or the players but the combination of tune and players made for a perfect BFT track. TRACK 3: "IMPRESSIONS" (COLTRANE) SEBASTIAN WHITTACKER, FIRST OUTING (JUSTICE) Sebastian Whittacker, drums David Craig, bass Stefan Karlsson, piano Shelley Carroll, tenor sax John Gordon, tenor sax When Mike Weil got track 1 right off the bat, I was sure he would recognize this one too. What happened? I guess this didn't hit him the way the first track did because its less of a Messengers-style performance. The problem though is that the liners aren't helpful about which tenor sax is actually playing on this track. Is it Shelley? Care to guess, Jim? TRACK 4 Flamingo Blues (Sweets Edison - Louis Bellson) Louis Bellson at the Flamingo (Verve) Bellson, drums Edison, trumpet Don Abney piano Charles "Truck" Parham, bass See that, Rowan? F-L-A-M-I-N-G-O B-L-U-E-S, composed by Edison and Bellson. No more of your lip or you're outta here! But seriously, this is a really fine Verve recording, and it doesn't feature OP. TRACK 5: LOSER'S LAMENT MAL WALDRON, SWEET LOVE, BITTER (IMPULSE) George Coleman, alto Dave Burns, trumpet Charles Davis, tenor sax George Duvivier or Richard Davis, bass Alfred Dreares, drums Mal Waldron, piano An unjustly neglected Impulse release, I believe it has only seen CD release in Japan. TRACK 6: Blue Star (Benny Carter) Eddie Johnson, INDIAN SUMMER (Nessa) Johnson, tenor sax Paul Serrano, trumpet John Young, piano Eddie de Haas, bass George Hughes, drums I'll say it again: If you haven't gotten this from Chuck, GET IT! TRACK 7: ROCKIN IN RHYTHM (DUKE ELLINGTON) Dave Stryker, BLUE TO THE BONE VOL 2 (CRISS CROSS) Stryker, guitar I heartily recommend the first three Blue to the Bone CDs, and don't recommend the latest only because I didn't even know there was a Volume 4 out. TRACK 8: The answer is here: :P :P ORGANISSIMO Sweet Potato Pie (Arno Marsh) Broadcast July 11 2005 Blue Lake Radio Jim Alfredson, organ Joe Gloss, guitar Randy Marsh, drums Arno Marsh, tenor sax I wanted to program an Org track and this one was perfect as its not an official release. Pretty good sound for being recorded live as a low bit-rate stream, huh? Lots of praise for the organ and guitar, but those guys don't need to be told they're pretty good. TRACK 9: The Street Preacher Part 1 & 2 (Ge-Lu Records, rec. 1987) GENE LUDWIG Gene Ludwig, organ Tony Janfione Sr guitar John Smith percussion This was one I really figured someone would get. Its the 45 that Gene Ludwig self-produced and was offered as a bonus on his posthumous release of Cole Porter tunes on Big O Records. From the thread about the CD, I believe MG ordered the disc but couldn't be sure if he ordered the 45 too. Mike Weil made specific mention that he would order the 45 too, so I was expecting he would get it. And I really figured someone else would have ordered the bonus 45 too and had a shot at recognizing it. Oh well, not universally loved but not loathed either, I have no problem with it, electronics or no. TRACK 10: "Birth of a Band' RAY CHARLES Live in Brazil 1963 DVD Featuring Fathead Newman and Tina Brooks Got pretty sneaky on this one. DVD Audio Extraction software is pretty cool! And I thought this was a great track to use as a lot of people flipped out when they saw Tina Brooks on video way back when. TRACKs 11-14: Now we get to the Gene Harris/Not Gene Harris segment. Not many people paid attention to that but as you see the progression you'll understand my purposes. Track 11 Hot Bread (Gene Harris) Four Sounds demo from original 78 acetate Lonnie "The Sound" Walker, tenor sax Gene Harris, piano Andy Simpkins, bass Bill Dowdy, drums The first known recording of the original Three Sounds including forgotten saxophonist Lonnie Walker, whose nickname gave the group its name. I actually shared this recording with the board years ago when I purchased the acetate, which I consider my most priceless recording. But no one got this one. Interesting though that there were references to some of Gene's early influences like Erroll Garner TRACK 12: I'm Beginning to See the Light Gene Harris Stereo-Gems 45 Gene Harris piano, unknown bass and drums Another recording I shared with the board, and not so long ago. Jim did remember it and we both still believe this is "the" Gene Harris. But we can only say that is "a" Gene Harris for sure. TRACK 13: Old Devil Moon Gene Harris Trio, Our Love is Here to Stay (Jubilee) Harris, piano Mike Long, bass George Herman, drums Jim also puzzled this out. Doesn't sound as much like Gene as the prior track, but it is assuredly him, per his wife Janie. TRACK 14: Ja Da Eric Byrd Trio Sourced from a youtube video: Another serendipitous discovery right when I was programming the BFT. If you watch the vid you'll see he's explicitly paying tribute to Gene Harris, and on a tune Gene recorded with Ray Brown, as MG puzzled out only to discover he'd fallen for my nefarious scheme. TRACK 15: Walk On (Vinnegar) Leroy Vinnegar - Sessions, Live Vinnegar, bass, Teddy Edwards, tenor, Joe Castro, piano, Billy Higgins drums TRACK 16: Right, Right (Adderley) Cannonball Adderley- Sessions, Live Cannonball Adderley, alto sax; Nat Adderley, cornet; Junior Mance, piano; Sam Jones, acoustic double bass; Specs Wright, drums. Board member James Harrod does fantastic research and I found out about this series of LP releases here: http://callioperecords.blogspot.com/ I strongly recommend exploring his blog. Sourced from a weekly jazz show, the Sessions Live releases that I have found are quite nice and not very expensive. Apparently hardbopjazz and Jim S. haven't listened to my last CDR shipment, because not two months before the BFT, I sent a compilation of Sessions, Live performances including these two. But they didn't realize it or they haven't listened yet. (Jim got Cannonball but I really figured he'd know Teddy Edwards).

That Mingus story sure put me in mind of that See No Evil movie (underappreciated IMHO).

Tim, thanks for joining in and playing along. Hope you get a chance on the missing tracks before the reveal.

MG, I didn't even wonder when the Mobley LP was released, I just knew that they had jumped on that title pretty quickly. NIko's link was my source for the details too. I honestly can't say that the track makes me want to hear more of these guys, its just that I stumbled across it when I was working on my BFT and the combination of tune and artists made it the proverbial 'no-brainer'.

M.G., LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! MAGNIFIQUE!

As my dear departed father used to say, "Speak for yourself, Josephine."

Well, just as an FYI, I used to go by the handle "Gene Harris Fanatic" so perhaps you should take my opinion with a grain of salt. But its a deeply soulful recording of mostly slow blues and when I first heard it, the first thing I did was to put on the headphones and turn out the lights and just listen. So before you drop big bucks, I'd see about sampling online to see if you'll dig the music. There are people here who actually think its a snooze. Some of them even feel the same way about Grant Green's Feelin' the Spirit.

You would be mistaken. Best headphone album of all time is this:

Thanks John. I'm actually more confused now but I think I figured it out. The capo on the second-fret chord progression on the verse is: A - D A - D A - E With no capo, its: B - E B - E B - F# I was asking about the equivalent chords on a transitional line between chorus and verse, which was skipped on the no-capo tab. The capo'd version is: D - C#m - Bm Following the above, I tried: E - Dm - Cm and it sounds right to me. Normally if I had a capo'd tab that was simple as this one is, I'd just go for that but its a measure of my improvement that I'm able to play, pretty decently, the tougher chords. Makes me want to work it until I really get it down. Even if it is "Sweet Caroline".

Either nobody cares or my hint isn't clear enough. So, in hopes of sparking some sort of further discussion before my BFT mercifully ends, here's the hint for track 2: The composer is Hank Mobley. The tune appears on one of his famous LPs recorded between 1960 and 1961.

i don't get why GM's keep falling in love with Wells, baffling. I don't think Cashman is in love. He knows that he's fielded a much less impressive offensive juggernaut, and that was before the injuries. So if he gets Wells on the cheap (both salary and whoever gets dealt), and he somehow performs a bit better than he has, its worth a shot. Would seem to be a better chance if he wasn't a pull-hitting righty though.

Can I ask for some help on some chord conversions with a capo? With the capo on the second fret, what are the equivalents for C#m and Bm? Thanks in advance!

Jeff, Even though you didn't have many solid guesses its still interesting to see how musicians respond to the tunes I select. I do think you'll be surprised by some of the reveals but I'm curious if you went with the "South African style" thought about the first tune, would it lead you anywhere solid? And, since I'm still waiting on a tune ID there - can you come up with it? Here's the hint: composed by a board favorite during his first three-LP artistic peak, it appeared on the only album in that trio of recordings where he shared the front line with another soloist.

You know you're 100% right. CDs sucked from the start and the only reason they caught on was false advertising and blah blah blah. Except for the fact that I can still remember the first time I heard a CD, around 1985. It was Elton John's "Your Song" and the second the piano notes started I knew this new format sounded 1000% better than the analog vinyl I grew up with. So whatever .... BTW you have an impressive way of regularly aggravating people.

What seems tongue in cheek is applying an argument you heard about in the 'late 90s' when CDs hit the market in the mid-80s and had, by the late 90s, virtually completely displaced all vinyl sales. Talk about arguments that have no basis in fact ...

No worries, Tom, there is still some time and you can always post comments after the reveal. Same here, although I'm planning on giving BFT 108 a first spin this evening. You, on the other hand, get no quarter from me. Get your butt in gear, wouldya?

Not to my knowledge, Jim.

Well I used the Stereo Gems 45 in the current BFT (still available for D/L!) and for the heck of it I searched google for "gene harris stereo gems" and lo and behold it looks like I missed an ebay auction of another 45: Gene Harris Trio Ballin' The Jack I Love You 45 Jazz Stereo Gems ... cgi.ebay.com › Music › RecordsCached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Gene Harris Trio Ballin' The Jack / I love You 45 Jazz Stereo Gems 123 3 Sounds in Music, Records | eBay. Clicking on the cache link I see that it sold in December for $12. Wish you could see who wins an ebay auction, I would love to contact the winner. I gotta say that Ballin' The Jack sounds more like a tune for Gene Harris to record than "By The Waters of Minnetonka".

Well I've gotta be in on this. D/L please.

I'm hoping you get this squared away soon Mike. I'm also hoping Big Al, Jeff and Webbcity get a chance to jump in soon. I may take a page out of hardbopjazz's book and post some clues next weekend, see if I can goose some final discussion in the last week.