Dan Gould

That's unfortunate news - hoping he is back to his old self soon.

Thanks to Joe and Mike, and no, no theme was being considered.

It recently occurred to me that it's been a while since I noticed a Larry post and checking his account shows its over 3 months since he last visited. Hope he is OK. Has anyone had off-board communication with him?

Please post here if you'd like to contribute a single track to the March 2024 BFT, which is being celebrated as the 20th anniversary BFT (although looking back, the 2nd BFT of all-time had a reveal in September 2003 - it was mine - so I am not sure how we ended up at BFT 240 in March 2024). Regardless, I propose this be named #240 / Tony Jerant Tribute BFT (No I do not know if Tony has passed or not but he is the Granddaddy of 'Em All as the one who conceived the original idea.) EDIT FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF PARTICIPANT DIVISION INTO FEB/MARCH AND CALL FOR MUSIC: The following members will have their submissions aggregated for the FEBRUARY BFT: sidewinder rcvd mjazzg rcvd Big Al rcvd randyhersom rcvd Rooster_Ties rcvd Eric rcvd webbcity rcvd danasgoodstuff rcvd Dub Modal rcvd Me always bringing up the rear but I'll figure it out. Please send an mp3 to my email, which is a hotmail account with my screen name run together. If you have not participated before, MP3 encoding should be 256 mps or 320 mps. Naming convention is your screen name. (I reserve the right to reject any track for any reason whatsoever. KIDDING.) Target date is by January 20. You may send at any time. I will follow up with DMs for any stragglers. Second group for March will be DrJ rcvd Me JSngrey rcvd Felser rcvd mjzee rcvd medjuk rcvd Tkeith rcvd Joe mikeweil rcvd Ken Dryden

I think 7-8 minutes as a max is probably fine, the total length will depend on the number of participants and how many stay below 7-8 minutes.

One thing that strikes me is that when I and I imagine most people put one together, its with a consideration toward how tough you think the recording ism and having a balance with at least some nods toward easier over harder. Everybody with one track might equal the toughest BFT ever. But this works well for me since the last thing to resolve is "on or off?" and now I have a place to put that excess track.

Well there are about 9-10 regular compilers over the last 2-3 years and a couple of slots that have floated a bit. I think it should be first 12 to express a desire to contribute (if there are that many) and if we don't have a plethora of long tunes, ought to be of manageable length.

There's a possibility if it would work in Thom's player. I imagine would just be alphabetized then Dan_Gould Jim_Sangrey John_Felser etc.

LOL. Well if there is more buy-in, I would take on being the person to accept MP3s from compilers and doing the upload at the end of February. Maybe I should start a thread in January and see if 10-12 people want to contribute one track for March.

I don't know that it has to be, though you would have to put it together on your server.

I am finishing up my January submission and so I was naming tracks and I came to a realization: Whoever takes March will be the 240th, i.e. 20th year anniversary, BFT! Makes me wonder whether the folks still involved should all contribute one single track, a group BFT for #240. Thoughts?

thanks for posting this.

Thanks for sharing that. There is a Smalls Live release I assume this same gig/group. Edit to say Cellar Live, not Smalls.

“You never wanted to play a melody with Larry,” says trumpeter Terell Stafford. “You would end up sounding like such an amateur trying to match his style, dignity and eloquence. When he started to take a solo, forget about it — it was almost like he wasn’t soloing, just writing a bunch of beautiful melodies that lasted chorus after chorus after chorus.” Despite the reverence in which he was held in Philadelphia, McKenna remained largely a hometown secret for the bulk of his career. While music was his livelihood throughout his life, he didn’t release his debut album as a leader, My Shining Hour, until 1997, when he was 60. He followed that with the springtime-themed It Might As Well Be Spring in 2000, but remained under-recorded until a spate of late-life output beginning with Profile in 2009. https://www.wrti.org/wrti-spotlight/2023-11-20/larry-mckenna-tenor-saxophonist-and-philly-jazz-legend-dies-at-86?fbclid=IwAR1DRw4aBQmB_Jg0covaJzszOWgbDcP4qlvMn8984-NPfpgmliWFONVkais

Discogs has four listed, all pre-1980. Alternative reality: Eckert didn't make the mistake or Jacquet didn't even hear a mistake; Jacquet has been a "Beast" to everybody in the band at one time or another and Eckert wasn't going to stand for it any more. Your lack of 'context' cuts both ways. Eckert could be an a-hole, a guy who doesn't respect the gig, and a replaceable nobody. Or Jacquet could be the a-hole. Or a mixture of these two scenarios.

The dude Jacquet buried?

From the description: Sometime in the early-mid 1990s, at his rehearsal studio, in his home in St. Albans, Queens, NYC, Tenor Saxophone Jazz Legend Illinois Jacquet had decided that one of his trumpet players, Randy Eckert, had played a wrong note in one of the parts the band was rehearsing. Eckert denied it was him and the rest is urban legend. Here, in its entirety is the legendary cassette tape that made the rounds throughout the world of jazz musicians, known as "Jacquet Freaks Out". Here is the evidence that "The Beast" had indeed earned his nickname; a nickname, by the way, no-one was ever allowed to call him to his face. This is not intended to take away from the music nor his legendary status as a musician, but does serve to show how rough the Jazz Business could be at times, back in the day. Any "employer" who treated his employees like this today would no doubt be "cancelled".

This thread just became worthwhile.

Well I did go deep into the article and I sent it to my wife who told me that she thought it was longer than it really was. In all seriousness I did find the pros for circumcision to be a little surprising as last time I thought about it or read about it, it seemed there was a big push for not taking a little off the tip. But clearly there are benefits.

Oh this has got to bring the ladies in to this hang.

Ah perhaps Jim's effort to demonstrate how there are gems in his post-60s work.

Was Thom sworn to secrecy? Cuz he seems to know Track 3 very well but doesn't actually say.

No idea on Snell. Haven't really followed Boston rumors much at all. yes it was Ed Whitson (for some reason I was thinking Rick Rhoden) ... and as for Hicks, I honestly thought he brought little to the table and was shocked when they signed him to any extension/decent money. Don't mind him performing elsewhere though.

I am not convinced any of these guys are true bona fide stars worth the money that will be thrown at them (I mean the FAs not the CYs). Gray struck me as someone unsuited for a big market environment. Wish I could recall the Yankee pitcher with that problem back in the 80s. Montgomery ... I'd prefer his teammate myself but I've said before the Sox shouldn't have let Eovaldi go. Stroman might potentially be the best option, I kind of see him as a Pedro-esque 'will to win' kind of guy but the injuries this past season give me some pause, not to mention the mileage on his arm.

No idea I just hope that the new regime in charge spends and does it wisely. And regarding Stanton, about the only thing worse Cash might have added is "we think it could be 'roid related. We're looking into that." <green smilie emoji I miss every day here>