Dub Modal

I don't. But the bassist is vocalizing a bit while soloing. That has to be a tell but I can't figure it out

Oh man, perfect smooth jazz vehicle. Beastie Boys via the Dust Brothers used Those Shoes to really good effect for High Planes Drifter.

RTF is the album title. This is more laid back than RTF the band. I have it on CD but the 23-minute B side of Sometime Ago - La Fiesta must have been something on vinyl back in the day.

I didn't really like Frey's You Belong to the City back in the day but when I hear it now I definitely miss how 80s pop would feature sax playing and solos. Always an indicator of that decade. I don't hate the Eagles or the solo efforts but I don't play them either. Nonoffensive radio fodder really. A friend of mine loathes them and it cracks me up

Metheny's Rejoicing Corea's Return to Forever. ECM in the late afternoon

I could be way off base but it really sounds like them. Cohesive, serving the song and a lot of expression from each.

Milt's The Prophet Speaks. Good album

NHOP/Kenny Drew on #10?

Unfortunately, this isn't very good. On to:

Sorry, thought it was my last guess for Track 3 but nope. Can't help myself to try at least one more time. Let's call it an encore. Anyway, Shorty Rogers? And if so, on Capitol or RCA?

Incredible roots reggae albums. Castell was a soulful Waterhouse singer gone too soon.

Heavy metal jazz on ECM.

Savoy?

My last guess for #3 is Gerald Wilson on trumpet. And with that I turn it over to other BFT Detectives.

Jeez. Others from that era are Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge, Idrees Sulieman, Fats Navarro and Red Rodney among a slew of others. I'm obviously not able to determine it by any familiarity with style.

Irrelevant to personal tastes, sure. But Samara Joy winning that Best New Artist Grammy was certainly a big deal for her and will/should open up additional doors of exposure for her.

Other trumpeters that might fit the mold of Track 3: Joe Wilder Jon Eardley Thad Jones Howard McGhee Any of these guys playing on that track?

Common Mosaic problem. Sometimes you gotta hold your mouth right while standing on one leg under the correct moon phase to get these CDs out safely.

The Grammys operate under their own time lines and genres. Plenty of past controversy over new artists/performances being weirdly recognized years later.

Not a bad show tonight. The hip hop celebration was pretty cool.