Dub Modal

This was my first time listening to this material and I really loved it all (well, the orchestra piece a little less so). Will definitely listen again soon. NP:

First I've heard of this book and yeah, it's pricey. I've never read Sun's own writings, only previews here and there and honestly they've always been a bit sus to me. Still would like to see this get a repress and probably read it along with Kreiss' work on Ra and the Black Panthers to get a better scope on things.

How is this one? I've skipped over it a few times in the used bins but have wondered how big of a mistake that is.

Extremely engaging Now: Kind of similar concept as the Hemphill/Smith with sax and percussion, but this one is a bit more aloof in comparison - at least on first listen.

mood music

Ha, yeah - small & medium don't cut it for me either. I ended up getting both of those CDs and it was definitely worth it.

Definitely won't be a stranger. These BFTs are too much fun, and I think educational for both listener and compiler.

Well, I had fun making this BFT and hope you all got some enjoyment out of it. I was motivated by JSngry's advice/tip in that these are essentially a modern mix tape platform, and so tried including a variety and styles from different eras and traditions to make a decent blend. The tracks: 1 - Sam's Intro - Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, from Tales of Mozambique (1975) 2 - Lucky Strike - Elmo Hope Trio, from Meditations (1955) 3 - Testing My Faith - Keith Hudson, from The Black Breast Has Produced Her Best, Flesh of My Skin Blood of My Blood (1974) Hudson's singing is an acquired taste for most, but I find it heartfelt, especially on this track. 4 - Long Rhythm - Julius Hemphill, from Raw Materials and Residuals (1977) Instantly guess-able but I had to include it. Love this record. 5 - A Chromatic Love Affiar - Harry Carney the Great at Duke Ellington's Yale Concert (1968) I've had this on CD for a while, but for whatever reason Carney's playing on this floored me recently and I had to include it here. 6 - How Deep Is the Ocean - Clifford Jordan from Bearcat ('61 & '62) 7 - Felicite - The Leaders from Out Here Like This (1987) The blues these guys segue into is just so nasty to me. 8 - Star Flight - Edward Vesala from Satu (1976) 9 - 45 Degree Angle - Mary Lou Williams from The Jazz Piano (1965) The big mystery track for this BFT. Glad I could get one by yall! She's got 3 trio songs on this comp and they all smoke. 10 - El Carbonero - El Combo Candela from El Ritmo Es Correcto! (1983, aka The Rhythm is Right) but my version is from this well-recommended comp (snag it if you want some excellent Cumbia): DJ Dusk Presents La Musica Volume 1 11 - Don't Come Don't Call - New York Jazz Quartet from Oasis (1981) Frank Wess' two compositions on this album are the best songs there and this is one of them. 12- Mutton Leg - Illinois Jacquet from The Black Velvet Band (1947) 13 - Heart's Desire - Charles McPherson from Jazz Dance Suites (2019) Got a tip that McPherson's newest album was a good one, and so went to his site and ordered it. Good move. Here's the link to the McPherson's online store if interested: https://charlesmcpherson.com/store/ 14 - By the Sea - Enrico Rava from The Pilgrim & the Stars (1975) 15 - Sky Blues - Sun Ra from Disco 3000, Complete Milan Concert 1978 Sun Ra with Michael Ray, Luqman Ali and John Gilmore. Surprised this was picked so fast, but Gilmore's playing is a clue in the right direction I suppose. Thanks to everyone that listened in and contributed. It was fun reading the different reactions and guesses. Looking forward to more of these in the future.

That's it! Glad you enjoyed it and happy to see it was an intriguing enough mystery in this neck of the woods. I've got it on the Mosaic reissue of that piano workshop. I'll be posting the reveal hopefully before noon. Working on that now.

Back in time by a few years before Easy Walker for more Turrentine BN goodness.

Cranshaw, Roker & Tyner fill out the quartet on the original album. This CD reissue I have includes 2 bonus tracks with Ray Lucas on drums, adding Landrum on percussion, Spaulding on alto, Garnett Brown on trombone and Blue Mitchell on trumpet. Those added songs are from over a year after the original album was recorded. This main album though come across as super professional. These guys would have made a helluva touring band.

Reveal coming in a couple of days. In the meantime:

Ha, noticing that now. Left handed guitar? Nah, I'll just play this upside down. Been searching through his discography and it's some interesting stuff.

Seeing that Light In the Attic distributed a UK reissue of this record from Tidal Waves Music that they just put out a couple of weeks ago. Black vinyl of course on that one and both are double LP sets. This VMP can only be had if you join their subscription series. Not a buy for me, but this is at least the second time VMP has released an album on the heels of a UK-first reissue. They did that with Sharrock's Ask the Ages, only they did a red 33rpm compared to Hive Mind's black 2x45rpm. Maybe there's others they've done like that as well.

From the Mosaic Select

Looks like 32 Jazz got a hold of 2 of those for a collection. Then there's Lucifer with Bill Barron, which then connects with Barron's own Jazz Caper. Going to do some listening today...

Streaming Frequency Equilibrium Koan at bandcamp now - good stuff. Thanks for the lead on this.

Interesting. Will try to find it streaming somewhere. I also have no Kenny Barron leader dates, but I love his playing. Need to remedy that.

Back to the Bee Hive set with this one: While Manhattan Walk isn't my bag, the rest of the songs more than make up for that. Love that Yule on the Hudson

Basically a week away from the reveal so I'll tell you that while it's none of these, the bass player on track 9 is present somewhere among these albums. Also - how's that Red Garland Strike Up the Band record? It's never seen a reissue and the lineup looks interesting.

Nice. Hope he was doing well.