Dub Modal

Well from the discogs listing that alto soloist is Phil Woods, and I thought it was a spectacular solo. Absolutely 180 degrees different for me lol. So Ray Crawford on guitar. Nice playing.

First it was: And this was just complete weak sauce for me this morning. Like a toothless Fela album with some cheesy production. So on to: "Let the Sun Shine In" is such a great song. And so after this it was: Disc 4, called "Rare Rockers"

1 - I'm not well versed enough to pinpoint the origin of this style, but I'd say it sounds like something from around the Mediterranean. The percussion stands out, as does whatever stringed instrument is being played. Love the groove too. Seems to be on the BFTs I've done so far that Abdul-Malik is typically involved in recordings like this and maybe he's here too but I don't know. I just dig the song. 2 - The composition sounds Burton-esque. I'm going to guess Gary Burton on the vibes. Dig the sax playing as well. Nice tune. 3 - 2 guitars and a bass is what I'm hearing. No guesses. Beautiful track. 4 - Intro is badass. Bass sounds great. Sounds like a Blue Note date or at least a composition from one of those stable artists...I don't think it's Green on guitar. Maybe Burrell? 5 - This sax player is great. And is that a harpsichord? Wow...I've only heard Tyner jam on that instrument like this before but it doesn't sound like him. Wild. 6 - I was going to say Miles for the trumpet and maybe Evans on piano but the bass is sounding like something from the 70s, so that's out the window. Bass player is jamming though. Sax comes in for the first time about half way through which is interesting. No ideas on who this is. The last half of the song picks up and is really nice. 7 - At first I wanted to say Rypdal but I'm not so sure. The opening synths are great on headphones. Hell, they're great throughout the track. Really like this song. 8 - Ellington's band? It's a track I've heard before but can't remember the name. Great stuff. Excellent trombone playing for sure. My favorite track of this BFT. 9 - Evans? Tune is so familiar but I can't name it.

Ingenuity like this only comes from extreme duress and desperation. Well done!

First Then:

Via Disc 1 of the Carter/Bradford Mosaic Select. Wonderful music.

Great album with bonus cuts...only issue is the clipped version of Slavemaster but other than that, top notch reissue.

Great BFT. Really enjoyed the journey through these selections. "Percussive logic" of the Taylor piece makes total sense to me as I had to shift how I was hearing the piano in order to "get" that track. I don't have any Taylor in my collection at all, and so need to remedy that.

Insanely good album

Billy Gardner on B3. Braith's soprano sax on Cole Porter's Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye is wild.

Top notch stuff from Fela & Africa 70. Exceptional album. Then...

I pretty much think about this all the time when listening to older music that never got its due. I even carry this same sentiment over on some modern pop tracks where should the vocals be stripped and a live band was playing the music - noses that get turned up otherwise would all of a sudden stay steady while the jaws dropped. I don't have this record yet. Need to get it.

Just finished rooting for the dog in Cujo and now starting Silver Bullet.

Disc 2 of this Snapper comp that I bought a long time ago. I haven't listened to some of these Wailers songs in quite some time, having almost memorized everything about them because I was obsessed back in the day. Listening now it strikes me how many of these come across as demos, which I didn't realize with younger ears. Marley, Tosh & Bunny went on to re-record several of these tunes as solo artists with more advanced production and further song development.

Edition II

Loving these

Some classic roots songs on this comp.

Knepper. See this LA Time obit as the one in the Independent is firewalled: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-17-me-knepper17-story.html

I'm just reading this thread for the first time. Instabuy/preorder for the Ellington set being discussed above.

No worries I just went over to that site and saw it after I posted and had a cringewince moment.

Other than the Mobley and this Henderson, what other BN sets have they produced recently? Most of it seems to be from other labels, although most are ultimately owned by Universal. I think they stick with CDs because it's in their wheelhouse, financially and aesthetically in terms of what their customers like. Wanted to add, my statement above regarding Bandcamp has nothing to do with any of the moronic reviews currently on the Mosaic site for this set. They should scrub that nonsense ASAP.

I'd rather see Mosaic go full on Bandcamp or another download route than ever do LPs. Leave the vinyl to the Universals of the world who have economies of scale, or the small boutique co's that do one-off or double LPs. Big box sets of vinyl are way outside of the kind of ball park that Mosaic can play in right now.

I dig that album too. My first Mingus was Ah Um and it didn't really grab me. Wasn't until I heard the unedited workshop stuff on the Candid albums that I became a big Mingus fan.