Dub Modal

Well, I'm starting to cobble together my own BFT submission (for June, I think) and it won't be 100% "jazz" so I hope that's ok as well.

Literally lol'ing imagining this right now

Instabuyc from me

Thanks for the spoilers! I just added some titles to my want list. Should've known it was Martino on 9!

Yeah, it's a real tragedy because it typically involves alienation from friends and family. I hope she gets out of that cult. Now playing:

See her Twitter feed. She hasn't posted since Jan, but all back in 2020 she was reposting and hashtagging it. She's conservative, fine, but went off the deep end unfortunately.

No worries. That new link worked for me but I'll definitely take advantage of the site when I ge time to listen again. Thanks for your work on this!

As long as she's able to break out of that Q spell. Otherwise she very well could be bringing plates of broken glass and calling it gourmet.

1 - Sultry groove & singing. Feels like I should be able to name the sax player but I can't. Don't know the singer either. 2- Hmmm...is this Ike Quebec? I've heard this song before, so thinking it's a standard. Maybe not Quebec, but someone with a real clean, expressive tone - Gene Ammons maybe? 3 - Very soulful track. Nice composition and layers in the arrangement with what sounds like a bari beneath that flute. Only complaint is that it's too short. 4 - I really love the piano and bass playing off each other in the beginning of this track. Love it. They keep it going as well...so nice. Love that alto player bending those notes as well. (I think it's alto anyway). This is a familiar tune but I can't name it. Also love the brush work during the piano solo. Is this Art Pepper? Well...maybe Lee Konitz? (lol - see this is identified and I'm totally wrong on alto ) 5- Man, this is one meditative track. The way the piano is recorded I'd guess they're the leader of the date. The rest of the composition is ok. The piano and drums are what stand out most to me. 6 - Vibes player lets 'em ring. Track is really slow, kind of a sad tune. 7 - Maybe it's my own mood tonight but this is another song that might benefit from a bit faster tempo. Good blues number and I like the sax player. As this goes on that intro/head they keep playing gets more grating, to the point that I'm glad when it's over. 8 - "Baltimore Oriole" She's got a good voice. Guessing it's Sheila Jordan from this release. 9 - Ok, I think I listened to this song recently. CTI right? Everyone's killing it. Nice groove, great song. 10 - Bass player is killing it. Love the trombone playing as well. Almost wish the piano wasn't there at all. Nothing against the player, but these guys seem ready to fly. 11 - Sounds like a traditional tune played by this piano player who's really vocal at the keys. 12 - Another traditional sounding tune, but a different style for sure. Really like the drumming on this one. 13 - No guesses here either. Once it gets into it I enjoy the song much better, esp if I concentrate on the percussive aspects of the piano. Then it becomes almost like a percussion ensemble and opens up the funk that's in the composition. Not many guesses here for me. Enjoyed it though.

Yeah, this Hammer stuff is great. Never heard it myself but loving it.

Link doesn't work. Although I'm suspicious of an April Fool's gag here...

Great stuff. That Caravans track led me down a Womack Brothers rabbit hole (Curtis Womack - phenomenal) for a little bit. Inez's singing style reminded me so much of them.

Really enjoying this.

Followed by:

Yeah, they fade out early on. Nice touch. Just got another on a Stone Alliance track.

Yeah, I think so. Just heard an edit on one of the Rollins tunes

yeah, this is great stuff. Listening to those Sarah Vaughn songs among others. Such as Sonny Rollins To a Wild Rose - anyone hear that yet - good gods.

I listened to this and it wasn't clicking with me, but I may be an outlier as most things I'm reading are positive.

If you're not dead set on vinyl, don't sleep on those XRCDs of True Blue & Back to the Tracks. Or any of those Blue Note Audio Waves for that matter...

I'd probably go with the individual albums over the Mosaic set but that's personal preference as I don't have any info as to which would have the best sound. But I guess you'd have to add both Street Singer & Jackie's Bag to get the full scope via vinyl...

Thanks for sharing this link. One of the comments under the review for Ornette's Shape of Jazz refers to some good quality hi res downloads from Presto Jazz and Classical, a site I'd seen before but had forgotten about. Looks like they have a ton of jazz and classical lossless (some at 192/24) downloads from $14 to about $20 or so (they sell CDs & SACDs as well) which seem to be good deals.

We already live in a dystopia anyway