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Welcome Stereojack to be the first one to continue the discussion of BFT #61 in 2009. Hope it will become a swinging year for all of us! I will discuss track one up to track ten today - the rest tomorrow. Most tracks from that first part have been identified already, but I'll check your suggestions .................. and comment it. And - congratulations Stereojack, you did identify one of the tracks for the very first time !! Let's have a look to your list. 1. I recognized the tune right away – Fats Waller’s “Lookin’ Good But Feelin’ Bad”. Frankly, I can’t stand this cutesy novelty version, presumably by a British band, perhaps the Temperance Seven? Good trombone player. Corny alto, hate the vocalist! Of course it's Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad". No, it's not by a British band and the name you suggests, Temperance Seven, a group that plays in a rather traditional jazz styles; the group that is respnsable for tis version is, first of all, a band playng in the Free Jazz styles. 2. “When You Wish Upon a Star” just a little vignette of a performance – not a lot going on here, no clue who’s playing. The tune is correct - the track has been identified by Sidewinder. 3. “Django” Really don’t know who this is. Is what they call “gypsy jazz”? I’d have liked this better if they’d stretched out a bit. This is too short – no time to get into anything. Guitar soloist has got chops, but this didn’t do much for me. The tune is indeed Django and the man who plays the guitar is not a Manouche at all, but he was fascinated by the music of Django. Snoozer already identified this Norwegian guitar player. 4. “People” I guess this was recorded in the mid 1960’s when this was a new popular tune. This is one of those “kitchen-sink” arrangements – a little rubato here, a little funk there. Possibly Pete Jolly, or maybe Victor Feldman? Nothing special here. The tune titles is not the most difficult part of this BFT - you suggestion is alright. The track is from a live recording in the mid 1960s, so, you're okay again. MG did identified the guitar player and piano player. The rhythm section is unknown. 5. Trying to figure out what the lead instrument here is! Tiple, perhaps? Some virtuosic picking here, but a little too busy and fusion-y for my tastes. Well, it's not a Tiple (a small Portuguese guitar), but your sugestions points into the right direction. This man, identified as Hamilton De Holanda by Snoozer, plays a typically instrument. I love to know the name of the instrument and, I agree, this tune, indeed, is rather busy and fusion-y, and I love to know more about what the musical roots of this man are. 6. Again, another tiple? I liked this better, the tune reminds me of “Darktown Strutters’ Ball”. Almost correct, is I should label this instrument , the Tiple as a small Portuguese guitar, it's almost correct - it's name has been changed in some other countries. You could label it as a cavaquinho of ukulele. This tune was already identified by Snoozer. 7. “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody”. One’s first thought is Grappelly and Django, but the violin sounds a little darker in tone than I’m accustomed to from Stephane, unless this is a later recording. The guitarist has certainly heard Django, but I’m not convinced that this is him. The recording seems too recent sounding for it to be Django, and even though this guy has the characteristics, he doesn’t have the fire. More gypsy jazz? This trqk has been identiefied by Snoozer too and you can read all about the relation between Django and this violin player Leo Slab. You're correct saying this is a contemporary recording, so the guitar player must have hear Django playing on record only. 9. “Dippermouth Blues” Here’s a lifeless, academic recreation of the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band. I love traditional jazz, but this leaves me cold. Clarinetist is barely competent! Again, no thanks! In your opinion this is a bad attempt to revive a Joe King Oliver recording. Other's in this list label it as pure New Orleans music, close related to the original roots. Well, this track is still a mystery for all ( except myself of course) listeners. You will be surprised. 10. Some years ago, there was a trad band that made an album of bop tunes in dixieland style. I believe they were called The Anachronic Jazz Band. Might this be them? This arrangement of “Salt Peanuts” has sufficent fire and drive, and points up what’s wrong with track #9. If you’re going to play this music (or any music I guess) put some juice into it! Enjoyed this a lot! Most people who gave me their comments to this track made a remark about the descrepancy between the bobish tune Sal Peanuts and the traditional dixieland style. They ment that the tune and the style was an anachronism, but I couldn 't use that word ...... Harold_Z even remembered another tune, titled Giant Steps played by a dixieland - well, Stereojack, your suggestion is correct; The Anachronic Jazz Band. Let me first give you the details: 10. (4:05) ANACHRONIC JAZZ BANDPatrick Artero tp - Claude Gousset tb - Marc Richard cl as tp co, Dominique Vernhes cl as, Andre Villeger cl as ts ss, Philippe Baudoin p, Lionel Benhamou g banj, Gerard Gervois tu, dominique Obadia dm. reeds ( rest unknown) Salt Peanuts ( D.Gillespie - Kenny Clarke) Recorded at the Theatre du Ranelagh, Paris, November 1978. This group of young French traditional jazz musicians founded their Anachronic Jazz Band, a group that played tunes from the bebop repertoire in a dixieland style setting. They did this in an inimitable way. As far as I know these tracks have never been released on CD. If so, I'll be the first one to obtain a copy. Learn more about this Anachronic Jazz Band and about the tune Salt Peanuts. Thanks so far, Stereojack That's for today. Tomorrow I'll discuss your comments for track 11 up to 19. Keep swinging Durium

JAZZ in 2008 Hope 2009 will be as swinging as 2008. I selected a list of jazz concerts I was able to participate last year: Concert Log 2008 . It learns that 2008 was a great year ........ Keep (it) Swinging in 2009 ( including some photos from the 2008 concerts) Durium

Love to wish you all a Swinging 2009 .... Keep (it) Swinging in 2009. Durium

Well Harold_Z. Let's comment the second half of the selection. 11.The Sheik Of Araby – A stride/boogie rendition. Wild guess – Joe Turner? This track has already been identified by Alex. and surprised most of you ....... 12.In My Solitude - Two basses and a piano. Nice. ............ okay, and a ............... there's another instrument at the end !! One bass player has already been recognized - who's the other and for what occasion this track was played? 13.A piano quartet Yep 14.Piano trio playing a blues. Again I'm bugged because I can't id the player. Monkish but not Monk. Correct again ............... 15.With A Song In My Heart – | 16.Our Love Is Here To Stay | 17.Evidence. You identified the titles correct, now who's playing this? 19. The tag. You may call it as you like it, but it's a complete tune and the original title is much ............. longer Thanks Harold_Z for your suggestions. I'm sure the discussion has not been finished up to now. I gave several suggestions, so ...... maybe next year? Keep swinging Durium

Thanks for your list of thoughts and sugstions. Harold_Z - Let's have a look. 2.When You Wish Upon A Star – Nice Bird like alto in a smoky mood. You're right saying Nice Bird like alto in a smoky mood. This alto sax player played his instrument in the same tradition as Parker, and he was even labeled as the succesor of bird. It was a pity, that didn't oly copy the music, but also bird's other habits. It brought him in jail for almost 30 years all together. This musician was already identified by Sidewinder and I cherish my memories of one of his last concertsI heard last year some weeks before he passed away. 3.Django – Very nice version. They hit the “Gypsy Jazz” feel pretty nicely when they go into tempo and in the out of tempo parts the guitarist states the melody beautifully. Nice chops. guitar Indeed - a great unkjown and underestimated guitar player. This Norwegian musician was already identified by Snoozer. 4.People – I get very bugged when I can't id something I think I should. Nice. Don't bother - I share that same feeling when i listen to other BFTs 5.Don't know what and don't know who. Nice playing all around. The musician has alreasdy been identified by Snoozer as Hamilton De holanda, but I love to have more info about the style of music he plays and his instrument. 7.A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody – Very Hot Club like. Latter day Stephen Grapelli is just a guess on my part. Nice record. Not a strange thought as both musicians played the violin and were playing in the Hot club du France circuit. This track hasalready been identified by Snoozer 9.Dippermouth – Liked it, but no idea who. The trombonist managed to play a lot of Dutrey's licks but put his own “english” on it. It will surprise you .... 10.Salt Peanuts - A Dixieland version! Hah! Made me laugh out loud. Dig the quotes from El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) by the trumpet. A while back – on my previous computer- somebody sent me a Dixieland version of “Giant Steps”. I had the same reaction. I Loved it. Amazing to learn that most contributors to this BFT have the key in their hands, but don't use it. Of course I'm not sure, but that dixieland version of Giant Steps could have been from the same group. Do you remember its name? Well so far up to now. I will post comments to your next tracks soon. Keep swinging Durium

Thanks MG for your identification. I became fascinated to Bola Seta, the Brazilian guitar player when I saw him on a DVD in duo with Vince Guaraldi at the piano ( and Fred Marshall on bass - Jerry Granelli on drums) in a Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual episodes. Bola Seta had been discovered the previous year by Dizzy Gillespie. As I wanted to hear more of this duo I bought myself the Vince & Bola album with 1963 recordings of the quartet mentioned above and a 1966 live recording at the El Matador previous released on a Fantasy album. The track People is from that session and both bass and drums are not identified. Enjoy some fragments of the 1963 Vince Guaraldi - Bola Sete Quartet on the Jazz Casual DVD

11. Started off like “Jumpin’ at the Woodside.” Swings like crazy! Art Tatum? Tons o’ notes! This one is realy a killer-diller and when you know who made it ....... Half way OP is going to play some stride and then he shows some of his style. This one has been indentified already by Alex. 12. “Money Jungle” sounding tribute to that album’s “Solitude” with clarinet thrown in for good measure. No, it isn't Charlie Mingus, who played on that track in Ellington's Blue Note album of September 1962, nor a tribute to that, as far as I konw. 13. Is anyone else hearing various Christmas songs quoted throughout this jumpy little tune? Maybe your neighbours next door are still playing their Christmas albums, Al, and you can hear that through the walls But no kidding, al - you're right. After the intro by the drummer, the piano player starts the theme which sounds like, or has elements of "Gloria in excelsis Deo" a very old psalm. Something Old Something New? Well, to wake you up. The tune or the album has nothing to do with Christmas, but I liked it as a wink to the time of year. But who are the musicians of this ttrack and, who is the composer of it. 14. Kinda Monk-sounding to start it off, has some Monk phrasing. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it could be a platypus. Well, I don't know how this animalsmells, but my record doesn't smell like that. 15. Sounds like a nice knockoff of the classic 50’s hardbop quintet style. Nothing wrong with that, and everybody does a good job of swingin’ that mother! I fully agree ....... 16. Nice two-trombone harmony on “Love is Here to Stay.” Are they paying tribute to JJ and Kai? Sure, both players pay tribute to Jay and Kai and the bass player in this band is originally a trombone player too, fascinated by Jay & Kai. ....... the liner notes label him as The Best Trombone Player of this band will be heard on bass. 17. Sounds like Hampton Hawes “Played Twice” (I always mess up the names of Monk tunes). Just has the nice East-Coast-sounding-West-Coast sound that I always identify with Hawes. It's a Monk composition, you're right, but not played by Hampton Hawes. 18. WOW! Had I seen this on paper—female singer, violin—I would’ve just passed on it and missed out on this terrific little gem! Can’t wait to find out who this is! Isn't that great - I had that same feeling until I listened to this fresh charming swinging voice. Well, Snoozer already identief this charming young lady, who deserves, in my opinion, further recognition. Thanks al for your suggestions. Some tracks have already been identified, so you can sroll back to read these. Others still need information, so I'm waiting for your second shot Keep swinging Durium

Thanks Al for your list of thoughts. Let's have a look if you say some wise words. 1. Fats Waller or a reasonable facsimile! Fats in stereo - that would be great !! No, it'sn't even a fascimile I guess as they make their own weird interpretation. 2. Rabbit doing “When You Wish Upon a Star?” No, it isn't Johnny Hodges, but the title is correct. Sidewinder finished this one !! 3. Nice update of “Django” It is: Snoozer identificated this. 4. Vince Guaraldi? Bill Evans? Bass/drums sounds more like a Guaraldi unit. It is, but no Bill Evans .... but we need some more details. 6. Nice tribute to the Hot Club of France sound. This tune was originally performed this way in the mid 1920s, so it can't be a tribute too ... So, maybe the Hot Club du France so8und isa tribute to ....... oh boy, don't throw shoes BTW: This one has been identificated already by Snoozer. 8. Scott Hamilton and someone similarly like-minded? No, it isn't Scott Hamilton. 9. New version of old Dixieland sound. Very nice. Peanuts Hucko maybe? No, not Peanuts Hucko. You will be surprised. Some list mates say, this is the pure NO sounds - other's say it is a great imitation or a fascinating replay of an old recording. 10. How ‘bout a little salt peanuts to go with your Dixieland? Cool! Drummer reminds me of either Krupa or Rich. No, not Krupa or Rich. Some list mates, like you, gave the key to the solution, but didn't open the door .......... Something Old Something New. Thanks so far Al. The rest in the next session. Keep Swinging Durium

This must be an insider collaboration job with Durium Either that or the rest of us are bozos.. No colboration, nor foreknowledge .... he's just a regular reader of my Keep Swinging blog that asked for the link. There are 13 tracks left ...................... Who's next? Keep swinging Durium

You´re right, Snoozer. It´s on Aleman´72. It might be age, too much oliebollen ( a Dutch doughnut ball especially at the end of the year) or glühwein. BTW: Thanks for the additional information about Ton. Keep swinging Durium

A couple of scraps.. As for me, I'm giving up Christmas diner? Don't give up ............... I posted some suggestions between the lines ....................... and will post more ............... and more ................. Keep swinging Durium

14) Bud Powell in a Monk mood??? No, Bud Powell is Bud Powell - Monk is Monk 17) More Monk inspiration included here - Rein de Graaff??? No, not Rein De Graaff. 18) Heather Simmons, vocalist, with Ted Barnett, p, Roger Curphey, b, Marc CEcil, dm, Mike Pigott, violin - rec 2007 at the album "I'm Oldfashioned" Yes, you must be an insider in my blogs ................. 18: (2:40) HEATHER SIMMONS - I'M OLD FASHIONED Heather Simmons vo - Ted Beament p - Roger Curphey b - Mart Cecil dm - Mike Piggott v Looking At The World Through Rose-Colered Glasses Recorded ca 2006 If you know my taste of jazz music, you should know that I don't like jazz vocalists ...... ( of course I mean their singing - it's not personally ). There are but few exceptions: Pauline Van Schaik, Fay Claassen ( with her great Chet Baker imitations), Roberta Gambarini and ........ Heather Simmons This young British lady sent me her first album, titled just Heather Simmons - I'm Old Fashioned. It's an album with surprising tracks, swinging tunes and, above all, her fresh pretty voice. She sings the "classics"as if they are new, so, maybe, she might be "old fashioned", her songs are new and fresh as if they were made yesterday. And, she has some great swinging accompanists who know how to swing ...... She deserves further recogniton ............. I'm Old Fashioned 19) Short stuff - OPSO, maybe??? Correct, it's "short stuff", but not the OPSO Thanks Snoozer for your posts ...... some hard to guess and great tracks have been identified, but there is enough left for the others .......... Keep swinging Durium

7) "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" by Leo Slab Quintet, rec. March 2000 - lead guitar by Philippe Guignier, Bernard Anthérieu (rh g), Marc Roger (rh guitar), Gilles Sclaf (b) Another one that learns me that he's a regular visitor of the Keep Swinging Blog Let's give the details: 7. (4:53) LEO SLAB QUINTETTE Leo Slab v - Philippe Guignier (solo)g - Bernard Antherieu and Marc Roger g - Gilles Schlaf b A Pretty Girtl Is Like A Melody Recorded Marseille 23-25th of March, 2000 A year ago, this French unknown violin player Leo Slab passed away. He was one of those musicians that played during the 1930s and 1940s in the shadow of the Django Reinhardt hype in France. He founded the Swing Quintette de Paris and after the war he played with musicians like Django's brother Joseph. Georg Lankester visited him, just before he passed away, and told his story. A few years ago he recorded this tune with a group of contemporary French "manouche' musicians. Leo Slab (1920 - 2007) (by Georg Lankester) 8) Sound like Muppet Show - I like it, no clue to who's playing No, it isn't ........ you're not even warm !! 9) That's my stuff - keep playing that thing! The clarinet could be a creole, but no clue to the name of the band ... probably some French revival NO Band (?) Sorry, it's not a French revival NO band. 11) Ok, Oscar Peterson started out as a boogie player, nice, anyway, only 88 available to tickle .... correct - this track was already identified by Alex. 12) Ron Carter with some other bass player plus piano and rhtyhm???? Correct, but not complete. This info was already available Keep swinging Durium

Let's have a look, Snoozer! ..................... 1) "Looking Good, But Feeling Bad" - a killer, but no clue to who's playing/singing You're right, but who recorded this killer diller that way? 2) "When You Wish Upon A Star" - Frank Foster Quartet That's wrong. Sidewinder already labeled it correct as Frank Morgan. Frank Foster, if he's still active in music, must be in his 80s now. 3) "Django" - played by Robert Normann, g w/ accompaniment, rec. 1989? That's correct. Let's give the details: 3. (2:46) ROBERT NORMANN - The definitive collection, vol. 5 ROBERT NORMANN Robert Normann g - Håkon Nilsen b - Per Nyhaug dm - John Svendsen vib - Bjørn Helberg rhythm guitar Django (John Lewis) Recorded NRK studio in Oslo (Norway) 1st of May 1989 This Norwegian guitar player is one of those unknown jewels in jazz music, unknown and underrated outside his country. He was one of the first in his country to build and play an electric guitar and was fascinated by the music of Django Reinhardt. He was a bit a solitary guy, who loved to live hidden in the country - he only traveled and played in Scandinavia. After the war he had to play in studio bands that accompanied all kinds of (Norwegian) pop music, but some of his recordings from that period, like this Django tune, are really enjoyable. His complete collection has now been reissued by his family from the originally recordings and contains, except all his 78rpm records, also his radio and TV work that survived. A great video was released with this TV stuff. You can see some fragments here (scroll down) Robert Normann - Sweet Sue | Ding-Dong-Dang | Smålåt | Harry Lime Theme It feels great to introduce you to this Django-of-the-North !! 5) Hamilton da Holanda Quintet - the name of the tune not detected, yet, Hamilton on bandolim It is, but what tune does he play? And what to tell about the style of music and about his instrument ....... 6) "Anno 1926" played on fingerpicking ukulele by Ton Van Bergeyk, rec. 1976 - Ton's cover version of Oscar Aleman's "O.A.1926" Of course ........ There are but few people who know about this recording and, you, Snoozer, are one of them. You must be an insider Let's give the details: 6. (2:10) THE PRACTICALLY COMPLETE TON VAN BERGEYK Ton Van Bergeyk g Anno 1926 ( Oscar Aleman) Recorded ca. 1983 This Anno 1926, also titled O.A. 1926, was the first tune, young Oscar Alemán learned to play on his first cavaquinho, when he tried to play for a living in the cafés andstreetcorners in Buenos Aires mid 1920s. He never recorded it, but it survived on several radio transcriptions, when he played this tune, dancing around using his feet to play the rhythm .... Just like he did in the 1920s. You could label it as his signature theme. Ton Van Bergeyk, now the guitar player in Holland's third export article after tulips, and cheese, .... the Dutch Swing College, studied the finger picking guitar and made numerous albums. This is one of his private records, now released on a compilatiopn album titled The Practically Complete Ton Van Bergeyk. The Fingerpicking Wizard Still Kicking Keep swinging Durium

Welcome ( or should I say Velkommen ! ) He must be one of those regular visitors of my Keep Swinging blog, doing some research before he shoots and maybe even knows me personal, my interests, my collection, ........... . I found some answers which learns me that he did his homework before he introduced himself on the list....... Well let's have a look in his list Keep swinging Durium

No, sorry Alex. It isn't that group. Let me help you a bit. The violin player has played with DR ....... but he's not SG. Keep swinging Durium Alex, I have to correct myself. DR wanted the violin player in his band, due to the fact that SG was in England, but he wasn't allowed to leave the band he was laying at that time. BTW: This recording is nopt from that period - it's a contemporary one !! How you can have this small correction without starting to pull your hair again !! Keep swinging Durium

No, sorry Alex. It isn't that group. Let me help you a bit. The violin player has played with DR ....... but he's not SG. Keep swinging Durium

No, it's not Hank Jones and the tune was written by the pianist himself and so, NOT an old bebop classic. Keep swinging Durium Really? Maybe I'm thinking of another tune (and not 'Blue and Boogie') but this one will probably have me pulling my hair out in frustration. It does sound like Hank though ! Barry Harris? No, Sidewinder, I'm sorry. It isn't Barry Harris nor Hank Jones. Let me help you a bit, as I won't be kept responsable for your baldness It's not an US musician. Keep swinging Durium

Thanks MG for your suggestions. Let's have a look !! 1 What a funny little thing! Two comedians from the thirties making a novelty record with an imitation Dixieland backing. But the trumpeter is pretty good, so it probably isn’t imitation. The alto player also has a few chops in his back pocket. You don't have to apologize, MG - when I heard this band for the very first time playing in a concert on MEZZO television ( a French Jazz TV station) it made me mad ........ But the setitng is a sextet and the members are not from the 1930s. 2 “When you wish upon a star”! With a pianist putting in some clever modern stuff behind the alto player. I don’t know these players, but I’m going to guess Konitz & Tristano. Sidewinder finished this track 3 Oh, a guitarist, playing John Lewis’ “Django”. When it breaks out into a fast four, I’m reminded of the few cuts I’ve heard by Oscar Aleman. “Ooo,” (in a Brum accent) “it’s dead nice, this.” The title is correct. Of course Oscar Aleman's spirit is in this selection ( you should know that ), but not on this one. But there are some minor identical facts. The music of Oscar Aleman, he made, after he moved back to his native country Argentina between 1940 and 1980 is a closed book for most of you, because he (almost) never left South America ..... This great guitar player never left his country ....... and that's why but few of you may have heard his musical heritage. 4 “People” by a piano trio. Or is it? There’s another tune coming in here that I can almost remember the title of. And back to “People”. And into the groove part and I’ve no idea who this is. It sounds live. There’s something familiar about the way the pianist takes off into each of the groove sections – a bit Les McCann-ish, but it’s no way him. But the sound the guy is making is rather John Wright-ish. And I don’t think Wright made any live recordings. I read three suggestions for this track so-far and each suggestion brings us closer to the definitive facts. It is the tune People, it is played live by Vince Guaraldi. Who'll finish this track? 5 Another fast-fingered guitarist. The tone reminds me a bit of Toots Thielemans, though I’m not familiar enough with his work on guitar to really recognise him. Nice stuff! No, it's not our Toots ..... BTW: Is this man playing a guitar .......... ? 6 Is this a ukulele? Whatever, it’s played very nimbly indeed and swings rather a lot more than one would expect. Yes, Bravo! It is. 7 “You brought a new kind of love to me”. Don’t know who the violinist is but I’m going to say Svend Asmussen, just to prove I can’t spell it right Damn fine guitarist coming on now. Hell, surely this can’t be Django and Stephane? Well, sure sounds like it could be. Lovely, whoever. No it isn't Svend Asmussen, but you spelled his name correct and you're right: not Django and Stephane. The title of the tune is wrong - sorry 'bout that. 8 Trumpet and tenor on a nice old song I can nearly remember. Gruff-voiced tenor player sounds like a European much influenced by Hawk’s sojourn over here. Who’s making with the knives and forks? Pleasant, without being soul-stirring. These musicians are not Europeans ...... The tune is a James P.Johnson composition. 9 “Anything goes” but not quite. Dutch Swing College Band type of stuff I guess. I think it’s actually an old New Orleans number they’re playing. Oh live! Yes, that’s how I think one should hear bands like this. No, not the DSCB, but when I heard this band for the very first time ............... whow !! You're right. That's how this stuff should be played BTW: The title is not Anything Goes. 10 Red Indian drums, then a stirring bit of Euro-Dixie, but well arranged and executed. But I don’t think that trumpeter’s European. And that short tenor break sounds suspiciously like Hawk. This is all wrong for what I think it is. That long drum solo is right out of place for Euro-Dixie. So I don’t even know what it is, far less WHO it is. You're right - it's Euro-Dixie and it is really a band that loves to misled it's listeners. 11 Heavy boogie on “The Cheikh of Araby”. Fuck, that guy’s got some hands on him! He ain’t an old timer though. The intro and the middle section sound really quite modern to my ears. Gawd! Alex. finished this track. In the middle section you can hear that it's (a young) Oscar Peterson I guess. 12 “Solitude” and I immediately suspect Ellington & Blanton. But I just noticed it’s four minutes long, so it can’t be. So I’ll have to listen to it more carefully. Back to the start. There seem to be two bass players here. Or is it a cello and bass? I think it’s a cello played by someone like Oscar Pettiford. Oh, now the other guy is having a go (or maybe not – I think not). Oh, enter a slightly scratchy clarinet player. Don’t like the clarinet’s sound here. Very interesting. It are two bass players - one has already been identified by Thom I guess. 13 Sounds like a jazz record. One point - you're right. 14 Sounds like this is based on “Blue & boogie”. Kind of interesting – well, a lot more interesting to me than #13, even though there’s some similarity of approach. But I’m very out of sympathy with this kind of music. It’s kinda Monkish but without the grooviness. 15 “With a song in my heart” by a fifties tenorman. I love the sound the trumpet player gets. If it’s Clifford Brown, you’ve just made me into a fan. Lovely! And even if it isn't Clifford Brown, you should be a fan of him ...... Well, the trumpet player isn't Clifford Brown. The tenor man, indeed, made his first recordings mid 1960s. (so, almost correct). 16 “Our love is here to stay” by two trombones. Does that mean it has to be JJ & Kai? I think the one who started off is from an older generation. That dark sound is not something I associate with boppers. Ah, live. A pianist I should recognise with my thinking cap on. Then surely Paul Chambers on bass. Nice performance. The tune is correct, but it's not JJ & KW, although both men adore Jay & Kai. I found out that one of the two bones was born in the early 1940s, so it depends what age you are to label him as "an older generation" The piano player is one of my favorites. When this live recording was made Paul Chambers had passed away several decades earlier. Oh boy - I almost handed the correct answer on a silver platter 17 Rhythmically very, very on the edge – I get a very Monkish feeling about this. This one is Monkish WITH the grooviness. Pooh gosh! It’s effin’ magnificent! I can stand to listen to a LOT of this. Ho, sudden ending. The record is dedicated to Monk. 18 I suspect the vocalist of being the pianist, too; similar sense of humour. But if she is, she’s really playing behind her second chorus. So in the end, it came apart in me ‘and, Flight Sergeant. No, the singer is singing and the piano player is doing his job ! 19 Ta daaaaa! The letter "a" is in the title - you're right, but in the originally title are seven "a's" and not 6 - that's the only thing I can find to be correct. Thanks MG for all your suggestions. ave a drink and give it asecond chance. Keep swinging Durium

HAHAHAHA! i just read your post and thought more or less the same thing. as for track 11: embarassingly enough, i found i own it! it's from here. i was way, way off. should have recognised the man, but kept thinking of his duo stuff. ah well. Thanks Alex. for your suggestion to track 11. You're right. Shall I give the details? 11. (3:02) CAN'T STOP PLAYING THAT BOOGIE WOOGIE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: Oscar Peterson p - Bert Brown b - Frank Garlépy dm The Sheik of Araby (Snyder-Smith-Wheeler) Recorded Montreal the 30th of April 1945 A year ago, one of the great piano players in jazz passed away - Oscar Peterson. His music and the way he has developed his playing is very recognizable, so I served you one of his early recordings, in which he played in the boogie woogie style. I do have a copy of this track on the CD Can't Stop Playing That Boogie Woogie - Rare Classics From The Vaults ( JASMCD 2581), but I'm sure it's on other reissues too. I once heard a record, on which Oscar Peterson sung - he really had a great voice. It must have been on the "Romance" album ( and I'm still searching for it.) Arnold Van Kampen, critic and author of the Oscar Peterson Discography told me that Oscar Peterson and Nat KIng Cole were close friends and had made an agreement: If you play the piano; I will sing as their voices sounded rather equal. If you find this interesting, you read about it. Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) | Oscar Peterson - The Vocal Styling | Oscar Peterson's Van Gogh Story Keep swinging Durium

Thanks Thom for your suggestions. Let's have a look !! 2 - Disney Theme (When You Wish Upon A Star). No idea who, maybe Frank Morgan. This track has been finished by Sidewinder. 3 - John Lewis' Django. No idea who this is. I want to like it, but it bugs me. You find the correct title: Django ( John Lewis) 4 - Know the tune, but can't put a name to it. Shit... I know this recording -- I have this. Shades of Hank Jones, maybe, but I'm leaning towards Vince Guiraldi. If I don't have it, I want it! Why doesn't anybody play like this anymore? Great - it's Vince. now the details please .... 8 - Sounds like Buddy Tate to me, but the ideas seem a level below Buddy's. Maybe when Buddy was older or somebody trying to play like him. The recording sounds newer (electric bass, if I'm not mistaken -- listening on laptop). No guesses on the other players. Trumpet sounds like someone shooting for a Ruby Braff sort of sound, but with a Armstrongish feel. Not Buddy Tate 10 - Heheheheh. I can't help it, this amuses me. "...a composition by my worthy constituent, Mr. Dizzy Gilespie..." It's not authentic to either period, but I like the fact that they're thinking outside the case on this one. I liked the trumpet players, but the sax players sound very stiff to me. You likes this and you're posting some wise words 11 - Tom & Jerry... oh, wait. Tune is The Sheik of Araby. I don't know players of this era, but I always like to listen to this sort of thing. I'd throw out a guess that it might Fatha Hines, as he sounds kind of heavy handed. (Hey man, why couldn't all BFTs be like the first one I tried, where I knew most of the guys!?!?!?) The tune is correct: The Sheik of Araby ( Snyder-Smith-Wheeler). But who's the piano player? Not Earl Fatha Hines 12 - Solitude. Sounds like Ron Carter to me, based on the 'thrumping' slides to some of the notes and the sketchy intonation. No idea of anyone else. Two points for you. The tune is Solitude, played in a great way by Ron Carter. But who (is) are the other musician(s) 13 - Sounds like maybe Kenny Barron on piano. Not sure of the drummer... could be Victor Lewis if I'm right about KB, which I don't think I am. Perhaps one of the guys who came after KB like Geoff Keezer. I like the lines of the alto player, but he's under-executing them, almost like alto isn't his main horn. No, sorry. The alto is the alto player's main instrument. 14 - I know the tune, but can't name it. At times I was thinking Kenny Drew on piano, but it's not him. Another point - You're correct - it isn't Kenny Drew. The tune is, as I wrote in a previous, the pianist own composition and never saw it recorded by another one. Maybe it has the same chord-lines as a more known tune. 15 - There's A Song In My Heart. Modern recording. Billy Pierce on ts. I'll guess Alan Dawson on drums, because it's flawless and I'm totally not diggin' him. Don't know the trumpet player. Sounds like James Williams on piano (but I could be biased by the association with BP). The tune is (almost) correct: With A Song In My Heart . 16 - My Love is Here to Stay. No idea, but I have to wonder if it's two women a friend of mine sent me a video of. They were both about 30 and absolutely shredded. I'll say it's a modern recording with modern personnel. As far as I know all "women" on this record are "males". 17 - Evidence. (or as I heard Clifford Jordan describe it, "I've heard it called 'Just You, Just Me,' ... then somebody called it 'Justice'. I'm thinking somebody modern, like George Colligan or Ben Walzer. Drumming reminds me of Eric McPherson -- busy but inspired. Correct, the tune is written by Monk and titled Evidence. Thanks Thom. You wrote: Hey man, why couldn't all BFTs be like the first one I tried, where I knew most of the guys!?!?!?. Although you couldn't finish one of the tracks I think you found some valuable information. Thanksso-far and give it a another spin .... Keep swinging Durium

Thank you for the nice words ................. and nice picture. I like both Keep swinging Durium

No, it's not Hank Jones and the tune was written by the pianist himself and so, NOT an old bebop classic. Keep swinging Durium

Congratulations Sidewinder. 2. (2:02) FRANK MORGAN - A LOVESOME THING FRANK MORGAN QUARTET Frank Morgan as ss - George Cables p - David Williams b - Lewis Nash dm. When You Wish Upon A Star (Harline-Washington-Porter) Recorded New York City, 5th - 6th of September, 1990 ( Antilles 422.848 213) I heard Frank Morgan playing in one of his last concerts before he passed away a year ago. A very nice man with a great sound. Peace and Love he wrote above his autograph. A Lovesome Thing | The concert | Pictures made during the concert | Frank Morgan ( 1933-2007) Keep swinging Durium

Thank you Alex for starting the discussion. 1. "looking good, but feeling bad", a modern recording. could be bratislava hot serenaders--did they record it? singer doesn't sound like a native english speaker, so i don't think it's one of dean mora's things. ondrej havelka is a little sweeter, usually. good track. 4/5 another thought: could be the dsc. i can't tell whether that's a dutch accent, because the guy is distorting his voice so much. Of course the title is correct: Lookin' Good, But Feelin' Bad You're right - the singer is not a native English speaker, and not a Dutch man. Non of the suggested names. 4. drummer is annoying. his brushing starts and ends abruptly. 1/5 oh, it gets livelier in the middle. and it sounds like a live recording. pianist can keep his job. drummer's fired. It is a live recording. The drummer never made it, you're right - his name is even unknown to me. 6. this reminds me of dave van ronk in style, though not in sound. fun stuff. that sounds like a ukelele, but for once played like almost a real instrument. so that's good. Dave Van Ronk could be, but it isn't. You're right about the uke. 7. judging by the recording quality, some modern gypsy band. i like it. is that a vibe hit at the very end? It's a modern "gypsy" band. Did you mean that you heard a vibraphone at the end? Well, there is no vibraphone. 9. "sugar foot stomp"/"dippermouth blues" at quite a relaxed tempo. i could take wild stabs in the dark, but really i don't know who this is. very new orleans. i like it Of course it's the Dippermouth Blues And I agree it sounds very New Orleans, but the origin of this band is not New Orleans at all .................. It will surprise you! 10. latin beat into "salt peanuts". whatever Salt Peanuts is ok. 11. "jumpin' at the woodside"--or at least, that's what the riff sounds like at the beginning, but then it's gone. sounds like two pianos at times, but is probably just one. basie & peterson played closer to the melody and with more breathing room. i don't think it's tatum, but perhaps it's teddy wilson? more, please! Well, a lot of names - a lot of suggestions ................... I guess let's wait for some more discussion about that. 12. two basses? really? Sure !! 15. reminds me of quincy jones, maybe because of the era it was arranged in? film music. (actually, a lot of this stuff sounds fairly film sountrack-ish to me.) No Quincy Jones. The tune might have originally been used as film music, but not this version. 16. "our love is here to stay", played by two trombones! is there a hidden two instrument theme? The title is correct: Love Is Here To Stay And there are two bones indeed. I don't know what you mean with the suggestion of a hidden two instrument theme? You mean a counter melody? 18. "looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses". The title was not the most difficult part of this one: you're correct Looking At The World Through Rose-Colered Glasses, but who's the vocalist? 19. six seconds (i assume that's the right length) of jabbo and a rubber ducky. no, i have no idea. it's not bix and it's not armstrong, but i can't tell you more than that. i listened to it twenty times, though. ) The complete tune is, indeed, six seconds, although I skipped the intro, which is the spoken title of the tune. Good that you recognized the rubber ducky, although the information doesn't tell if it was a ducky - it even might be a rubber Christmas tree or what so ever. I don't know, but it made the noise. Thanks Alex - I hope my remarks help you to listen and re-listen again. Maybe some comments helped you. Keep swinging Durium