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Here's the first half dozen or so:- 1. Recognised this one immediately. Great band who remained commercially viable for a long time without totally compromising. Tenor player and leader should be a US national treasure. I have it on a reissue compilation 'workshops' LP so I'm not totally sure of the original LP title but I think its this one... Trumpet player and regular collaborator with the tenorist also very recognisable. 2. Variations on tune in '1'. Sounds like it could be a Quincy Jones mid-size group from the late 50s, the arrangement has that sort of sound to it. Thad Jones - wait, no - Art Farmer in there? Could it be from that 'This Is How I Think About..' album? 3. Booting bigish band with baritone solo. Leo Parker? Tune sort of sounds like 'Flying Home'. This one guaranteed to wake you up.. 4. Swing era material - sounds like a swing group trying out bop as an experiment. Clarinettist sounds familiar. Could this be one of those BG tracks with Doug Mettome and Wardell Gray? (I have the Mosaic in the 'pending' pen so not yet familiar with this material). 5. Plunger mute intro leading into female vocal. This one has me flummoxed. Hodges-like alto solo. 6. I'm sure I've heard this one before. A very fine swing-era arrangement, very tight ensembles. Reminds me of Fletcher Henderson in terms of general feel. Very nice ! 7. 'How High The Moon' played afro-cuban style. Carmen Miranda orchestra? - wouldn't be one of those Johnny Richards arrangements for Kenton would it? Some very high trumpet work in there, reminding me of MF. more to come...

After the local live jazz last night (a great little band with expat tenor player Benn Clatworthy and the esteemable Martin Drew on drums) the became a . I'll post my answers now in batches instead of just having completed No. 23 with AMG links, check it and lose the lot. Still scratching my head over that strange but somewhat vaguelly familiar track on disk 1...

GRRRRRR I've just spent over an hour typing in my stuff for BFT 2 tracks 1-23 and I've lost the whole lot during a preview. Fortunately I've got my notes but I've lost all of the AMG links. I'll give it another go in the morning when my blood pressure is half way back to normal again. In any case its time to go out and see some live jazz..

Think I may just have pipped you in price on this one, Brownie - although the condition of yours may be a bit better. My copy of the Danish Debut was £8, found a couple of years ago. A great treat when you come across gems like this !

Bud Shank/Carmel Jones 'New Groove' (Vogue) and Victor Feldman 'Merry Olde Soul' (Riverside)

Sonny Simmons 'Rumasuma' on Contemporary. Group includes Barbara Donald and Billy Higgins

Not this particular lineup but I did see Roney and Holzman do a tribute concert for Miles about 5 years ago. That band had Bennie Maupin, Buster Williams and Lenny White in it. Patrice Rushen also came in on keyboards for some of the numbers. Hugely enjoyable evening, quite a lot of Miles's electric material was covered but they also did some 50s/60s acoustic classics too.

Been on a huge Jackie McLean kick of late. Love just about everything he ever recorded but the mid-60s period has been getting the main attention. The Mosaic set has been getting an 'airing' (just love those sessions with Tolliver, Hutcherson and Larry Willis). Tomorrow I'll dig out a vinyl of 'Jackie's Bag' for the AOW posting thoughts. Been playing a lot of Horace too. Especially 'Cape Verdean Blues' and that early album cut with Blakey and Mobley for Epic (sounds great on an early Dutch Philips pressing ).

The truly scary bit:- 'a record 1.6m viewers - 9% audience share - tuned in.' Well, it was either that, the pub or watching the snooker on BBC2

Now there's an LP that is powered by mothers. Must be next up on deck for reissue as a Conn, surely..

Really enjoyed the 'Spectrum' 2CD anthology put out on Verve so will have a punt on this one next time I see a cheap copy in the shops.

Yup - but what a penny whistle look-alike propped up in front of a condo block has to do with a 'Mother Ship' has me somewhat defeated...

Just got hold of a Liberty LP of this great session (LT-1038, first copy I've seen for years) and first impressions are that it possibly betters the sonics of the Mosaic LP. I'll have to do a cross-check of the two versions. Totally bowled over by the clarity of Larry's agressive pedal-work on 'Trip Merchant' in particular and the interaction with Gladden. Awesome !

Three nice BN NYs. Horace Silver 'Cape Verdean Blues', Hank Mobley 'Caddy For Daddy' and Duke Pearson 'Wahoo'.

They're kidding me, right? Not the Debbie McGee, surely? What would Paul Daniels say...

'Stablemates' on the basis of some incredible recorded versions out there, not least Miles' for Prestige. I can never get bored with the unusual and unpredictable changes on this one.

The system may go 't*ts up' if the set in question is Commodore 1-3, Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions, Nat King Cole or Hurricane Maynard..

I'll second that - just saw her the one time with a Jane Bunnett group which had featured guests Jeanne Lee and Andrew Cyrille. Great chemistry between these two and Lee's voice and stage presence had absolute class.

From reports its sounds like either propulsion or steering gear failure and the good news is that communications have been established with the people on the board. If this is the case then it should hopefully just be a tow job.

News just in on the BBC that some form of distress alert has been activated for a submarine, possibly Canadian, in trouble off the Irish coast.. Submarine Story Apparently Nimrod aircraft from the RAF base at RAF Kinloss in Perthshire have been directed to the scene. Details at present are very unclear. If this is a Canadian submarine then it could well be one of the T2400 ex-RN 'Upholder' submarines traded to Canada some years ago. These are non-nuclear boats. Just hope this one isn't serious.

Just wondering if the good people at Mosaic will be doing a 'Cellar Door' LP set? Sure hope so ! B-)

Just listening to one which definitely fits into this category. Buddy DeFranco 'Blues Bag' (this is a UK 60s vinyl on Joy, taken from the original VeeJay). Blakey is laying down the same sort of groove as on 'Indestructible' and 'Free For All' with DeFranco playing some really cool stuff on bass clarinet. Also some typical excellent solo work from Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller and Victor Sproles on some of the tracks. An excellent session, which far exceeds expectations from the stylistic mix.

Thanks B-) - I'll have a search for those.

I'd love to hear that session in full. The notes on the 'Sixth Sense' CD say that the first half of the session is compromised by scrappy playing in the unisons and fluffed notes. I have very much mixed views about the 3 tunes which were released ('Extemporaneous' and 'Leebop' sound under-rehearsed and lacking in 'tautness') but 'Mickey's Tune' is an unqualified success IMO.

I agree - hearing Buddy's Big Band version of 'Norwegian Wood' played on the radio last night demonstrated how good a fit Watts was in that band. Some great altoists in the Rich band of that period - Charles Owens, Art Pepper, Watts and Don Englert for starters. Those Rich PacJazz CDs kick ass !