Peter Johnson

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Oh my god, so wide of the mark!!! Not even close! Oh well, that's part of the fun. At least I got "Englishman in New York!" Thanks for a great test, Marcus! Mike, I can't wrap my mind around track 7 being A.J.! I'm really going to have to check out some of his later output.

Sheesh! 18 replies already! I better get on the stick! First off, thanks Marcus for an extraordinarily enjoyable BFT. I'm having a lot of fun with this one, and it will stay in fairly heavy rotation in my collection for a while! I don't think there's a single cut I don't like. So, without further ado: 1. Kicking this off with a bang for me is something that sounded initially CTI-ish; I was thinking Bob James when I heard the Rhoads, but when the vocalist kicked in, I got confused. Not sure who this is, but I like it a lot. Not sure who the saxophone player is. Too smooth for Dave Leibman; can't place it. Love the tune, though! 2. Nice and smooth (not smooth in a bad way). Tenor's got a very fluid sound--I feel like I should recognize the player. I've always liked tenor/bass duet sections of tunes. Great sound on this! Unfortunately, I have no idea who anyone is! 3. This sounds like Paul Desmond; hopefully I'm finally getting one (player) right. If it is Paul it's from one of his later records. Not skylarking (electric piano on that, IIRC), but similar time. It's not with Brubeck, I know that! 4. A song I have in another instrumentation on another record. Of course, I can't place it here, but I love the instrumentation. Interesting either low range alto work, or high altitude tenor work. Trumpeter schooled in the Miles Davis school of mutework! Not my favorite so far, but nice nonetheless. 5. Late '70's post-bop in the style of Eastern Rebellion? No idea who's playing the trumpet, but it's not a Rudy recording--the piano's not well-enough recorded. Could this be one of Donald Byrd's bop sides that he did in the middle of his fusion period? 6. Another one I should know, and think I have in my collection. Unfortunately, it's not registering. Nice vibe/sax doubling. Who could it be? No idea! But I like it. 7. Electric fretless bass. This sounds like Weather Report. I absolutely love it--geat piece! This one has me out of my chair for sure. Great sound, great tune! This one is a must-get, assuming the rest of the record is similar! 8. More great chords. Very similar to the previous song. Ooooh, my favorite--tenor/trumpet doubling. This could be a Shorter side. Or at least he's a sideman. I think this is a BN recording. Could be from Schizophrenia. Love it. 9. It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing). Finally I get the one song that everyone will get!!! But I have no idea who's playing. Not a huge fan of this one. 10. I have no idea who that is on bass; very accomplished. I can appreciate the musicianship, but I'm not wild about it. 11. Aaaaah, I know I've heard this before. Must have been in a movie! Beautiful. But, again, I don't know who's playing or what it is! 12. Taking us out on a medieval note? Sounds like lute playing, but I'm not sure...might be an older classical guitar. 13. You like these songs that start with the bass, don't you? Oh, nice nice nice piano work. I love this song. Don't know who it is or what, but it's got a great late night vibe. Must get this record. 14. Starting like a seriously detuned Maiden Voyage, but I think it's something else. Yes, definitely something else, but ripping a copy from HH's playbook. More great instrumentation. Wait a minute...this is Englishman in New York! Ha! This has to be HH's "The New Standard!" DAMN, it's not. I'd ordinarily have just posted a link, but the track listing for New Standard doesn't include this piece. So I'm willing to cheat; must be track 8 from this record. 15. Not sure who this is (common response of mine). Although I will say that I was blown away the other day in Tower by a Natalie Cole CD where she was singing jazz with a big band. Don't think this is her, but it could be a similar crossover. Very nice comp, Marcus! I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to start reading what others have to say about the selections--and finding out what the answers are! Thanks--this one was fun! 10.

Yiii, yiii, yiii, YIIII! Wish I hadn't read that !

A few for sale...prices include shipping to the continental U.S. All discs are in excellent shape. Will ship overseas as well, of course, for a bit extra. I'll take paypal or a personal check. Hit me with a PM if you're interested! XXX = GONE BLUE NOTE Kenny Dorham, Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia $12.00 (TOCJ)*** Ronnie Laws, Fever $8.00 Ronnie Laws, Pressure Sensitive $8.00 XXXHank Mobley, Poppin' $12.0 (Blue Note Spain edition) DVD: Various Artists, One Night with Blue Note (no CD) $12.00 COLUMBIA Miles Davis, At Carnegie Hall (remastered) (2 discs) $12.00 Miles Davis, Dark Magus (remastered) (2 discs) $12.00 Miles Davis, Live at the Fillmore East (2 discs) $12.00 DVD: Herbie Hancock, Future 2 Future $8.00 COLUMBIA (JAPAN) Miles Davis, Get Up With It $14.00 CONCORD Stanley Turrentine, Do You Have Any Sugar? $6.00 CTI George Benson, Body Talk $8.00 FANTASY Dave Brubeck, Stardust $8.00 OTHER Headhunters, Evolution Revolution $5.00 *** If anyone is looking for the TOCJ sound and would like to trade this across for the 2-CD RVG set, I'd be interested in such a trade.

Got it! On sale a Tower, lucky me. Haven't listened to it yet, but I'll post some impressions here when I do. Thanks all, for the recommendations!

As many of us said upon the demise of the BNBB, is equally applicable now: fuck 'em!

I'll take care of Nate, Marcus--it's been arranged.

Alrighty then!

The fist is gon' kick all y'all's asses!

The bastards!!!

Thanks for the feedback, guys; looks like I'm going to have to open the wallet again. This has been a baaaaad month...

Hey folks, Just got an email from BN saying this is going OOP. Frankly (blasphemy!) I'd never heard of these recordings until I got this email. I love Criss' Prestige side (nonet/Birth of the New Cool--I think it was AOW back in early 2003), so I ask you, gentle readers: Should I get this? Thanks for the thoughts/recs.! edited to correct terrible gaffe on the name of the album

Nate, you've got PM!

Have a great day, Gary!

Hey Bill! Welcome back! It's been a while since we've seen you around...hope your schedule will allow you some time to check in while you're in the midst of teaching those little buggers where middle C is!

BFT #15 has hit these shores. Thanks Marcus! PM your way...

Pm'd you about Gil Melle....

I'll do Philadelphia: Philadelphia Record Exchange. Has a huge selection of vinyl, and you get lucky with the occasional hard to find BN, Impulse, Prestige, etc. side. They rarely have first pressings, though, and their prices are all over the board. Picked up a NY, USA pressing of Blue Train in great shape there for $5.99; the next week they were trying to sell a fair liberty pressing of Sidewinder for $75.00. Go figure. Their CD selection (jazz) is spotty; the occasional OOP gem will turn up, and will never be more than $9.99, but you have to look. They have an excellent used Classical CD selection with lots of interesting stuff, and used copies of the planks in the platform of the repertoire. 618 S 5TH St Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: (215) 925-7892 Open daily, 12pm-8pm Cue Records. This is a place for the drum and bass and DJ heads. But surprisingly, they have an excellent selection of used wax in the soul and jazz categories. I've found some excellent hard to find vinyl here. There's one section for each of the above-mentioned categories, and there's crossover between the two and misalphabetization (Lee Morgan filed under "L" in Soul), so you've got to go through everything if you're a serious crate digger. They also have new vinyl reissues in the above categories sprinkled throughout the store; I'm sure they have, for example, unopened wax copies of Soul On Top, recently discussed here. CD section isn't worth looking at unless you're into dub, trance, electronica, etc. 617 S 4TH St Philadelphia, PA 19147-1545 Phone: (215) 413-3525 Open Mon-Thu 12pm-9pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-10pm and Sun 12pm- 7pm

Hey Chris! Happy birthday!!!

Boathouse row at night!

From the art museum looking back toward the city: