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Had the LP, sold it, and recently found a used copy locally. The CD is available at CDJapan.

Ding ding ding!

OK, let's generate some excitement: True! True! No! (Wrong gender, BTW.) Oh yeah. See above. Yup. Talk to Milestones! Not Monk, but I agree, it mysteriously sounds Monk-ish (something the pianist is doing). Yup. It does have a John Lewis vibe, but no. Yup, yup, yup. Nope; a younger generation (but an old turk by now, I guess). Nope. I think you'll be surprised by the drummer. This is actually very accurate; good ears. It is Willie Smith (not the leader, though). It does seem to be derivative (that's what struck me), but there's a reason why. Correct! Correct! Yup! Weird, right? Yup! Correct! It is Juan Tizol. The tune is Coming Home Baby. The rest...well, you're in the ballpark. Not Ron Carter. It is Eddie Gomez (not the leader). Again, you're in the ballpark. The composition did appear on a Blakey Blue Note, under a slightly different name. It is Cedar Walton (not the leader).

I remember NYC in the early '70's. There were books being sold everywhere: card stores, newsstands, drug stores (and a real variety of books, not just Harlequin). Used book stores were everywhere; I still remember that musty, moldy smell upon entering. The best were the Doubleday bookstores in Manhattan, where they had stacks of great $1 remainder books throughout the store.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/10/24/democrat-senators-wealthy-wife-pleads-for-help-to-save-nyc-bookstore/ The owner of New York City’s Strand Book Store pleaded with customers Friday to help save the business, saying its revenue dropped by 70 percent because of the pandemic. “Nancy Bass Wyden, wife of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said loans and cash revenue allowed the bookstore to weather the last eight months but ‘we are now at a turning point where our business is unsustainable,’” according to Fox News. The report continued:

Let's give it a few more days. Maybe others want to participate. Dub Modal: As for that bari on track 7: It does have that old time greasy feel, doesn't it? But it was only recorded recently. Your guesses were really good, but none of them were correct.

Nah, not right now. There were a lot of correct responses, and that would take all the fun from those who still might participate.

A quick reminder that BFT 199 is still up and running. Come have a go at it!

Thanks for the tip! My copy arrived today, and it's a beautiful book! Kathy Sloane is a very talented photographer.

Release date November 6: Release date November 20: Release date January 15:

Reissue release date January 15: https://www.amazon.com/Such-Great-Friends-Various-Artists/dp/B08JKQVRH4/ref=sr_1_166?dchild=1&fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1603334100&refinements=p_n_date%3A1249114011&rnid=1249111011&s=music&sr=1-166

Reissue release date January 15: https://www.amazon.com/Music-Inc-Compassion-Charles-Tolliver/dp/B08JKQVRH6/ref=sr_1_164?dchild=1&fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1603334100&refinements=p_n_date%3A1249114011&rnid=1249111011&s=music&sr=1-164

Release date October 23: Release date January 15:

Where does the used fluid go? How often do you need to empty it, and how easy is it to do?

It looks like this would be 3/24/68: 1968.03.24 LBJS, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD Holmes, Groove Groove Holmes trio, guest Mickey Fields If it is, you now know the personnel.

Fascinating stuff. I notice this: 4/3/66 Pepper Adams, Carlos Ward, Morris Goldberg, Abdullah Ibrahim, Donald Moore, Mel Lewis I had no idea Carlos Ward was around in 1966. I guess this is where he and Ibrahim started working together.

I've never been able to follow "Blue in Green;" it's always sounded pretty formless to me. I guess there's a tune lurking in there somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it.

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How High The Moon from 11/12/56 appears on disc 12 of this:

It's a tune that everyone knows. That's why, in the context of this thread, it's not an "original."

My goal in doing a BFT is to share some music that I like. Surprising and hopefully interesting, but it always starts with something that I like. Since I tend to like standards and melodicism, that's largely what you'll encounter in my BFT. It's a different experience for the BFT listener, since they're going into it cold. It's very possible they'll have a different reaction than if they knew the album and/or artist, because they lack a preconception or frame of reference. Heck, I sometimes have a different reaction from one listening to the next. I do find too many originals to be tiring and somewhat boring. In my current BFT, track 7 is someone doing Herbie Mann's "Comin' Home Baby." I imagine that if I were listening to the BFT cold, my ears would perk up, as in "Hey! I know that song!"

My Cuscuna/Ruppli is the 2001 edition. It lists the recording date as October 13, 1957, and states: "Note: CD incorrectly states the recording date as November 13, 1957."

I like the way you've arranged the album covers in your reveal.

It's pretty enjoyable. Give it a shot!

Good morning, everyone! It's a new month and a new BFT! Wish I had Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman to introduce, but I guess I'll have to do. Due to Thom Keith's magic, you may now peruse it at: http://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/ 16 tracks, about 75 minutes. I hope you enjoy.