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Thanks to all who participated. Track 1: Mike LeDonne, “They Long To Be Close To You” (Bacharach, David). Mike LeDonne, Hammond B-3; Eric Alexander, tenor sax; Peter Bernstein, guitar; Joe Farnsworth, drums. 11/5/03. From the album “Smokin' Out Loud” (Savant). It’s got this great groove, which comes from these guys working together in different combinations for so long. I also just like happy music; I love what they do with this sappy song. I’ve never heard LeDonne on piano, but I doubt it could bring me the pleasure that this does. Track 2: Karrin Allyson, "Feel Like Makin' Love” (Eugene McDaniels). Karrin Allyson, vocals, perc, keyboards; Gil Goldstein, keyboards and arrangement; Paul Smith, keyboards; Danny Embrey, guitar; Rod Fleeman, guitar; Bob Bowman, bass; Todd Strait, drums. December 13-16, 2003. From the album “Wild For You” (Concord). She’s got this wonderful, sensuous voice, and the message it conveys…a combination of apprehension and fatality, but then it resolves into when she’s happy and content (“That’s the time…”). All props to Gil Goldstein’s arrangement. Track 3: Barbara Carroll, “My Funny Valentine” (Rodgers, Hart). Barbara Carroll, piano; Dante Martucci, bass; Herb Wasserman, drums. 11/9/51. From the album “The Erteguns' New York: New York Cabaret Music” (Atlantic). The start of four tracks focusing on the piano. There’s something formal and elegant about this, but it’s very solid underneath. She hits all the right notes. It’s actually a very beautiful performance, and if I were hearing this in a noisy but elegant nightclub, I’d be wishing the audience would tone it down so I could better hear the pianist. Track 4: Junior Mance, “A Night In Tunisia” (Gillespie, Paparelli). Junior Mance, piano. January 1992. From the album “Here ’Tis” (Sackville). Another beautiful performance, wistful and elegiac, thinking back to older, more wonderful times, thinking of a night in Tunisia, thinking of an interlude. The album this was taken from is pretty wonderful, both in conception and in execution: a band consisting of flute, guitar, piano, bass and drums performing Dizzy Gillespie compositions. Not at all what you might expect. Track 5: Abdullah Ibrahim, “Memories Of You” (Blake, Razaf). Abdullah Ibrahim, piano; Kippie Moeketsi, alto sax. 1971. From the album “African Sun” (Camden; originally on Kaz). This tune must have had a profound impact on Ibrahim, as he’s recorded it many times over his career. This is a particularly strong version, owing to Kippie Moeketsi’s impassioned delivery. All of Ibrahim’s South African recordings are delights. Track 6: The Great Jazz Trio, “Lover Come Back to Me” (Romberg, Hammerstein II). Hank Jones, piano; John Patitucci, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. June 4 & 5, 2004. From the album “'S Wonderful” (441). Here you have John Patitucci doing his best Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette channeling his inner Tony Williams, and Hank Jones being his own sweet self. I like listening to standards, especially played by the masters. Jones was 85 when this was recorded, not that it matters. Track 7: Sal Salvador, “Sometime Ago” (Sergio Mihanovich). Eddie Bert, trombone; Nick Brignola, baritone sax; Sal Salvador, guitar; Derek Smith, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Mel Lewis, drums. 3/24/78. From the album “Starfingers” (Bee Hive); also available on Mosaic’s “The Complete Bee Hive Sessions.” Lovely music: melodic, driving, smart. These guys are so good…the Mosaic Bee Hive box really made me appreciate Salvador (his Blue Note EP from the ’50’s is pretty damn good too). Trombone, bari, and guitar blend so well together, and with a great rhythm section, it’s just about all you need. Track 8: Milt Jackson, “Impressions” (John Coltrane). Milt Jackson, vibes; Monty Alexander, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Mickey Roker, drums. 4/23-24/82. From the album “A London Bridge” (Pablo). The stumper! But really, who’s the 800-lb. elephant in the room? None other than big Bags! That tone is so identifiable, but maybe y’all just forgot how hard he could burn. Bags was always contemporary; Trane’s “Impressions” couldn’t phase him. This album’s one of three that were recorded at an engagement at Ronnie Scott’s. All three are highly recommended. Track 9: Earl Bostic and his Orchestra, “Cherokee” (Ray Noble). Blue Mitchell (tp) Earl Bostic (as) Ray Felder (ts) Gene Redd (vib) Joe Knight (p) Mickey Baker (g) Ike Isaacs (b) George Brown (d) Bill Williams (vcl). 12/17/52. Originally on King; from the album “The Earl Bostic Collection 1939-59” (Acrobat). The segue being the vibes. More happy music. As I get older, I wanna listen to fewer geniuses and more guys like this. But listen underneath the rockin’ tone, and you get great melodicism and spirit, and that guy’s all over his sax! Thanks to Jim Sangrey for pointing me to this one. Track 10: Ed Cherry, “Joe's Thing” (Jay Collins). Ed Cherry, guitars; Joe Ford, sax; Lonnie Smith, organ; Nasheet Waits, drums. 9/11/00. From the album “The Spirits Speak” (Justin Time). Ed Cherry was Dizzy’s guitarist for a decade. I became aware of him one New Year’s Eve in the mid-90’s in Montclair, NJ. Montclair was hosting a series of First Night events throughout the small city. I wandered into a bank that held its lobby open for the evening, where Ed Cherry and a flautist were playing carols (I think Vic Juris played at another location). I was impressed, and have bought a few of his albums. Track 11: Rufus Harley, “Eight Miles High” (McGuinn, Crosby, Clark). Rufus Harley, bagpipes; Richard Tee, piano; Eric Gale, guitar; Charles Rainey, bass; Jimmy Johnson, drums; Montego Joe, conga drum. September 10-12 & 17, 1969. From the album “King/Queens” (Atlantic); also available on the album "Courage: The Atlantic Recordings.” As many noted, the one, the only Rufus Harley! A driving groove, fascinating arrangement, and, of course, bagpipes. Track 12: Nino Tempo & April Stevens, “I Love How You Love Me” (Mann, Kolber). 1965. From the album "Where The Action Is!: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968” (Rhino). More bagpipes (this time by Dan Hood). I would love to have been a fly on the wall at the production session: “I like the track, but it needs something extra… I know! Bagpipes!” Yeah, that’s the ticket. Track 13: Frank Zappa, “Dance Me This” (Zappa). Frank Zappa, guitar, Synclavier realization; Anatolii Kuular, Kaigl-Ool Khovalyg, Kongar-Ool Ondar, vocals; Todd Yvega, algorithm and Synclavier assistance. 1993. From the album “Dance Me This” (Zappa). From the last album Zappa recorded before his untimely demise. The vocals are by a trio of throat singers from Tuva in southern Siberia. Sometimes you just need to hear some Zappa. Track 14: Roy Wood’s Wizzard, "Rob Roy's Nightmare (A Bit More H.A.)” (Mike Burney). 1972-3. From the extended version re-release of “Wizzard Brew” (EMI). Not much to say about this; it was from a time when “rock” could encompass anything and everything. “Anything and everything” pretty much describes Roy Wood. Track 15: Herbie Mann, “The Blues Walk” (Clifford Brown). Herbie Mann, flute; Durval Ferreira, guitar; Pedro Paulo, trumpet; Paulo Moura, alto sax; Sergio Mendes, piano; Otavio Bailly Jr., bass; Dom Um Romao, drums. October 1962. From the album “Do The Bossa Nova With Herbie Mann” (Atlantic). I’ve been listening to a lot of Herbie Mann lately, mainly because his catalog is so cheap these days! Between those Collectibles two-fers and used LPs from Dusty Groove, you can cover a lot of ground with very little money. It’s been a surprising experience for me, since I long associated Mann with those MORish semi-disco semi-light-listening albums from the mid-70’s. The guy had an interesting mind, good technique, and wide range of interests. Sometimes it’s not bad to follow every trend if you can extract good stuff from each. This album, recorded during the bossa nova craze, was recorded in Rio with local musicians, and, in the midst of compositions by Jobim, Powell and de Moraes, they did a damn good version of Clifford Brown’s “The Blues Walk.” You could do worse. Track 16: John Fahey, “Summertime” (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward). John Fahey, guitar. 2000 - 2001. From the album “Red Cross” (Revenant). Although I generally frown on geniuses, John Fahey was a genius I approve of. His conception was just amazing, and there’s gotta be a way his music can be characterized as jazz. Track 17: Elvin Jones, “H.M. On F.M.” (Hank Mobley). Thad Jones, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Abdullah Ibrahim, piano; Don Moore, bass; Elvin Jones, drums. 3/23/66. From the album “Midnight Walk” (Atlantic); also on a Collectibles twofer. A track that could’ve been on Blue Note, though it would’ve sounded a lot better had it been recorded by Rudy. Hank, doing his Hank thing. Add Thad, Elvin, and Ibrahim’s second appearance on this BFT, and you have something very nice indeed.

Another superior date from the '80's is Peace (Enja), with David Friedman (vibes), Buster Williams and Joe Chambers.

All will be revealed tomorrow (at least as regards this BFT).

The Randy Weston is really good; jump on it if you don't own it (I do).

For your show to be truly representational, not only of ECM through 1973 but also the seeds of what it became, you should include some Ralph Towner (Trios / Solos works), Gary Burton (The New Quartet is a monster, though a lot harder-edged than his work just a few years later), and Keith Jarrett's Solo Concerts (since Keith is to ECM as Jimmy Smith was to Blue Note - the earnings that powered the company). Maybe also a Jan Garbarek, since he's on sooooooo many ECM releases.

If you read this carefully, it's obvious why Columbia would discontinue the Miles sets: There are no immediate plans to end the Bootleg Series, but the steep decline in the market for physical product does put its future in some jeopardy. “We have to also see how long people keep buying these things,” says the source. “We’ll see what happens. Right now, there’s a certain amount of physical that still gets sold, so we’d like to keep doing them.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-bootleg-series-johnny-cash-nashville-skyline-john-wesley-harding-886719/

If this is the Japanese edition I bought last year (see cover below), jump on it if you don't already have this music. Monk was alive, lively and fresh that day. Al McKibbon and Art Blakey, c'mon! Great sound, fully licensed from Black Lion.

Hi, y'all. Just a quick reminder that Blindfold Test #187 is currently ongoing! Step right up and click the link; listen, and share your impressions. That's it! Easy as pie. The month's almost over, so get your observations in now! http://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/ Go Astros!

Good for you! It's a great set.

A Raspberry Pi computer can do anything your Windows 10 computer can do, pretty much immediately.

I truly miss books. I used to read manuals cover to cover - that's how I learned to use word processing and spreadsheet programs. In fact, just today I downloaded a virtual book from the Apple iBook store, that covers iPads and the new iPadOS operating system. Yes, I plan to read it cover to cover. I also read some books in the '90's that explained how a PC works. I still have them, published by ZD Press (Ziff-Davis): How Software Works, How Computer Programming Works, How Microprocessors Work, How Computers Work. While the specs may have changed since then, I'll bet most of the basic processes are the same or similar. Unfortunately, the book industry is contracting; people just aren't buying books like they used to. For example, I used to love buying the latest edition of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. In the foreword of the latest edition, he announced it would be the last, since the market has dried up. So, in looking at Amazon, it doesn't surprise me that I don't see too much choice in computer books. I'm a Mac guy, so I don't keep up with the PC world, but you may want to consider one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Absolute-Beginners-Windows-Content/dp/0789754517/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=computer+basics+book&qid=1571455026&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Windows-10-Missing-Manual-should/dp/1491981911/ref=dp_ob_title_bk Another interesting recent development are the Raspberry Pi computers. You build it yourself for very little money, runs variants of Linux, come with all the starter software you might need, and there are lots of tutorials and user groups to extend your knowledge. Again, just do a web search for Raspberry Pi; the latest version is 4.

I feel your pain. Reminds me of when I bought my new Pro-ject Carbon turntable, and on one of the first LPs I played, I lost hold of the tone arm and it went skittering across the record and the label. The memory still gives me chills.

Someone recommended these on the Hoffman board; they do look cool: https://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?products_id=202

I like rice paper sleeves, but if I buy a used record and it sounds crackly even after cleaning it, I see no point in pampering it with a good sleeve.

I have a box-set of this issued by British EMI in the early '80's, and a matching box-set of the EPs. The sleeves are nice - the EP sleeves are especially interesting.

I like it. The '70's were an interesting time, and I think underexplored from an analytical viewpoint. There were so many different artists out there, from so many different crosscurrents: Some of the greats from the '30's and '40's were still performing, bop greats becoming elder statesmen, the neo-trads, the loft scene, ECM and other international sources, just to name a few. Just think of a label like Muse: so many releases, so many artists, but as a label was never explored the way Blue Note or Prestige were. JSngry has often pointed out releases from Ricky Ford or Dave Schnitter, but there were so many others...tidal waves of releases, because it seemed money could actually be made. I'll be looking forward to your posts. I also really like your site's background graphic.

Again, glad you liked it. I don't know if I'd like everything here, especially being hit with it blind. It's a kick being a BFT presenter, reading listeners' reactions; it's what makes the experience great. I recommend that everyone try presenting, at least once. I must say that, so far, the big surprise for me is that no one's identified #8. I never would have guessed that would happen. Still, the month's only half over.

The link was to Amazon Resellers who were selling used copies of the CD you're looking for. Just trying to help. Feel free to ignore, but I don't think these are burn copies, just used copies for sale.

Why a “burn”? These just appear to be used copies for sale.

Amazon has a few used copies @ $5.00 or less: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00001U060/ref=tmm_acd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

He had two different compositions named "#3"? How unimaginative.

Great work on Art Pepper's Blues for the Fisherman date. RIP. https://www.jazzwax.com/2011/06/art-pepper-blues-for-the-fisherman.html

Happy happy birthday!

Release date December 20: https://www.zappa.com/news/frank-zappas-legendary-1969-album-hot-rats-celebrated-massive-50th-anniversary-six-disc?fbclid=IwAR2FJgKQGbQ0LX8j9b9TDNxd6fkrWdCEQIdKTmOICD30XL9a8WZjGCthqr4