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Really liked your responses, Dub Modal. You really caught the spirit of a lot of these. #1 is very recent (2022). #10: the saxist is young for jazz (34 at the time of recording); I think he's a good, strong player who can grow with time. #13: I'm sure the guitarist loves GG, and this tune was originally on an album by one of GG's running mates.

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 51.

I remember a great Corman quote. He was giving instructions to a new young director, and said something like this: Imagine how much you'd have to spend to make this scene come out great. Now, imagine how much you'd have to spend to make the scene come out OK. Now, imaging how much it would cost to simply get the image onto film. That's what I want you to spend.

Just a reminder that BFT 242 is still open and ongoing. Come participate!

Disc 6: Rachmaninoff Symphony #2 (recorded in 1934; "The many cuts in Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 were authorized by the composer"), Tchaikovsky.

Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 36.

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 50.

Disc 5: Carpenter, Griffes, Grainger, Zemachson, Harris.

Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 35.

Correct, nope, nope, right! I especially liked your description of #11.

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 49.

This box seems intriguing. I'm actually not a fan of BN's more cerebral releases, in which I include Hutcherson's Happenings. I also own downloads of Medina and Spiral, and Patterns on a Japanese CD. Having said that, sometimes a box set can force a reevaluation and lend a new perspective. I'll think about it.

#4 is actually a tenor-led date (but very much an ensemble). #6 is indeed Frisell; I think his tone and phrasing are unmistakable. However, not Moon River (track name already identified). #9 has also been identified. #14 is an Ohio Players song, and the track has been identified; put on your platform shoes!

Release date July 5: NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes certainly personifies the term "living history." Born in Detroit, Hayes packed up his drum set and caught a train east, arriving in New York City in 1956 to join the Horace Silver Quintet. In 1959 he joined the Cannonball Adderley band, finding himself, in his early 20s, at the nerve center of the jazz world. He would visit John Coltrane in his apartment and was to make several justly famous recordings with him. Over the next 60 years Hayes amassed an impressive body of work, playing and recording with Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Cedar Walton, Sonny Rollins, Woody Shaw and countless others. His latest recording on Savant, Artform Revisited, may fondly recall some of Hayes' old friends, but it also stands on the summit of today's post-bop sessions. Surrounded by his recording band of choice, Hayes' vibrant and colorful drumming supports a carefully chosen set list. Two new compositions by Hayes are featured along with some Charlie Parker tunes, the John Lewis version of "Milestones" and the beautiful but seldom-heard Bobby Troup ballad, "You're Looking at Me." Through it all, Hayes proves himself to not just a great drummer, but also a gifted and charismatic leader, inspiring his players to give their best and delivering performances born of his vast experience and exhibiting the mutual respect of all those concerned.

I would buy it.

Wow - three thoughtful, considered, incisive commentaries on the tracks; thanks for the effort y'all put in. One of the mysteries of music, and BFTs really bring this out, is how different people can hear things so differently. Indeed, I can hear the same track differently from one listen to the next. There's probably an analogy to wine here, but wine never got to me the way music does. I'm not saying I love all these tracks (especially not the more diffident ones), but I thought they'd be a good springboard for conversation. And even those, I find repeated listening bears fruit. And, to be clear, I'm not a fan of the lengths of some of these tracks. I could try editing them down, but would probably mangle them in an unpleasant way, so here they stand. As for IDs thus far, felser nailed #14 (talk about editing: I wish I could have edited out the shout-out to Jamaaladeen Tacuma before his solo!). Jim was the first to ID Fathead (#9), and Dan found the album source. Compositions Goldfinger, Wichita Lineman, Happy Birthday, and As Time Goes By were identified (I'd be worried if they weren't). Thom noticed the presence of "our host" on #12 (but he's not on #13). And Jim made an interesting John Patton reference to #13, because this artist worked with Patton. Carry on!

Disc 4: Delibes, Wolf-Ferrari, Gounod, Ravel.

Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 34.

Yup! Not "Funny Valentine" (mine or any other's), not Harry Allen.

A new month, a new BFT! Fellow Organissimateers, lend me your ears! 14 tracks, 79 minutes. Give thanks to the magnificent munificence of Thom Keith, and begin sleuthing! https://thomkeith.net/blindfold-tests/current-tests/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 48.

Just finished listening to these two. Amazing how many great songs they did. These remastered collections smooth out the sonic differences between songs of wildly varying years and studios, and allow you to hear a consistent, coherent sound and vision.

Disc 3: Schoenberg, Honegger, Kreisler, Schumann

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/platos-burial-place-finally-revealed-after-ai-deciphers-ancient-scroll-carbonized-in-mount-vesuvius-eruption

Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 33.