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Dyan Cannon's brother!

Correct. Teo Macero copped the writer's credit.

Correct. The session is also available on a standalone basis on this:

Correct!

I'm listening now to disc 6 (Fats Waller and Bobby Hackett). Sound quality is stunning.

#10 is Gary Burton doing "Blame It On My Youth," but it is the only solo track on an album that otherwise has a band.

The Cleveland Quartet - The Complete RCA Album Collection, disc 14.

Nice!

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 53.

The Cleveland Quartet - The Complete RCA Album Collection, disc 13.

3) Actually, that is Don Cherry (though he's not the leader). Not Haden. 6) Correct about the era. 10) The track is solo vibes, not the entire album. Your link didn't work. 12) Not Maynard, not Sweets, not Louie. Glad you enjoyed.

Has anyone seen this?

1. Not Hawk. 2. Nope, nope, nope. 5. That is a bass. 6. Not McDuff, not Lonnie. 7. Actually recorded in the early '60's. 8. Not Norvo. 10. Correct! 11. Correct on the song. Gotta push the boundaries, y'know? 12. Not Satchmo. Agreed: that was a great Seinfeld. Michael Richards was brilliant. Glad you enjoyed it.

Many thanks to Thom for running the gauntlet and getting this posted. Hola, Organissimateers, and welcome to BFT 254! Twelve tracks, 56 minutes total. Nothing too difficult here, mostly skewed towards enjoyment, so enjoy! https://thomkeith.net/blindfold-tests/2025-blindfold-tests/

Happy birthday!

Hi, all. Thom’s traveling, and my disc didn’t reach him before he left. He says it’ll be posted in a few days. Sorry for the delay.

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 52.

I'm looking forward to reading this; release date June 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1399416308/

I'm looking now at Cuscuna & Ruppli's BN discography. There were 5 sets that evening. Sets 1, 3 & 4 were the Hanna/Tucker/Blakey group; sets 2 & 5 were the Brooks/Timmons/Tucker/Blakey group. Set 1: Tricotism (rejected); Next Time You See Me (unissued - this could be on the new CD2, or it could be the one from set 4); If You Could See Me Now (CD1), Hallelujah (rejected), Beef Stew Blues (rejected), The Take Off/36-23-36 (rejected) Set 2: Love Walked In (rejected, but could be on the new CD2 - the take on set 5 was also rejected), Swingin' (CD 1), Lover Man (rejected), Birks' Works (CD1), Lady Be Good (CD1), Next Time You See Me (rejected) Set 3: If You Could See Me Now (rejected), Beef Stew Blues (CD1), Hallelujah (CD1), The Take Off (unissued - CD2) Set 4: Our Delight (unissued), Next Time You See Me (unissued - see note to set 1), 36-23-36 (CD1) Set 5: Love Walked In (rejected - see note to set 2), Swingin' (rejected), Lover Man (CD1), Birks' Works (rejected, but on CD2), Lady Be Good (rejected, but on CD2), 36-23-36/Theme (rejected, but on CD2).

Yes, thanks for this - very useful.

Thanks!

No release date listed. I'm looking forward to this one. Five discs, on the Esoteric label: Back Door first came together in 1971 as a trio featuring Colin Hodkinson (bass, guitar, vocals), Ron Aspery (saxes, flute, electric piano) and Tony Hicks (drums) and recorded their first album in 1972. This self-financed and independently released record came to the attention of the London music press and after enthusiastic reviews and a short residency at Ronnie Scott's club in Soho, the band secured a wider release of their album with Warner Bros. Around this time Back Door also began to record sessions for BBC Radio 1 and had a supporter in legendary DJ John Peel. Over the next few years they recorded a further three albums, '8th Street Nights', 'Another Fine Mess' (which saw keyboard player Dave McRae added to their ranks) and 'Activate' (which featured new drummer Adrian Tilbrook). The band also undertook a tour of the USA supporting Emerson, Lake & Palmer with Carl Palmer produced Back Door's final album 'Activate' in 1976

Release date June 20: Hagiga in Hebrew means "celebration" and in saxophonist Alon Farber's music for his 25-year-old ensemble, he celebrates the cultural divergence of his Israeli heritage through a heady melding of Swing, Moroccan, Funk and Brazilian backgrounds. For his third Origin release, Farber focused on the dream state where the process of writing new music begins for him - imagining the development of an idea, the recording of it and then listening back, before ever putting notes on paper. Musings on Charles Mingus delivered "Mingus Dream," "Cookies" was inspired by a Thelonious Monk-esque world, and "The Bartok Blues" hails from a land Bela Bartok may or may not recognize. With pianist Katia Toobool, bassist Assaf Hakimi, and drummer Yonatan Rosen, Farber's Hagiga is free & expressive, original & energetic, all within a creative framework 25 years in the making. "a marvelous ensemble capable of telepathic musical communication within intricate passages" - The New York City Jazz Record"sonically engaging and timeless jazz songs that you won't soon forget" - Take Effect Michael Dease has fully earned his stature as one of the great trombonists and jazz figures of these times. His formidably on the instrument, matched by his pursuit of inspired musical challenges and robust partnerships, is fully on display in the double CD, "City Life," his third album devoted to the music of composer Gregg Hill. Teaming with two of the more powerful voices in music - bassist Linda May Oh and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts - Dease devotes Disc One to a kinetically charged trio environment, capturing the gritty side of City Life by sparring freely with his trio mates while they masterfully cohabitate the flow of time. Disc Two adds saxophonist Nicole Glover and pianist Geoffrey Keezer to the soundscape, which may reflect a sophisticated counterview, with each disc capturing a perspective of the contradictions that make up "City Life." Dease proves yet again that straight-ahead post-bop can prove to be fertile ground for musical ingenuity and emotional heft as he tips, grandly, to composer Gregg Hill. DOWNBEAT"Dease modernizes the style significantly, energizes it, and gives it a new dimension. He skillfully handles both the most lively and the most poetic" PARIS MOVE.

Release date June 27: "Standard songs, especially jazz standards by my favorite composers-Tadd Dameron, Billy Strayhorn, Horace Silver, Benny Golson, and others-possess a timeless quality that is instantly memorable and beautifully constructed, both melodically and harmonically. I've been learning this craft since I was a teenager, playing through the songs of Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck. Whenever a melodic inspiration came to me, usually sparked by something that moved me, I used these masters as my models-and I still do."The songs on this album, spanning some 40 years, have been recorded in various contexts before, but this time I wanted to present them in the classic jazz format of a sextet. Together, the group spans three generations, a testament to the enduring power, seriousness of purpose, and timeless feeling of this music we love." - From the liner notes by Alan Broadbent "Nicole Glover's work embodies a potent paradox at the heart of the art form known as Jazz: in this music, the process of individuation is as much about belonging and sharing as it is about differentiation and idiosyncrasy. To that end, this album is as much a tour-de-force for Glover and her bandmates as it is a tapestry or family-tree of mentors, elders, and peers whose spirits resonate throughout the trio's sound. Glover's choice of working with a wide pallet compositionally (with the exception of the Glover originals, each piece on this record was written by a different composer) helps bring this trio's distinct personality into focus even more. "Glover's mastery of her instrument is so complete and self-evident that there is no attempt throughout this record to exercise virtuosity for it's own sake - if anything, one hears restraint, care, intention, and orchestration in every note and every silence." - From the liner notes by Or Bareket

Release date June 20: Since the time vibraphone was invented in 1921 (could be 1916) there has been an impressive and growing list of exceptional practitioners of this mallet instrument. And one of them is Tony Miceli whom Victor Schermer of All About Jazz describes as, "a vibraphonist of astonishing virtuosity, musical resilience, and inventiveness. His vibes playing is nothing short of phenomenal." Miceli performs and gives masterclasses in the US and abroad. This is Tony Miceli's leader debut album on SteepleChase.