BFT 125 Reveal

[awesome_welles]

1 - Abdullah Ibrahim & Johnny Dyani, "Namhanje (Today)" from Echoes From Africa. Rec. 1979

Well worth checking out the rest of the album if you liked this!

2 - Mal Waldron, "Warm Canto" from The Quest. Rec.1961

Eric Dolphy (clarinet) Mal Waldron (piano) Ron Carter (cello) Joe Benjamin (bass) Charlie Persip (drums)

3 - Ray Bryant, "Blues Changes" from Ray Bryant Trio. Rec. 1957

Specs Wright (drums) Ike Isaacs (bass)

I included this in lieu of the version with Miles Davis and Milt Jackson as they are too easily identifiable. Both versions are lovely.

4 - Booker Little And Booker Ervin, "Stardust" from Sounds Of Inner City

Booker Little (trumpet) Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone) Teddy Charles (vibraphone) Mal Waldron (piano) Addison Farmer (bass) Ed Shaughnessy (drums)

5 - Jimmy Giuffre Trio, "The Train and The River" from The Sound of Jazz. 1958

Jim Atlas (bass) Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet, saxophone [baritone, tenor]) Jim Hall (guitar)

6 - Oscar Pettiford and His Orchestra, "Deep Passion" from The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi. Rec 1956

Art Farmer, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) Dave Amram, Julius Watkins (French horn) Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone) Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone) Jerome Richardson (tenor saxophone, flute) Danny Bank (baritone saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Oscar Pettiford (bass) Osie Johnson (drums)

7 - John Mclaughlin, "Arjen's Bag" AKA "Follow Your Heart" from Extrapolation

John McLaughlin (guitar) Brian Odgers (bass) Tony Oxley (bass) John Surman (baritone saxophone)

8 - Frank Strozier, "A Starling's Theme" from Fantastic Frank Strozier. Rec. 1959

Frank Strozier (alto saxophone) Booker Little (trumpet) Wynton Kelly (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums)

I think this is the nicest arrangement on the album although Booker Little's "Waltz of The Demons" is a nice composition (but the version on his quartet album is better). I'm slightly surprised that nobody spotted Wynton Kelly (or Paul Chambers)! I've always found Jimmy Cobb to be less identifiable than Philly Joe but I do think his playing here is really nice.

9 - Moondog, "Bird's Lament" from Moondog. 1969.

Sampled unimaginatively by Mr. Scruff (that's where I first heard it). I also like his composition "Viking I" which has a similar minimalist approach but isn't really jazzy so it didn't make the shortlist.

10 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, "That Old Feeling" from Three Blind Mice

Cedar Walton (piano) Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) Curtis Fuller (trombone) Jymie Merrit (bass) Art Blakey (drums)

11 - Sonny Sharrock, "Who Does She Hope To Be?" from Ask The Ages. 1991

Sonny Sharrock (guitar) Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone) Elvin Jones (drums) Charnett Moffet (bass)

12 - Sonny Criss, "Love For Sale" from This is Criss! (bonus track). Rec 1966

Sonny Criss (alto saxophone) Walter Davis Jr. (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Alan Dawson (drums)

13 - Bernie Worrell, "All The Things You Are" from Standards. 2011

14 - Booker Little, "Who Can I Turn To?" from Booker Little. 1960

Booker Little (trumpet) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Scott LaFaro (bass) Roy Haynes (drums)

From one of my favorite jazz albums, shame the bass and drums were so poorly recorded though.

15 - Sam Cooke, "Summertime". Rec 1957

I have it on this great compilation.

Edited September 2, 2014 by awesome_welles

[felser]

Interesting to me that 14 is Booker Little, who I think of myself as liking, yet I disliked this. He was very young, and mastery of ballad playing seems to come with age. Also interesting to me that I own 1,3,4,6,8,11, and 14, but did not nail any of them. I did get 2,5,7,10, and 15, but that's still not a great batting average.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Hah! I only got 4 and thought I was doing well!

I ought to get that Ray Bryant album. Never heard of it. Should have recognised him, but I think his left hand wasn't nearly so strong as usual on this track. Which label was it on?

MG

[felser]

Hah! I only got 4 and thought I was doing well!

I ought to get that Ray Bryant album. Never heard of it. Should have recognised him, but I think his left hand wasn't nearly so strong as usual on this track. Which label was it on?

MG

Prestige

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Hah! I only got 4 and thought I was doing well!

I ought to get that Ray Bryant album. Never heard of it. Should have recognised him, but I think his left hand wasn't nearly so strong as usual on this track. Which label was it on?

MG

Prestige

Bleedin' 'ell! And me a Prestige fan, as well as a Bryant fan. Never bought any of his Prestige stuff, funnily enough. Will correct this anomaly.

MG

[Hot Ptah]

I should have identified 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 10 and 14. I either have these albums or enough other music by the artists that I should have known.

The Moondog and Worrell tracks fascinate me. I have heard and read about Moondog but never heard any of his albums. I did not expect it to sound like Track 9, which I like a lot.

I thought that the Worrell track was a recent funk band recording but I thought it was Galactic. It is interesting to me how the P-Funk sidemen often are found to know jazz and to sometimes play it.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I should have identified 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 10 and 14. I either have these albums or enough other music by the artists that I should have known.

The Moondog and Worrell tracks fascinate me. I have heard and read about Moondog but never heard any of his albums. I did not expect it to sound like Track 9, which I like a lot.

I thought that the Worrell track was a recent funk band recording but I thought it was Galactic. It is interesting to me how the P-Funk sidemen often are found to know jazz and to sometimes play it.

I should have identified 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 10 and 14. I either have these albums or enough other music by the artists that I should have known.

The Moondog and Worrell tracks fascinate me. I have heard and read about Moondog but never heard any of his albums. I did not expect it to sound like Track 9, which I like a lot.

I thought that the Worrell track was a recent funk band recording but I thought it was Galactic. It is interesting to me how the P-Funk sidemen often are found to know jazz and to sometimes play it.

That it was Worrell surprised me. His jazz credentials don't. He's been on Pharoah Sanders albums as well as Clinton ones.

And don't forget, Clinton's bands included Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis, plus one or two other ex-James Brown guys.

There are a whole bunch of R&B bands staffed by jazzmen from the mid forties to the eighties at least. I know you have some of the early R&B bands. Don't stop at 1954!

MG