BFT 228 Reveal

[randyhersom]

1. Lush Life - Ken McIntyre from Hindsight (Steeplechase 1974) Billy Strayhorn Composer, Ken McIntyre Bassoon, Kenny Drew Piano, Bo Stief Bass, Alex Riel Drums
2. A Child is Born - Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Big Band from Consummation (Solid State 1970, Blue Note, Mosaic) Thad Jones trumpet, Mel Lewis drums, Roland Hanna piano, Snooky Young – trumpet, Danny Moore – trumpet, Al Porcino – trumpet, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, Eddie Bert – trombone, Benny Powell – trombone, Jimmy Knepper – trombon,e Cliff Heather – bass trombone, Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, alto flute, Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, alto flute, Billy Harper – tenor saxophone, flute, Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, Richard Davis - bass.  Composition credited to Thad Jones, but likely written by Roland Hanna
3. How Are Things in Glocca Morra - Sonny Rollins from Sonny Rollins Vol. 1 (Blue Note 1957) Sonny Rollins tenor, Donald Byrd trumpet, Wynton Kelly piano, Gene Ramey bass, Max Roach drums
4. Until the Real Thing Comes Around - Gene Ammons from 1951-1953 (Chronological Classics)
5. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing - Mal Waldron and Marion Brown from Songs of Love and Regret (Free Lance 1987) composed by Billy Strayhorn, Waldron piano, Brown alto sax
6. Where or When - Don Byas from On Blue Star (EmArcy 1947-1952) Byas tenor sax
7. Tenderly - Eric Dolphy from Far Cry (Prestige 1962) Dolphy alto sax
8. Over the Rainbow - Dizzy Gillespie from Birks Works (Savoy 1957) Austin Cromer vocal, Dizzy Gillespie, Talib Daawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick - trumpet; Melba Liston - trombone, arranger; Al Grey, Rod Levitt - trombone; Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell - alto saxophone; Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone; Billy Root - baritone saxophone; Wynton Kelly - piano; Paul West - bass; Charlie Persip - drums
9. Solitude - Earl Hines from Plays Duke Ellington Volume II (Master Jazz 1972, New World) Hines Piano
10. Theme from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Ornette Coleman from Soapsuds, Soapsuds (Artists House 1977) Coleman Tenor Sax, Charlie Haden bass
11. Pretty Beauty - Andrew Cyrille from Lebroba (ECM 2017) Wadada Leo Smith trumpet, Cyrille drums, Bill Frisell guitar
12. Makaya Makaya Makaya - Mongezi Feza, Johnny Dyani, Okay Temiz from Music for Xaba Vol. 2 (Sonet 1972) Feza trumpet, Dyani bass, Temiz drums
13. Dexi - Horace Parlan from Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note 1963) Johnny Coles Trumpet, Parlan Piano, Booker Ervin Tenor Sax, Grant Green - guitar, Butch Warren - bass, Billy Higgins - drums
14. Rocket - Wadada Leo Smith, Vijay Iyer, Jack DeJohnette from Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (ECM 2022) Smith trumpet, Iyer organ, DeJohnette drums
15. Medicine for a Nightmare - Sun Ra from Angels and Demons at Play (Saturn 1956, Impulse) Sun Ra - Piano, Electric Piano, Art Hoyle - Trumpet, Julian Priester - Trombone, John Gilmore - Tenor Sax, Pat Patrick - Baritone Sax, Wilburn Green - Electric Bass, Robert Barry - Drums, Jim Herndon - Tympani
16. Odwalla - Art Ensemble of Chicago from Bap-Tizum (Atlantic 1972) Lester Bowie: trumpet, percussion, Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion, Joseph Jarman: saxophones, percussion, Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, percussion, Don Moye: drums, percussion

[Dub Modal]

Thanks Randy. Enjoy Big Ears 👍 

Wilburn Green's bass on Track 15 definitely impressed. I haven't listened to that Sun Ra album yet, so will have to line it up. 

[Big Al]

Loads of fun to be had on this BFT! I'm gonna check out the Gene Ammons collection, that kind of swing is right up my alley!

[T.D.]

Thanks, Randy.

This was a nice BFT. Early in the month, I was really busy and couldn't give more than a cursory listen. Then I peeked at the thread, so guessing was out.

Turns out that 2, 3 and 7 are in my collection. 11 is a reminder of something I put on a wish list but never acquired. 15 is from one of the (relatively) few Ra albums I don't have and has been on the want list for a long time. Many good eye-openers among the others.

[Dub Modal]

Randy - which version of Angels & Demons at Play do you have? Doesn't look like any official CDs of this have been released...?

[jazzbo]

13 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Randy - which version of Angels & Demons at Play do you have? Doesn't look like any official CDs of this have been released...?

As I understood it at the time this Evidence "two fer" was legit.

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/angels-and-demons-at-play-the-nubians-of-plutonia-sun-ra-evidence-music-review-by-matthew-wuethrich

[T.D.]

Just now, jazzbo said:

As I understood it at the time this Evidence "two fer" was legit.

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/angels-and-demons-at-play-the-nubians-of-plutonia-sun-ra-evidence-music-review-by-matthew-wuethrich

I've always assumed that was legit.

The download offered on Bandcamp ought to be legit if the Issued under license from Sun Ra LLC language can be believed?

[Dub Modal]

Nice - didn't know about the two-fer. I like the Evidence CDs I have 👍

[mjzee]

Thanks, Randy; I enjoyed this BFT.

[mikeweil]

As I just posted in the thread to Big Al's BFT I was distracted after I started listening and typing guesses, but I see there are four tracks I have and should have recognized. Great stuff throughout.