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1. Familiar enough tune that someone will guess straight away. Pianist is ridiculously good. Love the left hand. It's like a symphony coming out of those keys. Shaming myself with a guess but Byard? 

2. Such great playing. Could listen to this saxophone all day. 

3. Flautist is very good but I'm more drawn to the pianist here. Understated but active on the left. Love the bassist too. Rhythm trio portion is my fave of this song. 

4. Good song, no guesses. The recording sounds of newer vintage but by established musicians. 

5. I hear a Ben Webster influence on the hornsman. Definitely a well executed ballad. 

6. Over too soon. Good song 

7. Bud Powell? Something from one of the Blue Notes 

8. Severinsen? 

9. No idea on the singer but the guitar is reminiscent of Gabor. 

10. Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered. No clue on vocalist. 

11. Great follow up to number 10. Flows really well. Urgent playing. Love it but who would this be? Facility of Hubbard on the trumpet but more controlled. Hmmm...Sax player has plenty of force 

12. Love it. Sounds live or otherwise audio-challenged but doesn't detract a bit. Excellent. Love the chanting but still no clue 

13. Trying to guess this trombone player - nothing's coming up. Are they the leader? Seems like it. Interesting song. George Coleman-esque sax player but I don't think it's him. 

Great listen. I know there's some legends on this that I've completely missed. 

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Actually, a quick sampling makes me think I'm "in" for every cut, no turnoffs.  #9 is a gimme for us older folks, but also a public service, six minutes of fabulous listening!  Cut #2 from this .  I also LOVE the version which is the first cut from this, my all-time favorite jazz album.  Looking forward to diving in to listen to the rest of the cuts! 

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1 – “Get Happy” and I did, great uplifting performance, and joyous start to the BFT.  Very Bud Powell influenced pianist, and that’s always a good thing.  I hope I have this on the shelves somewhere!

2 – I know I’m familiar with the composition, just need to remember what it is.  Lovely ballad playing by the tenor player.  Pianist doesn’t seem that comfortable in his solo, maybe that’s a clue?  This will bug me until someone ID’s it.    

3 – 1950’s vintage, what’s not to like?  I would be surprised if I don’t own this, and it will likely be a head-slapper for me when ID’d.

4 – Interesting.  Is this Yusef Lateef on oboe?  Late 50’s/early 60’s vintage, I again should already own this and again the ID will bug me.

5 – Very pretty, older style sounding player, but newer style sounding rhythm section.  I like it OK, but don’t have the enthusiasm for it I do for the first four cuts but can appreciate that it’s beautifully played.

6 – OK, back on the enjoyment trail!  What’s not to like about this?  Love the walking bass.  Short but sweet.

7 – Another older cut.  Randy Weston?  I like it OK, want to like it more than that, but find the rhythm to be monotonous, even though the piano playing is inventive.  Don’t think it’s Dollar Brand (as he would have been going by in the period I suspect this was recorded).

8 – All very pleasant and well-played.  Jones/Lewis?  Another cut I like OK but respect more.

9 – As I posted previously:  is a gimme for us older folks, but also a public service, six minutes of fabulous listening!  Cut #2 from this .  I also LOVE the version which is the first cut from this, my all-time favorite jazz album.

10 – Nice cut.  GREAT bass playing and the whole rhythm section is spectacular on this cut.  Good singer, and one I should recognize.  But the rhythm section steals the show here.  Will definitely be looking for this one, don’t believe I have it.

11 – Feels early 60’s, when this sort of thing was fresh and players were still figuring out their approach to it, which to me is very exciting.  Ted Curson and Bill Barron?  Look forward to ID and hope I have this one.

12 -  Ye olde audience tape?  A shame the fidelity is so bad, because the music is great.  Except for #9 of course, this is my favorite music on the BFT, and I greatly look forward to the reveal/ID!  So in my wheelhouse!

13 – This is a great cut! Right up there with #12!  Must get!

Wonderful BFT, potentially very expensive! 

Favorite cuts – 9, 12, 13, 11

Other cuts I like a lot – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10

Pleasant enough listening – 5,7,8

Cuts I disliked – NONE!

Thank you!

 

 

JSngry Grand Master

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Is it July already? Is that why we're approaching 100 degrees out side?

TRACK ONE - The Monk intro keeps getting referenced during the whole solo, nice touch. This is some for real stuff. Not the most invigorating bass solo, but it does no harm. Same with the drum fours I could swear I've heard this one before but not necessarily....Pianist has plenty of ideas. Not the "cleanest" playing ever, but this is better than anything like that. Excellent!

TRACK TWO - OMG, I know this one like the back of my hand! Sonny & Elmo Hope (with a little KD in the background. "Silk 'N' Satin". Only his second LP for Prestige, but hardly his first recording. Don't get me started on how I love everything about this one, I'll not stop. A lesser mortal would have been content to just play this way for the duration, but Sonny Rolins is not a lesser mortal.

TRACK THREE - No idea who, but this is nice. Easy-ish riff head be a demonic harmoniztion underneath! Everybody's top-shelf. Five stars, Leonar!

TACK FOUR - Head sounds really familiar...Soprano reminds me of Pony Poindexter. Can't comment past that. It's good, but nothing about the world would be different if it had never been made. That's true of a lot of good things. Is that Jerome Richardson? I don't know.

TRACK FIVE - Zoot Sims, "A Time For Love". I'm guessing this is a Pablo side, almost has to be. Zoot is one of those guys who never really changed, but he grew deeper in his expression using the same tools he always had. The opposite of Sonny, two different approaches to life, each valid. There is no one "right way". This is beautiful.

TRACK SIX - California? First choice would be Hampton Hawes? Nice enough.

TRACK SEVEN - That's Bud, on Blue Note, I forget which one. Bud was in good form for that one (and most of the 50s Blue Notes, actually), playing at times like a salsero. It's interesting to hear him deal with no changes, just a montuno-like vamp. He is not thrown off his game one bit. Bud gets ALL them stars.

TRACK EIGHT - I know the chart, it's a Thad thing, but not sure I recognize the band. Gorgeous writing, but I like a band with more bite. You can be mellow and still bite. But that writing....simply gorgeous,

TRACK NINE - Compared to What? (Eu)Gene Daniels, and of course it's off of Bobby's NOW!  Hello to Harold Land, somebody who did not stand still, kept evolving into new concepts. This is a wonderful album, the lyrics of this one aside (kinda "sensitive" to me, but of their tim0. And (Eu)Gene doee a hundred pounds of yodelling!

TRACK TEN - Glad to hear the verse. Good voice, but a bit mannered for my taste. Not sure that the actual song holds up to this groove, but I will say that such things are personal choices, and sehe certainly sounds committed to this one. Whoever this is has a strong enough voice to sing with a strong big band, and that's a fullest compliment. But this version of this song only does just a little for me. Sounds like the lyrics are secondary.

TRACK ELEVEN - That's almost either Ra or a strong tribute to him. No idea, because I thought I had all Chicago-era Ra, and this is not that. But ok, not that piano solo is not Ra, not enough layers of reality going on LOL. And that's not Gilmore. But is it Pat Patrick on bari? I guess not? Ok, whatever this record is, I like it. And a longgggg fade out on the cymbal!

TRACK TWELVE - Not "Ralph's New Blues"? No. Gots the feel of something off Hot Line...Curson/Barron live? Or Don Cherry? Damn that tenor player has a distinctive moan...so distinctive that I can't call the name LOL. Ibrahim? 

TRACK THIRTEEN - Dick Griffin, yeah. Hip Populist Jazz. His records were just so much fun. You could listen, you could party, you could to both. And there's Gary Bartz. Closing on a strong note here!

Muchas gracia, Amigo! Stay air-conditioned!

Dub Modal Experienced

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31 minutes ago, Milestones said:

No one said Sonny Rollins on #2?

It's early Sonny--maybe 1954.  The piece is "Silk 'n Satin."

You spin this and say, "This is why I love jazz."

 

Exactly. I had a hunch but didn't guess it 

JSngry Grand Master

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6 minutes ago, Milestones said:

Number 12 appears to be Old and New Dreams playing "Guinea."  Or is it a different, yet similar, group?

Good tune and performance, but a lo-fi recording.  

DOH - Dewey. Should have been obvious. DOH.

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At last I have time again to listen .......

1. Get Happy, by a Bud Powell follower. I thought of Kenny Drew's debut, but a quick look told me he didn't play that tune. I find his phrasing a bit sloppy, as if the tempo was too fast for him, but the chords he uses sound so familiar ... probably a familar player. Bass and drums seem more at home with that tempo.

2. At first I thought of a young Hank Mobley, but that's not quite his sound and phrases. A bit like a young Dexter with too much juice or other substances in the brain. Another of these early bop disciples not yet fully matured.

3. More bop disciples. This makes me think flute was not the ideal bop instrument. Pianist is nice. Good bassist and drummer.

4. Soprano sax? Competent player, the others, too. Who is this?

5. Sorry, I don't like this. Dreaded bass direct sound, tenor player is not for me. Don't like his intonation. Like a meal with the wrong spices. Late 1970's mainstream? The pianist pours out phrases but doesn't say much. All like a dead language.

6. I simply have heard enough od this latter day mainstream when it was first released. I Have heard more compelling stuff in that style.

7. I have that tune somewhere, but not this version. They should have kept it shorter, and let the drummer play a solo. Bu the tune is nice with its Carrbean touches. Why does drummer Art Taylor come to my mind?

8. Nice and well played, very lyrical, but could move me more.

9. I know that voice! Hutcherson? "Hello To The Sun" ... the guitar throws me. The Bayeté / Todd Cochran LP on Prestige? Conga drummer sounds like Candido on Elvin's Blue Note sessions.

10. Another voice I know! She's good, I like her! Very well paced vocals. My favourite track so far. Nnenna Freelon? 

11. 1980's black awareness jazz? 

12. More of the same. Never heard both. This is convincing, they have a message and get it across. Would have been great to be there.

13. Again a style I have heard too often. Alto sax sounds like Gary Bartz without the fire. Trombonist's intonation is not my taste.

Thanks for the compilation, I'm always amazed how much music there is I never heard. 

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8 hours ago, Milestones said:

No one said Sonny Rollins on #2?

It's early Sonny--maybe 1954.  The piece is "Silk 'n Satin."

You spin this and say, "This is why I love jazz."

 

I learned from the bio that these changes come from a song called "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" and that Sonny might have known it from being sung by Katherine Grayson in some movie.

And that's another reason I love jazz - the ability of its best different source materials  into something altogether different. Not necessarily "better" (that Grayson version is beautiful) but different.  Different and also beautiful. A transformative power, if you will, transubstantiationative even.

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22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

1. Familiar enough tune that someone will guess straight away. Pianist is ridiculously good. Love the left hand. It's like a symphony coming out of those keys. Shaming myself with a guess but Byard? 

No shame, but not Byard.  Pianist IS ridiculously good, a god to me. That left hand is everything.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

2. Such great playing. Could listen to this saxophone all day. 

Can and likely have, sir.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

3. Flautist is very good but I'm more drawn to the pianist here. Understated but active on the left. Love the bassist too. Rhythm trio portion is my fave of this song. 

Good ear.  Pianist is the leader and the reason for the selection.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

4. Good song, no guesses. The recording sounds of newer vintage but by established musicians. 

Not particularly new and there are roots spreading to other tunes in the BFT.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

5. I hear a Ben Webster influence on the hornsman. Definitely a well executed ballad. 

Influence may well be there.  This tenor is a name in his own right.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

6. Over too soon. Good song 

That might be the theme for the first part of this bft.  

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

7. Bud Powell? Something from one of the Blue Notes 

Bud fools no one.  It is Bud, it is one of the Blue Notes.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

8. Severinsen? 

Not in my BFT.  ;)  

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

9. No idea on the singer but the guitar is reminiscent of Gabor. 

Those who will get this will know it instantly.  Everyone here knows the tenor, the vibes, and many likely know the vocalist.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

10. Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered. No clue on vocalist. 

Correct.  This version was introduced to me after gig in which we played arrangement.  I consider the track the class of the album, but the album is definitely worthy.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

11. Great follow up to number 10. Flows really well. Urgent playing. Love it but who would this be? Facility of Hubbard on the trumpet but more controlled. Hmmm...Sax player has plenty of force 

Definite Freddie influence, and that might be an understatement on the sax, albeit an accurate one.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

12. Love it. Sounds live or otherwise audio-challenged but doesn't detract a bit. Excellent. Love the chanting but still no clue 

Correct.  Those bits are all clues.  It was the tenor that got me on this one.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

13. Trying to guess this trombone player - nothing's coming up. Are they the leader? Seems like it. Interesting song. George Coleman-esque sax player but I don't think it's him. 

Tenor is the leader.  Not Big George, but fair to say a later contemporary who was likely influence if not by George by the same greater influences. I figure this one to drop pretty quickly as many have this record.

22 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

Great listen. I know there's some legends on this that I've completely missed. 

No worries, that's the game.  I'm glad you liked it -- maybe my ears haven't betrayed me, yet.  :D 

20 hours ago, felser said:

Actually, a quick sampling makes me think I'm "in" for every cut, no turnoffs.  #9 is a gimme for us older folks, but also a public service, six minutes of fabulous listening!  Cut #2 from this .  I also LOVE the version which is the first cut from this, my all-time favorite jazz album.  Looking forward to diving in to listen to the rest of the cuts! 

Yeah, you and that bass player were the target for this one.  :D  

 

19 hours ago, felser said:

1 – “Get Happy” and I did, great uplifting performance, and joyous start to the BFT.  Very Bud Powell influenced pianist, and that’s always a good thing.  I hope I have this on the shelves somewhere!

I'd be surprised if you don't.  This pianist is, for me, on Mt. Rushmore.

19 hours ago, felser said:

2 – I know I’m familiar with the composition, just need to remember what it is.  Lovely ballad playing by the tenor player.  Pianist doesn’t seem that comfortable in his solo, maybe that’s a clue?  This will bug me until someone ID’s it.    

Jim will, if nobody else.  This one is all that it seems.

19 hours ago, felser said:

3 – 1950’s vintage, what’s not to like?  I would be surprised if I don’t own this, and it will likely be a head-slapper for me when ID’d.

Again, I'd be shocked if you don't.

19 hours ago, felser said:

4 – Interesting.  Is this Yusef Lateef on oboe?  Late 50’s/early 60’s vintage, I again should already own this and again the ID will bug me.

Nay, sir.  Saxophonist is a name many of us will recognize, but his playing would be a deep cut (like IDing Tate Houston, for example).  I'll be surprised if ANYONE owns this.

19 hours ago, felser said:

5 – Very pretty, older style sounding player, but newer style sounding rhythm section.  I like it OK, but don’t have the enthusiasm for it I do for the first four cuts but can appreciate that it’s beautifully played.

You may have provided a near perfect Wikipedia description of this player.

19 hours ago, felser said:

6 – OK, back on the enjoyment trail!  What’s not to like about this?  Love the walking bass.  Short but sweet.

Mercy!  I believe we have a clue!

19 hours ago, felser said:

7 – Another older cut.  Randy Weston?  I like it OK, want to like it more than that, but find the rhythm to be monotonous, even though the piano playing is inventive.  Don’t think it’s Dollar Brand (as he would have been going by in the period I suspect this was recorded).

Pianist correctly ID'd by @Dub Modal

19 hours ago, felser said:

8 – All very pleasant and well-played.  Jones/Lewis?  Another cut I like OK but respect more.

Ding!  Ding!  It *is* The Jazz Orchestra.

19 hours ago, felser said:

9 – As I posted previously:  is a gimme for us older folks, but also a public service, six minutes of fabulous listening!  Cut #2 from this .  I also LOVE the version which is the first cut from this, my all-time favorite jazz album.

And you're still spot on.  ;)

19 hours ago, felser said:

10 – Nice cut.  GREAT bass playing and the whole rhythm section is spectacular on this cut.  Good singer, and one I should recognize.  But the rhythm section steals the show here.  Will definitely be looking for this one, don’t believe I have it.

It's worth it.  See my comments above.

19 hours ago, felser said:

11 – Feels early 60’s, when this sort of thing was fresh and players were still figuring out their approach to it, which to me is very exciting.  Ted Curson and Bill Barron?  Look forward to ID and hope I have this one.

Fair assessment.  This one sort of snuck up on me.  That sound you're describing is, in itself, a clue.

19 hours ago, felser said:

12 -  Ye olde audience tape?  A shame the fidelity is so bad, because the music is great.  Except for #9 of course, this is my favorite music on the BFT, and I greatly look forward to the reveal/ID!  So in my wheelhouse!

Again, a see of clues here.  It's exactly what it seems to be.

19 hours ago, felser said:

13 – This is a great cut! Right up there with #12!  Must get!

Another I'd be shocked if you don't have.  But, now I'm nervous.  I fear Dan will like none of it. 😕   ( ;) ) 

19 hours ago, felser said:

Wonderful BFT, potentially very expensive! 

Favorite cuts – 9, 12, 13, 11

Other cuts I like a lot – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10

Pleasant enough listening – 5,7,8

Cuts I disliked – NONE!

Thank you!

 

 

To be fair, though, pleasing your ears is not a high challenge for me -- I think we have rooms in the same wheel house.  (Tim lives downstairs)

18 hours ago, Milestones said:

No one said Sonny Rollins on #2?

It's early Sonny--maybe 1954.  The piece is "Silk 'n Satin."

You spin this and say, "This is why I love jazz."

 

DING! DING!  Nailed it.

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17 hours ago, JSngry said:

Is it July already? Is that why we're approaching 100 degrees out side?

Mmm... that may be due more to do with approaching hell in this hand basket, but sure. 

TRACK ONE - The Monk intro keeps getting referenced during the whole solo, nice touch. This is some for real stuff. Not the most invigorating bass solo, but it does no harm. Same with the drum fours I could swear I've heard this one before but not necessarily....Pianist has plenty of ideas. Not the "cleanest" playing ever, but this is better than anything like that. Excellent!

You have.  Spot on descriptor of this pianist.  I describe him as the complete absence of bullshit -- straight soul.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK TWO - OMG, I know this one like the back of my hand! Sonny & Elmo Hope (with a little KD in the background. "Silk 'N' Satin". Only his second LP for Prestige, but hardly his first recording. Don't get me started on how I love everything about this one, I'll not stop. A lesser mortal would have been content to just play this way for the duration, but Sonny Rolins is not a lesser mortal.

Yes, sir.  

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK THREE - No idea who, but this is nice. Easy-ish riff head be a demonic harmoniztion underneath! Everybody's top-shelf. Five stars, Leonar!

I'm positive you know all these guys, particularly the leader. 

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TACK FOUR - Head sounds really familiar...Soprano reminds me of Pony Poindexter. Can't comment past that. It's good, but nothing about the world would be different if it had never been made. That's true of a lot of good things. Is that Jerome Richardson? I don't know.

I love the comps to JR and PP, more testament to your great ears.  This one is the squirrel pick -- I'll be shocked if anyone has this.  All players are known, but the horn player mostly by name.  

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK FIVE - Zoot Sims, "A Time For Love". I'm guessing this is a Pablo side, almost has to be. Zoot is one of those guys who never really changed, but he grew deeper in his expression using the same tools he always had. The opposite of Sonny, two different approaches to life, each valid. There is no one "right way". This is beautiful.

Ding!  Ding!  Yes, and perfectly stated.  This tune is a sneaky favorite, and Zoot + ballad is tough to be anything less than a winner.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK SIX - California? First choice would be Hampton Hawes? Nice enough.

Not Hamp.  California, for sure (though a quick check tells me he was born in the midwest).  Not as much of a name as Hamp, but I like the comp.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK SEVEN - That's Bud, on Blue Note, I forget which one. Bud was in good form for that one (and most of the 50s Blue Notes, actually), playing at times like a salsero. It's interesting to hear him deal with no changes, just a montuno-like vamp. He is not thrown off his game one bit. Bud gets ALL them stars.

Indeed.  Label and player both nailed, but I'm going to wait to see if anybody gets more specific.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK EIGHT - I know the chart, it's a Thad thing, but not sure I recognize the band. Gorgeous writing, but I like a band with more bite. You can be mellow and still bite. But that writing....simply gorgeous,

Correct, but the band is, in fact, TJ/ML JO.  It was the writing/arrangement that grabbed me, but I also know exactly what you're saying.  Less teeth than some of their stuff.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK NINE - Compared to What? (Eu)Gene Daniels, and of course it's off of Bobby's NOW!  Hello to Harold Land, somebody who did not stand still, kept evolving into new concepts. This is a wonderful album, the lyrics of this one aside (kinda "sensitive" to me, but of their tim0. And (Eu)Gene doee a hundred pounds of yodelling!

Spot on.  Literally not enough of this cut.  I could listen to every rehearsal, every outtake, and put it all on repeat and still want more.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK TEN - Glad to hear the verse. Good voice, but a bit mannered for my taste. Not sure that the actual song holds up to this groove, but I will say that such things are personal choices, and sehe certainly sounds committed to this one. Whoever this is has a strong enough voice to sing with a strong big band, and that's a fullest compliment. But this version of this song only does just a little for me. Sounds like the lyrics are secondary.

Fair point, and I agree with your assessment.  This tune is the class of the album for me, but there's really not a bad track on it.  She's a bit more mainstream contemporary than I usually gravitate to, but as you say, she's sure as hell committed.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK ELEVEN - That's almost either Ra or a strong tribute to him. No idea, because I thought I had all Chicago-era Ra, and this is not that. But ok, not that piano solo is not Ra, not enough layers of reality going on LOL. And that's not Gilmore. But is it Pat Patrick on bari? I guess not? Ok, whatever this record is, I like it. And a longgggg fade out on the cymbal!

There are no surprises among the players, you know them all, but together?  I think this one becomes tough.  Every thing everyone has heard serves as a clue to ID.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK TWELVE - Not "Ralph's New Blues"? No. Gots the feel of something off Hot Line...Curson/Barron live? Or Don Cherry? Damn that tenor player has a distinctive moan...so distinctive that I can't call the name LOL. Ibrahim? 

Correct neighborhood.  It IS Cherry.  You KNOW the tenor.  And, well, I peaked ahead and there's an ID coming.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

TRACK THIRTEEN - Dick Griffin, yeah. Hip Populist Jazz. His records were just so much fun. You could listen, you could party, you could to both. And there's Gary Bartz. Closing on a strong note here!

Ding! Ding!  Love this record, though of the first 3, it's #3 for me.  But with this cast, I can't NOT love it.  Dick is a personal hero of mine.  Now Is The Time is one of the most played records in my collection, and as always, your description is perfect.

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

Muchas gracia, Amigo! Stay air-conditioned!

Back atcha, sir.  Though, I don't have AC, so maybe I'll shed a few pounds.

17 hours ago, Milestones said:

Number 12 appears to be Old and New Dreams playing "Guinea."  Or is it a different, yet similar, group?

Good tune and performance, but a lo-fi recording.  

Ding! Ding! Correct on the band.  Full disclosure, I have no track info, so I'm looking for help IDing the track.  You may well be right, but I'm really counting on the braintrust here to fill those gaps. 

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

DOH - Dewey. Should have been obvious. DOH.

That.

17 hours ago, webbcity said:

Track 9!! Track 9!!!!!!  😎🔥🎉

(more to come... 😁)

He's an easy target.  :D 

14 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

1 is Mal Waldron, and it's from the LP Mal/4. A favorite rendition of this tune!

will get to the rest momentarily but now I'm listening to my Mal/4 album.

Ding!  Ding!  If there's a bad recorded moment of Mal, I don't own it, and I own a LOT of it.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

At last I have time again to listen .......

1. Get Happy, by a Bud Powell follower. I thought of Kenny Drew's debut, but a quick look told me he didn't play that tune. I find his phrasing a bit sloppy, as if the tempo was too fast for him, but the chords he uses sound so familiar ... probably a familar player. Bass and drums seem more at home with that tempo.

I think of the pianist (ID'd above) as having a lack of technique (but I don't mean that as a criticism).  He's straight to the point, zero BS.  

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

2. At first I thought of a young Hank Mobley, but that's not quite his sound and phrases. A bit like a young Dexter with too much juice or other substances in the brain. Another of these early bop disciples not yet fully matured.

ID'd, but I'd say a fair assessment, as he certainly left a mark on both players (and the rest of us, as well).

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

3. More bop disciples. This makes me think flute was not the ideal bop instrument. Pianist is nice. Good bassist and drummer.

Pianist is the reason for the pick.  While this may not be in the desert island collection, it was in the last crate left on shore.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

4. Soprano sax? Competent player, the others, too. Who is this?

Indeed.  Soprano is a name many will recognize, but I'm not overly familiar with his work as a soloist.  This is a deep cut that will require sleuthing.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

5. Sorry, I don't like this. Dreaded bass direct sound, tenor player is not for me. Don't like his intonation. Like a meal with the wrong spices. Late 1970's mainstream? The pianist pours out phrases but doesn't say much. All like a dead language.

Alas!  Someone has disliked a cut.  I assumed #9 would turn some off, but I'm surprised it was this one.  ID'd above as Zoot.  Suffice it to be said, we'll agree to disagree on this one.  ;) 

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

6. I simply have heard enough od this latter day mainstream when it was first released. I Have heard more compelling stuff in that style.

Fair.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

7. I have that tune somewhere, but not this version. They should have kept it shorter, and let the drummer play a solo. Bu the tune is nice with its Carrbean touches. Why does drummer Art Taylor come to my mind?

I have a good guess as to why AT comes to mind -- spot on.  That gives us 2/3 of the band and the record label.  I smell a full ID coming.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

8. Nice and well played, very lyrical, but could move me more.

Damned near perfectly described. Band has been ID'd, and again, it was the arrangement and tune that grabbed me.  Damn!  You guys are good at this!

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

9. I know that voice! Hutcherson? "Hello To The Sun" ... the guitar throws me. The Bayeté / Todd Cochran LP on Prestige? Conga drummer sounds like Candido on Elvin's Blue Note sessions.

You got Candido.  Yes, Hutch.  ID'd above. 

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

10. Another voice I know! She's good, I like her! Very well paced vocals. My favourite track so far. Nnenna Freelon? 

Great guess, but not her.  She's certainly out of that school, and does it well, though.  A worthy album, but maybe more for casual listening.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

11. 1980's black awareness jazz? 

I don't think I'd say that, but the ingredients are here.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

12. More of the same. Never heard both. This is convincing, they have a message and get it across. Would have been great to be there.

Oh my!  Sure would!  Mostly ID'd above.

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

13. Again a style I have heard too often. Alto sax sounds like Gary Bartz without the fire. Trombonist's intonation is not my taste.

Spot on.  But smoldering Bartz still gets me.  

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Thanks for the compilation, I'm always amazed how much music there is I never heard. 

Right?  Best thing about this process for me -- the constant reminder of how little I know.

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8 minutes ago, Milestones said:

On # 3 I will speculate James Moody or Frank Wess.  I am thinking of who would be playing flute in the 50s and just guessing.

Herbie Mann is another one, as are Yusef Lateef and Buddy Collette.

 

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I'm only starting to scan the BFT, but Bobby Jaspar came to mind as a flute candidate (not yet a guess) for #3. He's (also on tenor) on many fine '50s albums.

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1 hour ago, felser said:

Herbie Mann is another one, as are Yusef Lateef and Buddy Collette.

 

Moving further away.  Pretty much the only guy of this grouping that hasn't been guessed, yet.

 

1 hour ago, T.D. said:

I'm only starting to scan the BFT, but Bobby Jaspar came to mind as a flute candidate (not yet a guess) for #3. He's (also on tenor) on many fine '50s albums.

Okay, NOW he's the only guy not guessed.

 

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1 minute ago, JSngry said:

Frank Foster also played flute?

Determined to prove me wrong, aren't you.  Okay, NOW he's the only guy left?  It's only July 2, so I don't want to give too big a clue....

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4 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Jerome Richardson?

Ding!  Ding!  I wanted to give the hint that someone had mentioned him, but not on day 2.  :D 

 

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