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BFT 263 1 – This is a really interesting track, I like it quite a bit, and can’t wait to find out what it is. No ideas on ID’s. 2 – Joni Mitchell (which hopefully will fool no one), “Black Crow”. A live version with, sounds like, Brecker and Jaco. The original was on ‘Hejira’. Is this from the Archives 4 box set that came out? I can probably sleuth it out if so. It’s good. 3 – I like that they use acoustic piano on this. The guitarist is impressive. But the cut leaves me fairly cold, though it’s OK. 4 – Quite the eclectic BFT, I’m enjoying that aspect! They had more fun recording this than I’m having listening to it, the first clunker for me, though there are probably others who will dig it. I saw it’s only four minutes long, but it felt much longer. 5 – Antidote to #4. It’s good, and it’s pretty, though not something that would pull me back. Could almost be a Windham Hill artist. Deeply influenced by those initial Keith Jarrett ECM solo albums, as so many are. 6 – This will be Dan Gould’s favorite cut. I like it OK. Functions great as background music for me, I don’t hear any barriers being broken, but am enjoying it. 7 – I’m enjoying this! No guesses, but good singer, and I could see a whole album by her possibly working for me. 8 - Good listening, quite enjoyable! Can’t see anyone disliking this, it’s so solid. 9 – A Cole Porter oldie done by one of the most celebrated jazz singers. Cut #5 from this . 10 – Good for what it is, but from before my listening domain. 11 – She was a great, sadly undersung jazz singer, one of my all-time favorites! Cut #6 from this . 12 – This sort of thing is totally lost on me. 13 – This is nice, very soothing. Good arrangement. Thanks for a really good listen and for drawing attention to the singer on #11, I am excited to get the ID on that first cut!

I favor a hard salary cap in MLB (both ceiling and floor) based on negotiated % of league revenue, even though my local team (Phillies) is one of the bigger spenders. With the difference in local income streams, teams like the Pirates, Royals, Indians, Reds, Twins, Brewers, Rays have little to no shot at competing with the big boys, even though some of those teams (Indians and Brewers come to mind) are run extraordinarily well. I like how it works in the NFL, where GM skill is integral (makes me very thankful for Howie Rosen!). It doesn't take a genius to go spend $2 billion on the best FA's money can buy.

The best seats would have cost you $4.80! That's about $48 in 2026 dollars. A great bargain for that bill. But I have to say, the idea of listening to an extended version of the creepy "Om" by that entourage somewhat scares me, though I'd certainly be down for the 35 minute "My Favorite Things".

90 minutes northwest of Philly, just north of Lancaster. Yes, Pete B. is a great guy.

Thanks Dan!

Me too, forgot about that one. Great group in the 80's, fun song. How were they at this late date? I have the first couple of discs from when they reformed some years ago.

I've always been a sucker for the much-maligned Bosstown Sound of the late 60's (Ultimate Spinach, et al).

I believe my first one was a used copy of "20 Years of Jethro Tull", which I sold off many years ago. I think the first one I bought that I still have was the Prestige Miles Davis Chronicle set.

Those are also great! I love "Spiritual" and Impressions", among other gems.

+1. My seven year old grandson (who lives with us) and I have frequent philosophical discussions on the relative merits of snow.

Could be. Where's Pete when we need him?

Thanks Mark. You're a brave man to publish those sidebar lists! I'm so glad to see love for 'Transition' and 'Crescent', and such an eloquent description of the transcedence of 'A Love Supreme' (which was my sudden immediate gateway in jazz in 1972 when I first heard it).

I often find them prohibitive in terms of both space and cost. I tend to do cost/benefit analysis as far as buying them and keeping them. I only kept a handful of the big Mosaic sets in my collection as the music became available in other CD configurations(though I've kept a lot Selects). Yet things like the 90's Atlantic boxes on Trane, Ornette, and Mingus and the Prestige boxes on Trane, Rollins, Miles, and Dolphy, and the Milestone Joe Henderson box are perfect for my needs. I tend to work straight through a box set when I listen to it, regardless of size.

Slightly 😝? Typical Concord fail.

+1. I have so many of those great Kent anthology CD's on my shelves, and they now put out maybe 1-2 discs a year that is of interest to me. May be that the market is pretty dried up for that sort of release.

https://www.acerecords.co.uk/eternal-journey--the-arrangements-and-productions-of-charles-stepney-1 This should be interesting, though they missed badly on the Terry Callier selections (How do you not select "Dancing Girl", which is Stepney's masterpiece, and "Alley-Wind Song" for this set?), and on the Dells ("I Can Sing A Rainbow/Love is Blue" is inexplicably absent).

Pre-internet, I bought a Japanese book on the Riverside discography from Tower Records. It was invaluable to see even the album covers and personnel for albums I never knew existed. But as Lou Reed sang "those were different times". I'm too old, tired, and sated for all of that!

That would be a great book for me if I could read Japanese!

Be sure to bring your warmest clothes. Pittsburgh in February gets COLD!

Makes sense, thanks. If someone writes an equivalent high-quality "spiritual jazz" book, I'm all in even at a crazy price.

Timely stuff, thanks. BTW, his 'Land of Hope & Dreams' EP from last year is magnificent.

I've been doing a concentrated Jessica Williams listen the last few days. Glorious stuff.

It's good - I like the first Lookout Farm album even more. It goes for three figures on CD, but is available as an Amazon download.

I have the DVD, it sounds really good to me, as do most DVD's from Montreux I have.