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Edward Vesala, Palle Mikkelborg and Tomas Stanko are possible leaders for #8 Enrico Rava on 14?

The hint on 9 suggests Eldar Djangirov.

Very enjoyable, seemed like a bunch of things I should know but don't until now. 1. Brawny tenor, Latin percussion and electric bass. Gato Barbieri is usually more outgoing than this, but I haven't got a better guess. 2. Grooving mainstream piano. Sonny Clark or Bud Powell. 3. Reggae tinge and lyric mentioning the West Indes. Reggae does not usually sound this jazzy, so perhaps calypso. (wild guess) Mighty Sparrow? 4. Freebop! Julius Hemphill? or maybe Tim Berne? 5. There's something familiar and Dukish about that coda. and the whole thing. Duke Ellington. 6. Has a Blue Note feel. Hank Mobley? 7. Nice alto feature. I'm guessing the spoken theater bits in the middle relate to the lyric of the standard that I'm not recognizing. Just based on the recorded sound, I'm believing this is a 90s or later recording, so I'l venture Donald Harrison. 8. Strongly reminiscent of Terje Rypdal. But I don't know any Rypdal dates with enough horns to pull off the intro. I started thinking this was Henry Threadgill with Brandon Ross on guitar, but I've swung back to Rypdal. 9. Could be a later Chick Corea acoustic trio. 10. Latin. I don't have enough knowledge to guess. 11. Feels a bit too brawny in tone in some places to be Stan Getz, but it fits stylistically, and I'm not finding any other guesses I like, so Stan. 12. Wonderfully frantic big band tune, big booting baritone at the beginning. Slide Hampton? 13. I used to say that if it's an alto and sounds like a tenor, it's Jackie McLean. Here I think of Jackie because I really can't tell, the nasal tone and ease with whick it goes into the upper register suggest alto to me, but nowhere near conclusively. The Jackie I'm most familiar doesn't have a guitar, so go ahead and tell me it's a tenor. 14. Could be somethjing on ECM, or Cuong Vu with Pat Metheny. 15. Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath? (after reading other posts) Enrico Rava on 14?

Amazon showing June 5 ship date for Sacred Ceremonies and Trumpet.

The buy button on that site doesn't work. If you want to buy without PayPal, there's this little bit of helpfulness: Please send a check to Store Name, Store Street, Store Town, Store State / County, Store Postcode. It's listed for 40 on Amazon, but that's more than I will go for.

But the tune labeled as Danielle's Waltz on Amazon is actually In a Sentimental Mood from another Mickey Bass album. From the Allmusic.com listing, Danielle's Waltz matches the timing of #2

It's on Amazon Music.

Mickey Bass? http://www.philschaapjazz.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3143240 ??

Someone should talk to the Yang Gang

For some people, just being makes them want to drink beer.

Loved the meaty grooves he laid down on Thomas Chapin's Sky Piece.

For #2, two other names I thought of were Wayne Escoffery (would be with Joe Locke as sideman) or Matthias Lupri.

Internet sleuthing says Chet Atkins may be the other guitar on #3. Yes, Anne Murray not Olivia Newton-John.

1 Rabih Abou-Kalil? Love the mood the oud sets. 2. Buster Williams? or maybe something later on the Criss-Cross label. Can't rule out Bobby Hutcherson. The more I listen, the more I think it's Hutcherson and Harold Land 3. The tune is You Needed Me, a country pop confection associated with Olivia Newton-John. Tastefully done. I'll guess Earl Klugh 4. So What? ... but definitely not Miles. No the intro is very similar but the melody is different. Trumpet is crisp and clearly articulated, Maybe Freddie Hubbard or even Wynton Marsalis. 5. All The Things You Are. Maybe Art Pepper. But there's that organ with it's harpichord lever set that I don't associate with any of his keyboardists. Hamp Hawes did play electric piano with him on Living Legend, but not this. Sounds like the piano player doubling, not two different players. 6. We play Art Farmer a lot here. I think it's Art. 7. I wouldn't be surprised if this is on ECM, but they don't usually use this much strings. I like the tone of the guitarist, like a more conventional Terje Rypdal at times. Could it be Pat Metheny? 8. Like C Jam Blues, but not quite. Maybe a Benny Golson composition. I'll go with the Jazztet. 9. Is this Emily by Bill Evans? Above is before seeing any of the comments. If JSngry doesn't like the tenor on 2 it must not be Harold Land! The Amy/Bolton was a cool choice.

Mentioning Larry Ochs was influenced by the sax and two drums format of The Neon Truth, and having seen the Electric Ascension performance at Big Ears.

Larry Ochs and James Finn come to mind.

1. Karin Krog and Archie Shepp - Soul Eyes from Hi-Fly (1976) Karin Krog - vocals, Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone, Charles Greenlee - trombone, Jon Balke - piano, Arild Andersen - double bass, Cameron Brown - bass, Beaver Harris - drums. A great album. The track was selected for fitting the mood, Solitude and Hi-Fly may be better tracks to hook in new listeners that didn't fit the mood as well. Mal Waldron's composition. 2. Dexter Gordon- You've Changed from Doin' Allright (1961) Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone. Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, Horace Parlan - piano, George Tucker - bass, Al Harewood - drums. I was actually looking for a version of this that I had heard where Dexter recited the first verse before the band began to play. That turns out to be on Swiss Nights, and the intro is found at the end of the previous track - thanks to mjzee for solving that mystery for me. Great ballad playing. 3. Abdullah Ibrahim - Mountain of the Night from African River (1989) Abdullah Ibrahim – piano, leader, Horace A. Young – alto saxophone, John Stubblefield – tenor saxophone, Robin Eubanks – trombone, Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone. tuba, trumpet, Buster Williams – bass, Brian Abrahams – drums. I learned from the participants that this lovely composition had been on earlier Abdullah Ibrahim albums as The Mountain. Along with The Wedding, it's a track that listeners can't get enough of so it has been recorded many times by the composer. 4. Pete LaRoca - Lazy Afternoon from Basra (1965) Pete La Roca - drums, Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone, Steve Kuhn - piano, Steve Swallow - bass. This was the inspiration and mood-setter for the first half of the BFT. I'll always remember when a friend of my stepson stepped into my computer room and commented on this track. It clearly moved him, but he was aware it was not the kind of music that his age group agreed on, so he made fun of it too, even as he was appreciating the peaceful and hypnotic mood. James left us way too soon, due to unforeseen health issues. Like the previous track, this was very widely identified by the participants. 5. Horace Tapscott - Aiee! The Phantom from Aiee! The Phantom (1995) Horace Tapscott - piano, Marcus Belgrave - trumpet, Abraham Burton - alto saxophone, Reggie Workman - bass, Andrew Cyrille - drums. Two "locals" associated with localities a half a continent apart. I thought this was one of the three difficult IDs in the BFT, but Thom had it in milliseconds. Tapscott's best known for leading and mentoring an Arkestra in Los Angeles for many years, but his solo and small group recordings are quite wonderful. Belgrave was born in the same city as me, Chester, PA, but is associated with the Detroit, MI Jazz scene, also known for his work with Ray Charles. 6. Jason Adasciewicz - Warm Valley from Sun Rooms (2009) Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone, Nate McBride – bass, Mike Reed – drums. As a fanatic of Walt Dickerson's Peace (as well as all his Steeplechases and everything else he ever did), the vibes, bass and drums instrumentation really speaks to me, and I made a point to get everything I could find by Jason Adasiewicz. Only three dates are trios, others have an alto and thus more kinship to Out To Lunch than Peace. Hard to go wrong either way there! 7. Bill Evans - Bass Face from Quintessence (1976) Bill Evans – piano, Harold Land – tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell – guitar, Ray Brown – bass, Philly Joe Jones – drums. I love this track, in particular the ascending guitar riff. There have been comments even before the BFT that the album was kind of underwhelming given the star power of it's lineup, but I find plenty to enjoy. 8. Sheila Jordan - Baltimore Oriole from Portrait of Sheila (1962) Sheila Jordan – voice, Barry Galbraith – guitar, Steve Swallow – bass, Denzil Best – drums. Her debut and only Blue Note album. She would not record again as leader for 13 years, but then had a burst of productivity from 1975 on and continued recording until age 80. 9. Pat Martino - Sunny from Live (1972) Pat Martino - guitar, Ron Thomas - electric piano, Tyrone Brown - electric bass, Sherman Ferguson - drums. One of my all-time favorites, a track I can play over and over, and often have. I don't hear commercial pandering in this track at all, but it does fit the category of jazz-rock fusion. The bass and drums played together in a fusion quartet with Odean Pope and Eddie Green called Catalyst, while a classical pianist was recruited for the gig and sounds right at home with the explorations and hypnotic grooves Pat was laying down. The appealing melody anchors the piece quite nicely. 10. Ira Sullivan - E Flat Tuba G from Horizons (1967) Ira Sullivan – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn, Lon Norman – trombone, euphonium, Dolphe Castellano – piano, keyboards, William Fry– bass, Jose Cigno – drums, timpani With two days to go, nobody has gotten this one without a clue. The edgy sound reminiscent of late sixties/early seventies Blue Note was laid down by multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan and four little known Florida locals. George Adams, Sam Rivers, Jaki Byard and Dave Burrell were among those ventured as guesses. I'm particularly fond of the aggressive tenor solo, but the track holds together well, fine playing from all. 11. Oscar Peterson - Travelin' On from Exclusively for My Friends, Vol. 6 (1969) Piano – Oscar Peterson, Bass – Sam Jones, Drums – Bobby Durham. Unapologetically showy, this speed burner was a track I always liked even though I wasn't inclined toward Peterson in general. 12. Herbie Nichols - The Gig from Herbie Nichols Trio (later on The Complete Blue Note Recordings) (1956) Herbie Nichols - piano, Al McKibbon - bass, Max Roach - drums. JSngry mentioned the Blue Note "brown bag" series of twofer vinyl LPs issued in the 70s and that's where I encountered Herbie Nichols. The tracks with Max Roach have always been my favorites, but the entire catalog is great. 13. Cecil Taylor - Of What from Looking Ahead (1958) Cecil Taylor - piano, Buell Neidlinger - bass, Denis Charles - drums Earl Griffith is on the vibes for the rest of this set, but this is the earliest of not very many recordings featuring only piano, bass and drums (although one of those was a 10 CD set). The spiky, percussive logic is there from the beginning.

Tanks honey way

Chuck, Can you shed light on the "apology"?

I saw this became available on BandCamp for $20 and had to get it right away. It's really good. I stood in line outside the building for most of its recording, but did get inside for the ending. It's got energy and moments of the most delicate lyricism, and I wish we were getting more albums like this coming out. https://jasonmoran.bandcamp.com/album/graves-moran-live-at-big-ears?from=search&search_item_id=111313264&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=1683480489&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=9761d77e8ac3bd67db8c60fecf5e9cf0

Mike Reed on drums on #6 Verified on Amazon Music, thanks. Never thought to listen there.

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10 is a major label recording. Can't resist a couple obscure clues. Dan Gould and Mike Weil have a chance of identifying it. And did anybody notice that the trumpet and tenor never play together?