T.D.

My most frequently listened to Mosaic.

I couldn't find any info on the interwebs. His website lists no upcoming or past performances and I could not locate a Facebook page. Apparently he and Joshua Edelman led a Jazz Workshop session last July in Bilbao, and also gave a 2-piano concert. That's the only post-2019 thing I saw.

Great story, and Maimoun would be on my short list of "favorite Cowell tunes".

I bought this when it was released, wasn't impressed and forgot about it. During an ongoing Nimbus West / Tapscott binge, I pulled it off the shelf. Now I enjoy it and think it's pretty good.

2 preorders from DG en route:

Oh good grief! After whiffing on the album of #5, it now transpires that: #3 is one of my favorite pianists; I own the album; I make him a near-automatic suspect on almost any un-ID'd BFT piano track. #3 is this.

One hour, in my experience.

My top 2 by a long shot are the unadventurous choices of Welles and Kurosawa. 😁

Dang, I recognized Santana but not Abraxas, which is one of the albums I'm most familiar with. I saw Bill Ware play live in fall of 2024. I got the impression he's currently NY based. Didn't know about the Philly background.

Hadn't listened to any Nimbus West recordings in a long while...enjoying these:

#6 is this cut. I have a studio version of this on the Straight Ahead album. As Jim noted, it's a Wes tune.

Thanks for presenting the BFT. I enjoyed listening to it. Couldn't guess much (if anything), and it was a busy work month so I didn't have time to post much. I'm somewhat of a Francophile when it comes to classical music, but hadn't heard #4 and couldn't muster a guess, though the actual composer was one of the main suspects that came to mind. #3 definitely worth the price of admission, and there are several others I intend to follow up on. Have heard loads of "Barbara Song"s on record recently (the tune seems to be popular with Euro jazz musicians), but wasn't familiar with the recording of #2.

Really enjoying this BFT so far, though I don't connect with a couple of things. I usually post in bits and pieces b/c I tend to mess up long posts and have them vanish into hyperspace. 🥴 I peeked at the thread, so won't drop names of things that have been ID'd. Love #2, the pianist is also a big favorite of mine. Wasn't familiar with this recording. Saxist plays more notes than I generally prefer, but the package works. Of course #5 is Santana. I never heard this tune, or maybe I did once but forgot. Always enjoy his music when I hear it, though I have to admit I no longer own any recordings. #6 has gotta be Brian Auger? At least I think so. I don't have any of his live recordings but the tune is very familiar. I may have a studio version (which I enjoy) on the shelves somewhere. Have to do some detective work. Looking forward to hearing more of the BFT.