Dub Modal

1- I like the bassoon and third stream-ish concept. Reminds me of Johnny Richards so maybe the composer was influenced by him? Or maybe not. Either way, enjoyed it. 2- sax tone is familiar. Billy Harper? 3- reminds me of a Horace Silver composition, but it's not him as I don't recall a trombone in his recordings that I'm aware of. Curtis Fuller? 4- flirting with a Sade-esque style but less polished. Is that a varitone? Eddie Harris? 5- bari sax(es?) with reverb. Interesting. Reminds me of the WSQ a bit. Blueitt? 6- breezy and smooth in stark contrast to the prior song. Hmmm...no guesses right now 7- Desmond-ish opening. There's no way this is Desmond though. Interesting song. 8- brooding and moody track. ECMesque. Another one I'm stumped on. 9- another interesting song with a lot of changing elements. Kind of a theme among this bft and the compositions included. I like the variance. Back later for the rest

😲wow. That was from 2009 right? Hope it was worth the wait!

That really sucks. I had no idea tire particles were micro plastics nor that they contributed so much to that type of pollution.

This was a really nice mix. Hate I missed it last month but enjoyed it this morning. The listening thread was an entertaining read too as would be expected from some of these selections. Rostasi blew up my first bft, even getting an obscure cumbia track. Blew my mind but it was impressive af.

For track 1 if I had to hazard a guess it would be Mingus Big band or Dynasty. There's a slim to none chance that's right; regardless it's an enjoyable track. The group effort is impressive and the woodwinds sound incredible. Love it. 2 swings like hell. Raucous tune. Things to like about 3 but it ended up losing me. 4 swings back in nicely. Drum and bass driving hard. Another great track. Love 5 too. Sax player is so good. Bass solo is impressive. 6 follows it up in good fashion but then 7 lost me. Probably a legend. 8 sounds like a classic. Is it McLean? 9 my out of left field guess is Blue Mitchell? 10 is a hard driving blues number. Great ambiance to this recording. 11 is a familiar tune. Played very well. That crisp swing style. 12 is another classic played very well. What a groove! 13 is yet another good one. Some really focused hard driving drumming on this BFT. 14 & 15 are just fantastic as well. The outro was someone I think I've heard before it no names are coming to me.

Have to pass this year so June will be an open month.

Nice. Glad to hear it was well received. Been diving into some Tyner lately and didn't realize that Asante was held for 4 years before being released, and released right around the time of Trident and his other Milestones. No idea if Asante was well received either but listening to it from the perspective of it being from 1970 is kind of a shock, at least to me, and a good one at that.

Two minutes' hate. It's got to work bc so many orgs make use of it.

Tyner's Trident Listening to this among other Tyner albums tonight and wondering how this album was received at the time of release? It doesn't sound like it would be run of the mill but I don't recall hearing other music from around the same time that sounds like this.

Winnipeg 70

Glad to finally get to this. Hate I missed last month's all together. 1. Sounds Hancock-ish with that Headhunters style break beat. No doubt this has been sampled. Vocals start and I'm convinced I've heard this before. God made me funky! It is the Headhunters. I love this tune and the album it's from. Sweet stuff. 2. Hey Jude...mixed with some electronic wizardry. Interesting. No guesses. 3. Lovely congas in the intro. Familiar melody too. The horns sound great together. 4. Sun Ra-ish intro for a few seconds. Good flow from the MC. Sounds like 90s hip hop for sure but no guesses. I don't recognize this voice. 5. More great congas. Restrained production as well. Rhythm comes in and makes me think this is from this century even though the vocal cadence is old school. No guesses but intrigued. 6. B3 player who goes for the bass lines, always welcomed. Nice song. 7. This sounds like 80s Miles at least when it starts. But it's not and I don't recognize the horn player at the moment. Those synths though.... 8. Left field opening. No idea who this is... 9. The Godfather himself. Good God!!! Thanks for the BFT. Good stuff and some intriguing sounds.

Awesome set man. I need to go back and finish it up, as well as track these down via Bandcamp. Thanks for doing this and I hope you'll do another although I understand it can be time consuming.

Coming back around for the reveal. All songs I'm not familiar with, but enjoyed listening to. Thanks again.

Finally got some time: 1. Bass is roaring and this is a good groove. Sounds like something Tenderlonious was influenced by actually. Trumpet sounds like Freddie a little bit. I like this song quite a bit. No idea who to guess though. 2. Love that intro. Feel like I know this drummer but can't name them. Pianist is familiar too, Bobby Timmons? 3. Fucking lovely. Would love to see a band like this live. Reminds me of Le Rex but I don't think it's them. 4. Another winner. No idea who but the sax player is going wild. Drummer is killing it too, and the vibes solo is right nasty. 5. Thought this was going to be all solo but those drums came in and set it off. Bass solo is tight. Whole song is nice. 6. Loving this one too. Intro groove is ridiculous and the whole song is excellent. Billy Bang? 7. Sounds like a 70s tune. There's some cheese but the bass line saves it. Drummer does some carrying too. No guesses. 8. Interesting intro. Notice the poor recording quality but that's not keeping me from hearing some good stuff. 9. A favorite so far. Whole thing is glorious. Sounds almost like it's live in places. 10. This is familiar and I wonder if I have it or where I've heard it. Of course, I have no idea who to guess. The pianist's facility is impressive. Is it Melford? 11. Helluva rhythmic build up and quite a ride on the way there. This is wild as hell. Will love to see who this is. Ok, that bass line has been sampled... 12. Sounds like Sanders. If it's not him, someone has drawn near complete inspiration from him. Im not sure of the song though. I love it. Unfortunately I can't finish the rest. I'll have to come back and revisit. Stunningly good BFT. Thanks for putting this together!

Well, I'm excited for the season. Glad it's finally here.