Hello all, I'm back for a minute.
I'm SO happy to see the shoutout to my KC ally Hot Ptah. Bill put a LOT of effort into this forum for a long, long time. He worried that the game wasn't sustainable -- yet here we are. His ashes rest a few hundred feet from my grandparents' graves, and I drop by sometimes, hoping to bask in his wisdom again. Next time, I'll bring him the news of good vibes from the BFT forum.
And a partial attempt:
@Big Al I'm thinking it's some mostly-forgotten Billy Taylor project. I confess to not liking the sound of clarinets traveling in packs, but doggone it, this is strangely tasty.
@Eric At first I thought Han Bennink was in there, but don't think so now. But the alto might be Michael Moore or Sean Bergin. I'll take a dozen.
@mjazzg How many cellos here? One plucking, one bowing? Love the sound of the drum set. And the general groove, which never loses its way or lets up. Yeah!
@Dub Modal "After You've Gone" changes, then an alto that really sounds like early '50s Art Pepper, and then a trumpet who begins by quoting Art Pepper's contrafact on "After You've Gone." Nifty out chorus. Maybe a Marty Paich project? Someone who knows the writing styles of the time better than I do (that isn't hard) may find the suggestion laughable.
Must recuse myself on Rooster's. Y'all are good guessers, though.