BFT #102 reveal

[BillF]

Track 1

"Line D" (Moore)

Moore (tnr), Benny Green (pno), Peter Washington (bs), Kenny Washington (dms)

Recorded 1990

Great tenor playing from British-born (not many people know that!) Moore, who seems now to have disappeared from the scene. Kenny Washington on drums, another favourite of mine.

Edited October 1, 2012 by BillF

[BillF]

Track 2

"Just Friends" (Klenner, Lewis, arr. Holman)

Holman (leader, arr, tnr), Lanny Morgan, Bob Militello (alts), Bob Cooper, Dick Mitchell (tnrs), Bob Efford (bar), Carl Sanders, Frank Szabo, Don Rader, Bob Summer (tpts), Jack Redmond, Bob Enevoldsen, Rick Culver, Pete Beltran (tbns), Rich Eames (pno), Bruce Lett (bs), Jeff Hamilton (dms)

Recorded Hollywood, Nov-Dec 1987

Saw this outfit at the Wigan Jazz Festival

Edited October 1, 2012 by BillF

[BillF]

Track 3

"I Can't Get Started" (Duke, Gershwin)

Eldridge (tpt), John Lewis (pno), Percy Heath (bs), Connie Kay (dms)

Recorded Oct 9 1957 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Edited October 1, 2012 by BillF

[BillF]

Track 4

"You for Me" (Haymes)

Hayes (tnr), Horace Parlan (pno), George Duvivier (bs), Dave Bailey (dms)

Recorded NYC, Oct 3 1961

[BillF]

Track 5

"Whatever Possess'd Me" (Tadd Dameron)

Joe Lovano (tnr, soloist), Steve Slagle (alt), George Garzone (tnr), Ralph Lalama (tnr), Gary Smulyan (bar), Tim Hagans (tpt), Conrad Herwig (tbn), John Hicks (pno), Dennis Irwin (bs), Lewis Nash (dms)

Recorded Nov 1999

[BillF]

Track 6

"Happenin'" (Morganelli)

Abate (alt), Claudio Roditi (tpt or flugel), Kenny Barron (pno), Rufus Reid (bs), Ben Riley (dms)

Recorded NYC, May 1996

Beautiful piano by Kenny Barron featured on this track.

[BillF]

Track 7

"Elvin's Empire" (Fedchock) featuring Allen Farnham (pno), Fedchock (tbn), Rick Margitza (tnr), Dave Ratajczak (dms)

Fedchock (leader, arr, tbn), Mark Vinci (alt), Charles Pillow (alt, sop, bs clt), Rich Perry (tnr), Gary Smulyan (bar), Tony Kadleck, Craig Johnson, Scott Wendholt, Barry Ries (tpts, flugel), Keith O'Quinn, George Gilkes, George Flynn (tbns), Allen Farnham (pno), Lynn Seaton (bs), Dave Ratajczak (dms)

"I tried to write something reminiscent of Elvin's sound with Coltrane's classic quartet" (John Fedchock)

Recorded NYC, Sept-Oct 2006

Edited October 1, 2012 by BillF

[BillF]

Track 8

"Elevation" (Mulligan, Lawrence)

Red Rodney's Be-Boppers: Rodney (tpt), Allen Eager (tnr), Serge Chaloff(bar), Al Haig (pno), Chubby Jackson (bs), Tiny Kahn (dms)

Recorded NYC, Jan 1947

[BillF]

Track 9

"J and B Blues"

Gonsalves (tnr), Nat Adderley (cornet), Wynton Kelly (pno), Sam Jones (bs), Jimmy Cobb (dms)

Recorded NYC, Dec 1960

A belter!

[BillF]

Track 10

"Less Talk" (Ray Santisi) featuring Joe Gordon (tpt)

Herb Pomeroy, Lennie Johnson, Augie Feretti, Everett Longstreth, Joe Gordon (tpts), Joe Ciavardone, Bill Legan, Gene Di Stasio (tbns), Dave Chapman, Boots Mussulli (alts), Varty Haroutunian, Jaki Byard (tnrs), Dean Haskins (bar), Ray Santisi (pno), John Neves (bs), Jimmy Zitano (dms)

Recorded NYC, June 1957

[NIS]

Thanks again for the BFT.

[BillF]

Track 11

"Sam Metrically" (Childers)

Childers (tpt), Herbie Steward (tnr), Bob harrington (pno), Harry Babasin (bs), Milt Holland (dms)

Recorded Hollywood, Nov-Dec 1955

From a small group session led by Buddy Childers, best known as lead trumpet with the Kenton orchestra. Includes Herbie Steward, perhaps the least often heard of the Four Brothers.

[BillF]

Track 12

"Omicron" (Donald Byrd)

Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart (tnrs), David Hazeltine (pno), John Webber (bs), Joe Farnsworth (dms)

Recorded Brooklyn, NY, June 2010

Just listen to that galloping rhythm section!

[BillF]

Track 13

"Strike Up the Band" (Gershwin) featuring Al Cohn (tnr) and the recently departed Eddie Bert (tbn)

Elliot Lawrence (leader, pno), Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Al Derisi, Nick Travis, Dick Sherman (tpts), Eddie Bert, Ollie Wilson, Paul Seldon, Al Robertson (tbns), Freddy Schmitt, Tony Miranda (Frhns), Al Cohn, Hal McKusick, Sam Morowitz, Eddie Wasserman, Charlie O'Kane (saxes), Buddy Jones or Russ Saunders (bs), Don Lamond (dms)

Recorded NYC, July 1955

Don Lamond really boots this one along.

[BillF]

Track 14

"All the Things You Are" (Hammerstein, Kern)

Howard Rumsey (leader, bass), Shorty Rogers (tpt), Hampton Hawes(pno), Shelly Manne (dms)

Recorded The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, 1953

Surprised that big names like Rogers and Hawes weren't identified!

[John Tapscott]

Gee, I feel like a fool on a couple of these which I should have gotten - esp. the Rogers, the Pomeroy and the Moore. I have the latter two recordings; man, that tells me I have way too much!

[tkeith]

Track 3

"I Can't Get Started" (Duke, Gershwin)

Eldridge (tpt), John Lewis (pno), Percy Heath (bs), Connie Kay (dms)

Recorded Oct 9 1957 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Gah! Christ! I have this! Shame on me.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Track 1

"Line D" (Moore)

Moore (tnr), Benny Green (pno), Peter Washington (bs), Kenny Washington (dms)

Recorded 1990

Great tenor playing from British-born (not many people know that!) Moore, who seems now to have disappeared from the scene. Kenny Washington on drums, another favourite of mine.

Is that what the well-dressed jazzman was wearing in 1990? Looks more like the late forties.

MG

[Hot Ptah]

This was a most enjoyable BFT. Thanks for the care with which you chose the selections.

[Big Al]

This was a most enjoyable BFT. Thanks for the care with which you chose the selections.

What Ptah said!!!!

I borrowed that Lighthouse disc from a friend sometime back with the intention of getting my own copy. Needless to say, that hasn't happened yet, but will soon (I hope)!

[BillF]

Track 1

"Line D" (Moore)

Moore (tnr), Benny Green (pno), Peter Washington (bs), Kenny Washington (dms)

Recorded 1990

Great tenor playing from British-born (not many people know that!) Moore, who seems now to have disappeared from the scene. Kenny Washington on drums, another favourite of mine.

Is that what the well-dressed jazzman was wearing in 1990? Looks more like the late forties.

MG

Actually, they were hand-me-downs from Cab Calloway.

[webbcity]

Thanks for this, Bill, fun stuff!

[jeffcrom]

I'm only embarrassed about the Herb Pomeroy selection - I've got the original vinyl and didn't recognize it.

I don't feel bad about the last track, because that still doesn't sound like Hampton Hawes to me. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure you're lying to us all about that.

Thanks for a good one - it made me think.

[BillF]

I don't feel bad about the last track, because that still doesn't sound like Hampton Hawes to me. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure you're lying to us all about that.

I'll come clean. It was me at the age of 13 playing in the school band.