BFT 252 discussion: a couple hours of musical enjoyment

[mjazzg]

3 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Glad you enjoyed! And bingo on Booker T. with Cyrille.

So it is a Silkheart? I have one of his on the label

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, Booker T. on Silkheart. He only has one album as a leader for the label.

Thom ID’ed the artist & track/disc correctly so only 12 more remain!

[tkeith]

22 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

I had many left over from last year so I could put together one in very short order. But that should be a last resort.  

Update:  I have a new presenter, but we're working on getting his account activated.

[mjazzg]

13 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Yeah, Booker T. on Silkheart. He only has one album as a leader for the label.

Thom ID’ed the artist & track/disc correctly so only 12 more remain!

At least I got the label right.

What's the story with Booker T? I have the leader date but don't know much else about him

[Dan Gould]

14 minutes ago, tkeith said:

Update:  I have a new presenter, but we're working on getting his account activated.

👍

9 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

 

What's the story with Booker T? I have the leader date but don't know much else about him

The Booker T I know:

[colinmce]

Booker T. actually has a new recording out. I've given it a couple listens and enjoy it.

https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-bc-ly-and-eye-know-bo-da-prez

Likewise, I've been listening to this BFT on & off all month and really enjoying it, and should really try to work up some ramblings for the thread before it's too late.

[mjazzg]

1 minute ago, colinmce said:

Booker T. actually has a new recording out. I've given it a couple listens and enjoy it.

https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-bc-ly-and-eye-know-bo-da-prez

 

Thanks, I had no idea

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, the new one is nice indeed.

He's from Seattle and relocated to NYC in 1974, seems like he was an East Coast working player until around 25 years ago (maybe less), when he returned to the Seattle area. Not a lot of sessions, but he's strong on everything I've heard.

[tkeith]

If you can snag the video of Henry Threadgill's Society Situation Dance band, he's on that (along with John Stubblefield).

[T.D.]

Got to the final 3 tracks:

11: I like this quieter selection. Not sure it'd wind up in the purchase column, but I'd like to hear more from the group. Obviously vinyl sourced (some surface noise), but overall sound quality very good.

12: As one of the freer selections, this is the kind of thing I'd expect to like, but it didn't hit on all cylinders. Drummer definitely the high point. Sax-trombone dialogue occasionally got really repetitive and annoying, but then would rally and redeem itself with some nice passages, overall highly uneven. When the piano kicked in with a long passage near the end I thought "Damn, wish there'd been more piano", but then I didn't love the way he (she? though I doubt it) played. [That said, the pianist will likely turn out to be someone I'm a fan of! 😁] Would listen to some more, but not a hit of the BFT.

13: One of my favorites of the BFT! Can't hazard any guesses, though the saxist sounds vaguely familar. Not a big guitar listener, but liked the playing.

 

Thanks for the effort, enjoyed the listening. Drumming the overall highlight for me. Slightly surprising that I overall liked the hard-boppish tunes a little more than the freer ones. OTOH I only made two passes through the BFT and would not write off the performers of any selections. Looking forward to reveals.

Edited 6 hours ago by T.D.