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A couple days late, life gets complicated! 1 – I like this a lot, it’s just the sort of thing that finds a home on my shelves, nice inside/outside feel.  Trumpeter sure sounds like Freddie Hubbard, tenor player makes me think of Joe Henderson, though the composition doesn’t remind me of either of them.  The rhythm section is first rate.   If I don’t own this already, I’ll look to rectify that post-haste.   Great start. 2 – OK, this is interesting.  I am enjoying it, and curious to know what it is.  Piano solo stands out to me, but the composition and arrangement are also really refreshing, though things get sort of wonky to me after it.  But overall, it’s a bracing listen. 3 – Tenor has a beautiful tone.  Whole group is first-rate.  In some ways, I admire this more than I enjoy it, as the composition leaves me fairly cold, though I can appreciate that it’s performed incredibly well, and in many ways this performance quite lovely.  I would listen to this at a different time of day (early morning, maybe). 4 – Wow, loving this!   Makes me think of that Dave Holland group with Julian Priester which did such great work on ECM, though it is likely of earlier vintage.  Can’t wait for the reveal and to ensure this is on my shelves! 5 – Has to be Lester Bowie, doesn’t it?  It’s interesting, but not compelling to me. 6 – Goldfinger!  By someone who listened to their Duane Eddy and Ventures records!  Fun, for sure, but definitely overstays its welcome. 7 – Wichita Lineman!  First (and only) thought is Gabor Szabo, though I can’t locate it.  Immensely enjoying this and would like to have it on the shelves if it’s not there already. 8 – Happy Birthday!  To me, pompous nonsense (and I’m someone who owns almost all of the Keith Jarrett solo albums), but YMMV. 9 – As Time Goes By? One of the great pre-bop tenor masters, no doubt, but not of much interest to me. 10 – Back on track now, thanks.  Like the tenor player, love the bass player!  Looking forward to the reveal. 11 – No thanks, totally lost on me. 12 – This is the change in rhythm in later times which turns me off, feels stiff and static to me.  The tenor player is a monster, and the organist is great, which redeems the cut for me, and it will be a welcome reveal. 13 – Much more my preference for organ combo style!  Love it!  Interesting in this BFT where you seem to be pairing track with different approaches to same instrument combinations (here with the organs, earlier with the guitars and the tenor players). 14 – I know this one  (cut 5 on this disc) , without having ever heard it before!  I have another album by this group, and they’re unmistakable.  I find them fun, but sort of a one-trick pony.   And I was never a big Ohio Players guy, give me Kool & The Gang instead! Really enjoyed this BFT, and look forward to the reveal, thanks!     WF definitely wouldn't like!

Kinda the Postcards All-Stars here. It was a nifty label. "Dated" in the sense of technology. "Derivative" in that it sometimes sounds like if Wayne and Joe never got into popular rhythms and such.  Pleasant listening, and with the players on hand to move it ahead. Fun listen!

General house keeping comment I've got the archive complete through 2017.  With the new site setup, I've changed the instructions for naming files for the BFT.  In short, if you follow the new instructions, uploading becomes a breeze and very little time is wasted (as opposed to what I'm going through building the archive).  Please and thanks, take a look at the instructions here: https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/83336-how-to-setting-up-a-blindfold-test/

Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 & No.5