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  1. 2 hours ago, tkeith said:

    Sorry, thought I had posted, but I don't see it.  

    Track 01 - A west coasty sound to me.  Not a strong point for me.  I like this.  It's not earth shattering, but quite pleasant.  No guesses.

    Track 02 - My first thought was Roy Eldredge, but it's pretty clear it wasn't him.  The tune is Avalon.  Oh!  There's Jaws.  Okay, so this must be Sweets with his ass on fire.  Very cool.  Yes, it is Sweets and Jaws.

     

    2 hours ago, tkeith said:

    Track 03 - Fiery alto.  It's Phil Woods for sure.  Later than the period I prefer, but that SOB sure could play!  Growly tenor.  Couldn't place him at first, then it hit me -- Lew Tabackin.  Lew is weird.  I'll love him for two tracks, but then remember why he's on my second-tier list.  However, when he shows up after not hearing him for awhile, he always leaves me with a positive reaction.  A former teacher put it this way:  "He married well."  Sounds corker, here, though!  Drummer is too busy to swing, particularly on the breaks.  Somehow I missed that it was Limehouse Blues until the out-chorus.   Phil and Lew, yes. I saw Lew live several times with the big band, and then in a Salute to Newport all star group, and he always played great live.

    Track 04 - Oh!  That's a Randy Weston tune.  Tanjah.  Not sure which version, but one I am less familiar with.  Seems like either one of his older (pre-1990) bands, or something very recent.  Sound leads me to believe the former... welp, there goes that theory, because there is Billy Harper.  Going back to the collection, my instincts weren't far off, but for some reason, I thought this album was newer than it is.  It's from this.    Yes.

    Track 05 - Jimmy Jones!  Ellington Jazz Party, Hello Little Girl feating Dizzy on trumpet, Little Jimmy Rushing on vocal and Jimmy Jones on piano.  Woodyard... man!  This was one of my favorite albums growing up, particularly this track.  BITCHIN'!  Though, with the headphones and modern mastering, I have to say the post-production work on this is more maddening than ever.  The splicing (and applause on my vinyl copy) were (are) horrendous.  Friggin' Columbia.  Yes, you are correct. I wonder what they cut out with the splicing.

    Track 06 - Sounds like Betty Carter, but I'm not sure what it is.  The opening rhythm section had me thinking it was one of the George Coleman dates with Harold Mabern, so I'll stick with that guess on piano, but no idea who the others are.  It is Betty Carter, but not Harold Mabern..

    Track 07 - Sure sounds like the Ellington band to me, but from earlier than I'm really solid on (that should bother me more than it does).  Yeah, definitely Carney and Hodges, so it's Duke.  Even the stuff that predates the bulk of my listening maintains one solid truth -- Ellington ALWAYS commands your attention.  Perfectly content to listen to this multiple times over, right now, though I can't be more specific about who/what it is.  It is the Ellington band.

    Track 08 - Oooo... tasty.  Song is familiar, but I'm not going to get it.  I love the feel of this.  Subdued, clean, but very interesting.  Ah!  Now, who's the alto?  Could be Phil Woods, again, but seems warmer to my ear.  Pleasant, thoughtful, and... well, warm.  No guess on the guitarist, but very tasteful.  Good pick -- looking forward to the reveal.  That breath controlled vibrato suggests old school... perhaps one of the teacher-types?  As you will find out in the Reveal today, it is Phil Woods.

    Track 09 - Very Early for this sort of song. I swear I have heard this before, which means I'm a tool, because I should be able to ID it, and cannot.  It is Very Early.

    Track 10 - Loving the droning (more than the keys, but it works).  Not sure I'd go to this a lot, but definitely the sort of thing I'd love to have swimming around my collection.  In fact, it has a distinct under-water feel to it.  Again, looking forward to the reveal. If the trumpets were more in-your-face, I would guess Kenton, because it's weird (in a very good way).  Reverb is a lot, but again, it works.  The trumpet soli kind of lost me... reminds me of some of the Bill Dixon stuff in my collection.

    Track 11 - Sounds like Cherry to me, but oddly, I'm not familiar with this.  There was a time in my life where my Friday nights were occupied with listening to music like this... on a schedule.  I kind of miss that.  I'm going to have to finish the rest of the test in another listening session, but I have to admit, I'm intrigued after this cut.  It is Don Cherry.

    Track 12 - Don't know what it is, but I want a whole lot more of it!!!  Me too. I wish that the artist had continued with more music like this.

    Track 13 - Has the quirky, anti-swing rhythm of Braxton.  I like the drums/bass, but the horns are leaving me with that Braxtonian emptiness.  Solo section, that feeling continues until the trumpet, which is obviously Kenny Wheeler.  Just not feeling the alto nor the melody. It is Braxton and Kenny Wheeler.

    Track 14 - Clueless about this, and a little cold by it, until about the five minute mark.  NOW we're getting somewhere.  Maybe a Manglesdorff project?  A very enjoyable slice of mayhem is what this becomes.  Not Mangelsdorff.

    I am glad that you got this in, as I am posting the Reveal today. My responses are in red next to your comments.

  2. No one has mentioned it so I will say that I like John McLaugjlin’s electric guitar solo on “Rawalpindi Blues”.  My reaction is that it is a compelling electric guitar solo without the overwhelming flurry of fast notes that was the characteristic of his Mahavishnu Orchestra playing not long after this. It was a different approach for John, which he did not explore further in recordings as far as I know. 

  3. 4 hours ago, JSngry said:

    You've provided two cuts from EOTH, neither of which I recognized, one of which I liked a big whole lot, the other which I found kind of annoying.

    For me, all of this adds up a need to revisit ETOH more than just casually, so thank you for that!

    I am glad if I inspired you. My favorites are the Overture (Side 1 of the three record set) and Side 5, but there are other pleasures throughout.

  4. Here is something I have wondered about "Rawalpindi Blues", Track 12 on this Blindfold Test.  In the booklet that comes with the LP set of Escalator Over the Hill, the lyrics are printed in a back section. The lines that Jack Bruce sings on "Rawalpindi Blues"  are credited to "Jack". There are responses sung by someone else, to what Jack is singing, credited to "His Friends." For example, :"His Friends" sing "let me stay away from you," and "what will we ever do with you."

    There is a separate section in the front of the booklet with the title "Musicians." . It shows that Jack's Traveling Band, the band on "Rawalpindi Blues",  consists of John McLaughlin, Carla Bley, Jack Bruce, and Paul Motian. There is no mention of "His Friends" in that musician credits section.

    There is yet another section near the front of the booklet with the title "Cast.", That section lists characters' names and which musicians and singers play them. It does not say which songs they appear on. In the "Cast" section, "His Friends" are Charlie Haden and Steve Ferguson.

    So is it Charlie Haden and Steve Ferguson singing the response parts on "Rawalpindi Blues"/ I have read that Charlie Haden was part of a family country band as a child. I am not sure if Charlie Haden could sing well.

    It is not made certain and clear, in the booklet and its credits.

  5. 1 hour ago, Hot Ptah said:

    Actually, Track 11 is also from Escalator Over the Hill. Tracks 11 and 12 make up Side 5 of the 3 LP set of Escalator Over the Hill.

    Don Cherry and the Desert Band begin the music on Side 5 with our Track 11, entitled “A.I.R. (All India Radio)”.

    That is followed on Side 5 by our Track 12, “Rawalpindi Blues”. Track 12 starts out with Jack’s Traveling Band (Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Carla Bley, Paul Motian). Then the Desert Band with the Sand Shepherd (Don Cherry) closes “Rawalpindi Blues” and Side 5 of the album.

    That is all correct. 

  6. On ‎10‎/‎7‎/‎2017 at 6:56 AM, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

    I certainly did enjoy some of it.

    1 Classical-style intro to a polite swing number which I didn’t find too interesting.

     

    2 ‘Avalon’ by a modern large band trying to sound individual but just managing to sound like more than merely adequate session guys. Tenor player sounds a lot like a real person, however. I quite enjoyed him.

     

    3 ‘Chinatown, my Chinatown’ by another modern large band. With another nice tenor player who might well be the same guy. In fact, it might be the same band, as the approach is very similar. Nice chase at the end.

     

    4 Islamic intro. V interesting way to start. Can’t remember the name of the Moroccan stringed instrument that gets the first solo. In comes the tenor player and he’s just playing not quite free enough to turn me off. This definitely ain’t my cup of tea, so I wouldn’t want to hear it a lot, but it’s definitely grabbing me. I really want to know who and what this is. I do wonder, though, why modern musicians are so keen on writing spiky little tunes. Very interesting, thanks.

     

    5 Shit, I should know this singer! Could this be William Basie with James Rushing Esq? Unswinging cymbals behind the trumpet solo say it’s some other band. And the lack of audience says the same. And, returning to the intro, it’s a modern pianist playing like Basie. So what’s true for the pianist is true for the whole band. They’re not doing bad at it, though. A different drummer would help, I reckon.

     

    6 Most gentlemen wouldn’t be as rude about this as I feel like being J Don’t know the song, but it sounds like someone else could make something meaningful of it. We’ve not yet reached the era of ‘everything’s been done so all that’s left is showing off’, as #4 demonstrates.

     

    7 Oh well now, THIS is the way to imitate Basie! I think the trumpet player is trying too hard. It’s not that guy that everyone here hates, whose name I can never remember as I’ve never heard him, is it?

     

    8 Pleasant stuff. Sounds like they resurrected Connie Kay to handle the percussion section.

     

    9 Dunno.

     

    10 Can’t find anything of interest in this. Dozed off towards the end.

     

    11 Oh, ditto, but I haven’t gone to sleep yet. Well, I did, after a couple of minutes. So, onto 12.

     

    12 Oh. Sampled the rest after a few minutes. Hm. Don’t see the point.

     

    13 Another spiky little tune. And spiky soloing, too. Well, I’ve got Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey &his International Brothers to look forward to. On to 14.

     

    14 See? You can even write spiky legato tunes, guys!

     

     

    But not all of it :g

    Now I'll see if I recognise any names.

    MG

    Thank you for your close attention and listening. I expected that some listeners might not like the avant garde selections, so I put them all together at the end. You can just stop listening when it gets to the part of the Test that you do not like.

    It is Sam Woodyard of the Ellington band on Track 5, of the unswinging cymbals as you put it.

    I bought the Duke Ellington Jazz Party album as an LP in the late 1970s. The liner notes stated that this Hello Little Girl recording was an unplanned, spontaneous jam session in the studio. Duke is not on piano, but conducted the band as the recording unfolded. Jimmy Jones is on piano. Jimmy Rushing had always wanted to sing with the Ellington band and took this opportunity when it presented itself, according to the liner notes.

    I have always wondered how off-the-cuff this recording could be, because the band plays simple riffs but plays them very precisely together. Maybe top musicians can just do that as a group with no rehearsal or planning. I wonder what the musicians on this board would have to say about that.

    22 hours ago, Hot Ptah said:

    1. A quirky, mildly ambitious piece. It reminds me at times of early Sun Ra but I am pretty sure it is not him.

    2. That is Eddie Lockjaw Davis with an exciting trumpet soloist and a lively pianist who can play stride. No idea what album this is or who they are.

    3. That is a ripsnortin' track! I like this s lot. That is some exciting saxophone playing. I don't know who it is.

    4. Tanja by Randy Weston, the title track of the album. Billy Harper on tenor sax. That is a great track. I bought this album as a cutout during my first burst of jazz enthusiasm and have always liked it a lot.

    5. Hello Little Girl from Duke Ellington's Jazz Party album. Dizzy Gillespie is the trumpet soloist. Jimmy Jones is on piano. Jimmy Rushing on vocals. It is so good to hear this again!

    6. I know this one too. Betty Carter from Now It's My Turn, the Cole Porter song Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love. I saw Betty live many times from 1978-82 and she was incredibly good in those years. This recording comes close to what I witnessed.

    7. That is Rex Stewart, with Duke Ellington, the song Boy Meets Horn. It is on one of those 2 LP Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall concerts of the 1940s which were released in the mid to late 1970s.

    i will discuss the rest of the Blindfold Test later. So far I am really enjoying this one!

     

    Track 1 is not early Sun Ra. I never thought of that.

    You are correct on all of the names that you have mentioned.

    21 hours ago, Hot Ptah said:

    8. I find this to be a lovely performance, with a nice feel. I take it that the guitarist is the leader. The saxophone player is also very good.

    9. A pleasant little guitar piece. No idea who it is.

    10. This has a relaxing feel. It is a unique style and sound. I don't recognize it.

    11. This is a favorite of mine. Thanks for including it. I went back and looked and see that no one has identified it yet. This is an album I have played very often. I will wait to see if anyone else identifies it by the later part of the month before I do.

    12. This is another selection I know. Again I will wait for someone else to identify it until the later part of the month.

    13. I think that this is Anthony Braxton on the 2 LP set I bought and enjoyed in the 1970s, the Montreux/Berlin Concerts. That would mean that Kenny Wheeler is the trumpet soloist. There is another track on that album with this type of tempo and feel, featuring George Lewis on trombone. I like both tracks.

    14. Wow, what IS this? WHO is this? A long combination of classical and jazz. I can't wait to find out who this is.

    This is quite an enjoyable set of tracks.'Thanks for putting it together.

     

    Track 13 is Anthony Braxton with Kenny Wheeler on the album that you mention.

    Thank you for your close attention and listening.

  7. 2 hours ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

    Hi CardinalJazzFan

    I logged on, expecting to find Jim Sangrey in charge of this one. But I'm downloading yours and looking forward to something I don't know what.

    MG

    I hope that you like it, or at least some of it.

  8. 19 hours ago, JSngry said:

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    TRACK ONE - Either Shank or Pepper on alto? Or both? Activist scoring! More bone than meat, overall. Nut sure which, if any, coast this is from, moments sound George Russelli-sh, actually, but I generally get more meat from Russell than is gotten here, so I'll chalk that up to coincidence.

    TRACK TWO - That WILL be Jaws.https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Edison-Edisons-Lights/release/2777312

    TRACK THREE - Oh my. I'm sure that felt good at the time, but please, no Bobby Durham references, ever, please! And here's where you'd really want Buddy Rich, actually. This type of Phil gets o my nerves, but Tabackin, it's tenor, so it takes longer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Woods/Lew_Tabackin

    TRACK FOUR - This came out roughly around the same time as Blue Moses and kind of got lost in the shuffle and ended up in cutout bins too soon, which is a drag because it's a great record, imo. and that WILL be Billy Harper.http://www.allmusic.com/album/tanjah-mw0000178173

    TRACK FIVE - ALL cylinders! Jimmys Jones and Rushing, Diddy Galippy, and do you ever NOT want Sam Woodyard? Sounds like a jazz part - IN STEREO! https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Party-Duke-Ellington/dp/B0000026AY

    TRACK SIX - I am unequivocal in my love of Betty Carter. https://www.soundstagedirect.com/betty-carter-now-it%27s-my-turn-180-gram-vinyl-lp-import.shtml

    TRACK SEVEN - iirc> https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-duke-elington-carnegie-hall-concerts-january-1943-duke-ellington-his-orchestra/165912

    TRACK EIGHT - Gabor Szabo? Or not? Phil Woods on cough syrup? Or not? I could like it? Or not? I should recognize the tune? Or not? TPassive-agressive triangle? YES!

    TRACK NINE - :Very Early". Not a favorite song, but fullest props to John McLaughlin. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/john-mclaughlin/belo-horizonte/

    TRACK TEN - Some might call this "dated", and ok, whatever. I like it, it's decisions being made in real time, Don Ellis maybe? Probably. Even if not, I'll usually want to hear a Don Ellis bad decision than most other folk's "correct playing" because by god, Don Ellis was invested in his decisions, all of them. Now is this him? I'm not immediately familiar, but it sounds like him, kind of Kentonish ensemble in some ways, but with real end-to-end ownership, from the pen to the ear. Yeah, that's Don Ellis. and it bugs me that I don't know the exact cut.

    TRACK ELEVEN - Don't recognize the record, and do like the music. Very much.

    TRACK TWELVE - I'm too old for all that by now. "What will we ever do with you?" is the type of question I no longer ask.

    TRACK THIRTEEN - Never too old for Braxton, though!

    TRACK FOURTEEN  - Should know this, but don't. Want to, and will. Seems like I've heard it before, but if you can't know for sure, then what difference does it make?

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    Thank you for the welcoming artwork. It reminds me of how when we want someone to feel at home in St. Louis, we take them to Ted Drewes for a concrete.

    1. You have not identified the artist.

    2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.  You have identified everything correctly. Did you get straight A's in school? You are a high achiever.

    With that, I am a little bit surprised that you are not immediately familiar with 11 and 12. I thought that 11 and 12 would be the easy ones to guess. Since I just love the music, I included 11 and 12 anyway.

    You have the artists correct on 10 and 13. What are the albums?

    1 hour ago, felser said:

    Yeah, I can still see the Record Museum cutout sticker on my copy of it in my mind.  Was my second album by Weston, along with the Montreux set he did with Harper (also a cutout - on my income back then, they were almost always cutouts.  And whatever happened to cutout bins - where do out of print CD's go now?).

    In St. Louis now,  cutouts often go with a saw cut in the plastic case to Half Price Books.  

    I love that Randy Weston album. I bought it when it was released.

  9. 21 hours ago, BillF said:

    Track 2

    "Avalon" played by a quintet featuring Count Basie and Eddie Lockjaw Davis. Hot mainstream trumpeter reminiscent of Clark Terry and Roy Eldridge, but I don't think it's either of them. Joe Newman, perhaps? Probably recorded under the Norman Granz aegis - Pablo or some such.

    Track 3

    "Limehouse Blues"

    Track 5

    This great track is from Duke Ellington's Jazz Party. Jimmy Rushing sings "Hello Little Girl", the Ellington orch roars behind him, Dizzy takes the trumpet solo, Sam Woodyard is much in evidence and it's Jimmy Jones - not Duke - on piano.

    Track7

    This one's a bit early for me, but - Rex Stewart? - just guessin' :D

    I am responding to your comments.

    2. It is Count Basie and Eddie Lockjaw Davis. I had imagined that maybe listeners would not think that it was Count Basie on piano, because he plays a lot more notes here than he often did in his later career. It is a Norman Granz album. You have not guessed the trumpet player.

    3. You have guessed the song title.

    5. Everything you have said is correct. I have loved this track for a long time.

    7.  The trumpet player is Rex Stewart. When I saw Lester Bowie live I remembered this particular track.

    21 hours ago, BillF said:

    Track 9

    Short and sweet. Bill Evans' beautiful "Very Early" done by two guitarists.

     

    It is Bill Evans' "Very Early". According to the album's liner information, there is one guitarist. Maybe overdubbed? I am not sure.

  10. 3 hours ago, JSngry said:

    Will their be a selection form Headhunters in tribute to Mr. Gibson? Or a version of Too Close From Comfort?

    I jest, no longer a Cardinal fan, but always a Bob Gibson fan.

    That is funny. It was a different era of baseball, and Bob Gibson was one of the masters of the high hard one, inside. I remember how he would throw a fastball close on three straight pitches to someone like Frank Robinson, sending him sprawling into the dirt on each pitch. That would never happen today. The pitcher would be fined and suspended.

  11. 1 hour ago, felser said:

    Welcome, we look forward to it!  I remember my first hosted BFT, it was a blast.  And that's a nice 1968 Bob Gibson Topps card as your avatar!

    Thank you. I wondered if anyone would recognize that photo. Bob is one of my favorite all time Cardinals.

  12. On October 1 I will be posting a link which Mr. Thom Keith has prepared for Blindfold Test 163.

    This is my first time hosting a Blindfold Test. I have been visiting this board for awhile and have now become a member. 

    I hope that you have as much fun listening to this music as I had putting it together. 

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