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  1. BFT #56 Discussion Disc 1

    in Blindfold Test

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    Track 27 – This gives me some hope, though I’m not a big fan of those vibes. I can hear where the stuff I listen to comes out of this, and that’s nice.

    Track 28 – Again, this is closer to the stuff I listen to. Interesting. Has almost that Hamid Drake feel in the underlying beat. Neat.

    Track 29 – Neat arrangement – I like the way it built up into crazy brass near the end.

    Track 30 – Fun, just doesn’t maintain my interest.

    Track 31 – I like this a lot. But for the sound, this could be from any era. It’s a simple line, but it has a strong feel to it. No idea who this is, but I would buy this. I love this bone player – no flash, just balls. Wish the sound was cleaner because I like what the drummer’s doing, but it winds up sounding muddled. Not sure about the tenor, other than to say he’s a bad man. Natural tendency is to guess Hawk. Don’t know for sure and don’t care – me likey!!!!! I actually hear a lot of David Murray in this guy, and that makes my solider salute. 7:05 – this MFer is knocking me out! Every modern player should have to listen to this and understand it. This is it! Unconscious!

    Track 32 – I’ve heard this before, but I can’t place it. Nice way to cool down after the previous cut.

    Track 33 – Hey! Finally a tune I know. :D I have a soft spot for this since hearing Lester Young’s vocal version. LOL No idea who the tenor is. Piano could be Fatha, but doesn’t sound loose enough.

    Track 34 – Uh-oh… back to the other stuff… this just bugs me. Very busy and bouncy, but doesn’t really touch me.

    Track 35 – See, now this is bouncy, but more interesting. Seems like it’s going somewhere where the last one just didn’t. The band parts work, but the improvs sort of leave me cold.

    Track 36 – I like this arrangement on the introduction, but it slides back into that bouncy feel again. I guess it’s just a taste thing, but it doesn’t work for me.

  2. BFT #56 Discussion Disc 1

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    Track 21 – Not a clue in the house.

    Track 22 – Hmmm… this is neat, it sort of has the type feel of something written by Abdullah Ibrahim. To my ear, this is one of the more musical cuts in this bft. Very listenable and interesting.

    Track 23 – I know one of the things that troubles me about this genre – it’s my distaste for the clarinet. Still, this is a very interesting melody; very mysterious and patient.

    Track 24 – This just doesn’t touch me.

    Track 25 – If this didn’t have the vocalist it’d be interesting to me. Like the trumpet solo, but can’t go the singer.

    Track 26 – This has been an interesting disc, but I can’t lie, I may not make it through disc 2 if it’s the same era. :huh: I can handle this stuff in small doses and moods, but this is a lot of time, which I don’t currently have an abundance of, to spend with a genre totally unfamiliar to me. I hope to learn from it, but I’m feeling a bit dejected at the moment. :D

  3. BFT #56 Discussion Disc 1

    in Blindfold Test

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    That was from Friday, this is from today:

    Track 11 – No impressions.

    Track 12 – No impressions. I’m on day two – like I said earlier, it’s hard for me to listen to this period *constantly*.

    Track 13 – Interestingly quirky. Reminds me a bit of the experimental Kenton phase. Don’t know the year, but I’d say this is definitely ahead of it’s time.

    Track 14 – I like the band, the solos not as much.

    Track 15 – Raucous, but to be honest, I tuned it out pretty quickly. Hope these responses aren’t too negative, I’m just typing what my gut sends me via my ears.

    Track 16 – This sounds like Basie to me. It has more story than most of the rest of these. I realize that’s a poor way of wording it, but that’s my instant reaction. There’s a story being told, and I want to know the outcome. I haven’t felt that with the other tunes (excepting maybe tracks 10 & 13). I could guess a bunch of names and be wrong, so I’m not going to bother. I’d be breakfast on Basie, though.

    Track 17 – I grew up listening to Basie and Ellington, and that stuff has always reached me and touched me more as a result. My grandparents took me to a dance when I was about 14, and Ted Herbert’s band was playing. I enjoyed it, but it lacked the magic of the Ellington & Basie stuff I was used to. That’s the way this strikes me. This would be fun to watch life, but it’s not really wowing me.

    Track 18 – This is too early for my ears.

    Track 19 – It’s neat to hear the horns mesh at this tempo, but I’m finding it hard to stay invested in the listening after a short time.

    Track 20 – The instrumentation was enough to rope me in early on this one, I just wish each had more time to stretch. Just when I get interested in what one instrument is doing, another one takes over. That’s clearly the point, but I feel short changed. That’s it for this session, must go buy tires.

  4. BFT #56 Discussion Disc 1

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    I got nothin'. I'm just going to post my reactions as I listen. This is a weak genre for me thus, it's been a laborious BFT.

    Track 1 – Hmm… not a clue. I’d guess Louis because of fat vibrato, but I seldom listen to this period. It does not lack heat, that’s for sure. Piano makes me want to hear Dave Burrell on Marion Brown’s SPOOKS. :D

    Track 2 – Yaw killin’ me brothah! Again, no clue, but fun.

    Track 3 – Again, no idea, but fun. Couldn’t listen to it all day, though.

    Track 4 – Eeesh… I guess this is more of a listening exercise than a BFT for me. This one is cool, but I could do without the vocals.

    Track 5 – T’ain’t my bag. Couldn’t make it through this one.

    Track 6 – I like the piano, but the alto is off putting. Can’t explain why, it just… well… bugs me.

    Track 7 – No idea. Sounds like a neat exercise more than a tune.

    Track 8 – Feel like I’m watching Tom & Jerry. :D Most of these thus far have struck me as… I guess, cute. But not as bloody as the stuff I gravitate towards. Not sure, but seems like I’ve heard this tenor player.

    Track 9 – This one’s not touching me a’tall.

    Track 10 – Of all the slower tempo stuff, I like this one best thus far, but the scoopiness of the tenor player bugs me a bit. Not so much in the solo, but on the head. In the solo, it’s nice.

  6. How do you pronounce.........

    in Artists

    Posted

    Also, I noticed on the WWUH website that they say Charlie COAL hace... to the best of my knowledge, it's COAL haze.

    I know Charlie - it's definitely COAL hace.

    :mellow::blink: Gosh... sure wish he'd correct me when I introduce him, then. :rhappy: Probably just used to it. I shall fix it in the future... thanks, Jack.

  8. MLB 2008

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    MANNY RAMIREZ!!!!

    Rumors of his decline phase may be exaggerated. :g

    I took a fair amount of shit for drafting him in the first round (keeper league, so really the 5th round) in my draft on Saturday. I'm looking like a friggin' genius so far. Now if Saltalamacchia would just get his shit together...

  15. William Parker

    in Artists

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    Parker is sort of like Andrew Cyrille -- a pretty safe bet. That said, the stuff that blows my mind is from a specific period (sort of like with Shepp). As for the other instruments, I'd only agree on the grounds that his bass work is so spectacular -- it's just a let down to hear him on something else. Though, I had the good fortune to take part in an after hours jam where he played douss'n gouni (sp?) and that was pretty awesome.

    Best complement I've heard is from my father, who saw THE quartet many times, and said: "Garrison had heart, but he was limited. I wish this guy had been around as part of that group."

    Regarding the extra track on THE OLMEC SESSIONS, the rest of the record is from the early nineties, and it's not quite up to the stuff he did late in the decade and beyond. That cut is later than the rest, and is indeed an amazing piece of music -- worth the price of the album twice over.

  18. Blindfold Test Master Signup Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    How's 'bout I split the difference and do a stream *and* a download. FWIW, it wouldn't be so much of a stream, rather than a server-side player which would allow the listener to play each song just like a media player on your computer. I realize this doesn't address your issue, so I'll do a download, too.

  22. *** Clifford Jordan ***

    in Artists

    Posted

    Interesting thread. I agree with most of what's been said excepting the warm reception of THE ADVENTURER. It's a very average date by Jordan standards (similar to The Pentagon -- speaking of atrocious covers).

    Some things I would add to check out:

    Benny Powell's Coast to Coast with a great version of THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN

    Dick Griffin's Now Is The Time -- Jordan is featured prominently, particularly on THE QUEEN

    I got to see Clifford in 1992 at The Hasty Pudding Club. Clifford let me tape that show, and the band was John Hicks, Jamil Nasser and Vernell Fournier. Great night!

    The key with Jordan is it would be quicker to list the stuff to avoid than the stuff worth getting. Clifford is a pretty safe bet.

  24. Fathead Newman's Bigger & Better

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Fathead is greatly under appreciated. He *is* somewhat limited in the grand scheme, but he does what he does so damned well, who really cares? I had the good fortune to talk with him when I saw him a few years back. Exceptionally nice guy who really knows music. (Also got to chat briefly with "my guy" John Hicks that night... not as personable, but I could care less --- he's still "my guy")

    The first few Fathead records are all great, but strangely, his recent output is probably second among his output to that stuff. His KAREN, MY LOVE, is an anthemic ballad. We had a friend visiting the night we saw him and our friend had a choice -- stay at our house alone or pony up for a ticket. He came along, and when David played that tune, our friend -- who's more of a folker than a Jazz guy -- sat in his seat, stunned, uttering, "Wow!" A side note: Sculler's let us stay for the second set for a mere $10 each; great for us, a travesty for David. (Yoron Israel was on drums and was spectacular... forget the bassist... a white dude who was a bad-ass, but not Novesel).

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