Jim R

Hmmm.. even if you said "besides Round Midnight", I think that would seem a dubious statement. Just as an example, forgetting about R.M., I've got five versions of Ruby My Dear (by five different artists, without Monk present) in my collection that pre-date that Lacy session.

Good suggestion- I had forgotten all about those more recent twofer releases.

Yes, I believe I mentioned these in the "Hard Bossa" thread. I enjoy them, and I think Deodato was more important in his early years in Brazil than many people realize (he arranged for many people on a variety of recordings). Here's a list of the Os Catedraticos titles on the Equipe label: Samba Nova Concepçao Impulso! Tremendao O Som Dos Catedraticos Ataque Os Catedraticos '73 The only problem I have with these is that there is a lot of overlap between them (several songs on more than one album). But overall a nice set of albums, which were all released individually in 24 bit by Ubatuqui some years back.

YES!!! YES!!! YESSSSSS!!!! Who's da man? I'M da maaaan!!!! ← 9.9, 9.9, 9.9, 10, 9.9, 9.9 But seriously Al (not really, of course), you were ALready da maaaan.

Can't necessarily vouch for its accuracy, but found this on the "Pure Desmond" website... The Complete Recordings of the Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall Mosaic Records (MD4-)120 DISCS 1-4 Disc 1 - 1959-1963 Cuts #1-7 were released by Warner Bros. on WS 1356, First Place Again! Cut #8 was released on Playboy PB-1959-C, The Playboy Jazz All-Stars Album, Vol 3. Cut #9 was recorded for RCA but previously unreleased. Cuts #10 & 12 were released by RCA on Take Ten, LSP 2569. Cut #11 was released by RCA on Easy Living, LSP 3480. 1. East of the Sun (H) (Brooks-Bowman) 5:41 2. For All We Know (H) (Coots-Lewis) 5:30 3. I Get a Kick Out of You (H) (Porter) 8:35 4. Greensleeves (H) (Trad. Arr: Desmond) 2:02 5. Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West (H) (Lewis) 7:25 6. Time After Time (H) (Cahn-Styne) 6:09 7. You Go To My Head (H) (Coots-Gillespie) 6:24 8. Susie (H) (Desmond) 3:49 9. Out of Nowhere (D) (Heyman-Green) 5:46 10. The One I Love © (Jones-Kahn) 6:35 11. Polka Dots and Moonbeams © (Burke-Van Heusen) 5:51 12. Samba de Orfeu © (Maria-Bonfa) 4:19 Disc 2 - 1963-1964 Cuts #3,5,7 were recorded for RCA but previously unreleased. Cuts #1 & 13 were released by RCA on Glad to be Unhappy, LSP 3407. Cuts #2,4,6,8,9,11 were released by RCA on Take Ten, LSP 2569. Cuts #10 & 12 were released by RCA on Easy Living, LSP 3480. 1. Poor Butterfly © (Hubbell-Golden) 7:17 2. Theme from Black Orpheus © (Maria-Bonfa) 4:10 3. Embarcadero © (Alternate) (Desmond) 4:56 4. El Prince © (Desmond) 3:23 5. El Prince © (Alternate) (Desmond) 5:35 6. Alone Together © (Dietz-Schwartz) 6:51 7. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes © (Bernier-Brainin) 7:17 8. Nancy © (Silvers-Van Heusen) 6:03 9. Embarcadero © (Desmond) 3:58 10. Blues for Fun © (Desmond) 6:24 11. Take Ten (W) (Desmond) 3:12 12. That Old Feeling (W) (Fein-Brown) 5:45 13. Angel Eyes (W) (Dennis-Brent) 6:15 Disc 3 - 1964 Cuts #1,4,7,10 were recorded for RCA but previously unreleased. Cuts #2 & 11 were released by RCA on Glad to be Unhappy, LSP 3407. Cut #3 was released by RCA on Easy Living, LSP 3480. Cuts #5,6,8,9,12,13 were released by RCA on Bossa Antigua, LSP 3320. 1. Rude Old Man (W) (Wright) 5:38 2. A Taste of Honey (W) Scott-Marlow) 4:28 3. When Joanna Loved Me (W) (Wells-Segal) 5:43 4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Alternate) (W) (Burke-Van Heusen) 5:10 5. Samba Cantina (W) (Desmond) 5:37 6. Bossa Antigua (W) (Desmond) 4:36 7. Samba Cepeda (W) (Desmond) 5:06 8. A Ship Without a Sail (W) (Rodgers-Hart) 6:17 9. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (W) (Bernier-Brainin) 4:41 10. O Gato (Alternate) (H) (Hall) 4:52 11. Any Other Time (W) (Desmond) 4:21 12. The Girl from East 9th Street (W) (Desmond) 5:55 13. Curacao Doloroso (W) (Desmond) 4:26 Disc 4 - 1964-1965 Cuts #3,7-9 were recorded for RCA but previously unreleased. Cut #1 was released by RCA on Bossa Antigua, LSP 3320. Cuts #2,4,5 were released by RCA on Glad to be Unhappy, LSP 3407. Cuts #6, 10-12 were released by RCA on Easy Living, LSP 3480. 1. O Gato (W) (Hall) 4:24 2. Starnger in Town (W) (Torme) 4:23 3. By the River Saint Marie (W) (Leslie-Warren) 6:14 4. Glad to be Unhappy (W) (Rodgers-Hart) 5:32 5. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (W) (Deutsch-Kaper) 4:40 6. Easy Living (W) (Robin-Rainger) 7:04 7. All Across the City (W) (Hall) 4:30 8. Bewitched (Alternate) (W) Rodgers-Hart) 7:46 9. All Through the Night (W) (Porter) 5:27 10. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (H) (Lerner-Loewe) 4:14 11. Here's That Rainy Day (H) (Burke-Van Heusen) 12. Bewitched (H) (Rodgers-Hart) 6:21 Paul Desmond/Alto Sax Jim Hall/Guitar Connie Kay/Drums Cuts marked (H): Percy Heath/Bass Cut marked (D): George Duvivier/Bass Cuts marked ©: Gene Cherico/Bass Cuts marked (W): Gene Wright/Bass

IMO, it's even more fun if you approach these tests "blind". I'll give you credit for being honest and admitting that you read the threads and open links before you post, but to me you're still not getting the full "blindfold" test experience that way. But whatever... that's just my take.

i spelt it wrong as it is w/ a "c" (silly fingers). how can you hate it? dig is right. invented by some backseat Bahian toddler with an empty McFlurry. ←

I'm sure we all agree. Cheers, Bill.

Wow- very surprising that tracks 2, 6 and 7 all came from the same album. I was just doing a bit of Googlin' on this, and found this page from a publishing company where they're selling Nelson charts. There are a couple of MP3 samples of other tracks (the title track, plus "Yearnin") from B,B & B, complete with creepy voiceovers by one of their reps... http://www.sierramusic.com/mp3/CD108/SMP373.mp3 I think there may be more extensive MP3's of B,B & B elsewhere... I just posted this for its weirdness value.

Joe, I didn't either. I actually thought it was more Benson than Martino on first listen. Then changed my mind. Actually it's VERY un-Martino. But it's even MORE un-Benson upon closer analysis. (CD says it's Martino) ← Maybe not a quite a dead giveaway, but hearing the way he phrased around the middle-toward-the-end of his solo is what made me flip my opinion over to Pat. I think (generally speaking) there may have been fewer dead giveaways in his 1966 playing than say, in 1976.

Re-reading the posts I see this track has been snuffled out and I guessed the title of the tune without even googling or nuthin'. Made my day thasall! The demonchaser on the oil cans. ← Right album, wrong tune! ← sheet, never could get under the stick anyhow! JimR and mikeweil had the album. ← Track 8? No, twasn't me (had no idea who or what it was). I see that Nate Dorward had posted a link to the album... although I'm not sure if he identified which track... (but then I'm not sure about A LOT of things )

===== As expected, this was a blast... went by too quickly... didn't it? Jim, thanks for the music, the laughs, the education, and for sharing your passion so eloquently.

Hmm... all I can say is that Vick was present on the session listed directly above ("New York, ________ 1965" ... not even a month given )- one tune ("You'd be so easy to love") that made it to another album (7567)...

Jim, that's listed as NY, late '65/early '66, Holloway, McD,Martino,Dukes.

Re track 1, here's what the Prestige discography has: Jack McDuff: Red Holloway (ts),Jack McDuff (org),George Benson (g),Joe Dukes (d) acc by big band directed by Benny Golson (arr, cond). New York, February __ 1966 walk on by....................... PR 7476, PR 7771, 45-399 talking 'bout my woman.............-.........-........45-423 jersey bounce.........................-.........- too many fish in the sea............-.........-........45-399 Red Holloway (ts),Harold Ousley (ts),Jack McDuff (org),Pat Martino (g),Joe Dukes (d) (1)=Holloway out New York, February __ 1966 haitian lady.............................PR 7476 for those who choose....................-......45-423 song of the soul (1)......................- the live people..........................PR 7492 stop it.....................................PR 7529 more (1)...................................PR 7567 that's when we thought of love.........- how high the moon............PR 7642 (= "I GOT A WOMAN") chicken feet..............................PR 7666

George Benson? I know this was a controversial subject, but as I posted after actually looking in the prestige discography, I think my hunch (that this guitarist's phrasing was reminiscent of Pat Martino) was correct. I probably should have been more blunt about it, but this being a BFT and all... I had that impression before seeing Martino identified the discography, and before it was indicated that Martino was identified on the CD release, so I'm pretty confident about it now. Of course, discographies can be wrong, so Benson, Eddie Diehl, Glen Campbell, and Roy Clark are still possibilities...

9.6 9.5 9.4 9.8 (French judge ) 9.5 9.6

In both cases, I had reissue LP's before I got original LP's (also received a clean original of KOB as a gift once). I think I've had at least three KOB CD versions including the boxed set, and two GS's. Generally, I've never been a CD audio upgrader unless bonus material was involved (although there have been exceptions). Jazz Kat, you're a hoot.

Not a complete and formal discography, but you might check this out: http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argoa.html

I KNEW it!

I can just see it now... Jim announces the answers, and the guitarist on track 1 is... Eddie Diehl.

Wow. I thought I was going completely insane, but this brings it all together. I was going through the Prestige discography (hey, you have to give in eventually), and I went through a shitload of McDuff listings... and foolishly gave up before I got to the February '66 session. I guess I didn't expect there to be another version with such a similar arrangement 3 years later (the "Something Slick" session with Burrell, which Harold Z mentioned, was in '63). Let's just say the personnel listed for this track in the discography makes sense to me.

And what should happen to the people who thought the guitarist was Kenny Burrell?

Well, I think that's way different from saying "there are very few records whose art is really worth much"... and I still disagree, for reasons stated. I know we're all wired up differently, though, and I respect your opinion.