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  1. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    I second these recommndations. In his younger years, Jacquet seemed a bit competitive to me, especially in jam session contexts, to a lesser degree in his leader dates. From the Verve dates on he seems more relaxed and self-assured and mature to me. I like the Verve sides a lot, but they are hard to get, and never were reissued in satisfying compilations. 

  5. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    Turns out I bought that Jacquet album a few months ago, but listened only once or twice to it until now. His Clef/Verve albums are a cause of neglect - they deserve the Mosaic treatment! I thought of Jo Jones, but wanted to listen once more to confirm .... 

  6. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil
    typos

    Okay, here's the remainder:

    8 - Joe - Initially I thought of the Jazztet, but that's not Benny Golson. Nice feel overall, that band sounds like they played together some time. Mellow, relaxed, but still intense. I like how the pianist takes his time. Almost fragile trombone sound. A bit like Bill Harris. He's talkin'! Clark Terry! Now what the hell is this record? Clarinet? Now I'm stomped .... That repeated note is out of tune, sorry. Very nice mixture! 

    9 - mikeweil - Night In Tunisia with Spanish lyrics .... I should know who this is ....

    10 - Ken Dryden - Just-a-Sittin'and-a-Rockin'-very-slowly with a pipe organ - could this be Dick Hyman? I don't know any other pipists. I like this. Probably not Hyman? I dunno. Nice closer.

    Great idea for an annoversary BFT, and nice to be in both roles! Thanks to everybody.

  8. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

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    Posted

    To me, that's a deeply black characteristic: stompy, but with grace and elegance!

    Depends a lot on th drummer, how he plays his bass drum, and how it is recorded. I have the impression that many producers didn't like that sound and generally found bass drums obtrusive.

  9. BFT 240 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil
    typos

    Chiming in, at last - too many things keping me busy. Didn't peek at the other guesses. 

    1 - Dr J - Very professional performance, clean, proficient, very good singer and band, but somehow doesn't move me.

    2 - Dan Gould - evokes a similar reaction as the previous track. Very clean and competent, excellent soloists, but doesn't move me. I think it would have sounded better with an acoustic bass and recorded in a good natural acoustics. The strudio sound is a big part of the cleanliness. But  I would like to hear more of that band. 

    3 - JSngry - Very nice. I love that old fashioned stompy swing feel. When I read who that tenor is I probably will exclaim "of course!". Is that Roy Eldridge? I can listen to that kind of stuff for hours!

    4 - Felser - I dunno. We all love Trane's and Tyner's innovations, but again this lacks the emotional power , at least to my ears, that the 1960's modal music had. 

    5 - mjzee - Reminds me of Basie, the new testament band. I would take my wife to a concert of that band, if it still existed.  196O's? Three minutes is all you need to say what you have to say.

    6 - medjuck - nice calypso groove, it looses a bit of impact whenever they switch to swing in the B section and the percussionists lays out. Pianist phrases too sloppily. They should have given they percussionists a chorus. Strange ending.

    7 - tkeith - now that's the most insteresting track to me, so far, catches my attention with its mix of early jazz and Carribean styles. I like the natural balance of the recording, too.  Who is this? The trombonist quotes from some Joao Donato recording. Very nice!

    More tomorrow.

     

  14. What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

    in Classical Discussion

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    13 hours ago, T.D. said:

    This looks interesting. I was a fan of Vasks back in the '90s, then lost track and have been unaware of his piano works.

    It was a birthday present from a friend who works at the German publisher of Vasks' works. Definitely worth a listen - partly calm, partly energetic, but never hyperactive, the music takes its time to develop, is never bland. He has a style of his own. The CD, btw, plays a few seconds over 80 minutes! 

  16. How Dates Enter The Jazz Discography Canon, In Error

    in Discography

    Posted

    Sometimes it's just sloppiness when filling out the data sheets accompanying a tape box, especially when it's done after the fact. While researching Cal Tjader, S. Duncan Reid was lucky to find out there was a Tjader fan among Californian journalists who announced upcoming concerts and/or reviewed them. The dates in the Fantasy archives often were a week off. Sometimes dates in the album credits had the wrong days of festival appearances. 

    I'd rather not muse about studio recordings involving overdubs over a lengthy time period. How do you date these? 

  19. Does Oscar Peterson get a bad rap?

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    On 3/3/2024 at 3:05 AM, JSngry said:

    Errol Garner was one of those people who could sound perfectly innocent while being pretty damn subversive. 

    Magician indeed! 

    That one convinces me. Just found a nicely priced copy and ordered it.

  20. Can song lyrics ever be literature?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    12 hours ago, felser said:

    I treat at least parts of some song lyrics as poetry or, less often, prose.  I own Dylan lyrics 1962-1985 book and the Springsteen lyrics book. Dylan's "My Back Pages", "Chimes of Freedom", those are poetry to me.  Something like Norman Whitfield's "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" and "Cloud Nine" and Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billy Joe" and Mann/Weil's "On Broadway" and Springsteen's "The River" and "Thunder Road" and "Racing in the Streets" are prose to me.

    It's hard for me to imagine some of your examples without the meoldy they are sung to. So I would say it depends. I know a lot of excellent poetry that could not be sung. In classical music, composers chose the song lyrics according to their potential as songs. But these were not written with that in mind, which may be the main distinction to song/sung lyrics.

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