mikeweil

Now you know why ... I'm afraid I'll have to watch my head closely ....

Your Royal Highness, after reading the others' comments you should realize that you didn't come out that bad ..... Disc one was more for tickling out your commentaries about stylistics than for simple guessing. Glad at last someone likes the singer on track 7, EKE BBB has expressed that too. This will be remembered as the polarization BFT!

Portrait of Jim R after repeated listening to BFT 18 disc 2, track 15, accompanied by pulling of hair ???? Take this as a disclaimer ....

B-)

... and after you have found out who plays guitar on track 15 I will be double champion

Sorry, no.

Be assured Hampton Hawes plays nowhere on these two discs ..... One pianist is on three tracks, however.

This artist and this CD in particular was who I was thinking about. Funny thing, I didn't recognize the tune at all, but this was who I first thought of. Oh well..... Sorry about this one ... For my latinized ears the styles of the arrangers involved sound very different.

The more room ambience you have in a recording the more distant the instrument sound. To me it seems like this is what you observed - the mono track sounds more direct. But Blakey plays a little different and louder on the last (mono) take. Hard to say whether it comes from the stereo/mono technique.

You are! I thought most of you would know the tune but not this earlier version.

That’s my man Jimmy Cobb on that?!?!? Oh yes, I GOTS to get this one!!!! Buy directly from the leader - I got it from him: service was fast and reliable, and he gets the most this way.

I will re-listen for this - thanks for your observations.

'f course it is! The quartet sides are my favourite Gryce and among my favourite Monk. Percy Heath is great on this one, too. If you like the large group sides, check out the Oscar Pettiford ABC sides with Gryce on board collected on this Impulse CD:

Is the stereo spread that extreme on these issues? In the box set, it is okay - I generally like the way Jack Higgins spread the band between the extremes, and the room ambience sounds pretty natural on my equipment.

That would match Keepnews' recollection that the stereo machine failed during that one take of Crepuscule. It still malfunctioned when they started Epistrophy, it seems, and they kept the fragmented or second choice take for Coltrane's solo.

A Blindfold Test. You're played music without prior knowledge about who and what it is, and comment on it and perhaps guess who it is. I think it was introduced by Leonard Feather and there is still one each in the monthly issues of Jazz Times and down beat - some are conducted in public. A group of organissimo members does this by exchanging CDRs - check the Blindfold Test Forum.

Kenny Burrell at the Vanguard - both the trio version with Richard Davis and Roy Haynes and the two Guitar Band CDs on Blue Note with Rodney Jones and Bobby Broom Mongo Santamaria at the Blackhawk Cal Tjader at the Blackhawk Wes Montgomery at Tsubo's Ellington at Newport 56 any Clarke-Boland Monk Big Band at Lincoln center 1963 !!!!!! ... just those that come to my mind right now.

This ist considerably cheaper than buying individual CDs - which never were sold at mid-price - or the complete LP collection box. Considering how many jazz albums I could buy at my small budget right now ... How far does the series of Capitol releases different from the British LPs go?

Okay - I'm going to make me a verystrong capuccino and start the day with this album .....

I know I'm asking much of you to work through two and a half hours of music and cannnot send out enough thanks that you actually do it. I love you all! I'll do the same for you any other BT!

Same thoughts here. The diversity of reactions on the same tracks is amazing in this test - but then I got it right

Re track 1: The vibist has not been mentioned by any of the guessers so far. Re track 4 I will keep my mouth shut for now ...

..... and who's singing them?

Half a century .... Born the day this was recorded: