Daniel A

Reinier?

All right, Jim! Here's what was on track 14 If you happen to come across any pictures of the pianist on that website... he doesn't have that haircut anymore.

Sorry if I was unclear. I was thinking of the upcoming blindfold tests, and my thought was that the CDRs should be given a few days more to reach a reasonable amount of the participants before the "discussion" thread is started, to allow some more members into the discussions from the start. No offence intended to those who got into the task with such enthusiasm and skill! It just appeared that some people got their CDRs when the discussion already filled several pages. I understand that it's unresonable to wait for everyone to receive their discs, I just wondered what you'd think about the idea to kick off the discussions when a few more have had the chance to play the disc through.

Hi folks! I've enjoyed the first round of the blindfold test immensly, and it appears that everybody else have, too. I just have some thoughts regarding the braistorming around the identification of the music in the test. Do you think that we should wait a few more days after the discs have been sent before the discussion starts, so that more people may actually have listened to the disc and be able to participate from the start? For instance, when a sufficient number have received the disc, the compiler of the test could just annouce that the discussion may start. I realize that it may be frustrating for those who get the disc first not to be able to post about it, so this may not be such a good idea. I just thought it would be fun if the discussion that leads up to the - hopefully - correct answers would be as collective an effort as it could be. What are your thoughts on this?

Some comments, then: #1 - I'm not at all familiar with this era, so I wouldn't even dare to take a guess. Leaves me a bit indifferent. **½ #2 - I have this. There are tons of other great stuff from this artist from the late 50s/early 60s. Undeservedly little known, and unfortunately it will probably never be either. ****½ #3 - I would have thought that the drummer was Kenny Clarke, but it appears to have been confirmed that it was not the case. Or? Mono recording, which suggests that it's either recorded pre-1960 or in obscure European studio. **** #4 - Have this too. I wish that the arranger/leader could have spent more time within jazz. **** #5 - The saxophonist's tone and vibrato reminds me about how Lucky Thompson could sound, but he didn't play that fast, did he? Fast playing á la Griffin often sounds as it comes just too easy to really be involving. This sounds different to me, though. **** #6 - Thoughtful piano playing (that sounds somewhat thought out in advance). *** #7 - The altoist's phrasing sounds boppy enough to make me think that this is perhaps older than I first thought. The theme sounds as if it's a late 60s thing. Can't say that it grabs me too much. *** #8 - Don't think I have any jazz violin in my collection. The vibrato of the first violinist makes me a bit nervous. I like the second one better, although it doesn't sound as if he's plaing with a smile (in contrast to soloist No. 1). **½ #9 - Turned out to be more straightforward than the intro suggested. Not my bag, though. *** #10 - Some mildly unorthodox voicings first suggested to me that it's not arranged by anyone who was making a living by handing out faceless stuff to others orchestras. But I could be wrong. Could it be some obscure 70s Ernie Wilkins album? ***½ #11 - The tenor player is obvious enough. I don't think I have anything by the trumpeter, though. A player who came of age during the 70s, but got lost in the shuffle because he persisted with playing hard bop and then never really breaked through, perhaps? Fine as it is, just a tad too formulaic for me. ***½ #12 - Is this marimba? Probably not anyone I've heard of. Initially, I though this wasn't anything for me, but the arranged part in the middle saved the day. And the following marimba (or is that perhaps a plain xylophone?) solo is not at all that out than I would have thought. It appears to grow onto me. **** #13 - Really creepy soprano sound, and sometimes just to sweet in tone for me. Nice guitarist, though. *** #14 - I know what this is. It's some distance from what he (the pianist) usually is doing. Can't say that I've ever heard him play a jazz standard. I've heard him play the Fender Rhodes more than once, though. Do you want a link, or wait for Tony's Monday post? **** I really wanted to develop this a bit more, but I'm out of time for now. However, this test is a great concept which I hope will live on!

Digging up old threads just to add an " " seems meaningless. Unless, of course, you're looking for flamewars...

I'm sure I'm missing something; I always thought 'Mode for Joe' was Joe's least enjoyable BN album. I would say that 'In 'n Out' is the one I'm digging the most, with 'Our Thing' and 'Page One' just a notch behind. (Anyone else who thinks Joe and Kenny were one of the best tenor-trumpet matches ever?) How should I approach 'Mode for Joe' to really get into it? By throwing away my McMaster and giving it a fresh start with the new RVG? I must admit that the sound on the old CD always has been a letdown for me.

See also this: Jazz - the result of mental health problems?

The disc reached me about 30 seconds ago, and it's now in the CD player. I've avoided this topic on purpose until I've had a first listen; there seems to be much to catch up with in this discussion, but I hope to be back shortly.

Actually, what I meant was that if Greg's articles were all in high scool papers...

My attempt at a thread like this at the BNBB a couple of years ago misfired after just a few posts when a couple of liners some members brought up turned out to have been written by a couple of other, distinguished board members. Even so, every now and then I'm baffled by what makes it to the sleeves. There are other examples (I'll dig some of them up), but what prompted me to start the tread was this quote from the notes to Paul Chambers's 'Whims of Chambers', written by Leonard Feather: "I would call Chambers a gas, except that it is depressing to think about gas chambers"... :rsly:

Come on Dmitry! Not everything is to be found online. As a matter of fact, I don't believe that any of the articles I wrote for our high-school paper are online!

Interesting! Who are the other musicians? And what about the style? A lot of the Mainstreams were time-locked in a less than flattering way...

Obviously it wasn't on your priority list, but I would like to put in a word for the J.J. Johnson set. It will most likely go OOP soon, though it appears to be very slow-moving (I find it nothing short of incredible that it has been available for seven years without selling out). You won't regret it, the music is wonderful. Besides, most of it will probably not be available again for decades.

Thanks for the info, everybody! Sounds very interesting, GoM! That interview (should it happen) woudn't be available on the web though, would it?

You'll perhaps find something of interest in this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...blue+train+sacd

I recently got to hear George Russell's 'Jazz in the Space Age'. I didn't recognize the sound of the tenor saxophonist upon hearing the album, and I was very surprised to find that I had never heard of his name, David Young. Whatever became of him? He has a fine extended solo on one of the cuts on the album - can't remember which one - but unfortunately it's marred by several very audible edits.

Land cut a date for Cadet in 1967, 'The Peacemaker' which featured Bobby Hutcherson along with Joe Sample, Buster Williams and Donald Bailey. I think it's as enjoyable as the best of the Land/Hutcherson Blue Notes, so I stronlgy recommend that anyone who digs those collaborations picks this one up! It's only been out on LP, though, and seems to be rather rare too. I found a not very expensive Japanese LP copy through Early Records - it was reissued in Japan in the 80s - so that may be a way of finding it. I don't expect this album ever to be reissued by Verve.

If you're looking for the Organissimo thread, it's here: Jazz Name Pronunciation, How do you say that again? Let's continue!

I'm blowing gently on it.

Bill Evans 'Alone' AMG Rating: "...often-rambling solos"? "The repertoire"..."is not too inspiring"? This is one of the best solo piano albums I've heard! But Yanow perhaps thinks solo piano is only good for background music?

In fact, I'd choose Miles '58 over KOB. Maybe just because I love 'On Green Dolphin Street'. The most beautiful version of one of the greatest standards.

Ed's link is working over here. This is a link directly to the English-language start page: http://www.zweitausendeins.de/indexengl.htm

Grattis på födelsedagen!!! (as we say in Sweden )

My thought was not to use the Organissimo site, but an FTP server run by someone else. To log on and access the files each user must have a user name and password, and the server will identify that the user name corresponds with a given IP address (or that it's within a given span of IP addresses). This way only the specific persons for which user accounts have been created may enter the server. The board member chosen to select the blindfold test tunes of the week simply uploads them to the "secret" server, and then all other users may download them. No address or login info is announced on the site - all account information is sent in private emails to the participants of the test.