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Hi Tim,
#1: JJ & Elvin no doubt, Tommy Flanagan's on piano and Arthur Harper, bass.
#2: Agree wholeheartedly with your reaction; Konitz.
#3: Right on!
#4: Again, in total agreement; the great Lucky Thompson.
#5: Andrew, alright, with Maupin on tenor. Colorful indeed.
#6: Yeah! Love Walt. (Had a late night meal following a Church concert with Mr. & Mrs. [his Queen] once)
#7: Correct and true. (After talking with my wife during intermission about what got her started on jazz, i.e. "The Queen", he soon played the song on piano in dedication to her disclosure. Thom also had a memorable solo to add to our memory.
#8: Frank Lowe with the Trane-ish flourishes to Billy Bang's recitation.
#9: Sco it is with hot Holland/Haynes!
#10: Carlos Ward with Ibrahim. So nice.
#11: You know him; see reveal.
#12: Ragin & company. Agree on the questionable groove.
#13: A bit of a mid-50's change of pace. Pianist/composer/arranger Ralph Burns (of "Early Autumn" fame) and studio band.
#14: The great Ellington men (Nance, Hodges, Carney, et al) takin' it out, with some fine, raunchy tenor from Jimmy Hamilton.
Check the reveal. Tim, for the details.
Nice hearing from you.
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Blindfold Test REVEAL: Organissimo Sept. ’22
1. Barbados (Charlie Parker) -1/31/57, J.J. Johnson DIAL JJ5
(JJ Johnson/BobbyJaspar/Tommy Flanagan/Wilbur Little/Elvin Jones)
2. Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf/Blackburn) -5/13/59, Lee Konitz MEETS JIMMY GIUFFRE
(Lee Konitz/Hal McKusick/Warne Marsh/Ted Brown/
Jimmy Giuffre/Bill Evans/BuddyClark/Stan Free)
3. Milestones (Miles Davis) -3/14/61, Walter Bishop Jr MILESTONES
(Walter Bishop,Jr/Jimmy Garrison/G.T. Hogan)
4. Where or When (Rodgers) -’54, Lucky Thompson ACCENT ON TENOR
(LuckyThompson/Billy Taylor/Oscar Pettiford/Osie Johnson)
5. Poinsettia (Andrew Hill) -8/1/69, Andrew Hill MOSAIC SELECT
(Benny Maupin/Andrew Hill/Ron Carter/Mickey Roker plus strings)
6. Bacon and Eggs (Goldsmith) -’65, Walt Dickerson IMPRESSIONS OF ‘A PATCH OF BLUE’
(Walt Dickerson/Sun Ra/Bob Cunningham/Roger Blank)
7. The Queen (Dick Griffin) -’79, Dick Griffin NOW IS THE TIME
(Dick Griffin/Clifford Jordan/Bill Saxton/Don Smith/Hubert Eves/
Calvin Hill/Billy Hart/Freddie Waits/Laurence Killian)
8. September 23rd (Billy Bang) -3/8/88, Billy Bang VALVE NO. 10
(Billy Bang/Frank Lowe/Sirone/Dennis Charles)
9. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria) -5/23/02, Roy Haynes LOVE LETTERS
(John Scofield/Dave Holland/Roy Haynes)
10. The Wedding (Abdullah Ibrahim) -’76, Abdullah Ibrahim THE MOUNTAIN
(Abdullah Ibrahim/Carlos Ward/Ricky Ford/Charles Davis/
Dick Griffin/Cecil McBee/David Williams/Ben Riley)
11. Soft and Furry (Johnny Griffin) -2/7/61, Johnny Griffin THE LITTLE GIANT
(Johnny Griffin/Julius Watkins/Bill Lee/Larry Gales/Ben Riley)
12. Gulf Coast Groove (Hugh Ragin) -10/19/01, Hugh Ragin FEEL THE SUNSHINE
(Hugh Ragin/Assif Tsahar/Craig Taborn/Jaribu Shahib/Tanni Tabbal/Bruce Cox)
13. Nocturne (Ralph Burns) -10/6/55, Ralph Burns PERPETUAL MOTION
(Joe Newman/Billy Byers/Jim Buffington/Bill Barber/Davey Schildkraut/
Herbie Mann/Danny Bank/Ralph Burns/Milt Hinton/Osie Johnson)
14. Little Rabbit Blues (Johnny Hodges) -6/26/57, Johnny Hodges THE BIG SOUND
(Ray Nance/Clark Terry/Quentin Jackson/John Sanders/Britt Woodman/
Johnny Hodges/Russell Procope/Jimmy Hamilton/Harry Carney/
Billy Strayhorn/Jimmy Woode/Sam Woodyard)
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Thom takes the test, too
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Frank Lowe indeed, with Billy Bang reciting.
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Right!
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You almost aced it! Really close.
#13 is the snag. No one's been near it.
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T.D.
3. Bishop it is! How 'bout the bass and drums?
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Wow! You nailed 10 by name, and commented perceptibly on the rest.
3. Bebop piano for sure. I love the bassist's drive in particular.
8. Recitation and backing catches the essence of JC, for me. Brings back memories and (my) deep sense of loss.
9. Oh well ... I tried ...
12. Right on about the trumpet (and I feel hesitant about the tenor, also).
Thanks for your knowing input. Glad you enjoyed it.
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28 minutes ago, randyhersom said:
Trying to figure the tenor I almost drove off a Cliff!
I hope you're not serious. It's only a tenor player, AND, you're getting closer!!
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8 hours ago, randyhersom said:
Dick Griffin with Sam Rivers?
Dick Griffin upfront, but not Sam. This tenor has never been fully appreciated (in my world). A master.
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On 9/1/2022 at 1:16 PM, felser said:
1 – I like it and sounds like something I already own. Early 60’s with that calypso beat?
I hope so! Late 50's super group with soon-to-be famous sidemen.
2 – Well done, but older style and more polite than what I really dig.
Famous standard featuring a famous altoist, and a WC arranger/reedman's studio band.
3 – “Milestones”. Nice trio version, hard to go wrong with that song! Sounds like Tommy Flanagan to me? Subsequent research says that if I’m right, it’s from this: https://www.discogs.com/release/11650362-The-Master-Trio-Featuring-Tommy-Flanagan-Ron-Carter-Tony-Williams-Milestones- which seems reasonable to me, especially in the case of the bass player.
Great bass, and a smokin' trio but not the above.
4 – “Where or When” done by someone who listened to a whole lot of Coleman Hawkins. Lovely, but not something I’d seek out.
A quite famous, underrated tenor and a personal favorite of mine.
5 – Wow, I like this, especially the string arrangement! Looking forward to the reveal! Would love to add this to my shelves if I don’t have it there already.
From an originally unissued Blue Note Session, led by an iconic pianist/composer.
6 – I like this. No ideas on who it is.
What's not to like! Vibist and pianist are well known by jazz standards. An odd combo, but it works.
7 – Second “must have” for me. This is a killer track. Love the tenor player! Sounds like Pharoah Sanders, though I don’t think it’s him.
Couldn't agree more with your assessment and reaction. One of my favorite tenors, but not Pharoah.
8 – Very interesting cut. Curious to know who it is, and what else he/they has/have done. Would like to have this on my shelves, and playing it for my grandson in a few years (he’s four now). This could end up being an expensive BFT for me!
Heartfelt Trane homage. Recitation by a famous instrumentalist of the post-Coltrane entourage. Ditto, the tenorman.
9 – “Afro Blue” by someone who took Kenny Burrell’s style and extended it. Add this to the “must have” pile. Man, what a BFT! Loving the drums, really, loving all three instruments.
Three cats really workin' out on a classic, all well known.
10 – Doesn’t work for me. I just don’t get into the “gospelish” styles of music, even though I do have strong Christian faith. Certainly well done for what it is.
Fair enough. I lack the faith, but love the music.
11 – Yet another great track! Is it a Chico Hamilton cut from that late 50’s era? More research required. I would bet I already have this on the shelves, if not, yet another one to add!
Others mentioned Chico, but it's not his group! Tenor is more post-boppish with a strong, singular attack. A bit of an odd session for this solid, 'hot' player.
12 – Nice cut, breezy. Likely a very well-known pianist leading the date. Joe Henderson on tenor?
Not really. Trumpeter is the "leader" and the tenorman is "newer" than JH.
13 – Lost on me. Pretty, though.
That's how I hear it, too. Mid-50's performance by a pianist/composer/arranger of some fame.
14 – Well outside my range.
Timeless music that never ages for me.
Incredible BFT, so well put together, thanks! Looking forward to the reveals, especially #’s 5,7,8,9,11. Thanks again!
On 9/1/2022 at 3:38 PM, Dub Modal said:3 is Milestones but I don’t know by whom
Right you are.
5 - pretty sure this is the Andrew Hill with strings BN session. My favorite track so far…
Correct.
6 - Man, this is a good one too. No guesses…
An odd combo that really works on this one.
7 - 70s Sanders or Tyner type of vibes. Nice tune as well
Not Pharoah, but a good guess. I hear why you thought so (I hadn't before). Good stuff!
9 - Afro Blue but not sure who
Right, again. Three pros who cover the decades well.
10 - venturing out into a different style with good results. No guesses
I can agree with that. Soulful music.
11 - Familiar tenor style not sure who though
You're on to him, though. Give him another try.
14 - Not sure either but absolutely love it
Me too!! Classic jazz.
Thanks for putting this together!
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On 9/1/2022 at 0:50 PM, randyhersom said:
This really flows with a subdued groove. Well put together.
1. A pleasant Yardbird Suite featuring a lot of trombone. J. J. Johnson?Not "Yardbird Suite" but it is a super JJ group.
2. The tune has similarities at times to Social Call, but I don't think that's the tune. Is it Gerald Wilson?The feel IS similar to Social Call (I hadn't noticed that) but it isn't Gryce's tune. Altoist is well known and the studio band is led & arranged by a then West Coaster, but not GW.
3. Is it Milestones? 70's or later I would think for how up-front the bass is recorded. Cedar Walton?It is "Milestones" but not by Cedar. Early 60's version has great work by a well known bassist and lesser known bop pianist and little known drummer.
4. Breathy, seductive tenor. the names that come to mind are Don Byas, Lester Young and Ben Webster. I'll go with Don Byas. Is the tune Where or When?Where or When it is. Tenor is an underrated great, a bit more modern than those mentioned.
5. I think we have cello and bass here, leaving me torn between Oscar Pettiford and Chico Hamilton. The flute could be either Collette or Dolphy so Chico.More advanced music from the Blue Note stable. Originally unissued by the label.
6. That's Walt Dickerson with Sun Ra. Album Impressions of A Patch of Blue. Is it called Ham & Eggs? Twenty-eight stars!Great rating, but not enough stars!!
7. More bone. Slide Hampton?Multiphonic trombonist, composer, with solid backing from all, especially one of my favorite tenors. Not Slide.
8. Reminds me of New York, NY by George Russell which I think featured Jon Hendricks. I don't think Jon was a Trane fan and it can't be that album because I think it preceded A Love Supreme.Heavy, soulful homage to Trane, from noted instrumentalist performing the recitation. They meant every word.
9. Afro Blue with guitar trio. I'll be googling to see who has recorded this on guitar, but meanwhile I'll throw out Vic Juris as a wild guess. I decided I would have heard it if it was Pat Martino.Three famous cats, exploring in sync.
10. Familiar and beautiful. First thought is Abdullah Ibrahim. The Wedding?Right on, and SO right.
11. Another all time favorite. Soft and Furry by Johnny Griffin. Was the album Change of Pace?You got it!
12. Largish band, and the trumpet shows off control in the high range. Totally baffled. My Hail Mary is Gerald Wilson again.Again not GW. Much more modern players. Fiery trumpeter & tenor, from 10/01. Updated BN sound to me.
13. Muted trumpet and flute provide lush settings for the piano. John Hicks?Much earlier piece from the mid-50's, well before Hicks & Co.
14. Damn that's a familiar tenor sound. Gonsalves with the Duke??
Ducal for sure, though he's not on it- and the tenor isn't PG!
Album cover - cast of ancient primetime drama Room 222!
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On 9/1/2022 at 10:54 AM, BillF said:
Track 2: "Moonlight in Vermont" from Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre.
Track 4: Lucky Thompson, Billy Taylor on piano.
Track 14: "Little Rabbit Blues" from Johnny Hodges and the Ellington Men, The Big Sound (1957).
Right, Bill
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On 9/1/2022 at 10:48 AM, Milestones said:
1) J.J. Johnson: “Barbados” from Dial J.J 5–a first-rate version of the Bird tune. Of course, just about anything by J.J. is first-rate.
True enough.
2) I know this. Such a lovely tune from the 50’s…at least originally. Isn’t this a Gerry Mulligan piece? Great arrangement. That sounds a bit like Lee Konitz. Not hearing Mulligan himself.
Konitz indeed, arrangement by Jimmy Giuffre.
3) “Milestones.” There have been many fine covers of this great piece by Miles. This is a superb piano trio version. I know The Great Jazz Trio did this, but it’s clearly not that group. Is it Billy Higgins on drums? These guys are connected and they’re burning through it.
The trio IS really cookin', but it's not Billy on drums.
4) “Where or When.” Nice tenor, channeling Ben Webster’s breathy tone. I’m thinking it’s someone else, but maybe it is Ben. It sounds like an older recording.
In my opinion, one of the great "unsung" tenors of all time, but not Ben.
5) This sounds like Andrew Hill. It's a session that went unreleased for a long time. It has strings, but I believe it’s just a string quartet. Good session. I like Hill and the whole group, including strings. Ah, it’s “Poinsettia.”
Right on!
6) Not sure about this one. Bobby Hutcherson sometimes had a sound like this in the 1960’s, but not sounding like any Hutcherson I have (which is most of the Blue Note output). I like it, though it seems a bit too simple in terms of the rhythm.
It is oddly simple rhythmicly, but somehow "right" for the feel of the music. I love the vibist. Not Hutch.
9) “Afro Blue” on guitar--I feel I should know this. Oh, it's John Scofield from the Roy Haynes record Love Letters. Nice performance.
Totally correct.
10) “The Wedding” (Water from an Ancient Well) by Abdullah Ibrahim. One of the most beautiful pieces ever written by him—or anyone else!
You're SO right about this composition.
14) Ellington for sure, but I can't name the piece.
Ducal for sure, but Duke's not on it.
I may come back on the others. I really like your choices. I am finding considerable musical pleasure all through the BFT.
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On 11/1/2020 at 3:57 PM, tkeith said:
Well, I was going to hold off on this one because I had an advance listen, but I see everybody else is cooped up, as well.
Track 01 - Sophisticated Alice (later Big Alice). Don't know who, doesn't matter -- it's a Pullen tune and it's a bitch. I assume that's DP on piano. Maybe not; seems a bit stiffer than Don. It's not Craig Harris. Is that actually a Euphonium? What the hell is this? Some of the lines are straight bebop (and grossly out of context), but then it flirts with being downright dirty. Stewart and HoJo are the only guys I can think of that would do something like this, but that doesn't sound like a Tuba to me. And it clearly is NOT Pullen on piano. Maybe Steve Turre? They don't *quite* pull it off, but it still works. Wondering if your throwing a curve with some newer players. Maybe Anthony Cox on piano. Arrangement is Quotey Quotenstien, but I'm loving it.
Track 02 - Man! What a BITCH of a tune! [FYI -- Growing up, this guy used to make me mixed tapes like this all the time. Not a bad way to learn.] Though I'm sure I have this, it's dancing around me. It's guys I know but I'm trying too hard. Stitt? Benny Golson. Man... why is he NOT the guy every horn player loses his mind over? So that's Sahib. Could that have been Phil Woods on alto? Seems like the band on New York Scene, but I can't think of the title.
Track 03 - If this isn't Sam Cooke's Wonderful World, it probably should be. Because of recent avenues your ears went down, it has me thinking Khan Jamal, and that could be right. Either that or somebody like Warren Smith. I'm about to doze here, but I'm doing it with a smile.
Track 04 - ARI!!!!! How can this NOT make you smile? Two tenors just sit there, **glaring** at me while I listen to this. Ari is SUCH a baaaad mf!
Track 05 - This just showed up recently on a BFT if I'm not mistaken. Tonk (Ray Bryant?), from Art Farmer's Perception. Yes please.
Track 06 - How dare you. Grew up in a duplex owned by my grandparents. My grandfather told me he loved it when I played this song (transcribed it from the album; for me this was the first version I really knew beyond the one lyric). George was inspired to do this tune by Elizabeth Taylor's version. One of my first purchases from Loony Tunes in Boston.
Track 07 - Swear I know the tune, but I'll be wrong. So... guitar and two basses? So there's only a handful of people this could be. I'm also positive you've played this for me once before and I was surprised. But, my memory is shit, so I get to be surprised, again!
Track 08 - You're a dirty man. MY GUUUUYS! Took me forever because Assif threw me off. I couldn't come up with Ragin's name, and when I did the rest of it smashed me in my face. Lucky enough to take part in an after show jam with this rhythm section years ago in central Maine. Still have chills. #Hamid Kamal's Gift from Revelation.
Track 09 - Yeah, pretty sure you played this for me recently, too. I'm always wrong if I don't try it, Sweets? If I guess him, it'll be one of the others I'll usually guess here. Gotta listen again, but I'll come back. This is killing me, because I know this is a tenor I absolutely love! Smoother than Ike. Clean and powerful. Lucky? Fifth listen, damnit. I'm going to get this guy. WAIT! That's Ray Nance! Shit! Of course! Took some sleuthing, but I got it. I'm wrong on the tenor and I would have NEVER guessed this.
Track 10 - Can't get me here! Gotta be Khan Jamal! It's one of the ones I don't have, but you definitely laid this on me on a recent visit.
Track 11 - Damnit! I know this. I'm sure I have it, but I'm not seeing it. It's Frank Lowe, but I'm not sure if that's Bang, I don't think so. This is a bitch, too! Drummer is a bad man. Damned digital piano. Okay, found it, but I don't have it? Don't know how that is. It's Nothing But Love from this.
Okay, coach. How bad'I hit?
Organissimo
November Blindfold Test #200
REVEAL
1. Big Alice (Don Pullen)
HOWARD JOHNSON: Gravity!!!
Howard Johnson,tu. Bob Stewart,tu. Dave Bargeron,tu. Earl McIntyre,tu.
Raymond Chew,p. Bob Cranshaw,b. Kenwood Dennard,d. -12/95
2. Blu-a-Round (Sahib Shihab)
SAHIB SHIHAB: Jazz Sahib
Phil Woods,as. Benny Golson,ts. Sahib Shihab,bs.
Bill Evans,p. Oscar Pettiford,b. Art Taylor,d. -11/57
3. Children of the World (Khan Jamal)
KHAN JAMAL: Three
Khan Jamal,vb. Pierre Dorge,g. Johnny Dyani,b. -10/84
4. Lonnie’s Lament (John Coltrane)
ARI BROWN: Groove Awakening
Ari Brown,ts. Kirk Brown,p. Yusef Ben Israel,b.
Avreeayl Ra,d. Dr. Cuz,pc. -5/13
5. Tonk (Ray Bryant)
ART FARMER: Perception
Art Farmer,flgh. Harold Mabern,p.
Tommy Williams,b. Roy McCurdy,d. -10/61
6. Send in the Clowns
GEORGE ADAMS: Paradise Space Shuttle
George Adams,ts. Rahn Burton,p. Don Pate,b.
Al Foster,d. Azzendin Weston,pc. -12/79
7. A Notion (Albert Heath)
SAM JONES/NIELS-HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN: Double Bass
Sam Jones,b. N-H Orsted Pedersen,b.
Philip Catherine,g. Billy Higgins,d. -2/76
8. Kamal’s Gift (Hugh Ragin)
HUGH RAGIN: Revelation
Hugh Ragin,tp. Assif Tsahar,ts.
William Parker,b. Hamid Drake,d. -9/03
9. Body and Soul
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK: Spellbound
Ray Nance,cnt. Seldon Powell,ts. Paul Neves,p.
Ahmed Abdul-Malik,b. Walter Perkins,d. -3/64
10. Twinkle Toes (Will Smith)
MAX ROACH: M’Boom
Roy Brooks,cymb. Joe Chambers,vb. Omar Clay,mrb.
Fred King,mrb. Max Roach,tymp. Ray Mantilla,bells.
Warren Smith, Afr.bells. Freddie Waits,xylp. -7/79
11. Nothing But Love (Frank Lowe)
BILLY BANG: Above & Beyond
Frank Lowe,ts. Billy Bang,vi. Andrew Bemkey,p.
Tood Nicholson,b. Tatsuya Nakatini,d. -4/03
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BFT200 is ready to go. You can hear it or download it here: http://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/
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Yo, am i in?
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First impressions for BFT 156:
#1- Meditative reflection, almost an etude - piano "piece" from any era, no idea who?
#2- 70's rehash of Trane & McCoy, lively soprano (Carter Jefferson?), driving piano, good congas & rhythm section
#3- Rather soft rending of "Manteca", decent guitar, strong bari solo, band sounds slightly uninvolved
#4- Slightly parodied reading of "Jitterbug Waltz", maybe Arthur Blythe?
#5- Bird tune done "live", okay trumpet, rather muddy guitar, drummer a bit over the top and too tight; fast, yet unswinging
#6- Organ/tenor grind, doesn't quite catch the groove, no guesses?
#7- Jaws on tenor, Shirley Scott, organ(?) thought of Bobby Blue Bland (?) up front, churchy feel, unmistakable tenor sound
#8- Bluesy take on "St. Louis Woman", nice soulful feel, no clue?
#9- Henry Threadgill with one of his fast, furious, whacko marches, great playing all around, superb attentive drumming for 10+ minutes. Great stuff!
#10- Bass and flute(s) intro, good piano (John Hicks?), solid bass
#11- Horrid sounding piano of Sun Ra, "live", raw & real, with great John Gilmore tenor
#12- Bach-ian organ-cum-blues of "Motherless Child", slow, Phantom of the Opera-styled version. Very interesting! Thumbs up! I like it.
#13- Wow! SNL skit? HA! About the 3 minute mark, I was feeling "enough! enough already", a L O N G 5 minutes, but point made!
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BFT #154 Revealed:
#1. "Ponce" (Noro Morales), Elliot Lawrence Swings Al Cohn & Tiny Kahn -1/56
Elliott Lawrence Big Band; Lawrence, piano solo (Al Cohn,ts, prominently featured on the original album).
#2. Ill Wind (Arlen/Koehler), Howard McGhee: Sharp Edge -12/61
Maggie,tp/ George Coleman,ts/ Junior Mance,p/ George Tucker,b/ Jimmy Cobb,d
#3. "Nubian Stomp" (Carlos Ward), Bob Stewart: Then & Now -3/96
Stewart,tu/ Graham Haynes,tp/ Carlos Ward,as/ Jerome Harris,g/ Buddy Williams,d
#4. "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington), Jerome Richardson: Roamin' With Richardson -10/59
Richardson,bs/ Richard Wyands,p/ George Tucker,b/ Charlie Persip,d
#5. "You Go to My Head" (Coots/Gillespie), Ed Cherry: Second Look -4/94
Cherry,g/ Steve Nelson,vb/ Kenny Barron,p/ Andy McKee,b/ Yoron Israel,d
#6. "Up Above My Head" (trad), Sammy Price & Lucky Thompson: Paris Blues -7/57
Lucky,ts/ Price,p,voc/ Jean-Pierre Sasson,g/ Pierre Michelot,b/ Dave Pochonet,d
#7. "The Isolated Pawn" (John Williams), Shelly Manne: Checkmate -10/61
Conte Candoli,tp/ Richie Kamuca,ts/ Russ Freeman,p/ Chuck Berghofer,b/ Shelly Manne,d
#8. "Hucksterman" (Khan Jamal), Khan Jamal: Dark Warrior -9/84
Jamal,vb/ Charles Tyler,as/ Johnny Dyani,b/ Leroy Lowe,d
#9. "Song For Clare" (Dave Holland), Dave Holland/Barre Phillips: Music From 2 Basses -2/71
Holland/Phillips,b
#10. {Improvisation}, John Lee Hooker/Miles Davis: Music from "The Hot Spot" -'90
Hooker,g,voc/ Miles,tp/ Roy Rogers,elg/ Tim Drummond,elb/ Earl Palmer,d
#11. "Madeline" (Hank Mobley), James Spaulding: Escapade -4/99
Spaulding,bsf/ John Hicks,p/ Ray Drummond,b/ Kenny Washington,d
#12. "Nu Kingdom" (Zane Massey), Zane Massey: Brass Knuckles -11/92
Massey,ts/ Hideiji Taninaka,b/ Sadiq M. Abdu Shahid,d
#13. "Elos" (Duke Ellington), Duke Ellington: Private Collection Studio Sessions Vol. 9 -12/68
Willie Cook,tp/ Money Johnson,tp/ Chuck Connors,tb/ Buster Cooper,tb/ Lawrence Brown,tb/
Johnny Hodges,as/ Russell Procope,as,cl/ Paul Gonsalves,ts/ Harold Ashby,ts/
Harry Carney,bs/bc/ Duke,p/ Jeff Castleman,b/ Rufus Jones,d
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3 hours ago, corto maltese said:
About track 3: me too, I was initally guessing one of Arthur Blythe's Columbia-period albums, but the guitar is too clean (certainly no Blood Ulmer) and there's no cello (Abdul Wadud plays on most of those records). Checking Bob Stewart's discography learns that this is a much more recent track: "Nubian Stomp" from his 1996 "Then & Now" album, with Carlos Ward, Graham Haynes and Jerome Harris.
About track 7: I have many of Shelly Manne's 50's and early 60's quintet/sextet albums (including this one) and I like them a lot. Just recently I stumbled upon a copy of "My Son The Jazz Drummer", also from 1962, where the band, with Teddy Edwards and Shorty Rogers, improvises on traditional Jewish melodies. Great stuff and they played this 30 years before Zorn started Masada.
The David Holland/Barre Phillips duet is lovely and once again a reminder of why I dearly love those early ECM albums.
You're the first to correctly i.d. Carlos Ward (such a personal sound) with Bob Stewart. Love his alto work with Ibrahim.
Shelly is so spare and precise and always drums for the group. His Contemporary quintets hold up well, a bit restrained, but very musical.
I'm no expert on the "complete" Dave Holland, but I've never heard him have an uninteresting performance- (from a bass-nut).
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2 hours ago, Hardbopjazz said:
Totally stumped on each track. Without looking at the other replies, I have just one guess.
#4. Warm Valley, is it Joe Temperly? Regardless, I have to pick up this recording.
#4- Good guess, but not Joe. Multi-reedman, from '59.
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4 hours ago, JSngry said:
Late to the party, sorry, kind of an "eventful" month. But here were are, the usual thanks and disclaimers firmly in place, so let's play!
TRACK ONE - Son (or grandson) Of "Bijou". A very Woody-esque sound to the chart, except there's altos. If that's a working band, they're really together...I don't know that it is, this sounds like it comes from the time when all the older working band players had become studio players and already knew how to play like a working band. The drummer is kicking like it's Tiny Kahn, almost...only Tiny never lived to get that quality of studio sound. A Chubby Jackson band, maybe? I hear chatter during the piano, Mister Cheerleader? Anyways, it's got spunk.
TRACK TWO - "Ill Wind". KD-ish trumpet, Jordan-ish tenor (tonally, anyway, otherwise, pure Bird). Gorgeous arrangement, the solos get a little arbitrarily double-time-y for my taste, but a gorgeous arrangement, and the melodies are all played just right. I like it.
TRACK THREE - That's nice. Doesn't really seemed to be geared towards "listening", so I think I'd probably enjoy hearing it more in a room with people dancing, but hey, you take what you can get these days. I never could dance worth a damn myself, so I always enjoyed being in a band where people could (band and audience alike!).
TRACK FOUR - I'll take "Warm Valley" and stop the guessing there! That's nicely fluent and coherent from start to finish. Sounds like somebody who needed the bigger horn to not get silly with the chops/licks. I mean, they come close, but that big horn keep 'em real! And the pianist is soooo tasty! a-HA! Seek and ye shall find: http://www.allmusic.com/album/roamin-with-richardson-mw0000177242
I'll stand by the comments about the bigger horn. Jerome has always been a great player, but his definitely matured with time.
TRACK FIVE - Chico? Nah. "You Go To My Head". I'm kinda funny about that tune, it's perfect as is, one of those standards that don't need any real help. Leave it be, it can handle it by itself. This version seems kind of neo-Shearing in intent as it goes along, only it's the guitarist's date. Can't say that I'm really feeling this one. Kudos to the drummer, though, for the mallets chops, he/she know how they work, not all do!
TRACK SIX - No idea. I really dig that tenor player. Everybody else, hey, they don't fuck up the tenor player, so they can stay.
TRACK SEVEN - Again, no idea, but I really like the way the composition develops. Sounds like some mid-60s Polish stuff, maybe. Soloing nicely, if sometimes barely, avoids Modal-y Impressionistic Wandering, and much happiness about that. Nice.
TRACK EIGHT - I Dig Rock & Roll Music. And I love to get a chance to sing (and play) it! Ok,, soling begins, that's better. MUCH better! But you know, if they really say it, the radio won't play it. So they have to lay it be-tween the lines.
TRACK NINE - Well, that's some bass. Can't say that it really does avoid Modal-y Pastoral Wandering, but there was a time when that was all the rage, and for there to be all this bass doing it, I'd guess it was from that time.
TRACK TEN - Well, this I recognize. They weren't really in the studio at the same time, were they? For Miles, it must have seemed like a return to Jack Johnson, for Hooker, it must have seemed like a return to the bank after the check came. I like it if I don't try to make it mean more than it means, because if I do that, I'll stop liking it pretty soon. But, you know, it's Miles and Hooker doing movie music, that's means what it means, and really, ain't that enough?
TRACK ELEVEN - Bass flute? I never could understand how anybody plays those things, I mean, I had enough of a hard time getting past the hyper-ventillating when learning regular flue, never mind one of these ginormous tube things. But this is very, very nice. And again, exquisite piano playing, that seems to be a recurring theme of this collection,
TRACK TWELVE - Sounds like John Klemmer with a David Murray vibrato. And then he growls! Mind if I pass?
TRACK THIRTEEN - whoa....Elos, sloe/slow/sole/soul, damn. DAMN.
That last cut, the Duke, that's truth. I enjoyed almost everything else, but I will lay down my eternal soul for that Duke cut without a moment's hesitation or doubt. Thank you, sir, for that one.
#1- "Spunk" it has! Personally I dig the arrangement. Your comment of older working band players playing like a working band is spot on;
#2- Not K.D. or Cliff, but Ill Wind is one of those songs that almost plays itself. This is "just right".
#4- You're the first to get Richardson. Best track I've heard from him; #6- I love the tenor, one of the greats! #7- Everybody seems to like this one; #10- Miles & Hooker- it works;
#13- "Duke, that's truth" (amen!). Great tune with Hodges, Gonsalves, Ashby, Procope from '68. This is so hip!!
Thanks for listening.
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3 hours ago, felser said:
I'm now thinking Shelley Manne, but can't locate what the recording would be.
You got it! "The Isolated Pawn" from Checkmate.
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Hi Jim, first try at this.
First impressions: Interesting, to say the least.
#1: In the Jacquet/Doggett mode, but more "modern". Maybe Don Patterson on organ, tenor sax sounds vaguely familiar but no wild guessing.
#2: Not-a-clue! Cute and well done, but ...
#3: Lost interest very quickly. Organist seems to be playing at playing the organ.
#4: "Live" Mulligan & Baker assaulted by some jive-assed, jumped up rhythm effects, to no good effect to these 80-year old ears. Why mess with a real classic? Ouch!
#5: Asian/Tibetan-ish percussive mantra, with swishing sea-like background, filled with special effects, etc. Held my interest.
#6: India(n)/Raga-like strummed rhythmic vamping with soprano solo in the lead. Do I hear an oud? And cascading guitar? Reminded me of some early Abdul-Malik work.
#7: Was it early Leroi (Baraka) and maybe Roswell Rudd & John Tchicai? Dug the sawing, bowed bass work. Good stuff!
#8: Earl Coleman, in soulful form, with Rollins and Kenny Drew. Better than I remembered it. Very nice.