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  2. all things emusic

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by randyhersom

    Other new labels with jazz interest.

    Black Orchid (Joe Bonner)

    Synergy (Jim Ridl, Art Lande)

    MidLantic (David Eyges and Arthur Blythe)

    Songlines (Ellery Eskelin, Brad Shepik, Chris Speed)

    Passin Thru (Oliver Lake)

  4. BFT #24 - Discussion (Disc 2)

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    2-1 Modern day trad. The march rhythms at the beginning make me think the group may have Brass Band in their name - Empire maybe?

    2-2 Johnny Hodges voice clip?

    2-3 Johnny Hodges, I'm guessing as leader.

    2-4 Duke Ellington

    2-5 Slow lyrical clarinet over big band. Not much clue. I'll say Artie Shaw just because it doesn't really remind me of Benny Goodman, and it seems to be among giants

    2-6 Louis Armstong

    2-7 Roswell Rudd and Steve Lacy?

    2-8 Wayne Shorter

    2-9 Ahmad Jamal

    2-10 Larry Goldings

    2-11 Is this some of the mellowest Archie Shepp known to man? Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin were other possibilities I considered

    2-12 I'll try Dexter Gordon here.

    2-13 Perhaps the voice of Clark Terry

    2-14 Sidney Bechet?

  5. BFT #24 - Discussion (Disc 1)

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    Great Set, very varied!

    1-1. Tatum Webster? Nah, piano not ornate enough. Lester with Nat Cole and a whispered rumour of Buddy Rich? Nah, it's live. Stan Getz with Kenny Barron? Thats my final waver.

    1-2. Coleman Hawkins featured with Fletcher Henderson

    1-3. Fletcher Henderson. I just can't come up with a better gues for either 2 or 3.

    1-4 Good tenor from the days before good sound. Chu Berry?

    1-5. Lionel Hampton?

    1-6 Pretty sure this is a well known Horace Silver tune. Sister Sadie maybe?

    1-7 Anita O'Day?

    1-8 Can accordion really be this good?! Richard Galliano the only name I barely know.

    1-9 Hard to guess anybody but Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers here.

    1-10 Post Cecil, I'll choose Marilyn Crispell over Myra Melford for my guess.

    1-11 Sounds like a Blue Note boogaloo, late 60's - early 70s style. So why am I guessing Bobby Watson.

    1-12 Love the droning bass, I'm suspecting Thomas Chapin, although Arthur Blythe and Rob Brown also came to mind.

    1-13 I was suspecting Anthony Braxton & Evan Parker until the bass came in, no bass on that date. I'll still go with Braxton.

    1-14 Hampton Hawes

    1-15 Quite lovely. Is this the Don Grolnick London concert that just came out?

    1-16 Funky. There's an album where Charles Earland plays Rhodes instead of organ. This it?

    1-17 Ayler's Ghosts on guitar Marc Ribot?

    1-18 Duke's announcement. : )

  9. Blindfold Test .:.23

    in Blindfold Test

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    TRACK ELEVEN - Gil Evans meets Oliver Nelson for an Andrew Hill ECM date? Don't know, don't have a clue, but there's a mood to this thing that makes it hard to ignore. So much nuance to all the playing, in both ensemble and solos, the players seem to be sining more than playing, and I like that a lot. Actually, this sounds familiar in a lot of ways, but not in such a way that I can put it all together into a cohesive guess.

    I'm guessing you mean singing rather than sinning or emitting sine waves?

  10. Blindfold Test .:.23 DISC TWO

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    Disk 2

    1. Sun Ra!

    2. Somewhat reminiscent of Maiden Voyage, but I'll guess Wayne Shorter.

    3. Sounds like Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue. Could be Andrew Hill leading instead

    4. Vibes with organ. John Patton's Let 'em roll?

    5. Very cool slow organ and trumpet feature. Tomasz Stanko?

    6. Thad Jones- Mel Lewis big band? Nicely segued from previous, different styles united by mood.

    7. More Hard Bop. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers?

    8. Nice elegant piano trio work. Tommy Flanagan?

    9. Herbie Nichols composition, but not Herbie. Geri Allen? Frank Kimbrough is another logical possibility.

    10. More greaze. Lonnie Smith?

    11. Lee Morgan? Live band with vibes. Hmm.

    12. The song is that Brazilian song heard on the Target commercial as Sweet Happy Life or something. I'm good for two Jimmy Smith guesses on this sad day.

    13. Jobim tune. Gerald Wilson, maybe?

  11. Blindfold Test .:.23

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    Nice set, lots of evocative mood pieces.

    Disk 1

    1. Vibes trio, but not Walt Dickerson or Bobby Hutcherson. Lots of technique. Jay Hoggard is a possibility.

    2. Solo piano. Maybe Barry Harris.

    3. Bass clarinet with tap shoes. John Carter is my wild guess. Not even sure he pays bass clarinet.

    4. Drums and a little touch of yodel. Ed Blackwell, maybe?

    5. Hard bop tenor battle. Griff and Lockjaw?

    6. Could this be John Abercrombie with Dan Wall. Larry Goldings also came to mind.

    7. Quiet guitar with a touch of clarinet. I guess James Emery, though I can't rule out Ralph Towner.

    8. Muted trumpet and guitar. Emily Remler perhaps?

    9. Vibes and guitar in a mainstream groove. Kenny Burrell, for lack of a better guess.

    10. Vibes and guitar with rock influenced drumming. Gary Burton, perhaps with Larry Coryell.

    11. This could be Ben Allison

    12. Fairly recent I think. Very enjoyable. I'm guessing Branford Marsalis and am prepared to look foolish.

    13 Solo Monk Piano?

    14. Vocals recorded in the next county for effect, but effective and understated singing nevertheless. Who's the lady that recorded a lot of albums for Concord before taking her own life? Susannah McCorkle. I'll guess her.

    15. Dexter Gordon?

    16. Jimmy Smith doin' What'd I Say?

  16. Ray Drummond

    in Artists

    Posted

    Ted Curson's The Trio! Drummond and Haynes are absolutely brilliant in the rarely heard trumpet-bass-drums format. Three of the five tracks were rerelased on a :Ted Curson-Dizzy Reece" compilation

  17. all things emusic

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    After a bit of a dry spell during which I caught up on some Leo artists, Emusic has come through with some good new jazz reissues. Three from pianist Sumi Tonooka and several from violinist John Blake. A nice opening assortment from Evidence Records including 4 Sun Ra releases and Billy Harper's Somalia.

    I pulled out my copy of Sumi Tonooka's Secret Places and have been enjoying it greatly, in the same neighborhood as Geri Allen and McCoy Tyner. Looking forward to checking out the two Candid reissues tomorrow.

  18. Walt Dickerson

    in Artists

    Posted

    Welcome. The next two recommendations are Peace on Steeplechase, a record of unearthly beauty that's more free form than Impressions, and To My Queen, the highlight of his Prestige/New Jazz period featuring Andrew Hill. I have them all, absolutely no duds. Some of the later Steeplechases have some humming along that only distracts slightly. I love the sound he gets out of his bassists.

  19. BFT # 18 - Disc 2

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    I'm way out of my element here, but I'm so competitive that I always try to guess. Wish I had more time to devote to listening.

    1. Smooth and swingin. Cozy Cole just for a wild stab in the dark.

    2. Gerald Wilson? Very nice, a little West coast-y in flavor.

    3. Bop! Maybe a Diz big band with Leo Parker?

    4. Benny Carter?

    5. Helen Humes?

    6. This could be Duke Ellington.

    7. Bird and Diz with Machito?

    8. Sounds like Bud Powell as a sideman. Having trouble coming up up with a band that includes bari. Howard McGhee is my wild guess

    9. I'll try Dexter Gordon.

    10. Oscar Pettiford?

    11. Bop era Coleman Hawkins? Very brawny tone.

    12. I'm definitely thinking this is Milt Jackson

    13. Jimmy Raney?

    14. Ahmad Jamal?

    15. Kenny Burrell?

    16. Arnett Cobb?

    17. Red Norvo?

    18. Svend Asmussen?

    19. Illinois Jacquet?

    20. T-Bone Walker?

    21. More doorbells! I'll pick Cal Tjader over George Shearing.

    22. Quite beautiful. Could it be Clarke Boland Big Band?

    23. Sounds like King Pleasure on vocals.

  20. BFT # 18 - Disc 1

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    1. Sounds a little modern than Milt Jackson, particularly at the beginning. Dave Pike?

    2. The combination of idiomatic scat and electric bass seems to suggest an 80s or later recording. I'll guess Giacomo Gates, who I haven't heard, over Kurt Elling, who I have.

    3. Bobby Watson?

    4. Organ based ensemble playing adventurous hard bop. I have no better guess than Larry Young.

    5. Sounds like Now's the Time/The Hucklebuck. Maybe Houston Person?

    6. Solo piano. Nice Lush Life. With no real clue, I'll try Tommy Flanagan.

    7. Nice voice, something husky about it reminds me of Rebecca Parris.

    8. Pat Martino?

    9. Something very familiar about the tenor, but I'm clueless beyond that. Art Farmer with Clifford Jordan?

    10. Cool vocal version of Lee Morgan's Sidewinder. Kurt Elling?

    11. Alice Coltrane?

    12. Could be Bobby McFerrin.

  23. BFT #17 - Discussion - Disc 2

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    1. Seventies-ish long jam with an African vibe. Reminds me a bit of Hannibal Peterson.

    2. Tenor with Latin Percussion on familiar tune with an island vibe. Did Ben Webster ever do a latin session?

    3. Front line of guitar, piano and vibes go at Monk. Jay Hoggard? Bass definitely has an electric sound, either bass guitar or amplified upright.

    4. More live stuff, featuring alto. Although I don't think it's out enough, I'll guess later Sonny Simmons. Not all that many pianoless alto trios that I know of.

    5. Great extended piano trio, same kind of energetic drumming as on the previous track. Myra Melford?

    6. Live Woody Shaw?

    Live seems to be the theme. Enjoyed both disks very much

  24. BFT #17 - Discussion - Disc 1

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    1. A My Favorite Things that's not overly influenced by Tyner/Coltrane. Sun Ra entered my mind, but I don't think this is his style. Paul Bley perhaps?

    2. New Orleans style but recording quality suggests a date of 50's or later. Later Louis Armstrong?

    3. Classic Blue Note style hard bop. Horace Silver is a possibility.

    4. The drums sure sound like an ECM recording. No vocalizations, but rather mainstream for ECM. Maybe not ECM, I'll go with Brad Mehldau.

    5. A nice trombone quartet ballad. Bennie Green perhaps?

    6. Sounds like Andy Bey

    7. A nice Killing Me Softly on alto. Is it Sonny Criss?

    8. Art Pepper and George Cables?

    9. Maybe Stan Getz, say about late 70's to early 80's.

    10. Sonny Rollins?

    11. Swinging stuff from the early 40's or thereabouts. Maybe early Count Basie?

    12. All The Things You Are on alto. Sonny Stitt? I hear a second alto near the end.

    13. A modern, but traditionally rooted tenor. Probably a latter day Rollins fan like Joshua Redman.

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