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  19. BFT 236 (4orda ppl EZPZ Mix)

    in Blindfold Test

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    Late to this party, but what a party it is! 

    Tracks 1 and 2 are a good reminder of how jam sessions can go right (making me suspect Bob Weinstock was not involved [JK]). I'm most impressed here by the trumpet player who solos first on both tracks.

    The tenor player is just so in the pocket on that slow blues. Nice tone, too; not too heavy or syrupy. 

    That bass player could be only one bass player. The ideas, the technique, the swing, the tone, the tuning... that has to be Mingus.

    I think I know what this is from context clues. (Spoiler below.) If I'm right, I've got to do some more homework to track down recordings featuring this trumpet player. I'm also going to have to go back and listen almost exclusively to the rhythm section.

    Track 3: Sonny Rollins sounding gruff, even a bit hoarse. I guess some listeners get turned off by this choice — it's more R&B than "jazz" strictly speaking, I suppose —  but I hear it as just another color in his paintbox. It also reminds me a bit of how Lee Konitz roughened up his tone as he explored other avenues of free playing. His solo here does seem oddly unresolved; truncated, even. Probably better to say it sticks a landing in an unexpected spot. And to enjoy how he makes a meal (as the actors like to say) out of every note he sustains.

    Spoiler:

    Newport in New York '72, the tracks with Milt Buckner, Mingus, Alan Dawson, Jimmy Owens (!!!), Buddy Tate, Charles McPherson, Cat Anderson, and Roland Hanna

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