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Oh, so this isn't the original Vocalion take? So it must be the alternative take that was issued on a Columbia LP.
MG
I try to be as precise as i can be with the information that is in the booklet. In the tracklisting they wrote: "Master unissued on 78 rpm" and the record date is Januar, 19th 1938. In the liner notes they tell us the nice story with the time capsule of 1939, where a copy of the vocalion version was placed in this box, which has to be opend in the year 5000. And the author says: "...a copy of the original Vocalion record of "the flat foot floogie" (included here) was placed.... " For me this sound like... they have used a Vocalion session, which was not issued on 78rpm in the old days.
Maybe another point (it was mentioned in the discussion) will or might support this. I quote the following from the notes:
"...And, as if by magic, Gaillard sold a nonsense ditty he'd written, "The Flat-Fleet Floozie (with the Floy Floy)", to a publisher and recorded it for Vocalion--but not before executives got him to doctor the title, recasting the slightly raffish "Floozie" as "Floogie"...."
I think, we can all hear, what they sing....
I hope, this can be helpful. Maybe someone knows more than me, i have only this liner notes.
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haven't listened to it more than once but that Slim&Slam Flat foot flootie is hard to get out of your ears again....ahhhhhhhh out daemons out....
rest to follow
Cheers, Tjobbe
... floy-hoy... floy-hoy ... 
...i can't wait for it
with regards
Mr. Bassman
Actually, I should have said that that was the first time I've heard the original. I have only seen them do it on film. So thank you Mr B.
MG
But i have to thank mikeweil, because he is the real source for this version. He invited me to S&S! The liner notes of the package state, that this version was unissued on a 78-rpm record.and here something for all of you... who can withstand these gentlemen ???
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Yes - and it's so hard to spot when quotes are nested. It's the same as trying to spot when you have the wrong number of brackets in a formula.
MG
Yeah, and it reminds me to the old days of fortran-programming or "Spaghetti-Basic"
Never did Fortran, but spaghetti basic was a speciality of the house!
MG
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ah,, there's where the Freiburg Bass player has been hidden... Winter adé seems to be appropriate for the todays temperature
Yes, you got it!
Do you know the whole thing, there are two discs related to this project. I have them both. ... and ... Here in my hometown there is sunshine, too. 
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haven't listened to it more than once but that Slim&Slam Flat foot flootie is hard to get out of your ears again....ahhhhhhhh out daemons out....
rest to follow
Cheers, Tjobbe
... floy-hoy... floy-hoy ... ...i can't wait for it
with regards
Mr. Bassman
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It wasn't annoying at all Mr B.
Thank you for that, MG, okay, then i am pacified.
One or two points, and I'll see if quotes can be made to work properlyThey work properly now
I haven't tested it for the upper limit, i have the suspicion that #10 is a critical number. We had a 9er quote in one of these discussion-posts and they work. When we take 15 quotes into a post, then i have to use the colored-letter-quote-system.My remark was related to #2 and #3. All 3 tunes could have been much more likeable for me if they'd played them a bit different.
Ah, now it is clear. Well then, #2 exists as a peace for 5 and if i listen to both versions, i can imagine, what you mean, but as it is a modern thing, it may be not that likeable to you either (okay, i presume this). #3 is played by younger musicians (compared to me) and #5 is difficult to explain... at this state of progress in the discussion about CD#2, but I will return to this or someone of our participiants will recognize it.
I meant the whole track was too long, not the bass solo. Sorry I wasn't clear.Ah, this makes sense now for me.... this take here is a live performance of that tune and there exists a studio recording, too (which is shorter, maybe half of the time), but my old cassette-tape with that recording is nearly ruined, it howls like a wulf. This live-performance is taken from a vinyl one (but there must be a CD, too). This tune is surely in our today-imagination/reception too long, that was my impression too, when i prepared the BFT. But then, i don't wanted to shorten it or put a fading .... The bass-solo is naturally the matter for the BFT and this recording has a special meaning for me.
Hard for me to do this because I'm not a musician. There were a few notes he played that didn't sound like they were in the tune I know, but I don't think he was improvising at that stage. I'll have another listen later and try to note the timing for you.
Okay, there can be more than one reason for that. He takes a special harmonisation of his own, changes the core-melody, maybe there are too much effects in it (chorus, flanger, reverb or whatever) and the instrument itself may cause this, too. Playing is not that easy... and the flubbing-factor is not low.... but as he is a very accurate player, if you have the time and the delight, to note the timing, i will keep an eye ... eh.. ear on it !
with regards
Mr. Bassman
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New update on the receiving ... there are still 5 on the way !
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No, sorry, but.... it is in there, i checked it (easy for me
), even with a review. Come on.... not that difficult with regards
Mr. Bassman
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received the CD's yesterday - very good packing BTW, played both CD's three times already (not in row
)comments and guesses (if any ) will follow
Thanks you and I wait for your comments and guesses !
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BTW - and off-topic: Did rockefeller center get a copy? If not, do you want his adress?
No, he didn't sign in.... and i haven't asked him yet.
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Yes - and it's so hard to spot when quotes are nested. It's the same as trying to spot when you have the wrong number of brackets in a formula.
MG
Yeah, and it reminds me to the old days of fortran-programming or "Spaghetti-Basic"
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Thank you for that nice statements. I hope it was not that painful ???
And here are the comments (... again the blue-letter-quotation-System)BFT 42 DISC 2
1 S & S – Guitarist & bass player. Classic black pop! Wonderful!
I have nothing to add, it is wonderful, indeed!2 A bass player! He’s obviously hearing something in his head, but I can’t hear it. I keep expecting the rest of the band to come in and groove, but they never do. It could be a great groover, if the others joined in.
... aah! an interesting point ! Sure, this is the bass-only performance... but... this tune was originally recorded as a tune for 5 ! ... maybe this is a hint ???
3 Modern band led by soprano sax. Playing with the rhythm very articulately but, somehow, they never fly – which they could do – because they’re stuck in this clever set of slightly different versions of the riff as each solo builds. Oh and the ending is SOOOO twee!... but the Leader is not the sax-player. The rhythm refers to the home-country. It seems to me, you like the ending most in this tune
4 A lovely sounding tenor player grabs you by the balls immediately! The tune keeps reminding me of the George Benson hit, “The greatest love of all”, but I don’t think it really is. There are just a lot of phrases taken from the tune. I like the pianist, too, but he isn’t as attention-grabbing as the tenorman, especially when he comes back in after the pianist has had his say. But no matter, this is a good band of people who are all working together beautifully and creating a gorgeous feeling together. If the rest of the album is this delightful, I think I’ll be looking to buy it.
Never had the idea with George Benson, but i can follow you! Yes there is some GBism in this tune. But the liner notes of this recording say nothing, only names, tunes and some dates. To me this album is very delightful, it was difficult to choose the title for the BFT. But the tunes are not all that "hymnical". There is a wide spectrum of modern music. I checked the Label... it seems to be out of print
5 Jumping big band! Then a spiky little theme that’s just held together for me by the Latin percussion. Portentous bits of ensemble arranging tend to break up the groove. Chano Pozo or Mongo wouldn’t have put up with it. Another I think could have been very enjoyable.Hmmmm. If you don't know that tune in the original version, it is very difficult to say anything specific. Maybe this one is too special ???
And i don't understand the last sentence, i can only try to guess, what you mean, my english is not very welltrained, sorry for that. Do you mean another title form that band would be more enjoyable ??? Please forgive me, but i am puzzled.
6 Middle Eastern stuff. Good groove in the percussion section. This is the sort of thing “World music” DJs tend to put on dancefloor compilations for the benefit of would-be Ali Gs in Staines. It’s also, looking at it from the point of view of the musicians, the sort of thing that Arts Councils give grants for. The pianist doesn’t seem to be very at home here, but the flute & violin solos fit quite well with the voices and rhythm.Nice statement. Never thought that this would make it into the dancefloors.
7 Is that a harmonium in the background, or some kind of synthesiser? Oh, I think it’s some Indian instrument in a box that I’ve seen on telly.I like this. It’s as miserable as sin, but calmly content. I don’t think I’d like a LOT of it, however.
I showed a big grin, when i read this one for the first time. .... it's as miserable as sin ... i will keep this in my dictionary, i like it ! .... okay, back to work ... there is no synthesiser, and no indian instrument.... and i had the chance to listen to a whole concert of this.... yes, I am a bass-maniac I can't tell anything specific at this state of the discussion. 8 This, particularly the intro, makes me think of some of those Pharoah Sanders tunes he did in the late ‘70s, after he’d left Impulse and before he started recording for Theresa. Only, it isn’t 20 minutes long! I like this a lot, too.Well, there is no link to Pharoah at all.
9 More film music that isn’t! Another dark night, but the hero is strolling along, looking into shop windows. He sees the reflection of someone following him, so he ducks into an amusement arcade and loses the follower in the crowd.Ahhh, this is a good one !!! As you can read in Nates statements, he already gets a bit of it. It is no film music, but the main theme of that "thing" has some relations to film.... and TV-series ... and literature (some sort of) and.... and at least.... there is a connection to BFT#42
10 More funny instruments and something Middle Eastern about this one, too. Kind of Egyptian, I think, though the bass solo doesn’t sound like that. What an effin’ groove, too! Non-Scottish bagpipes, as well? Another one for the dancefloors of Staines! Bass player is a real killer!You often visit the dancefloors ???
Well, there is a lot of traditional instruments in this melange, maybe not the best recording the bass-player did... but i had to introduce him to you, you say it... he is a killer! 11 “The skaters’ waltz” or “The blue Danube” I always get those two confused. “Radezky march” now. A Strauss medley? Ah, they don’t make ‘em like that any more! How charming!Yes, it's a Strauß-medley, but a very special.... it is a hommage to an instrument (can you guess, which??) I like this tune very much and it was a kind of a must for Mr. Bassman's BFT.
12 Overlong theme over a Reggae beat. Leading to rock guitar solo. Then a bass solo. Much too long.Okay, you have entered the special theme-part in this BFT.... much too long soloing ? hmmmm.. Those were the days back in the XXXies
13 Trombonist still tuning up while the others are getting started on the next number. (I doubt if this is the same band as the previous track.) I’m going off to make a cup of tea. Audience very enthusiastic, but beats me if I can see why.
I enjoy your statement a lot, but they are not the same band, it is nearly the same time-period. The audience is very enthusiastic, it was a real highlight !!! And... there is a kind of a connection to #13 of CD1 .... trombone playing.... and .... there is a connection to #5 of this CD. Hope, you enjoyed the tea after that....
14 Attractive bass clarinet intro, leading to pleasant music milling about kind of aimlessly.I think, this was not that painful like #12 or #13 ? Can you remember the song ? Maybe it is difficult, if you are not involved in some kind of pop-music.
15 Very cheerful! I’d certainly drop 10p in the hat if they were playing in the street!
I know, this one is nearly beyond the jazz-borders for a BFT.... but there is a reason (for me) to put this on the CD. Beside the 10p.... this group lasted not very long. 16 Oh, NOW we’ve got the Christmas Carols! Slightly inaccurately played, it seems to me. How can anyone play “Silent night” inaccurately? (I mean, and not do another take.)As this BFT is ahead of the December/christmas BFT, i took this one as a closing tune.... but there is still the relationship to the special theme... inaccurately.... hmmm, can you specify this a bit more ?
Happy Christmas!Hmmm, was it that annoying ???
with regards
Mr. Bassman
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arrived!!!
thanks!!!
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(In a John MacEnroe tone of voice) I DO NOT GET THIS!!!!!
Okay, accepted. but i think, there is an audience even for that type of music. In a John MacEnroe way i would say: "The ball was in" The "I do not get this" remark referred to the fact that my second post worked OK with the quotes, but the first didn't. I split the post to see if having fewer quotes worked OK, but it didn't. Then it did. So I still don't get it. (Where's the smiley of someone tearing out their hair at the machinery?)
MG
This one should work in the proper way !
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(In a John MacEnroe tone of voice) I DO NOT GET THIS!!!!!
Okay, accepted. but i think, there is an audience even for that type of music. In a John MacEnroe way i would say: "The ball was in" The "I do not get this" remark referred to the fact that my second post worked OK with the quotes, but the first didn't. I split the post to see if having fewer quotes worked OK, but it didn't. Then it did. So I still don't get it. (Where's the smiley of someone tearing out their hair at the machinery?)
MG
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on track #10, got some suspicion but need to check first if the violin and guitar might be overdubbed as the "unmasked" might indicate that I should know this guitar player quite well.
Cheers, Tjobbe
P.S. I know that Muthspiel as well played violin on selected recordings....
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Mr B: "blandsville" is just my shorthand for saying it's too syrupy/smooth/easy-listening to my tastes. -- Aha, that is Nabatov. Possibly one of those Klaus Konig discs? I just tried sampling them on AMG but my connection wasn't working. Anyway, pleased to spot Simon because (unlike the two tracks I spotted on disc 1) I don't own the disc!
I am deeply impressed, never thought that someone will catch this one that quick ! It is one of these Klaus König discs, but it is the only one, that i possess. As there is still a lot of time and some people haven't got their packages yet, I will not unveil, which one, so they can try.... Thanks for the explanation of Blandsville, i was not sure, what you meant, now i understand. But i like that #7 very much, #4 is not that a fav, but there is a reason (ha-ha) putting this one into the BFT. When i selected the tracks, i wanted to create a good mix and a lot of fav. things were not choosen, because everyone
knows them. And sometimes there is a bit of a personal relationship to a musician and i wanted just to introduce him or her here in this fine circle of jazz-lovers (this counts for that track#4). Maybe this is an excuse for the more bland ones. But it is personal view, indeed, i liked it and i thought it is a good example for a piece of calm music in front of some "other" things, that happen later on this CD. Referring to the title.... it is a nice interpretation of that, what the title says. But i don't try to convince you -
on Track #5 knowing the Label I'm doing some wild guess now: bass player is hungarian and died recently in September ? I would guess the title is called Bop dance (which somehow might fit as well) and features Antolini/Scherer/Wilfer
Cheers, Tjobbe
Not that bad Yes, knowing the label is half the way ! -
1: presumably Slim & Slam, no idea who the vibes player is. Hm, I expected to enjoy this a little more than I did--I think I prefer Nat King Cole's version! I've always heard it as "Flat-Fleet Floogie" not "Floozy", though. Slim was a kind of a multi-instrumentalist, he plays the vibes. Maybe that a slang-word needs some slang pronounciation.... 2: some realllly fleet bass playing there on a theme that is surely an Ornette tune (though I haven't heard it before I believe). Impressive, not exactly the kind of thing that mvoes me/excites me though.
An Ornette tune ??? Maybe inspired of his music, but this musicians is quoting himself! In a way...
3: After that interesting offkilter intro I was kind of bummed when the bland soprano sax & synth came in. Fun counting this one (alternating 7 and 8 I believe)....uh, I think I was concentrating too hard on that not the soprano solo! Now there's a smoother interlude for the piano in 6. -- I think that all this goes to say that I enjoy the architecture of the piece more than the actual solos. Slick stuff, though.What should i say... hmmmm, the architecture of this tune was a main reason for choosing this one. The solos are for the personal taste
. But any clue, what this is about and who this might be ?4: Blandsville, even if the tenor player isn't whispering sweet nothings all the time.I don't understand exactly what you mean with Blandsville... is this the tune and your impression of the music or is it the fact, that you don't have any idea. I want to be sure, that i understand you in the right way.
5: Curious piece in that is takes a latin-jazz context & builds tension via extra-long suspensions rather than climaxes. Can't say that it's the best context for a tuba solo though.... Still, this one kept me guessing!!
As long as you are in the guessing process, there is not much to say. The tuba-solo .... from my point of view and knowledge.... this can be the beginning of a red thread (like in the minotaurus-story) to the goal.... The latin-Jazz-context is a bit for the disturbancy-factor... but also to the solution.
Is the tune familiar, do you recognize it ? 6: Yow, quite the cultural collision! Probably it's that Michael White album on Impulse. The voices really, really, don't work.Yes, the culturs meet in this tune, but not Michael White. Maybe the singers will say that vice versa ?
7: More blandsville.... sorry, not my thing, esp. that ostinato from the guitar pasted over everything.No guitar here
8: I note a distinct fondness for tracks that open with a bass solo ..... Pop tune with a cute arrangement centred on, yes, multiple basses. This is a rare instance where I prefer the bass solo to the head.... Sounds like it might be some period instruments on the head??? Anyway, if I want jazzy chamber music I'll head to Kent Carter's Intersections......Well, Mr. Bassman is very fond of bass-playing
yeeees.... multiple basses, that's not bad! Pop-tune ? which one do you have in mind ? Jazzy chamber music ? Really ??? This could be ride on the ice rink! This tune is not that fair, please forgive me, but i liked it and it is "bassy" 9: a nice bad-news opening & an "orchestral" feel here. The pianist sounds like it's probably Simon Nabatov, even though without a solo it's hard to tell (the run at circa 1:30 is very Nabatovian). Interesting track, maybe part of a longer suite?Well, there are some points to be distributed! This is Simon Nabatov!!! Well done ! And... it is part of a longer suite. And.... there is a twisted connection to the BFT#42 ! Maybe the hint in this statement is more disturbing, but there is one! And.... that leads a "big" (not a little...) bit to the overall-theme of this BFT ! (beside the tunes 12-16 on this CD#2)
with regards
Mr. Bassman
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Yes, it is English, but spoken with what sounded to me like a German accent. But I see now that it is a Dutchman speaking.
Maybe a typing error? He is not a dutchman, another european country with a "d" indeed
Ah, I meant to miss the right note, not to leave one out. It would have to be a VERY bad miss for me to notice it, I think. Yes, one has to listen carefully to the bass-line to recognize this flubbing. I would be proud of myself, if my flubbings are like that. but beside the flubbing... this is a really nice tune and CC is a great singer for me, and I am normally not very interested in singers. Mikeweil gives me a good lesson. On the other hand... OP is one of my fav. bass-players.I guess from your remarks later this must have been done in the '80s. I expected fifties from the sound and the length of the track.As i said in another posting, The sound on this recording is like the sound was, when they play in front of the audience. The bass-player used a "not-that-good" pickup, although this could be a famous bass-instrument (if he used that one i have in mind, during the recording-session). There is a nice story about this musician and one of his instruments. I will tell in the answers thread. I am nearly sure, that there is a normal piano and not a grand in the studio (but this is only a guess, there is no confirmation to this). The recording is made really in the 1980ies, i can confirmed this. Maybe they wanted this 50ies sound in case of a recommendation to that time-period and the music. The title of this tune seem to lead in that direction.
I meant the pianist. I think I have some of the sax player on a LesMcCann album.
Okay, I get it. well, this tune here in the BFT goes in that direction, i can follow your statement... but i like Bill Evans on piano a lot and he touches me several times.
I think I had "The Third Man" in mind, together with a cigarette ad on TV in Britain in the late '50s "You're never alone with a Strand". Glad you liked the screenplay.
Try also "Secret agent men" by Akira Tana (with Lonnie Smith) - film & TV spy themes plus 5 original tracks at the end; "Fictitious soundtracks from "Tough Guy""
I know "the third man" and i like the film. I can imagine, that the tune here can go to that impression, but, as i know the title and the original-thing, it is a bit joking for me, to put that one in a spy-film. The other films you mentioned i actually can't remember, but i will look forward to them. I think, you will have a smile, when the answer is posted.
I thought it was Mabern because he seems to have a knack of writing tunes that you think you've known a long time, but which you've actually never heard before. Now, maybe I HAVE heard this tune before, I don't know But yes, I liked it a lot, even if it's not Mabern.Yes, there can be some Mabernisms in the playing, and it can be, that you have really heard that one, but in a total different way, I am nearly sure. And a little info.... the piano player is not the original composer. The whole disc is about a very special composer, sometimes, the original is very hard to recognize, i think you will like the rest of it either, but there are some more modern aspects in the other interpretations.
No, I didn't dislike it. I LOVED the trombonist - and am very impressed if there were no electronics. But the others were good, just not as good for me as the trombonist.
I still have no true confirmation from a written source, but i think there is no electronic effect, beside the microphone. It seems to be the same technique, that Albert Mangelsdorff has developed in his trombone-playing.
There is a lot of modern jazz I don't like much. But I particularly don't like spiky tunes and spiky improvisations. They just don't seem best calculated to be widely entertaining, which I think should be the aim of most musicians.(In a John MacEnroe tone of voice) I DO NOT GET THIS!!!!!
Okay, accepted. but i think, there is an audience even for that type of music. In a John MacEnroe way i would say: "The ball was in" Now i will see, what the quotation-machine does in that case.....
with regards
Mr. Bassman
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Thanks Mr. Bassman for your commends. I gave myself a pat on the back for the correct suggestion I gave for the first track. I liked your compilation but I find it very difficult to find the correct information to it. Hope you'll like my January 2007 ( BFT # 44 ) compilation. Good luck identifing the other tracks !!
Ah, you have the #44! I think, i will be in it. Then my brain has to work hard and i will need the luck!
What do you mean , when you mention the difficulty, is it too difficult or is there no useful information out there in the web ? I didn't get the point.
Yes, and... a clap from me either for the track #1
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What a luck for me today, that there is no rehearsal. So I have some time for you, this one is to The Magnificent Goldberg and his statements. To the problem with the quotation... there is really an upper limit (about 10 or something) for the quotations in one post. I had the suspicion, that there is one, and rockefeller center got the prove (he tested it). Therefore i use the "colored letter"- quotation-System
BFT 42 DISC 1
1 A German Word Jazz. Nice poem. Nice start to a bass feature.hmmmm... the words are not german, aren't they? But it is a nice wordgame indeed. And you are absolutely right, it is a nice opener. I like this very much, the bass player follows the words for example the piece with the low tone....
2 CC – “Everything I’ve got belongs to you” – the only “disc where Oscar flubbed a note”. I’ve LOVED CC” since 1960. Thank you for including this Mr B.
Actually, I've always wondered whether Oscar really did miss a note and if C actually improvised that line, and the one following, or whether it was all worked out in advance.
He did not really miss the note... it is to be heard some bars in front of that line (my impression), and i believe she improvised it (actually I want to believe this, because it is that nice). AFAIK OP liked this kind of a solution, normally he would never give his okay to release that on a record. For me it ia a sign of humanity in music.... to flubb a note and receive that nice reaction. But if the whole was worked out.... it is a nice thing either.... for all of us musicians, who flubbed or will flubb a note (or two maybe three....)3 Funky “In the mood”. Must be a German Radio band. A live performance. The drummer is really kicking during the guitarist’s solo. I like the guitarist and trumpeter, but for me the drummer’s the star. And the arranger. Love the growling trumpet section!Yes, a live performance, not a german band. The stubborn Tjobbe has cracked the main thing, but there are still credits to earn.... this tune was not arranged by the main arranger.... this "problem" is still to be solved.
4 Bass & bari duet. Bass man establishes a very good mood from the outset. And the sax doesn’t disappoint, when that comes in. The baritone player sounds like someone I ought to recognise. Perhaps it’s Joe Temperley, he says, without much confidence. Whoever it is, this is a lovely piece of music. Yeah!Well, this is an unsolved tune too, and it is not Joe Temperley. I think, the source is very hard to find, but i thought this is a very nice tune for a BFT.
5 Very boppish tune that I don’t recognise. The sound of the recording seems quite ‘40s-ish to me. But the playing time indicates that it must have been recorded in the LP era. Oh and the bass player has very modern chops. No idea who these people are. Not my sort of thing, but not something I screw my nose up at, either.Okay, i'll give a whiff of information, this is not a familiar jazz-standard. It is a tune composed by the bass-player. Well the sound is really a bit strange, but no 40ies. and normally the label is wellknown for a good sound !!!! They have a kind of a sound-reference .... LPs, i mean the vinyl-things, but this is actually from the CD.
6 The tune sounds a bit musicianly. Sax player sounds like Joe Henderson on a quiet day. Perhaps it’s Bennie Maupin. Just time for a ciggy before this track ends.No, these musicians are not to be heard. But it was unveiled very early by Nate Dorward.
7 Piano trio. Good stuff, I guess, but it really doesn’t get to me. Someone played me a Bill Evans record once, about 40 years ago. This feels like that did.
Interesting impression, do you mean the piano-Bill or the Sax-Bill of the two "big" Bills we have in the Evans-"family" ? (Yes, I know.... they are no relatives). Sometimes I have a similar impression, when i listen to this recording. It is well composed, the musicians try their best, but it didn't reach the heart.... But a good stuff for a BFT, I don't think, that this will be recognized (.... I appeal to your "sportmenship" .... ready .. steady.. GO
). 8 “Cherokee”. Vibes – Lionel Hampton? Tenor player – more modern, but this was still the era when everyone played together. Piano – tons of chops in the left hand – Tatum or Hines? I really like this. It’s from a big gap in my collection.No, it is not cherokee nor Lionel, but the player likes him.... i will check if there is a relationship between them.... i will post it, if i find something. Okay... the german participiants already know for sure, who they are. This is a very special record. The piano-player is not Hines nor Tatum. For more confusion.... it was recorded in the 1980ies and the same label as take#5
. Now, you nedd to know which label and then... up for a katalog or a listing.9 Modern tenor & rhythm. Nowt here for me, I’m afraid. Just sittin’ here.How do you like this, anyway ? Or where are the dislikes, can they be put into words ?
10 Film soundtrack music. Black & white film from the forties. The hero’s running through ill-lit streets, being chased by the baddies. He keeps looking back, ducking around corners, pausing to gasp for breath. Then he’s off again! He manages to keep his trilby on the whole time, however – no mean feat! He’s slowing down, but he’s found somewhere to hole up.The baddies race off into the night in the wrong direction.
actually no film-music, but i would watch yours
I am not allowed to give any hints at this moment.11 Drums, bass and cello. And guitar. Sounds a lot like an exercise in all four musicians’ technique, to me. There’s something familiar about some of the riffs – country feel to some of the guitar figures.Listen carefully again.... are there that much musicians ? What you say about the technical aspects... yes they have great technical skills, but not only. Sometimes they give clinics to music-students (i think i read that and remember that right), maybe one can hear this in this performance.
12 This starts off as though it’s going to be familiar, then it isn’t. Pianist feels a bit like Harold Mabern in a modern mood.
No, it is not Mabern. What can you say to the title ? What seems to be familiar ? And... do you like this one ?
13 Electric trombone? How does he make those funny sounds? I love that trombonist, but can’t say the same for the alto player, the pianist, or the tune.Ohh, you dislike this ???? But you put the finger on an interesting point.... i must check about that "electric trombone".... I think, there is no artificial effect in this. We will see....
14 Really don’t like this one.Okay, accepted. But what disturbes you, are there any specific things or is it an overall
?15 Sounds like a Christmas carol. Or a medley of carols. Like this one. Nice ending.Hmmmm... I did not expect, that take 15 is that difficult and nobody has an idea, who this is. The composers are unveiled, but not the performer. And it is not a Christmas carol. A little disturbancy ???? One of the composers is a jazz-musician, really!! Tjobbe can confirm this without any doubt, can you ?
Lots of stuff I’ve enjoyed in this one Mr B. Thanks for putting them all together.Thank you for that. Maybe i will register for another one
with regards
Mr. Bassman
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mine still not here yet.
Hmmm, but yours was sent with the others, i hope you will receive it soon. But there are some others of round #1, who haven't got their package. The secrets of the post-offices will never be unveiled.
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I received mine today. Thank you.
Unfortunately I am very busy this week so I can only get to listening to the discs and taking down notes on the weekend, or Friday perhaps.
No stress-making at all ! You can enter your notes when you have the time, we just started the discussion and, as far i have received the reposts, there are still some packages on the way to the participients.
BFT #42 CD 1
in Blindfold Test
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The highets temperature for today was about 21 degrees (on my balcony in the sun) and now (it's dark outside 19.17 local time) it shows still 14 degrees (all Celsius), that is more like May not November.