Burning a disc w/ just MAD solos by Woody Shaw.

[Rooster_Ties]

Been thinkin' about burning a long, 79-minute CDR (just for myself), of nothin' but solos by one particular jazz soloist, sans the rest of the tunes (so none of the other soloists, and no heads either -- just one solo after another --- with scissor edits, and no space (silence) between tracks).

Sorta like the Zappa releases with nothing but guitar solos, one after another, after another, after another -- taken completely out of context (with no heads)...

I realize this might be kinda silly with some players (particularly "inside" players, me thinks). But I'm wondering if this could turn out to be an interesting disc for me to play in the car --- with a soloist who was basically an "inside" guy, who sometimes got to play in some relatively "out" or "out"-leaning contexts (usually not his own dates).

(And no, not Andrew Hill, nor Joe Henderson. Can anybody guess who I am thinking of doing this for??? Answer: Woody Shaw!!!)

Anybody here ever done anything like this before??

Maybe my dumbest idea yet. But somehow I thought it might be interesting to hear practically all of this guy's "out"-leaning solos, back to back to back, in the hopes of getting some additional understanding about his approach. He was basically a hardbop guy, who took things further when given the opportunity.

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[Guest DizzySpells]

I did it a long time ago (on tape) with all the Art Blakey drum solos I had. Just to study that aspect of his playing more closely. To say I got disappointed after a few close listenings doesn't even come close. More often than not, it was the same shtick over and over again. Took a lot of the shine away for me.

So be careful.

Edit: And having typed that, I hopped on over to http://www.artblakey.com/realaudio.html to listen to "Dat Dere" from Big Beat. Just because.

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[Free For All]

Maybe my dumbest idea yet. 

Don't sell yourself short!

BTW; Osby?

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[Rooster_Ties]

BTW; Osby?

Not Osby. But somebody you'd definitely approve of, Free For All.

[Free For All]

Billy Harper?

[Rooster_Ties]

Billy Harper?

Closer. Still not it. B-)

[Peter Johnson]

May I have a copy?

B-)

[marcello]

Could you be thinking of George Adams, Rooster? I might even pay to hear that! His solos always take you on a journey.

[Rooster_Ties]

Good guesses all, but it's not a reed-player I'm thinking about doing this for.

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[scottb]

Curtis Fuller!?

[Rooster_Ties]

Curtis Fuller!?

Nada. Nunca. Nyet. (But also a good guess.)

Edit: Here's a hint. Up before, when I said "Billy Harper" was a closer guess than "Greg Osby" --- I said this because Harper was pretty close in age to the soloist I was thinking of (turns out they were born within two years of each other, in the mid-1940's). That, plus Harper and the Mystery Man played together a few times, and recorded together at least once too.

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[marcello]

Nw you've got me thinkin'.

Woody Shaw?

My last guess before I go bonkers!

[Rooster_Ties]

YES, YES, YES!!! WOODY SHAW!!!! B-)

What got me thinking about doing this was Woody's amazing solos on the previously unreleased Andrew Hill session with Sam Rivers, from Halloween of 1967 (on the new Select).

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[marcello]

Did I win something?

It would be something to listen to his "Moontrane" solos, back to back.

[David Ayers]

I did it a long time ago (on tape) with all the Art Blakey drum solos I had. Just to study that aspect of his playing more closely. To say I got disappointed after a few close listenings doesn't even come close. More often than not, it was the same shtick over and over again. Took a lot of the shine away for me.

So be careful.

Too true. Or maybe we should see those solos as the still point in an all-too-rapidly turning world?

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Well, please remember that Art Blakey never issued an album of just his drum solos from different tunes pieced together. If you take it upon yourself to remove things from their original context you may find they don't work as well as when left alone.

Absolutely there are lots of things that he did which came back again and again, but there are also things that were different. Even the last time I saw him (1989) he was doing things that I had never heard him do.

Mike