Jim R Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 Here's your chance to poke a little fun at our cherished institution. I don't know why, but the feeling suddenly came over me, and I just couldn't help it... =============================================================================== Jack Slick Groove God Group: Members Posts: 9,347 Member No.: 33.3 Joined: 1-April 03 Location: In the pocket Okay folks, this is the thread to post your reactions to the music I've sent out. Now, listen up. Even though the BF test has only been in existence for a few months, I've spent the better part of 19 years assembling this music for you people. I knew this day would come, and I was PREPARED! Don't be fooled by the fact that there's only one disc- I meant to do that. You see, this is the best of the best, the cream of the cream (or however that saying goes over there in France), the hippest of the hip. Every track was carefully selected over a course of months, tested and retested for suitability. The artists were chosen very carefully to help form a package that would be cohesive (in a subtly diverse way) and set a standard for all future BF tests. I even went so far as to investigate the family histories of each artist, to ensure the proper integrity (and wholesome vibe) for this collection. EVERY song was carefully examined for quality, in terms of compositional structure, group interplay, solo length/quality, recording quality, etc, etc (I could go on forever, so I'll just leave it at that for now). Your task here is to give your honest reaction to the music. You should try to identify what it is you're hearing if possible, but it's just as important to explain and analyze what your PERSONAL reaction is to this music. Detail, detail, detail. EXPRESS yourself here. Essays for each track should be not longer than 1,000 words. =============================================================================== Jazzstronaut Super Fine Groover Group: Members Posts: 18,946 Member No.: 0 Joined: 29-February 03 Location: You mean right now? Whoa, thanks for the disc, Jack Slick! I probably won't get any of these right, but here goes... 1. No clue 2. I like this a lot. 3. Didn't listen to this one 4. Okay 5. Very good 6. Really good 7. Mmmph 8. Cool 9. Is this from "Kinda Blue"? 10. No guess 11. Pretty nice 12. Good 13. 14. 15. I'll try to get to those last three next week. Right now I gotta run- people are signing up for the next test... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Well...I had a chance to listen to the first tune. I am absolutely postitively almost convinced that the tenor player might be either Frank Trambauer or Tim Berne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 I don't like any of them! You call this jazz??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 1. There's not enough of the dat-dat-do-dah there 2. These white cats just can't swing, you know what I mean? They're all da-da-do when they should be dat-dat-dah-du 3. Whoever this is, they remind me that jass is not about the music, it's about what's *inside* man, but you can't be *inside* and *outside* at the same time unless you are playing *outside* and *in* 4. Sorry, I wasn't listening, but I'm sure that you can see how that track goes back to the rhythmic squeaking and wailing-- yeeoowww-mama-- of the chains and ropes that enslaved our people when we were making the real pure music... More after I figure out why I lost my gig at the Lincoln Center... wynton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Yeah, what he said! -Stanley C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 1. No clue 2. I like this a lot. 3. Didn't listen to this one 4. Okay 5. Very good 6. Really good 7. Mmmph 8. Cool 9. Is this from "Kinda Blue"? 10. No guess 11. Pretty nice 12. Good 13. 14. 15. I'll try to get to those last three next week. Right now I gotta run- people are signing up for the next test... I thought I was too brief... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Jack, please tell me how you got your post count so high. Regards, JSngry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Jack, please tell me how you got your post count so high. Regards, JSngry Lots of bribes to the admin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 1. Wow, that piano!! Reminded me of Count Basie at first, but then in the solo it was kind of closer to Bud Powell. Could be Cecil Taylor paying hommage to Erroll Garner, or maybe some unissued Meade Lux Lewis trying his hand at modern styles? I'll have to say I just don't know. 2. Oh my God, as I was listening to this track the dog bit the baby! There's blood everywhere! Dog could be rabid. I'll have to return to this track tomorrow. 3. I hate this. That tenor player should be shot--all he's doing is rehashing the harmonic schemes and pet licks of Chu Berry in the period 1933-35. I mean, if he'd concentrated on Berry's 1938 work, that would have changed everything. Not only that, he came in on the wrong chord in bar 92! What an amateur. 4. Interesting Latin jazz percussion workout. Desi Arnaz? 5. DEFINITELY Stan Getz, probably with his quartet of Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid and Victor Lewis. The tune is "If I Wished Upon A Star." Brilliant. ************ (after answers are revealed): 1. I would never have guessed Lennie Tristano! I'll have to pick this up ASAP! 2. We had to put the dog down. 3. Wow, Steve Lacy's tone is so dark sometimes, I could have sworn this was a tenor! On listening to this a second time, I can hear now that it's "Blue Monk." Still, not my cup of tea. 4. Babatunde Olatunji? Is he an Afro-Cuban? 5. Pretty smooth performance, I wouldn't have expected this from Archie Shepp. It's interesting - I do think there are similarities between "If I Wished Upon a Star" and "Rufus (Swung, His Face at Last to the Wind, Then His Neck Snapped)," but they're pretty subtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 "you got one crazy ass stereo man" (or something to that affect) Monk to Feather...Downbeat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 1. John Cage - 4'33". I'm not sure this is "jazz" but it makes for an interesting beginning to the dis...oh, wait a minute, forgot to start the disc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 "Lexington Avenue pressing, with dog slobber on it but makes a nice play copy." Oops, sorry, wrong parody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 1. The reed squeaks give it away-this has got to be Bird. You know that's why he got the nickname, right? 2. Smooth yet rough, yin and yang in equal measure. Considering that she does everything "rough" I'm going to say its Tina Turner with Yanni. 3. Theme from Mighty Mouse, but this is the Jim Carrey version. Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 Holy shit, no Kenny G included?!? Can't be any good then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 (edited) 1. "Songs for Kazoo and Screaming Whistle" by Big Toe Stewart and the Grangers. Excellent performance. 2. MC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This" performed by the Avram Malemsteen Accordian Quartet on the "Live at the House of Beef" album. Classic. 3. "Get Away from My Mother" by Morrie Mo and the Mo-Fos. Is this a bootleg? I don't remember all the screams of "How's the soup?" on the LP. 4. Ah...a rare alternate take of "So What" from Kind of Blue with Avram Malemsteen sitting in on accordian. It's only 30 seconds long. It cuts off after Miles says, "Oh my God! Who the fuck let that guy in here?" 5. This is a great recording. "Needa Nuttin' Fo' Sho' Fo' Fo'." A rare Blind Lemon Pye 78. The amazing thing about Blind Lemon Pye was that he wasn't blind, he didn't play guitar, and he didn't sing. Most of his 78s involve him crying, "Git dat goddamn microphone outta mah face! Ah'm tryin' to take a bath!" 6. Oh God, someone always drags out Vinnie & Vinnie D'Angelis doing "Grotto of My Heart." Please. This is so cliche. If you have to have a Vinnie & Vinnie tune, why not "Liver and Onions (and Salt Water Taffy)?" 7. Whoah! Is that Little Johnny Kneecap? Not sure if it's "Stop Hurting Me" or "Give Me Ten Cents (So I Can Feed The Meter)." 8. Ok, that's one's too weird for me. Is it Otis Otis? George "Milk Up My Nose" Lozenge? 9. I know that one! "Cracking Knuckles" by Sid "Knuckles" Cracker. Good one! 10. Hmmm. It's either Charlie Parker or a dog with it's tail on fire. Hard to say. Edited December 12, 2003 by Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted December 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 Clyde McCool Gnubie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 1, 2003 Location: Carpenter Vocation: ? First of all, bare with me hear... I'm sorta new at this. Theirs not a lot of jazz in my collexion yet. Anyways, Jack Slick was nice enuf to send me the DVD, so I'm gonna give this a shot. 1. Interesting. This is Dexter Gordon, playing the Selmer he got from Ben (this was the 7th time he used the horn, and on this day he was using a brand new reed). Obviously one of the private recordings from Holland, with Rein de Graaff on piano, Henk Haverhoek (knew it immediately) on bass, and Eric Ineke on drums. The tune is of course "Mrs. Miniver". This song was named for my aunt. Long story. 2. Wes Montgomery and John Coltrane doing "Impressions". What a coincidence that Jack would choose this. It was recorded in my apartment. Weird night- there was this strange sort of ball of light that came through the window during the recording... almost like Glinda the Good Witch coming to check it out, you know? Wild. 3. Is that Buddy Bolden? Sure sounds like him. Well, I'll add some more later- gotta go to my squaredance practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 1. John Cage - 4'33". I'm not sure this is "jazz" but it makes for an interesting beginning to the dis...oh, wait a minute, forgot to start the disc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 What I liked most about the test is the fact it had both Country and Western. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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