Dan Gould Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Thanks to everyone who participated and posted their guesses, I shouldn't say I am surprised but there are some really sharp-eared guys in this group. All tracks are available for purchase (as part of a complete concert download) from www.wolfgangsvault.com. Jim S. circled around that theme but didn't quite nail it down and I didn't give him immediate credit, hoping someone else would get it exactly right. But Jim did, for all intents and purposes. My purpose in choosing this theme was to help introduce some of the treasures available at Wolfgangs website for anyone not aware of it. Two disclaimers/clarifications: All transfers were made by recording via Goldwave live streaming feeds of each track at 192 KBPS. I was concerned that some would notice deficient sound but in fact no one mentioned it and that shows that you can get pretty good sound off a stream without paying for the FLAC or MP3 download. All artist listings are taken from the website, so any mistakes are theirs. Track 1 “Sonnymoon for Two” Sonny Criss Quartet July 6, 1968 Newport Jazz Festival Sonny Criss - alto sax Bill Taylor - piano Junie Booth - bass Mousie Alexander – drums No, it wasn't Richie Cole but a blazing Sonny Criss. Track 2 “Lester Leaps In” Tyree Glenn Septet July 2 1960 Newport Jazz Festival Glenn, trombone, vibes Tommy Flanagan, piano Tommy Potter, bass Eddie Locke, drums Special guests: Georgie Auld, tenor sax Harry “Sweets” Edison, trumpet A couple of BFTs ago I used a recording that actually had an announcement of the soloist in the middle. That was just a bit worse than not noticing that someone says "George" in the middle of this one. So congrats to Jim R. for going with Georgie Auld. What I liked about this one was suspecting a lot of people to assume it was Hamp, in fact prior to hearing this concert, I hadn't even known that Glenn played both trombone and vibes. Track 3 "What’s New” Clark Terry All Stars July 7 1974 Radio City Music Hall Urbie Green - trombone Charlie Byrd - guitar Milt Hinton - bass Freddie Waits – drums I figured a few people would get Charlie Byrd but no one got Urbie Green. FYI, the rest of the "All-Stars" who are absent for this tune are Joe Newman, Charlie Rouse, Lockjaw and Hank Jones. Track 4 “Party Line” Marshall Brown & The Newport Youth Band July 2, 1960 Newport Jazz Festival Marshall Brown - conductor, arranger Mike Abene - piano Andy Marsala - alto saxophone Larry Morton - alto saxophone Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone Danny Megna - tenor saxophone Al Abreu - tenor saxophone Harry Hall - trumpet Gerry Joachim - trumpet Nat Pavone - trumpet Bill Vaccaro - trumpet Astley Fennell -trombone Eddy Green - trombone Chip Hoehler - trombone Benny Jacobs-El - trombone Jerry Friedman - guitar Eddie Gomez - bass Larry Rosen - drums Featured soloists: Cannonball Adderley, Andy Marsala - alto sax Thom said it was Cannonball so he gets the prize. I liked Jim's flashbacks to lab band nightmares. A helluva band, and I knew Cannonball guesting with them would be a good combination for a BFT. Track 5 “Memories of You” Zoot Sims – Bucky Pizzarelli June 10 1977 Great American Music Hall San Francisco I kinda thought Zoot was one of those obvious players but I guess not, some heard a Zoot influence, some heard Zoot, and someone said Scott Hamilton. Track 6 "Chasin’ at Newport" Newport Jazz Festival House Band July 4 1963 Howard McGhee - trumpet Clark Terry - trumpet Joe Zawinul - piano Wendell Marshall - bass Roy Haynes - drums So many got Clark Terry, I don't know what it is but I'm not nearly as in-tune with his style as a lot of you are. But only Bill F got Mcghee, so congrats to Bill. BTW Hawk and Zoot are the missing horns on this performance. Track 7 “Lover Come Back to Me” Ruby Braff Quartet July 5 1964 Newport Jazz Festival Braff, cornet Sir Charles Thompson, piano Slam Stewart, bass Ben Riley, drums Special guest: Ben Webster, tenor sax Here's one of the "cookies" I included - the inimitable Ben Webster, and in retrospect, Slam Stewart is pretty obvious too. Most people got Ben. I'd like to think I'd have definitely gotten him, I just wish an easy one like that would show up on these BFTs every once in a while. The one person who didn't recognize Ben shall remain nameless. Good call on Ruby Braff from a couple of people. Track 8 “The Work Song” 1973 Newport in NY July 3 1973 Apollo Theater Kenny Burrell Quartet Kenny Burrell - guitar Richard Wyands - piano Larry Ridley - bass Oliver Jackson – drums This is one that Jim R. did get. Track 9 "In a Mello Tone" Great American Music Hall 3/18/1977 San Francsisco Teddy Wilson - piano Dean Riley - bass Benny Barth - drums Special guest: Kai Winding - trombone No one got Kai but Thom made a good call in saying that he didn't sound like he was from the era. Jim S. came close but couldn't quite declare it to be Teddy Wilson on piano. Track 10 “Nica’s Dream” Mastersounds July 3 1959 Newport Jazz Festival Buddy Montgomery - vibraphone Monk Montgomery - Fender electric bass Rich Crabtree - piano Benny Barth – drums This was a cookie for Jim R. ... he got it eventually. Track 11 “Sister Sadie” Horace Silver Quintet July 3 1959 Newport Jazz Festival Silver, piano Blue Mitchell, trumpet Junior Cook, tenor saxophone Gene Taylor, bass Louis Hayes, drums Another cookie, yet only Jim S. got it right. And yet Jim didn't get the full group, questioning whether Blue Mitchell was in the band. I certainly figured Horace on piano would nail it for most people. Anyway - what I love about this is that its a performance captured before the recording session that set this tune down for all eternity (Horace plays this after a shouted request after expressing puzzlement over how people know it). So I love that its been captured at a time when it was so "fresh". ("Blowin' The Blues Away" and "Peace" are also a part of this Newport set, performances captured prior to the justly famous recording session.) Track 12 “Blueport” Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band July 1st 1960 Newport Jazz Festival Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax, composer, arranger, bandleader Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, arranger Gene Quill - alto sax Jim Reider - tenor sax Dick Meldonian - tenor sax Gene Allen - baritone sax Alan Raph - bass trombone Wayne Andre - trombone Don Ferrara - trumpet Conte Candoli - trumpet Phil Sunkel - trumpet Buddy Clark - bass Mel Lewis – drums Soloists: Mulligan, Reider on tenor sax, Brookmeyer on valve trombone and Ferrara on trumpet Once I decided on the theme, I figured this was the one to wrap it up with a pretty bow, giving a final nudge for people to go from "Blueport" to "Newport" to Wolfgang's Vault!. No one made that call but Bill F. showed impressive skills in nailing the soloists. That is, assuming that Bill Milkowski was right in the first place. Now for people's reactions .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 My two big takeaways from this are that 1) It's interesting to hear the possible effect that coming east had on Sonny Criss & 2) I wonder why both Clark Terry & Ruby Braff sounded like Sweets Edison to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Maybe the Sweets association with Ben brought him to mind? At least on the Braff track ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkeith Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Correction: I chickened out on committing to a Cannonball guess on track 4 and suggested it was Snidero. Shame on me. Annoyed that I didn't get Junior Cook on Track 11. Top notch test -- well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 As Dan would put it, I "circled around" Cannonball on #4 but did not commit because I knew of no proepr setting for such a thing to have happened. But there it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Very interesting BFT - I love the theme. Glad I got Criss, but I'm kind of chagrined about missing some other musicians that should have been obvious. For whatever reason, it didn't sound like Charlie Byrd, it didn't sound like Horace's band, it didn't sound like Zoot. I'll have to go back and give those another listen. I remember from articles from the period that Andy Marsala was considered quite the phenom. Wonder what happened to him. And I thought Braff was Sweets, too. Thanks for a swinging BFT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 The one person who didn't recognize Ben shall remain nameless. Hey, did anyone else recognize Bucky Pizzarelli? As Giants closer Brian Wilson would say... Got Heem! Track 8 “The Work Song” 1973 Newport in NY July 3 1973 Apollo Theater Kenny Burrell Quartet Kenny Burrell - guitar Richard Wyands - piano Larry Ridley - bass Oliver Jackson – drums This is one that Jim R. did get. "One"? Anyway, I got #10 too, and I did almost as well on tracks 1, 5, 6, and 11 as I did on this track. A lot of the song titles were slam dunks (or, four pitch walks, since it's baseball season), but overall this was the first BFT in awhile where I haven't felt like bailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I said its "one you got" not "the one you got". Big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I said its "one you got" not "the one you got". Big difference. I knew that. I just enjoy acting like a nutjob. I've never liked Charlie Byrd's playing, which might help explain why I didn't even bother to try to figure out who the guitarist was on that track. His tone definitely threw me... didn't sound like the classical guitar tone Byrd typically got. Maybe he borrowed an instrument for this gig? Urbie Green is one of the few bone players whose tone I often recognize. Not sure what went wrong here, but that track still sounds weird to me. I'm surprised and impressed by the reveal on track 4. Just wow. Teddy Wilson on 9... I need to listen to my TW recordings more often, methinks. Fun test, Dan. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Dan, I admire your ability to create such an enjoyable BFT around a theme. This one is staying in my car for the sheer listening pleasure it provides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Glad everyone enjoyed the BFT so much. It was a pleasure putting it together, and it flowed much better than my original conception which included songs from Phil Collins' big band record, and Charlie Watts' jazz dabblings. Might have been interesting from a BFT perspective but not something anyone would have kept around for listening pleasure, as HP is. So its much more satisfying to hear such feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Glad everyone enjoyed the BFT so much. It was a pleasure putting it together, and it flowed much better than my original conception which included songs from Phil Collins' big band record, and Charlie Watts' jazz dabblings. Might have been interesting from a BFT perspective but not something anyone would have kept around for listening pleasure, as HP is. So its much more satisfying to hear such feedback. That is an interesting point, Dan. There is a real art form in making a BFT which contains music which will stump the panel of experts in an intriguing way, while still making it something that is listenable more than once, or a few times. I have had the same experience, thinking that a particular song would really fool everyone in a surprising way, but realizing that it was just not very enjoyable to listen to. I think that each BFT preparer resolves this situation in their own way, emphasizing one priority over the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Great idea to choose only live recordings! I wish I had found more time to listen, but my day job is eating me up at the time ... alt least I got Clark Terry. Very nice choices. I will keep this one and check out some of them in their entirety. I should have guessed Kenny Burrell .... and Sonny Criss. I was aware he could be over the top, but not that much! Thanks a lot, Dan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 late to the party - but thoroughly enjoyed this BFT - Thanks Dan!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 :tup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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