JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 I promise. Easiest BFT ever. Even if you can't identify all the players (and some of you might well be able to!), there's no heavy lifting here. Zero. Just some really good playing. https://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/ Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) I don't know about "easiest" by any stretch but it surely is going down easy. Is #1 one of those Newport in New York jams that took up an entire side? Is Roy Eldridge on both jams? And this should be rejected out of hand as a wild guess: Grover on #3. And I am ... out. Edited November 1, 2023 by Dan Gould Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 3rd track was my favorite. Doesn’t usually bother me too much but the way the amped bass shades this excellent guitar work is my only criticism. Great playing all around though and love the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 No Roy Eldridge, no Grover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 30 minutes ago, JSngry said: No Roy Eldridge, no Grover. and not one of the Newport/NY jams? Like to know I am oh for three before I graciously bow out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Track 1: "Jumpin' at the Woodside" Buddy Tate? Stitt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Newport/New York is present, as is Buddy Tate! But Sonny Stitt is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, JSngry said: Newport/New York is present, as is Buddy Tate! But Sonny Stitt is not. well that makes Track 1 easy to run the table ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 To paraphrase Nixon on the Watergate tapes, "but that would be wrong." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Take your time if you like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Track 2: Blues Buddy Tate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Correct again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Does that make first two tracks sides 1 and 2 of this? https://www.discogs.com/release/3395425-Various-Newport-In-New-York-72-The-Jam-Sessions-Vol-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Most likely it does. Easy, see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Wow. Great band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 19 minutes ago, JSngry said: Most likely it does. Easy, see? Well I am taking total credit for coming up with Newport in New York as source. It took an easy one for me to nail something. <Green Smilie Here> Timing on side 2 of that LP isn't exactly what your track has but it certainly fits the tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 59 minutes ago, Dub Modal said: Wow. Great band. And an at once unlikely and yet simpatico one, especially the rhythm section, imo. There is some connective tissue, but only some. Although, this is only a "band" in the sense that they were together on this stage at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 Cuts 1 and 2 are vol 1? All three cuts good playing/good listening as promised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 Yep, and thanks! Oh, I do hope that the ease of ID doesn't freeze out conversation about the playings. I do think that it's actually really interesting that way, especially the rhythm section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 1. First thought was the Kenny Burrell Ellington Is Forever sides, but it's live, and I don't hear much guitar. Now I'm thinking JATP, maybe Illinois Jacquet, Sonny Criss and Milt Buckner? 2. And I'll go with more JATP. The high note precision at the end makes me think Cat Anderson, and wonder if another trumpet played the lyrical lead solo. More organ, maybe the same guy, maybe not. 3. Brawny romanticism on tenor, then Bass Clarinet. Ben Webster and Harry Carney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 28 minutes ago, randyhersom said: 1. First thought was the Kenny Burrell Ellington Is Forever sides, but it's live, and I don't hear much guitar. Now I'm thinking JATP, maybe Illinois Jacquet, Sonny Criss and Milt Buckner? 2. And I'll go with more JATP. The high note precision at the end makes me think Cat Anderson, and wonder if another trumpet played the lyrical lead solo. More organ, maybe the same guy, maybe not. 3. Brawny romanticism on tenor, then Bass Clarinet. Ben Webster and Harry Carney? Don't know about number 3 but you got two names right on the first two tunes as well as there being two trumpets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 Correct on Buckner (Milt, not Bill) and Cat. But not JATP. These are not JATP players, none of them. #3...."brawny romanticism" is a good way to look at it, but neither Ben nor Carney are anywhere to be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2023 7 hours ago, randyhersom said: ...maybe Illinois Jacquet, Sonny Criss... Point of fact, and also a possibly provocative point to ponder - the tenor player here was born in 1913, the altoist in 1939. Literally a generation apart, and more than one generation musically. And yet, both sound cozy and deep in the pocket, which is the same for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted November 3, 2023 Report Share Posted November 3, 2023 Gato on 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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