BFT266 Link & Discussion

[Ken Dryden]

Download the May BFT here:
 

https://thomkeith.net/2026-organissimo-blindfold-tests/

[cayetano]

I listened to the first 3 (the art of duo).

1. "Smoke gets in your eyes"? Sax-guitar sounds similar to Lovano-Frisell. Nice.

2. I love that vibraphone. Top. It's Walt Dickerson with Richard Davis? 

3. I don't recognize the theme. It's Kenny Burrell in the 80s? Maybe Rufus Reid on bass? There is a live duo but I don't have it.

 

[Ken Dryden]

2 hours ago, cayetano said:

I listened to the first 3 (the art of duo).

1. "Smoke gets in your eyes"? Sax-guitar sounds similar to Lovano-Frisell. Nice.

2. I love that vibraphone. Top. It's Walt Dickerson with Richard Davis? 

3. I don't recognize the theme. It's Kenny Burrell in the 80s? Maybe Rufus Reid on bass? There is a live duo but I don't have it.

 

Obviously track 1 is "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.

Track 2 is Walt Dickerson, but Richard DAvis is not present.

Track 3 does not feature Kenny Burrell nor Rufus Reid.

 

[cayetano]

2. It's "God bless the child" from his masterpiece "To my queen", with George Tucker. Just I got a japanese vinyl reissue in the listening stack.

Another batch:

4. Great hard-bop. I got this: "The rat race blues" by Gigi Gryce on Prestige. With Richard Williams, tp; Richard Wyands, p; Julian Euell, b; Mickey Roker, dr.

5. I like a lot this bass clarinet, but no idea who is.

6. Not my fav style, sounds to me like neo-bop from the 80s, maybe Harrison-Blanchard?

Edited 1 hour ago by cayetano

[T.D.]

#6 is April in Paris but I don't have this recording or recognize the artists. The Thad Jones version (from The Magnificent...) is the one imprinted on my memory.

[Ken Dryden]

29 minutes ago, cayetano said:

2. It's "God bless the child" from his masterpiece "To my queen", with George Tucker. Just I got a japanese vinyl reissue in the listening stack.

Another batch:

4. Great hard-bop. I got this: "The rat race blues" by Gigi Gryce on Prestige. With Richard Williams, tp; Richard Wyands, p; Julian Euell, b; Mickey Roker, dr.

5. I like a lot this bass clarinet, but no idea who is.

6. Not my fav style, sounds to me like neo-bop from the 80s, maybe Harrison-Blanchard?

Obviously correct on tracks 2 & 4l

Track 5 is not a bass clarinet.

Track 6 is not Harrison-Blanchard.

 

[cayetano]

5. Oh, it's a clarinet, maybe Jimmy Giuffre?