Musical facts, or album details you never realized until recently (or years later)...

[Rooster_Ties]

How have I gone like 6 years or so, and I never noticed that Mal Waldron(!) plays on Teddy Charles' brilliant Tentet album?? -- which I just noticed for the very first time yesterday!

I think I actually do know why... here's the back of my 1988-issued CD of Tentet -- which includes 3 bonus tracks from Word from Bird.

Because the players are different on each session (several, anyway) -- look -- they've ALPHABATIZED the different players listed on each instrument.  So on piano, Hall Overton is listed FIRST (on top), even though he only plays on the last three bonus tracks.  So at a glance, I assumed Overton was the main piano guy on Tentet.  And from having owned Word from Bird first, I already knew Overton played on that album.

So if I ever even noticed Mal's name or not (and I don't know that I ever did, or else I instantly forgot it) -- either way, I naturally just assumed Overton was the guy on both dates.  (More accurately, I'd never heard heard of Overton before -- couldn't tell you a thing about him to this day -- and I just never really took note of who was on piano, except that it was somebody I didn't know.)

Edited April 11, 2023 by Rooster_Ties

[HutchFan]

That's funny.  I've done the same thing, Rooster.

Also, somewhat related:  On occasion, I'll "break through" with an artist that I've never particularly noted before.  After this discovery, I then find that the musician plays on a some other records that I know.  So I go back and re-listen to them with a new ear for that artist.  It sort of re-swizzles my listening and makes the music different --even though I've heard it before. 

That leapfrogging from artist-to-artist thing is big fun -- even when you're circling back around after missing them the first time.