BFT 236 (4orda ppl EZPZ Mix)

[JSngry]

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!

[Dan Gould]

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

[Dub Modal]

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. 

[JSngry]

No Roy Eldridge, no Grover. 

[Dan Gould]

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.

[BillF]

Track 1: "Jumpin' at the Woodside"

Buddy Tate?

Stitt?

[JSngry]

Newport/New York is present, as is Buddy Tate!

But Sonny Stitt is not. 

[Dan Gould]

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 ...

[JSngry]

Yep! 

[Dan Gould]

To paraphrase Nixon on the Watergate tapes, 

"but that would be wrong."

[JSngry]

Take your time if you like! 

[BillF]

Track 2: Blues

              Buddy Tate

[JSngry]

Correct again! 

[Dan Gould]

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

[JSngry]

Most likely it does.

Easy, see? 

[Dub Modal]

Wow. Great band.

[Dan Gould]

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.

[JSngry]

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. 

[felser]

Cuts 1 and 2 are vol 1?  All three cuts good playing/good listening as promised.

[JSngry]

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 

[randyhersom]

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?

[Dan Gould]

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.

[JSngry]

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.

[JSngry]

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. 

[randyhersom]

Gato on 3?