Welcome to the weekly /mu/ jazz Blindfold Test thread. Every Friday and Saturday.
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THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Music of Joe Henderson
COMPILED BY: JTG
NEXT WEEK: ???
COMPILED BY: ???
If you missed last week's thread, DON'T WORRY. It's not too late. Here are the links for the mystery tracklist. Download the tracks, record your thoughts/guesses/evaluations for each one, and then come back and post them in the thread. Remember, people will be posting guesses and thoughts in this thread so don't read the thread until you have listened to the music and collected your thoughts in order to avoid spoilers. Track info for this week's tracks will be posted on Saturday, so if you see the thread is close to dying before then, give it a bump.
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Posting with names or tripcodes is encouraged as it makes discussion much easier.
1. This sax player’s sound makes me think of Joe Henderson even though I know that’s the theme and the piano sounds like someone influenced by McCoy Tyner. Once the piano solo gets started it all sounds too polite and safe. The drum solo was also kind of lame but I like the sax player. So this one was just too safe sounding to be a good tribute to Joe Henderson. 2.5 stars.
2. Clarinet and vibes makes a pretty interesting combination. I like the sound. I don’t recognize the song but I like it. It sounds like this is probably a cool rendition. Both solos are pretty good, I like the clarinet solo and the drummer playing some cool things too. I like when they go into the jungle type feel in the percussion solo. It reminds me of Art Blakey. 3.5 stars for this one.
3. This is probably the only Joe Henderson composition I will recognize. It’s Inner Urge. Could it be McCoy Tyner? I liked the early part better where he was soloing with the low notes. Still this is pretty good for a solo piano version and pretty short. It’s probably not Tyner, but I don’t know who it is. 3.5 stars.
4. I actually know this one too. It’s Blue Bossa. It sounds like a pretty basic arrangement but this vibes solo is impressive. Nice guitar solo too. It makes me think of Jim Hall or Joe Pass. So this one seemed very basic but the solos were pretty good. 3 stars.
5. This one was slow to get started but then once the whole big band comes in it’s kind of cool. I wasn’t really feeling the trombone solo at first but then it changed part way through and got a lot more exciting. It sounds like the trombonist from the Dave Holland quintet. I can’t remember his name right now. This took a while to get going but I liked the second half a lot. 3 stars.
>>68150727
6. I recognize this one but I forget the name. More vibes. It seems like we’ve had a lot of that this week. I liked that the vibe solo built up to being kind of free. Reminds me of Bobby Hutchinson Blue Note stuff. The piano and sax interplay was cool too. This was probably my favorite of the week so far. I liked the ending. 4 stars.
7. This one reminds me of Wes Montgomery or Grant Green and those 60’s organ trio albums. This one didn’t do very much for me. There was a part of the organ solo where he was doing cool chords but the rest seemed like “look how fast I can play.” 2.5 stars.
8. This one sounds kind of hard bop. Maybe it’s one that Henderson didn’t actually write. The bass solo wasn’t too bad as far as bass solos go. This sounds like Chris Potter on sax. Nice drumming too. The trumpet solo started out not that good but then it got better. The piano solo wasn’t that great. My favorite parts were the sax solo and the drumming overall. 3 stars.
9. It sounds like two different sax players. And no piano or guitar. This first sax solo has a pretty modern sound that reminds me of Chris Potter too. It’s pretty impressive playing but it started to get kind of long winded. I like that the second player has a way different sound. The contrast of sounds was cool but I would have liked this a lot better if it was half as long. 3 stars.
10. This sounds pretty Blue Note influenced. It sounds like they’re going for more of a bebop sound in their solos though. The trumpet and trombone solos were my favorite. Conrad Herwig is the only trombonist who I’ve heard play like this so I’ll guess it’s him. Nice overall but it felt a little bit safe. 3 stars.
Catching a couple of live sets at the local club. I'll be in the thread in three hours or so...
how's september been for you
awful pretty damn awful but i'll survive
>>68150352
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLJJ7Pr9fFw
this and gain are probablyt the best things to happen to me
oh did you hear the new red velvet
for soem reason i can't remember talking about it with you
>>68150352
Hit a point of epiphany last weekend, in the early stages of trying to live that epiphany
God what the hell does Heidi Montag's music sound like?
>>68150630
Bill Evans and Melt Banana are the only ones I know much about, like both of them
september's been a bit crap but nothing too terrible. I don't recall listening to Pink Floyd that much but whatever.
>>68150352
Annoyed that school's started again cause now they have to deal with all the dickhead kids on the bus
>>68150630
prefers walking places whenever it's not too far
6/10 at best and if you disagree you are a poseur
i read "poseur" and i knew its the fucking retard montie is the one who made this thread
>>68150262
I'm actually agreeing with Montie for once.
The people liking this album must be shills or something.
Tin outta tin m8
Is it true this man would beat his women?
There is nothing wrong with putting women in their place when they get uppity. What happened to real men?
and he was bad at it too.
>>68150257
Hopefully
What does Jimmy Neutron listen to?
Trap vaporwave
passenger of shit
>>68150233
Hopefully nothing because I home he's dead.
Is Hunter Hunt-Hendrix the Corey Feldman of our generation?
he is burnt toast
>>68150134
Is that Björn "Speed" Strid?
more like david bowie
Gibbs was aquitted.
Praise the lord.
with jews, never lose
>>68150101
>aquitted
backstory?
Post your music player setup
>new tycho , machinedrum , jenny hval , ...
Are any of these good?
>>68149877
>Don't really care for tycho. Might listen later I guess.
>New machinedrum is shite.
>About to listen to blood bitch.
>>68150189
>>new machinedrum is shite
Listening rn ... I think it's pretty fun. Lots of bouncy drops.
Also new GOAT
/mu/ Tell me your favorite guitarist in history and explain why.
I'll start.
>Kurt Cobain
>Catchy tunes with no need for extreme technicality, mostly in In Utero & Bleach
John mayer, he good
>Yngwie
>is fast as fuck
>>68149888
Are those watches to help him play in time?
What is your favorite EP of the Year?
>>68149811
That one
I want that trophy
They're ready to go guys!
hey
kek, my double cousin was actually in the band that played one of their songs before them
>>68149819
>my double cousin
5x5 thread, what have you been listening to this week?
>>68149529
pop like usual
starting tomorrow I'm doing a nothing but kpop week
>>68149594
>starting tomorrow I'm doing a nothing but kpop week
sounds painful
>>68149529
noice
+slint, SY, codeine, milo, TBK, neu (77 better tho), BP, Madvil, jefre, microphones, EBTG (really underrated album)
~AF, Aphex, CSH
-TWDY, filth
rec: Set Fire to Flames - Sings Reign Rebuilder
been on my bi-monthly "ok I'm actually gonna get into jazz for real this time" spree this week
>>68149529
++Swans, Aphex Twin
+DG, Neu!
>>68149594
+pink moon, I guess
I don't mind pop but I'm not a fan of most of that stuff
>>68150997
+Wolves In The Throne Room, Radiohead
how's the new clipping? Haven't gotten around to listening to it yet
>wow
>Its fucking nothing
yeah no shit these milk-for-brains cretins will like anything they can call "Yeezus-esque"
>>68149539
why are you people so salty over a pitchfork score
only track i can stand is the first one, because you can actually hear his voice without a shit tone of glitchy pitched vocals layered on top of it 100 times
10/10 EPs thread
The GOAT
It's undeniable, really