[HAM] Blindfold Test #7 Already

[John Freund]

It's not a Groove Holmes sound, but it sounds like Groove Holmes. 

John Freund
organguy at biggerthanabreadbox.com 
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> I just felt like it. Those with long memories may remember this cut from
> here, years back. You're disqualified if you remember who played it.
> Buddies of mine who have been by the house recently (ahem) are also
> disqualified. But this is one I find terrifically exciting, and it's too
> damn fast to be believed. Let me say again, it's not really a contest,
> it's
> a good excuse to put up some good old, obscure organ jazz. This old vinyl
> cleaned up well.
> 
> OK, it can't be Jimmy Smith because he just didn't play this way. It's not
> Jack McDuff or Groove Holmes either, because they just didn't have the
> chops to do this. (And I'd like to meet anyone who does.) Well, actually,
> Groove almost achieved this speed on "On the Street Where You Live," but
> only once. The player is less well-known compared to the above, but
> certainly not unheard of. Another thing that's unfair about this BF Test
> is
> that this player's records don't usually sound like this, that is, the
> playing. After we ID the tune, if somebody reminds me, I will tell you how
> I can recognize this player real quick. He does something when he comps
> that most jazz organists do not, but old-time players did it a lot. That's
> no help as a hint for you, but it does it for me.
> 
> The tune begins "Latin" at a breakneck pace, with the bridge played in
> straight-ahead time, and then the solos are straight-ahead all the way
> after that. By now the tempo is at breakneck++. The sax soloist is Houston
> Person, I don't mind revealing, and you can hear him think twice before
> going ahead with his solo after the first phrase, but he makes it through.
> The whole point of this clip is the ridiculous organ solo beginning at
> 2:02. Besides the intelligent harmonizations of the changes (with lots of
> blues licks thrown in), and the really distinctive staccato touch, I
> really
> love this solo. Besides, it's exciting. Will he fall the rest of the way
> downstairs? Tune in and see.
> 
> <http://www.organfreak.com/listen/Blindsided7.mp3>
> 
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