[HAM] Blindfold Test #7 Already

[joe d]

Patterson? or early Joey? (I hear a lotta patterson in his playing).

But I gotta say, i think groove (and Jimmy) had the chops to play lines like 
this (and the speed).

>From: OF <scott195 at centurytel.net>
>Reply-To: The Hammond Forum <hammond at zeni.net>
>To: The Hammond Forum <hammond at zeni.net>
>Subject: [HAM] Blindfold Test #7 Already
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:00:15 -0700
>
>
>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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