[HAM] Blindfold Treat # 8

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This one's for organ fans that like that cool, straight, no-vib sound, 
straight-ahead in a minor key. The player had obviously heard and loved 
Jimmy Smith's "The Boss," but this IS NOT Jimmy Smith. Like "The Boss," it 
features cleanly-played and perfectly-timed arpeggios surrounding the key 
of D minor, and some so-called modal comping and soloing. The guitarist is 
Melvin Sparks. Even if you don't care for his solo much, this is a good 
time to check out the great organ comping and bass.

How did he/she get such a clean and clear bass line? That's what I wanna 
know. No wait, I was supposed to tell you.
1. Perfect left-hand timing.
2. Perfectly-timed pedal taps, IOW, early enough.
3. A trio who lets his sound come through and doesn't make him turn up the
4. Expression pedal too much. Very well-controlled dynamically.

Those who play with a drummer who is too loud will know exactly what I'm 
talking about.
This is a longish cut, 7.29 MB:

<www.organfreak.com/listen/BlindfoldTestNo8.mp3>

To us jazz organ freaks, this is a classic cut, so much so that I heard my 
ex GF play it on her morning jazz show last week on WNCU. 
(Raleigh/Durham...great streaming broadcast. This is where I first heard 
Chris Foreman, another super-clean player.) After you guess who this is, I 
will put up another excellent cut from this same vinyl so's we don't forget 
about it.