[HAM] Blindfold Treat # 8

[John Freund]

Well.  That was no fun.  You know - if you KNOW you're not supposed to play.
:)

Of course, the listening was WAY fun.  GREAT feel and groove on that by
everybody.  Dig it.  And I DID like the solo.  I'm a fan of stepping on the
cracks and whatnot when the feel warrants.  

I wouldn't have guessed correctly anyway as I didn't know about that guy.  

/John

Ps.  I almost asked who the guitarist is.  Sheesh.  Must be that I can't
read Scott's handwriting or something.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hammond-bounces at zeni.net [mailto:hammond-bounces at zeni.net] On Behalf
> Of Stuart
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:08 PM
> To: The Hammond Forum
> Subject: Re: [HAM] Blindfold Treat # 8
> 
> Leon Spencer Jr.
> From around 1972.  I have the LP somewhere.  The whole album is great
> except
> for one track.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> On Tuesday 24 April 2007 20:28, OF wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
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