[HAM] Blindfold Test #5

[Josh]

Is it Larry Young?

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From: "OF" <scott195 at centurytel.net>
To: "The Hammond Forum" <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:47 PM
Subject: [HAM] Blindfold Test #5


> [also posted to "Organ-ized"]
>
> OK jazz organ aficionados and finger-poppers,
> It's time to play Organfreak's Jazz Organ Blindfold Test again!
>
> I'm reaching way back into my obscure dusty piles this time-- this one is
> hard to guess. I used my usual 'pop-and-click-remover,' but the record is
> over forty years old, so it doesn't sound like the CDs you're used to. 
> This
> is an interesting original tune in Gm by the leader. I have played it
> myself, for years, in my own groups. The bridge is
> quaintly-sixties-Lady-Madonna-ish, but the rest of it is hip as hell,
> especially the super-cool ending. WOW! This organist and composer is close
> to being forgotten now, which is one reason I bring him up. OK, it's a
> "him." The record was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, and the organ sounds
> like JOS's old organ from the fifties that had the famously-broken
> percussion. This one's hard, as I said, so here are a few more hints:
>
> It is NOT:
> Jimmy Smith
> Jack McDuff
> Jimmy McGriff
> Jimmy Dean
> Ethel Smith
> Medeski
> Fat Frank down at the Elbow Room
>
> The full 8 minutes, 7.76 MBs.
> <http://www.organfreak.com/listen/BlindfoldTestNo5-full.mp3>
>
> A lower-quality version with the sax and guitar solos cut out, 3.9 MBs.
> <http://www.organfreak.com/listen/BlindfoldTestNo5-edit.mp3>
>
> Even if you can't guess, lemme know how you like it!
>
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