[HAM] Blindfool Test No. 9

[Frank Strauss]

don patterson.
On May 13, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Scott Hawthorn wrote:

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> Here's a good one! I think many of you will recognize the sound of  
> this
> player, but this record is made of unobtanium so I want to share  
> it. If you
> guess correctly who it is, so much the better.
>
> One thing I love about this record is the clear recording of what  
> pedal
> taps sound like. Joey D. calls them "pedal thumps" and maybe that's  
> a more
> accurate description than "taps." If you have good bass response on  
> your
> computer sound system you'll see what I mean. At 4:23 he gets wild,
> switching back and forth between manuals for single notes. At 5:12  
> some
> exciting parallel-pedal-walking begins (backing up the  
> saxophonist). At
> 5:54 we have some cool high bass playing. At 5:59, more great pedal  
> doubling.
>
> The arrangement is interesting and the piano part, which I mostly  
> try to
> ignore, is also overdubbed by the organist. The sudden rising  
> chords on the
> turnaround at the end of the bridge  are very interesting indeed,  
> and were
> subsequently played incorrectly on a much later recording. (Some  
> players
> don't know or care what they played on a record 25 years before.)  
> Later
> I'll reveal what they're supposed to be for the harmonically- 
> minded. It's a
> combo that needs both the guitar part and the organ part to be  
> complete chords.
>
> Oh and happy Mother's Day, 'cuz this guy's a real mutha!
>
> <http://www.organfreak.com/listen/BlindfoldTestNo9.mp3>
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