Blindfold Test!

With thanks to Downbeat, here's a Blindfold Test for fun!

Just in case, for anyone who hasn't heard of it; the Downbeat Blindfold Test pitted popular Jazz musicians against songs of the day, where they had to guess the composer and players without being told a thing or seeing the LP sleeve etc. (Here's Coltrane's)

So I'll do the same for us - your job is to guess similar things, some of which are easier I hope. Below I've put up a youtube clip where I've removed song info. The only thing that comes up ought to be a silly picture. About one minute of a song will stream.

Points Awarded for Guessing any of all of the following:

Leader/Soloist 4
Year 3
Decade 2
Label 1

(Bonus Points may be offered for Song/Album  5)

As I said earlier, I'll only upload around a minute or so of each song, so as not to devour my usage this month and as to how often I'll manage to do this, well, let's see if anyone enjoys it first!



Edited by dreadpirateroberts - 03 Aug 2012 at 11:57am

OK, first video:

Close! I think there's some similarity with Bill and the piano player in video 1. Both 'Cool' players for sure.
I don't know Phil Woods very well, but I suspect if he's like Charlie then then both are like the sax player in video 1.

Any thoughts on the other categories?
And should I offer hints? I feel guilty just knowing the answer

dreadpirateroberts wrote: Close! I think there's some similarity with Bill and the piano player in video 1. Both 'Cool' players for sure. I don't know Phil Woods very well, but I suspect if he's like Charlie then then both are like the sax player in video 1. Any thoughts on the other categories? And should I offer hints? I feel guilty just knowing the answer

js wrote: dreadpirateroberts wrote: Close! I think there's some similarity with Bill and the piano player in video 1. Both 'Cool' players for sure. I don't know Phil Woods very well, but I suspect if he's like Charlie then then both are like the sax player in video 1. Any thoughts on the other categories? And should I offer hints? I feel guilty just knowing the answer Amad Jamal and Lee Konitz ?

Nope, but the sax player was definitely influenced by Konitz

^ I could hear it in the strings (quartal harmonies) but its not one of his flashiest arrangements, which album is it from?

Edited by js - 03 Aug 2012 at 12:29pm

dreadpirateroberts wrote: js wrote: dreadpirateroberts wrote: Close! I think there's some similarity with Bill and the piano player in video 1. Both 'Cool' players for sure. I don't know Phil Woods very well, but I suspect if he's like Charlie then then both are like the sax player in video 1. Any thoughts on the other categories? And should I offer hints? I feel guilty just knowing the answer Amad Jamal and Lee Konitz ? Nope, but the sax player was definitely influenced by Konitz

1.2 is Freddie Hubbard on trumpet?

Grrr, youtube is very helpfully recognising the songs and trying to name them for me, in terms of acknowledging the source!

For 1.2 - close on on one, but not so close on the other

4 points!

Miles is the leader, but if the piano player was still alive, he'd be 9 years older than Herbie..

Album names and songs for two of the videos are still open if anyone wants to guess.
I'm gonna duck away and check back in a little while. Food beckons hahaha