Louis when I was about thirteen and playing in a school band. For a moment it sounded like Maynard but I guess Maynard would be doing more acrobatics. I know Duke didn't write these arrangements. That was Clark Terry and somebody I don't know who the other trumpet was. I couldn't tell the clarinet player I can't tell anybody but Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw and Buddy DeFranco. I don't know who could have done that arrangement. I think I heard Harry Edison, Georgie Auld, Cootie Williams, Al Killian. Gee, that sure sounded like an all-star record! Sounded like Teddy Wilson. Sy Oliver, composer and arranger Tiny Grimes, guitar Flip Phillips, Georgie Auld, tenor saxophones Buddy DeFranco, clarinet Harry Edison, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, trumpets Teddy Wilson, piano. I preferred the last trumpet solo to the earlier one for that kind of thing The arrangement was pretty nice, but not the interpretation. Sounds like Howard McGhee and Ray Nance, but I don't know who it is. Two stars.ĭick Hyman, composer, arranger, piano Dedrick, first trumpet solo Elliott, second trumpet solo Mundell Lowe, guitar. You know - C, C, G, G, IV, IV, V, V, like that - seems to be some clash in there. Maybe they want to play like that, huh? But the bass and guitar - they always seem to clash when they play 1-3-5 chords that don't vary. I don't know who was on trombone sounded like Jack Teagarden. Sounded like Buck Clayton the other sounded like Charlie Shavers. I'd give it three stars on account of Diz's and Roy's horns.Ĭlayton, trumpet Braff, cornet Benny Morton, trombone Steve Jordan, guitar Aaron Bell, bass. You can't play that kind of song like that, with those chords.

It's nice to listen to for a while, but Oscar messes it up with that Nat Cole style and that kind of rhythm section, with brushes. sounded like something of Norman Granz's. They're two of my favorite trumpet players I love Roy, and you know I love Diz.

One of the fours that Roy played wasn't too good. And one of the four bars that Dizzy played wasn't too good. Guitar messed it all up - and the brushes. Four stars, though.Įldridge, Gillespie, trumpets Oscar Peterson, piano Herb Ellis, guitar Louie Bellson, drums. also I think that Arthur should improve his tone and that Clifford should swing more. If there's anything that drags me, it's when they put the piano up too loud in the control room.Īside from the trumpets, I didn't care for the other soloists at all. So clean, and he swings and plays his own things but they had the piano up too loud in the ensembles. I think he made those records with Stan, like 'Dear Old Stockholm.' I never heard anybody play in a high register like that.

The piano player gasses me - I don't know his name. The arrangement was pretty good I think they played it too fast, though. That was Arthur Farmer and Brownie blowing trumpet. Miles was given no information whatever, either before or during the test, about the records played for him.īrown, Art Farmer, trumpets Bengt Hallberg, piano. As you will see, this selection of material did not faze Miles. I was determined that when the interview did take place, it would be something out of the ordinary run of blindfold tests and that's just the way it turned out.Įvery record selected was one that featured at least two trumpet players. September 21, 1955, by Leonard Feather for Down Beatįor a long time, Miles Davis and I had been trying to get together for a blindfold session. Miles Davis Interviews 1st Blindfold Test Miles Davis

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