“Body and Soul”: A blindfold test
Ever since in 1939 Coleman Hawkins did what he did to “Body and Soul”, tenor saxophone players had to show what they can do with this beautiful tune.
I myself always loved the blindfold tests that were (and still are) run by different jazz magazines. So here’s a little blindfold test for my esteemed readership: Which tenor player is playing “Body and Soul” on the tape I found in Otto Flückiger’s archives yesterday?
I am very much looking forward to your educated guesses. I will put up the solution here at the end of june accompanied by a bunch of nice photos – and maybe some more music.
Enjoy!
June 10, 2012 at 10:45 am
That’s how Big Nick Nicholas sounded when I heard him several times in New York in 1968, the 1970s and early 1980s. Great performance!
Bo
June 10, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Congratulations, Bo!
I thought people might take longer to find out. After you found out so fast, I decided too not wait until the end of the month to solve the riddle. So I made a new post.
June 10, 2012 at 3:12 pm
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