Current Month's Guess Thread: June
Hints: Gospel / Female / Demolished Baseball Stadium / 1956
Front Runner: Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train
Rank ‘emPrevious Classics:
C01 - Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
C02 - John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right To Suffer
C03 - Ollie & The Nightingales - Ollie & The Nightingales
C04 - Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders - Journey in Satchidananda
C05 - Carla Thomas - Comfort Me
C06 - Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba
C07 - Little Milton - Waiting For Little Milton
C08 - Max Roach - Percussion Bittersweet
C09 - Koko Taylor - I Got What It Takes
C10 - Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: Paris, March 21, 1960
C11 - William Bell - The Soul of the Bell
C12 - The Lightmen Plus One - Energy Control Centre
C13 - Darrell Banks - Here to Stay
C14 - Lafayette Afro-Rock Band - Soul Makossa
C15 - James Booker - The Lost Paramount Tapes
C16 - Sara Webster Fabio - Juju / Alchemy of the Blues
C17 - Donald Byrd - Fancy Free
C18 - Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
C19 - Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons
C20 - Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie
C21 - Buddy Guy - Left My Blues in San Francisco
C22 - Lloyd Miller - Oriental Jazz
C23 - Nat Turner Rebellion - Laugh to Keep From Crying
C24 - Al Green - Call Me
C25 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train
C26 - Blockbuster Jazz Album
I want to say @TCell had a theory about it being Herbie Hancock?What was the thought on who the blockbuster Jazz album would be?
TCell's Classics' Rankings (as of December 2020):Rank ‘em
I thought it would be a Blue Note title by either Shorter or Hancock, but back on the Red Keep forum, Storf said Blue Note wasn't until later in the year, but confirmed that July was a blockbuster jazz title.
No Herbie, no BN... hmmm... maybe a Mingus title on Impulse? There's a couple coming out with those Verve reissues though, so maybe not.Storf said it wasn’t Hancock. I’d link to his reply but, well... you know.
I already know this opinion isn't welcome, after getting virtually yelled at a few years ago when I argued against the idea of VMP doing any Christmas exclusives/having a Christmas-focused December store, but... I'll be Incredibly disappointed if that's the artist & album. I'm well-aware of her being an early influence on R&R, and if she'd ever done an album of just blues, I'd be more okay with that.
I'm a Classics completionist, and have all of them to this point, but I really have no use/interest for any gospel. While I'm more accepting of instrumental Classical music that goes in this direction (e.g., *not* Handel's Messiah), I really, don't want any overt Christian music. They're already the dominant religion & dominate politics to an unwelcome degree. They can fuck right off getting exposure this way, too.
You may have mentioned this in another life/forum, but why is Carla ranked so low for you?1. Miles & Coltrane
2. Al Green
3 - 24. Depends on my Mood
25. Carla Thomas
DFL. Oriental Jazz
Yeah, we’re all going to be playing the “I recall...” game.Storf said it wasn’t Hancock. I’d link to his reply but, well... you know.
Thanks for setting this up @TCell!
I was starting to get nervous sweats from not being able to check the guesses!!