HERE IS HOW IT WORKS:

Every Friday at approximately 11 AM, Eastern Standard Time the /BLINDFOLD TEST/ thread will be started. In this thread I will provide download links for a zip containing ten mystery tracks. Those who are interested in participating should download these tracks and listen to them at their convenience through that week. The next week we will all post our thoughts, comments, and guesses about the tracks and the players in the thread, then the next day the track info for that week will be revealed and a new mystery tracklist will be posted for that week. If you would rather listen to the tracks and post your thoughts immediately, the links for the current week's tracklist will be provided in the OP of each thread as well.

LISTENING SUGGESTIONS:

It is suggested that you listen to one track at a time and write down your thoughts about that track while listening to it, or right after, before moving on to the next track. In the traditional blindfold test, you would hear each track only once, but you may wish to relisten to them more before writing down your thoughts. This is fine too, especially for those who don't have a lot of experience listening to jazz. Then copy and paste your original thoughts into the thread the next week, without editing based on what others are posting. Guessing the players is always fun, but the real idea here is to give your unbiased thoughts about the music. You can discuss the composition or arrangement, the soloists, recording quality, or hopefully all of the above. The main goal of the thread is to have fun listening to music in a different way and discussing it with others. Feel free to write as much or as little about the tracks as you want.

List of past themes:
Sep. 28- BLUE NOTE (JTG)
Oct. 5- ALTO SAX (BLINDFOLDTEST)
Oct. 12- LIVE (JTG)
Oct. 19- SOLO JAZZ (AMBASSADOR SATCH)
Oct. 26- TRUMPET (BLINDFOLDTEST)
Nov. 2- MEDIUM ENSEMBLES (JTG)
NOV. 9- WILDCARD (BLINDFOLDTEST)
Nov. 16- POPULAR SONGS (JAZZPOSSU)
Nov. 23- MONK TUNES (JTG)
Nov. 30- IMPULSE! (BLINDFOLDTEST)
Dec. 7- 2015 JAZZ (JTG)
Dec. 14- JAZZ DEDICATIONS (AMBASSADOR SATCH)
Dec. 21- CHRISTMAS JAZZ (JTG)
Dec. 28- PIANO TRIOS (TUESDAY ANON)
Jan. 4- WILDCARD (AMBASSADOR SATCH)
Jan. 11- CHORDLESS RECORDINGS (JTG)
Jan. 18- SOUNDTRACK JAZZ (JAZZPOSSU)
Jan. 25- PIANO TRIOS PT. 2 (TUESDAY ANON)
Feb. 1- LATIN JAZZ (JTG)
Feb. 8- BLUE NOTE (BLINDFOLDTEST)
Feb. 15- FLUTE JAZZ (JAZZPOSSU)
Feb. 22- VOCAL JAZZ (AMBASSADOR SATCH)
Mar. 4- WILDCARD (JTG)
Mar. 11- ORGAN JAZZ (JAZZPOSSU)
Mar. 18- SEXTETS (BLINDFOLDTEST)
Mar. 25- PIANO TRIOS (JTG)
Apr. 1- BOSSA NOVA (MEDITATION)
Apr. 8- WILDCARD (CLUELESS)
Apr. 15- DRUMLESS (JAZZPOSSU)
Apr. 22- CRISS CROSS (JTG)
Apr. 29- VIBES (BLINDFOLDTEST)
May 6- SONG PAIRS (AMBASSADOR SATCH)
May 13- 2016 EUROJAZZ (JAZZPOSSU)
May 20- STANDARDS (BEBOB)
MAY 27- DUOS (JAZZPOSSU)
June 3- CONNECTING LINKS (JTG)
June 10- MYSTERY THEME- SELECTIONS FROM MILES DAVIS' BF TEST (BLINDFOLDTEST)
June 17- PRESTIGE LABEL (CLUELESS)
June 24- IMPULSE! LABEL (JAZZPOSSU)
July 1- WILDCARD (BEBOB)
July 8- WAYNE SHORTER TUNES (JTG)
July 15- SPIRITUAL JAZZ (JAZZPOSSU)
July 22- STEEPLECHASE LABEL (JTG)
July 29- MYSTERY THEME- SELECTIONS FROM AMBROSE AKINMUSSIRE'S BF TEST (BLINDFOLDTEST)
Aug. 5- CONNECTING LINKS (JAZZPOSSU)
Aug. 12- BIG BAND (JTG)
Aug. 19- JAZZ VERSIONS OF CLASSICAL PIECES (JTG)