Jazz song ID

ahem I happen to collect stuff on black jazz

v worthy label to track down

Well I am still very appreciative. That was literally something on my "holy grails" list — something that I can now cross off.

And I have you to thank for that.

Looking for a Monk album (or track?) that sounds early wrt its production style, though I admit I can't be certain of its age. It has a saxophone that's not particularly high in the mix, though not buried, either. The saxophone is very busy and much less "melodic" than a typical Monk sideman's playing. Boppish. The song I heard was dominated by this busy saxophonist, and it sounded at first like the saxophone was laid over top from a recording of a sax solo, yet the track also sounded very much Monk-led, unlike some of those Rollins recordings where Rollins is the through-line and centerpiece and sometimes officially the leader. I haven't necessarily ruled out Rollins, though the sax didn't sound as throaty and tenor-y and full as his.

Something makes me think it is Johnny Griffin you are talking about.

why is it these days whenever i find a good cut i hadn't heard before snaith has already gone and put it on his fucking mixtape

Yes! I think it's him. The register, tone and style are right. The recording fidelity matches pretty well. It may be a track on Misterioso. I'll investigate. Thanks.

Who is snaith?

caribou. put up a 1000 song mix on youtube last year. which in some way is a tremendously anti-completionist venture, because even abnormal people can't possibly listen to it all, and i'm completionist by nature, but damn all those songs are so good.