grey9hound, I don’t disagree with you. Although I may have been unclear with my wording, my post/ comment was not intended to be any kind of comparison or judgment of one being superior to the other. First, different band leaders and different musical aesthetics entirely for each project. However, they are both part of the rise of Fusion in the early 70s. That was my only point and a reaction to your mention of Hancock.
To me, Jack Johnson is, more than anything, a Rock record. That is not a criticism or slight in the least. The music has a Rock attitude with Jazz players bringing their level of improvisatory skill and depth to the table. Some of the music was entirely improvised. I forget which, but one cut resulted from Miles walking into the studio while McLoughlin was warming up and the tape was rolling. Great record that, FOR ME, puts more emphasis on the Rock half of JazzRock. It is a direct offshoot of the groundbreaking “Bitches Brew”; talk about uniqueness!
Headhunters is a more structured record compositionally. Headhunters does not have a Rock attitude at all and brings a Funk attitude to the table. I don’t mind the sound of synths when they serve the music. I find the playing on it (weird synth sounds aside) amazing. Glad you have the record.
Both great records.
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They do NOT sound like anything else
Mercifully. Cheers |
@frogman
Thank You for the link....Yes, I have the 200g Re-issue of that Album.
It is Great, but IMO It doesn’t quite have that UNIQUENESS. There is a little too much Synth going on there.
The Miles Davis Jack Johnson and the Herbie "Deathwish" , just have that unique Quality about them that sounds so "Out There " or Raw or On The Edge, when it comes to Style.......They do NOT sound like anything else |
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grey9hound, thanks for your links. Perhaps you already have this, but if you like that early 70’s early Fusion sound, this is the album by Herbie that most point to as his most influential from that era. Personally, I feel it is a masterpiece; if one likes that particular musical aesthetic. One could argue that some of the synth patches sound a little “dated”, but conceptually and for just plain funkiness it is fantastic. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m789U0dt-J4aLVd7p-dXJxSfDliep-NT0 |
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Please try this .be patient and listen to the whole album it was put together in 2017 from the Jazz Scene in London around that time. They have definitely have expanded from the Jazz Standard. At least it shows you the current ever evolving jazz scene, and even if you do not care for it , I do think that you WILL find it interesting. I have it on Vinyl . it is a great recording. I like to play it a little loud...... It has killer deep bass with definition. O10. It has one of your new favorite groups . It is the last song Album is : We Out Here--- -A Jazz Compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNymgRJtrI
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@frogman
Holy cats! How did that not catch on?? |
Hahah...o boy, an USB man is coming, make a room folks. :-))) |
I thought you said the VW you brought back from Germany had a record player in it? Liner notes are easier to read, but don’t read while driving 😊 https://youtu.be/imBn68dcfAQ |
This CD is always in my car.
Cars in Croatia have CD players??? Wow!!! The Queen is more advanced than thought. Cheers |
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This CD is always in my car. Another "You do not know what love is". This time with Chetty. (kind of cute is the noise that this record produce. It seems like strange but familiar instrument) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☆ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MDsaQhxvXS4 |
Ok, Chettyphiles, it’s his birthday today! How could you not know this? 🥳
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I already started yesterday with my funny valentine... |
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You're welcome. I knew nothing about jazz and had never heard of Joe Williams, so I really had no reason to remember him. But he looked and sounded so incredibly sad, he made an impression. I can still see/hear those performances in my head, 40 years later. Music is weird. Herbie Hancock (ft. Mr. Freddie Hubbard) / "Cantaloupe Island" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1oIXGX0Io |
@trentmemphis
I was not aware of that, thank you for the info...
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O-10, that’s the smell that will follow you all your life. Silly but like too see it as the smell of future although it comes from our past.
That is great music, thank you. And I am glad you are ok.
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And now I see rok2id posted a link to the same tune, earlier. It was a different version, though, so I guess the repetition doesn't matter. Here's another track from that album, though, just to make up for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7saQmjDWIA |
Heh. That whole record kicks like hell.
Joe Williams was probably the first living jazz vocalist I had any awareness of. Male vocalist, at least. Johnny Carson used to have him on the show semi-regularly. Looking back, I think he may have been the fill-in guest. Anyway, it seemed like every single time he was on, he sang "Here's To Life." |
Trent, if only that number had some semblance of swing... ;)
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Mary_jo, I'm on an indefinite "hiatus", that I just broke in order to respond to your inquiry; however, this is only temporary for a VIP. When someone says "Georgia", to me, that means Atlanta. I hope that city is still as nice as I remember it, that's a city I gave serious consideration to making home. Once you leave that little patch of skyscrapers downtown, you get into the Georgia Pines and that sweet smell on a moonlit summer night. My musical offering to you is from an album I consider to be in the top ten; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37RF5xKNq8 |
@mary_jo
A wise person once told me...Do not believe anything you hear and believe only a half of what you see...
Marvin Gaye's delivery of that saying is one of the great line deliveries in the history of pop music. I feel it every time I hear it. Delivery and message just match perfectly. |
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pjw hasn't been around for a while. I hope he is all right. That goes for pryso too.
Guys, you know the procedure. Click twice with the mice if you are kidnapped.
Just in case if somebody contact us, we will break our piggy bank for you...
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O-10, everything all right? Everybody here misses you. Guys can’t say that ’cause they might be missinterpreted. I believe this is the song you like and just it happened to be that i like it too. :--) Georgia on my mind https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o22iAM77sbs |
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There was a time when you had to be very wary about believing what you read or heard, but you could always trust what you saw. That is no longer true. These days, you can't even believe what you 'see.'
Cheers |
A wise person once told me...Do not believe anything you hear and believe only a half of what you see...
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You're quite welcome! It made for a very nice evening last night, for me. I guess I *will* post YT links every now and then. ;)
"Sister Sadie" was hot. I really enjoyed that Ike Quebec & Grant Green track, too. (I've forgotten the name because I'm terrible with song names, and of course the forum software doesn't show previous posts when you're writing one, so.)
Larry Coryell has (had?) some serious chops. |
Trent, thanks for a wonderful evening of jazz performances. I had forgotten how much Horace Silver's "Sister Sadie" really cooks. And it reminded me of this Coryell/Scofield/Beck performance of "Song for my Father" and "Sister Sadie" I bought and treasured 40 years ago. From "Tributaries." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a31NsIqWhPU |
@middlemass
Then one of us is missing something important. Maybe it's me.
@rok2id
You do you.
Returning to the subject at hand:
Kenny Dorham / Quiet Kenny |
The article was / is garbage. All the folks who call him 'uncle tom', were just cowardly, envious, armchair revolutionaries / freedom fighters, who thought saying something was the same as doing something. Thank God a WOMAN, Mrs Rosa Parks, finally showed them what guts were.
Some advice:
(1) Never believe ANYTHING written about black people by white people.
(2) Never believe ANYTHING written about black people by black people.
Follow this advice and you will never go wrong.
Pops was just too successful. He had everything they lusted after, but would never have, and they hated him for it. There is a name for them, but Miss Tammy would exile me to Siberia if I used it.
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Yes indeed, it was the linked one.
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I don't know what article you read, but it wasn't the linked one. |
Another episode of "White Liberal Guilt" brought to you by The Guardian.
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Thanks, guys. Last night's session reminded me how much I like Kenny Dorham. Pretty sure a record or two of his will be on today's playlist. |
Trent, now I remember what it was like as a kid on Christmas Day having opened numerous presents and trying to decide which one to try out first. Great work!
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I don’t want to keep posting the Temptations, but they just won’t go away. ’Cause they are tempting... |
