OK, thanks so much for revisiting with me, the music of my high school years.
Let's close with a beautiful ballad: "My Funny Valentine," live at the Philharmonic Hall, Feb. 1964, NAACP benefit concert.
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#GeorgeColeman (t. sax)
#HerbieHancock (piano)
#RonCarter (bass)
#TonyWilliams (drums)
Getting toward the end of the month....
OK, here's something different that might be odd to some ears: "Saturn," from "Interstellar Space." Things to listen to: (1) how there's cellular time, but not a pulse; (2) how Rashied responds to John's phrasing; (3) how John works the different registers of the tenor, and the overtones. A different vocabulary.
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#RashiedAli (drumming)
So what was Wayne Shorter up to, post 2nd great quintet? Here's "Black Market," from Weather Report's 1976 album of the same title.
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#AlphonsoJohnson (elec. bass)
#JoeZawinul (lotsa keys & synths!)
#ChesterThompson (drums)
#NaradaWalden (drums)
#DonAlias (percussion)
Continuing with funky '70s Miles Davis work, here's a jaunty A/B piece from "Get Up With It" called "Mtume," recorded in 1974. Musicians can be found on the wikipedia page; Miles is on the organ, and on trumpet through a wah-wah. Enjoy.
OK, as promised, here's "Black Satin" from Miles Davis' "On the Corner" (1972). Kinda defies category. You can see the extensive musicians list at the wikipedia entry for the album.
For Monday, listen to Miles Davis' "He Loved Him Madly," from "Get Up With It" (1974). Begins ambiently, then develops a slow pulse. Haunting.
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#DaveLiebman (flute)
#ReggieLucas (elec. guit.)
#DominiqueGaumont (elec. guit.)
#MichaelHenderson (elec. bass)
#AlFoster (drumming)
#JamesMtume (perc.)
This is a good piece for a Sunday, reflective and spiritual, to my ear. So listen to the John Coltrane Quartet's gorgeous, modal "Suite," from "Transition," recorded in 1965 (but released posthumously in 1970). When I was younger, I would lie on the floor between two speaker cabinets to listen to this LP; I prefer it to "A Love Supreme" (heresy I know, but there it is).
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Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio, 1957. Listen to "Traneing In":
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In 1974 Herbie Hancock released "Thrust." Here's the album closer, "Spank-A-Lee." Maupin's neat and sometimes shouty solo over the top of everything kicks off at 3:05.
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#PaulJackson (bass)
#MikeClark (drumming)
#BillSummers (percussion)
Sitar? Tabla? Harmon mute? 7/4 meter? Recorded a few months after the Bitches Brew sessions in 1969, here's "Great Expectations."
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#SteveGrossman (sop. sax)
#BennieMaupin (bass clar.)
#JohnMcLaughlin (elec. guit.)
#Khalil Balakrishna (elec. sitar)
#BihariSharma (tabla)
#HerbieHancock (elec. piano)
#ChickCorea (elec. piano)
#RonCarter (bass)
#HarveyBrooks (bass)
#BillyCobham (drums)
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dana