"The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.” #NowPlaying this motherfucker on what would have been his 97th birthday.
Pretty sure I was the only shopper in Lidl this morning listening to Live Evil. #jazz#jazzfusion#MilesDavis
So Weds 24th April am playing with my band
STEEL PAN FUSION*
feat. Bembe Segue and Shayanna Harris On vocals
Location:
At Orleans Bar :
Basement 259, 261 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Free Entry:
10.00pm - 12.30am
followed by Jam Session until 2.00am
Gonna be Fire 🔥
(2mins walk from Finsbury Park tube)
Steel Pan Fusion
On Steel pans ~ Wade Austin & David Vine
Keys - Andre Louis
Drums - Sam Blue
Bass - Indigo Pearce
Percussion - Phillip Harper #London#SteelPan#Jazz#JazzFusion
Irrespective of genre, they didn't half love a fantasy-art album cover in the 1970s...
Everything from #jazz & #jazzfusion (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock) to #rock & #heavymetal (Queen, Boston, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden) to #progrock (Yes, Genesis) and #electronica /#ambient (Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze). And pop culture in general was awash with 'Lord of the Rings' type artwork. #graphicdesign#illustration
For some, Miles Davis' early 1970s albums are a tough listen because they're furious, chaotic, frenzied, but they perfectly reflect the conflicts of a very different time: war, corruption, attacks on the rights of women & minorities, riots, disgraced presidents, violent campus protests... As I say, a very different time... oh
#NowPlaying A kind, peaceful start to the week.
An album out of time. If you'd told me it was a Brian Eno ambient collaboration, released somewhere between 1973 & 83, I would have believed you.
A perfect final recording for Pharoah, whose best albums were often dynamically constructed to evoke the serenity & (spiritual?) clarity that result from transcending life's chaos & tumult. It's almost like he knew it would be his last. A special album, a valediction. #jazz#jazzfusion#ambient#vinyl
Look, the tight execution, sense of musical restraint and, of course, the lack of actual jamming means that "No Obsession" from @stereopolarity is NOT jam band music. That said, it features the same core fusion of jazz and funk, with just a touch of rock and some electronics, that powers nearly all jam bands -- and, to be completely honest, this tune would be fucking sick if it was jammed out to deep space and back.
This is the pure soul of Brazil; this album is like a condensation of all the beauty and tragedy of this country. Do yourself a favor and just take some time to experience this music.
Calling #MilesDavis & #jazz experts. I can't find any reference to Bitches Brew having different mixes, but I'm listening to the original 3 ¾ ips, ¼" reel-to-reel release (Columbia H2C 33) from 1970 and it's clearly different from other versions: More trumpet effects, reverb, etc. The tracks are also different lengths: Pharoah's Dance, for example, is 30 secs shorter on the reel than the CD release. #jazzfusion
Mahavishnu Orchestra live on BBC TV (Paris Theatre - 1972)
John McLaughlin: Guitar
Jan Hammer: Keyboards
Jerry Goodman: Violin
Rick Laird: Bass
Billy Cobham: Drums
Note: I once had the privilege of photographing Billy Cobham during a percussion festival for the Univ of Oregon School of Music. His playing was stunning. I got to get up close to him & his drum kit on the stage in front of a packed house of cheering drummers.