Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email Address never made public. Follow Following. ManyFantasticColors Join 58 other followers. Sign me up. Already have a WordPress. Log in now. Loading Comments Les McCann and Eddie Harris were as unlikely a pair of collaborators as you could imagine. Les and Eddie, while not opposites had very different approaches to their lives and music.
What they had in common was their ability to infuse funkiness in the music they made, especially the music they made together. Unplanned and unrehearsed McCann and Harris wanted to play together and arrangements were made for a walk off appearance on the last night. Lightning in a bottle…. The June 21st, closing act at Montreux was just such a bright moment. Starting with a Gene McDaniels song that Les had recorded in as a ballad! Energetic Happy Hypnotic.
Romantic Sad Sentimental. Sexy Trippy All Moods. Drinking Hanging Out In Love. Introspection Late Night Partying. Rainy Day Relaxation Road Trip. Romantic Evening Sex All Themes. Articles Features Interviews Lists. Streams Videos All Posts. It's actually much more of a showcase for McCann than Harris, although the tenor saxist's contributions are significant. Something of a happy accident, this recording from the Montreux Jazz Festival has actually become one of the most talked about, exhilarating and fun live jazz performances ever captured on wax.
The session on the last night of the festival was a truly impromptu event - this particular line up had never played together before and at least half of the group had no idea what material they were going to play as they took the stage! Horn men Eddie Harris and Benny Bailey take turns to blow some down home blues in between verses, surprisingly holding together brilliantly what was nothing more than a jam session to great effect. The Harris original "Cold Duck Time" continues with a similar feel, an extrapolated blues vamp in the key of F.
This simple good-time approach may not have pleased those with more critical ears, but the sound of the enthusiastic crowd prove that an up-tempo groove with some spirited blowing was exactly what the audience wanted to hear.
The more contemplative and modal piece "The Generation Gap" provides a brief respite from the blues before the final track not included on the original vinyl issue of the date.
0コメント