Aquarium – 24th March 2010
Love From The Sun – 24th March 2010
What a better opening could their be for our first podcast on soulandjazz.com than the sublime Love From The Sun by Norman Connors, with the beautiful and smooth voice of Dee Dee Bridgewater. One of our all-time favorite tracks, so spiritual and deep like the rest of the playlist.
March issue, in fact, is focused on spiritual black jazz from the seventies and we want to share with you some ‘treats’ from historical labels like Black Jazz Records and Strata East: Western Sunrise by Doug Carn, First Impressions by Shamek Farrah and Soul Village by Walter Bishop Jr.
We continue with a very inspired Joe Henderson with his classic tune Tress-Cun-Deo-La, Chick Corea and Return to Forever with their initial band (with the singer Flora Purim, Airto Moreira on drums, Stanley Clarke on bass and Joe Farrell on Sax and flute), more or less the same band as in Butterfly Dreams from Stanley Clarke’s first album, but with the contribution of one of the gretest voice of our century, Andy Bey.
We have other contributions by Murk Murphy, with the Freddie Hubbard’s tune On The Red Clay, featuring an explosive horn section with the Brecker Brothers and David Sanborn, Carla Bley with Gato Barbieri on the Saxophone, Eddie Gale (trumpet player with the Sun Ra ensamble) a very funky Freddie Hubbard and The Descendant of Mike and Phoebe.
We finish the show with a love song: poet Ade Olatunji reciting a love declaration with Positive Force music in the background with the song Poem for My Lady. We wish we had written this song for our ladies…
Love From The Sun – 24 Marzo 2010
Quale migliore inizio per il nostro primo podcast su soulandjazz.com che la sublime Love From The Sun di Norman Connors, con la splendida voce di Dee Dee Bridgewater? Questo pezzo è in assoluto uno dei nostri preferiti, così profondo e spirituale come del resto l’intera scaletta che vi proponiamo.
Il podcast di marzo è infatti incentrato sul black jazz spirituale degli anni ’70 e ascolteremo molte “chicche” da etichette storiche come la Black Jazz Records o la Strata East: la bellissima Western Sunrise di Doug Carn, First Impressions di Shamek Farrah e Soul Village di Walter Bishop Jr.
Ascolteremo un Joe Henderson molto ispirato con Tress-Cun-Deo-La, Chick Corea e i Return to Forever nella loro formazione originaria (con Airto Moreira alla batteria, Flora Purim alla voce, Stanley Clarke al basso e Joe Farrell al Sax e flauto), che ritroviamo anche in Butterfly Dreams, dal primo album di Stanley Clarke, con l’aggiunta di una delle più belle voci del nostro secolo, quella di Andy Bey.
Ascolteremo anche la versione di Murk Murphy del pezzo di Freddie Hubbard On The Red Clay, con una sezione fiati d’eccezione, i Brecker Brothers e David Sanborn, Carla Bley con il sassofonista Gato Barbieri, Eddie Gale (poi trombettista nell’ensamble di Sun Ra) e The Descendant of Mike and Phoebe.
Il podcast si conclude con una canzone d’amore che ciascuno di noi avrebbe voluto scrivere per la propria donna: Il poeta Ade Olatunji recita versi sulla musica dei Positive Force nel brano Poem For My Lady.
Aquarium
24th March 2010
Artist – Track – Album – Year
Norman Connors Love From The Sun Love From The Sun 1974
Joe Henderson Tress-Cun-Deo-La Multiple 1973
Chick Corea & Return To Forever You’re Everything Light As A Feather 1972
The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe Coltrane A Spirit Speaks 1974
Doug Carn Western Sunrise Adam’s Apple 1974
Carla Bley What Will Be Left Between Us And the Moon Tonight Tropic Appetites 1974
Shamek Farrah First Impressions First Impressions 1974
Freddie Hubbard Baraka Sasa High Energy 1974
Live Tropical Fish Peace Of Mind The Day Is Too Short To Be Selfish 2010
Eddie Gale The Rain Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music 1968
Walter Bishop Jr. Soul Village Keeper Of My Soul 1973
Stan Clarke Butterfly Dreams Children Of Forever 1972
Murk Murphy On The Red Clay Sings 1975
The Positive Force with Ade Olatunji Poem For My Lady Oracy 1977
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