Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
09 Mar 99 05:48:28 -0800
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ma> Dearblist: I picked up Herbie Hancocks" Fat Albert Rotunda" for 2.00
ma> . It is very good and yes"it got beats"!(else I wouldnt recommend it)
ma> . I notice that it is on warner /reprise. . There is another lp i can
ma> get called" Mwandishi ". Is this any god in the beatwise sense?
no, it's not a funky album at all... well, that's not completely true,
there is one kinda funky tune ("ostinato for angela") but it's in 7/8, and
kinda out there harmonically--which is really where that album is. as
stated
before it is part of a 2cd set "the warner years" and the third album *is*
"crossings"--which i think incorporates synth pioneer dr. patrick gleeson.
in the liner notes, herbie talks about having gone to his friends' houses
during this time period and noticing his friends all had his records, but
they never listened to them. when asked about this, the response was that
his music was too cerebral. not long after this "headhunters" came out...
i recommend "mwandishi" for the library and definitely for the sample crate
--in more of that "let's make a groove *incorporating* this" way than "let's
grab the 1st 2 bars and beef up the kick drum" way...
-t
p.s. "jabala" billy hart plays drums on "mwandishi". if anyone outside of
l.a. remembers ray sandoval (phocus1--ya' still out there ray?) his band
indigenous colors incorporated mr. hart's son, lorca, on drums--btw, both of
them are excellent straight-ahead jazzers!
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