Miles Davis was a Sly Stone fan & Jimi Hendrix loved Chicago
Feb 19, 2023 4:59:46 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Feb 19, 2023 4:59:46 GMT
According to some musicians who worked with them.
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'Released just eight weeks apart in 1969, Sly and the Family Stone’s definitive album “Stand!” and Miles Davis’s game-changing “In a Silent Way” might seem like an odd pairing for the SFJazz Collective.
With its optimistic East Bay funk and succession of hits such as “I Want to Take You Higher,” “Everyday People” and “Sing a Simple Song,” Sly and the Family Stone’s fourth album features concise pop craftsmanship, crisp horn lines and celebratory melodic hooks that embed themselves mercilessly in the ear canal.
“In A Silent Way” is also entrancing, but in an entirely different way. While sometimes described as the transitional album that ushered Davis into his first electric phase, the record is a universe unto itself, with ethereal extended compositions defined by the lapidary electric piano work of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Joe Zawinul.
Marking the 50th anniversary of the two epochal albums represents a sea change for the Collective, which has spent the past month honing new arrangements of the disparate material. Introducing the reimagined tracks at the SFJazz Center’s Miner Auditorium Oct. 31-Nov. 3, the Collective is not only plugging in with Matt Brewer on electric bass, Ed Simon and Warren Wolf on keyboards and guest guitarist Adam Rogers, “we’re bringing the funk, something the Collective has never done,” says Wolf, who’s serving as this season’s music director.'
With its optimistic East Bay funk and succession of hits such as “I Want to Take You Higher,” “Everyday People” and “Sing a Simple Song,” Sly and the Family Stone’s fourth album features concise pop craftsmanship, crisp horn lines and celebratory melodic hooks that embed themselves mercilessly in the ear canal.
“In A Silent Way” is also entrancing, but in an entirely different way. While sometimes described as the transitional album that ushered Davis into his first electric phase, the record is a universe unto itself, with ethereal extended compositions defined by the lapidary electric piano work of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Joe Zawinul.
Marking the 50th anniversary of the two epochal albums represents a sea change for the Collective, which has spent the past month honing new arrangements of the disparate material. Introducing the reimagined tracks at the SFJazz Center’s Miner Auditorium Oct. 31-Nov. 3, the Collective is not only plugging in with Matt Brewer on electric bass, Ed Simon and Warren Wolf on keyboards and guest guitarist Adam Rogers, “we’re bringing the funk, something the Collective has never done,” says Wolf, who’s serving as this season’s music director.'
- The Mercury News
'Skin I'm In' ¬ Sly And The Family Stone [California Crew]
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