From the late ’60’s throughout the ’70’s, jazz-rock or fusion was a vital force in music. I would argue that while both jazz and fusion are still very much with us today, that may well have been the height of jazz’ popularity. And one of … Continue reading Weather Report (1) – I Sing the Body Electric
Donald Fagen likes to make fun of the aging hippies who attend Steely Dan concerts. “Tonight the crowd looked so geriatric I was tempted to start calling out bingo numbers. By the end of the set, they were all on their feet, albeit shakily, rocking. … Continue reading Steely Dan (final of 4) – Aja and on
“You should never believe anything it ever says on a Steely Dan record, It’s mostly a bunch of lies and bullshit that we write just to confuse the listener.” —-Donald Fagen in a reference to liner notes (if not the actual songs.) One of the … Continue reading Steely Dan (3) from Yokohama
I have never met Napoleon But I plan to find the time I have never met Napoleon But I plan to find the time ‘Cause he looks so fine Upon that hill They tell me he was lonely He’s lonely still Those days are gone … Continue reading Steely Dan (2) – They Got the Steely Dan T-shirt
“When William Burroughs decided to name a succession of dildos Steely Dan I, II and III in his controversial 1959 novel The Naked Lunch, he could never have imagined how such an apparently insignificant name would still be reverberating around the music business well over … Continue reading Steely Dan (1) Any Major Dude
Man, it’s a hot one Like seven inches from the midday sun Well I hear you whispering in the words, to melt everyone But you stay so cool My muñequita My Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa You’re my reason for reason The step in my groove … Continue reading Santana (Final of 2)
What’s the ugliest Part of your body? Some say your nose Some say your toes But I think it’s YOUR MIND – FZ Frank Zappa died on this day in 1993. To which one can only say, “Great Googly Moogly.” At 53, he was way … Continue reading Frank Zappa – The Mother of Invention
The first Miles Davis post is here. In an earlier post about jazz I featured a number called “E.S.P.” from Miles’ second great quintet (1964-1968.) What’s interesting to me is how Miles expanded his sound shortly thereafter and become such a force in what came to … Continue reading Miles Davis (Final of 2)
It’s hard to believe now but back in the late ’60’s, and throughout the ’70’s, fusion was very popular. Not so much in a Top 40 sense but as with a subset of people who’d really come to appreciate a high level of musicianship through … Continue reading Jazz-Rock (Fusion)
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