Muse LP, 1974
1 bitches brew (miles davis)
2 things are getting better (cannonball adderley)
3 freedom jazz dance (eddie harris)
4 night in tunisia (dizzy gillespie)
5 trane's blues (john coltrane)
6 i just got back in town (james moody)
7 billie's bounce (charlie parker)
8 thank you - falletinme be mice elf agin (sly stone)
eddie jefferson, voc
joe newman, billy mitchell, mickey tucker, sam jones, eddie gladden, mildred weston, conrad buckman
produced by don schlitten
back in the 1930s, '40s and '50s eddie jefferson was one of the pioneers of vocalese, where the voice becomes another instrument in the music and not the vehicle for a lyric. jefferson's great brilliance was in his turning the concept on its head, singing improvised lyrics to the music's solo lines. it's not such a novel idea now but back in the day it was sheer genius.
this record, relatively late in his career, has the usual swinging numbers you might expect from such a veteran bopper, and honestly, they're not really to my taste though they're hard to dislike. but the real gems here are his attempt to update his sound for the seventies. jefferson tackles miles' "bitches brew" and eddie harris's "freedom jazz dance" and the results are awesome. keyboardist mickey tucker's electric keyboards are trippy, dark and foreboding, and jefferson's attack suitably psychedelic. the cover of sly and the family stone's "thank you" is also fun.
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from the out of print, though not particularly rare Muse CD. Sorry for the bad cover art but the original is so much better than the CD cover art, which is graceless, and this jpg is the best I could fix up from a dearth of downloads. Both are included in the download plus original liner notes.
256 kbps mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/127860641/EJ-TAGB-1974.rar
sounds awesome, thanks ish :)
Nice! I'd requested that on Reza's site earlier. I had it on vinyl ages ago, and was for some reason needing to hear it. This actually reminds me of a blog idea too: music mentioned in Nathaniel Mackey's ongoing epistolary novels, although one would have to concentrate only on the OOP.
Very cool, Eddie is one great Jazz vocalist.
Thanks for your blog and all your hard work!
Thanks for the album.
http://franklinmintblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/eddie-jefferson.html
Thanks for this ish .... i just HAD to hear someone attempt a vocal impro on "Bitches Brew", crazy stuff !
I'm with you on your review, though I'd add "Night In Tunisia" to my list, it's got a good feel ...
We've discussed that pHo "Freedom Jazz Dance" compilation series of Muse tracks before : looks like you managed to to score all the original albums :)
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I'm very determined, Simon! :)
But you're right, that might be all from that series.
of course, we await your Muse blog as soon as you're done with the MPS one :)
looks interesting, looking forward to some of those renditions! thanks ish
I bought muse compilation CD including "freedom jazz dance" many years ago.
so was lookin' for original.
thanx a lot!
many thanks ish-rare as rocking horse s--t! over here in blighty!
superb!
Folks let me say : thank you for letting be micelf again!
bellissimo!
as usual, great find. thanks for this one and the previous one :)
Eddie is funky & sweet! Thanks!
What a stupdendous and *odd* record. So much of it seems like it shouldn't work, but it is ultra-hip. Thanks for the great post!
I've posted the 1976 follow-up, Eddie Jefferson's "Still on the Planet".
Thanks for such a positive response to this one.
Love Eddie Henderson! I've had a half-dozen or so tracks on comps (FJD, Mojo's, etc) for years but never picked up the records. Fantastic posts, greatly appreciate the chance to hear more!
Excellent, ISH! Jefferson's drop-dead brilliant interpretation of "Bitches Brew" is worth the entire admission price. Much respect is due to EJ for boldly making this one the OPENING cut. Wow.
Thanks,
heiku
Wara Katsu has posted two more Eddie Jeffersons in the comments here!
http://ileoxumare.blogspot.com/2008/07/summer-want-list-update.html
R.I.P., Eddie!
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