Stanley Clarke / George Duke

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:24 am

That's the solo Jaco did in Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light show. The best track in that was "The dry cleaner from DesMoines". Incredible way of playing 12-bar blues with Michael Brecker ripping it on tenor sax.

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:48 am

Also I only saw Herbie Hancock mentioned very briefly in this thread. For me, this guy's recordings in the 70s are the most perfect pieces of music in every way - arrangement, grooves, sheer playing skills and expression. Not to mention that the recording quality on them is jaw-dropping and represents the pinnacle of analogue recording. This is the music I turn to in times of need.

If you don't know any of his stuff, start with the 'Man-Child', 'Secrets', 'Thrust' or 'Headhunters' albums.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:58 pm

What about the bi directional portamento in the song Butterfly on the Thrust album. It comes right at the end of Bennie Maupins sax solo before the Rhodes solo. It is a one of a kind classic synth example that I use whenever possible. Very transitional.

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:45 pm

The Jaco's first album is a masterpiece and Herbie Hancock is at his best there....

I find Headhunters an incredible piece of beauty, except for one thing, the Chameleon synth solo (Odyssey or ProSoloist?) that expresses almost nothing with an awful sound, but everything else is super!!!0

I've grown listening to McLaughlin, I've been through all of his phases, but I suggest to have a listen to "Extrapolation", less known, a bit different, but absolutely wonderful....and recently I purchased the CD remaster of "My Goals Beyond" and it's another great piece of art!

The Weather Report are great for me, Jaco's punch and harmonic concept were fantastic, but how could one forget "I Sing the Body Electric"?

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:50 pm

Mysterious Traveler

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:57 pm

Hey nprime how's the new synth treating you? It must be quite a musical boost to recieve a custom synth from the man who invented the mighty Prophet. Another great FAT BASTARD from JB.

I'm really loving it.

Now if only I could play like Herbie.

I saw a tour back in the seventies in which Herbie Hancok and Chick Corea played two grand pianos. No band, just 2 pianos. It was awe inspiring! One the most amazing things I have ever heard.

I think it's time for me go rummage around the closet and pull out some of my Jazz Fusion vinyl and do some tranferring to CD.

Rod

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:53 pm

ah, believe it or not, I have a very strong funk influence.. and my listenings naturally lead me to stanley clark project and then to George Duke. Well, actually I came across George Duke on a video where he was playing "dawn after dusk" from album "after hours" with Billy Cobham as guest (that's a nice set of players)... and his refined sense of groove and magical touch just blew me away. Then I went back and looked for everything that had George Duke's name on it that I could find.

And then to see this today:
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi ... 64666&fp=F

sad, sad. The dude sings with the keys.. something about his playing that's so much more fluent than anything I've heard before. Evans of funk?

But I think that era, chick corea, herbie, miles.. right where jazz was breaking up into fusion and funk, with very new elements coming in.. that was a period where there was so much skill and great innovation. Even though I'm not specifically from that era (I was born '79) anyone that has anything to do with music needs a deep understanding of that era.

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darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:19 am

Scope4Live - yeah Butterfly is total harmonic mastery... just incredible.

Alfonso - I know the solo you mean... I think the sound is fine, it just seems to be mixed a little too loud. Still, like all Herbie's stuff, the sheer dynamics of the music blows me away, and I can allow him one perhaps over-loud solo

Ken - re: George Duke and pretty much all the other cats - I tend to stick to the records from the 70s... I think the production techniques back then were much more honest and true to the spirit of this kind of music. For me, much of the soul is destroyed when it's played on Triton keyboards and recorded digitally