Jazz - What's your bag, man?

[Gerry D]

I was only aware of her playing bass with David Bowie before.
Got this for the Nina bit.
Have to investigate her further now. Another woman who really can multi task.

[Gerry D]

Picked this up at the weekend.
Glad I did ....


Details:

180-gram vinyl
LP
Edition strictly limited to 500 numbered copies.

Interview Stefan Winter, Radio Bayern 2 kulturWelt, 18.7.2012:
http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendunge ... er100.html

Album of the Week, Radio Bayern 2 kulturWelt, 18.7.2012:
http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendunge ... nd100.html

Information

English
German
French

Musicians Compositions

Paul Motian [drums]
Bill Frisell [guitar]
Petra Haden [vocals]
Thomas Morgan [bass]

Side A
1. Introduction (1) [Paul Motian]
2. Tennessee Waltz [Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart]
3. The Windmills Of Your Mind [Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman]
4. Let’s Face The Music And Dance [Irving Berlin]
5. Lover Man [Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, James Sherman]
6. It’s Been A Long, Long Time [Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn]
7. Little Foot [Paul Motian]
8. Easy Living [Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin]

Side B
9. I’ve Got A Crush On You [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin]
10. Backup [Paul Motian]
11. I Loves You Porgy [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin]
12. Trieste [Paul Motian]
13. If I Could Be With You [James Johnson, Henry Creamer]
14. Wednesday’s Gone [Paul Motian]
15. I Remember You [Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer]
16. Introduction (2) [Paul Motian]

total time: 52:24

[Seán]

On the TT:

[Derek]

I was only aware of her playing bass with David Bowie before.

I thought Gail Anne Dorsey played bass with Bowie?
Anyway...

The DVD is interspersed with a concert featuring the Funk Brothers fronted by many well-known and some not so well-known guests. Chaka Khan, Bootsy Collins, Gerald Levert, Ben Harper,
Joan Osborne, Montell Jordan & Meshell Ndegeocello.

Check this from the "Snake Pit" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwxtAD3Upyw

Joan Osborne - What becomes Of The Broken Hearted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY

According to the movie intro titles, The Funk Brothers have "played on more number-one hits than The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys, combined."

[Seán]

I was only aware of her playing bass with David Bowie before.

I thought Gail Anne Dorsey played bass with Bowie?
Anyway...

The DVD is interspersed with a concert featuring the Funk Brothers fronted by many well-known and some not so well-known guests. Chaka Khan, Bootsy Collins, Gerald Levert, Ben Harper,
Joan Osborne, Montell Jordan & Meshell Ndegeocello.

Check this from the "Snake Pit" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwxtAD3Upyw

Joan Osborne - What becomes Of The Broken Hearted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY

According to the movie intro titles, The Funk Brothers have "played on more number-one hits than The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys, combined."

That's correct, the Funk Brothers were very fine Jazz and Blues musicians, they were the sessions musicians on the Motown soul recordings. They received no recogintion because they were instrumentalists and they helped to launch the careers of many 'stars', like Stevie Wonder et al. These guys were hidden from view and were disposed of when it was expedient to do so.

[Gerry D]

I was only aware of her playing bass with David Bowie before.

I thought Gail Anne Dorsey played bass with Bowie?
Anyway...

The DVD is interspersed with a concert featuring the Funk Brothers fronted by many well-known and some not so well-known guests. Chaka Khan, Bootsy Collins, Gerald Levert, Ben Harper,
Joan Osborne, Montell Jordan & Meshell Ndegeocello.

Check this from the "Snake Pit" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwxtAD3Upyw

Joan Osborne - What becomes Of The Broken Hearted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY

According to the movie intro titles, The Funk Brothers have "played on more number-one hits than The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys, combined."

That's correct, the Funk Brothers were very fine Jazz and Blues musicians, they were the sessions musicians on the Motown soul recordings. They received no recogintion because they were instrumentalists and they helped to launch the careers of many 'stars', like Stevie Wonder et al. These guys were hidden from view and were disposed of when it was expedient to do so.

Yes. Gail Anne Dorsey played on the Reality tour etc. with Bowie.
But ....

Avantgarde soul
Bass player Meshell Ndegeocello follows her own path. Besides guest appearances with David Bowie and other well known musicians, she has since her debut in 1993 released solo albums every three years, on the borderline between funk, soul and avantgarde. Most well-known is Peace Beyond Passion from ’96.
This time, she takes a big leap towards jazz and has already received considerable attention within the jazz circuit with Dance Of The Infidels. Not only because of guests like Jack DeJohnette, Mino Cinelu, Oliver Lake, Kenny Garrett etc but especially because it’s a very exciting record with a unique sound.
On many of the tracks Meshell is not playing the bass, instead this is taken care of by Matthew Garrison (Jimmy’s son) or sometimes by both of them together. But she has produced, composed, programmed, inviting this combination of musicians, thus creating her futuristic sound. Three vocalists, among them Cassandra Wilson, sing one tune each, the rest are instrumentals. For example Cooking with Gene Lake, son of Oliver but more known for his alert drumming on the borderline of funk, bop and avantgarde with, among others, Steve Coleman.
This is a wonderful example of what can happen when you open the doors between the different rooms in the large house of music. Tones and rhythms are pouring out, mixing, making all meaningless labels just blow away in the wind...

Annika Westman
Published in Lira Magazine #4/2005

This is also available on Netflix ...

[Derek]

Many thanks GerryD, she's a very talented lady.

[Seán]

[markof]

Cracking album from a sadly missed player.

[Claus]

These fine fellows have been spinning on the CD player over the past days:





I like the Scofield best so far but will get more familiar with the others soon I hope...