At this time (the great year of 1984) Steve Bartlett took over on drums from Fred Taylor. On the previous album of course the presence of Fred didn't make a whole lot of difference anyways, but curiously his loss seems to have invigorated and improved the band. It's as if removing the threat of brilliant composition allowed the others to get into a better groove. There's no understanding music sometimes. Mostly this can be defined as normal 'modal' jazz or contemporary jazz in the quartet format, but occasionally there are interesting passages with different fusionary approaches. I can't for the life of me understand why the track about the Blue Jay features a synthesizer expressing the bird's gestalt, but I've come to really enjoy this particular composition:
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It was my former student and old friend Bob Merrihew who took over the drum chair for me when I left the group. Steve Bartlett was the bassist. - fred taylor
ReplyDeleteThat track Processional is amazing:
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And thanks for the correction
Thank you very much! I was wondering if you had a chance to listen to it.
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