Monday 20 July 2020

Jerry Hahn's Moses, by request




Some basic guitar-based instrumental fusion here, from this fine Nebraskan gentleman with an extensive discogs bio:

Jazz guitarist, born September 21, 1940 in Alma, Nebraska.
Hahn is known as one of jazz’s high-ranking guitarists. He became a key name in the 1960s for his input to the up-and-coming fusion movement, and has remained one of its dedicated promoters until today.
At the age of 7 he began playing the guitar and was playing professionally with the Bobby Wiley Rhythmaires at the age of 11. He joined the John Handy Quintet in 1964 and recorded two albums for Columbia Records with them.
His next stations were The Jerry Hahn Quintet (1967, one record for Arhoolie Records) and the Gary Burton Quartet with Roy Haynes and Steve Swallow (1968, three albums). Then the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood was initiated by him in 1970. This formation has been described as one of the “trailblazers of rock-jazz integration”. Later he joined the Bennie Wallace Quartet and he also performed, toured, and recorded with former Cream drummer Ginger Baker. Hahn has a Doctor of Music degree and has taught at several universities. He continues to perform, record, tour, and conduct guitar clinics. Hahn has also written columns for the Guitar Player magazine and a textbook for jazz guitar.

The track curiously called Prime Time has absolutely nothing of interest to primetime TV itself unless you live on another planet where the TV stations are far more intelligent than earth's, perhaps having evolved in a more positive direction compared to homo sapiens, note the tritonal riff leading into minor second dissonance almost instantly:





Musically, the album is similar to some of the less progressive, more basic jazz-rock guitar albums like the later German Karl Ratzer, or more recently, Jim Zuzow-- we can't have another Space Traveller like James Vincent every day, right?  Or even, every decade, sadly...   And unfortunately side two is given over to those awful jazz standards some of which like Joy Spring make one want to shoot not just horses but jazz musicians.  A cover version of the execrably abhorrent Donovan's Sunshine Superman is, if such is even possible, even a worse state of affairs for this side of the disc.


Credits
Bass – Mel Graves
Drums – George Marsh
Engineer – Jim Stern
Organ, Synthesizer – Merl Saunders
Photography, Art Direction – Tony Lane (2)
Producer, Guitar – Jerry Hahn

Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Cal. January 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1973
(P)1973, Fantasy Records
Tenth and Parker
Berkeley, California 94710







6 comments:


  1. apologies for low bitrate, not my rip:

    https://www11.zippyshare.com/v/FSlpfxdt/file.html

    https://www.sendspace.com/file/xzjfiq

    Jerry Hahn Brotherhood from 1970 for those who need:

    https://www102.zippyshare.com/v/Yn5vdMlV/file.html

    https://www.sendspace.com/file/k6irzq

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    1. Greetings... possible to restore Hahn Brotherhood, 1970?
      Bless...

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  2. Thanks Julian, low bitrate is better than no bitrate!

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  3. @ jim & Ryan, agreed. It'll be nice to hear this one again.

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  4. Julian, Zen Archer posted this @ 320

    https://surfingtheodyssey.blogspot.com/2020/08/jerry-hahn-1973-moses.html#comment-form

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  5. both albums reupped
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/hp8cnq

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