Wednesday 1 March 2023

Walter Bishop Jr's 4th Cycle, Keeper of my Soul (1973) plus more

 







And welcome to March...

Only album from this assemblage, which came out in 1973.  On the other hand, Walter on his own made quite a few nice records in the jazz or fusion style.

His discogs bio:

American jazz pianist and composer.

Born : October 04, 1927 in New York City, New York.

Died : January 24, 1998 in New York City, New York.

He was the son of composer Walter Bishop, Sr.. In high school his friends included Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Art Taylor. He began his musical career after World War II, and played and recorded with Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Curtis Fuller, Terry Gibbs, Clark Terry, Blue Mitchell, and Supersax. In the early 1960s he also led his own trio with Jimmy Garrison and G. T. Hogan. He continued performing into the 1990s.

After studying at The Juilliard School with Hall Overton in the late 1960s, he taught music theory at colleges in Los Angeles in the 1970s. In 1983 he began teaching at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He also wrote a book, A Study in Fourths, about jazz improvisation based on cycles of fourths and fifths.


From 1973, the lovely Soul Village which, of course, appeared on the Frayker compilation.




The composition called Valerie, from Soul Village which came out in 1977, features such a great opening with the sax playing what sounds like sighs:




9 comments:


  1. So I included Keeper of my Soul, Soul Village, and Cubicle which is also nice in places.
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/oslzrm
    https://www71.zippyshare.com/v/yxqxcKKO/file.html

    reup of the 4 solar plexus albums from way back here
    https://progressreview.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-history-of-solar-plexus-from-1972.html
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/lw8j8g
    https://www103.zippyshare.com/v/tgmwWozB/file.html

    repost of Nakamura from here
    https://progressreview.blogspot.com/2022/06/teruo-nakamura-multiple-albums-unicorn.html?sc=1677526324037#c5462240608786879294

    https://we.tl/t-7QVdt2aVdV

    sandoz pay attention wav reup
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/cf16eu
    https://www13.zippyshare.com/v/IVcEzJmb/file.html

    the aterzamlade related Hasse Bruniusson - Flying Food Circus
    https://www91.zippyshare.com/v/30dzHXZa/file.html

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  2. Here's a boatload of WBjr. in FLAC. Pick and choose, everything in a separate file. https://we.tl/t-Q7M4KvCQcS https://we.tl/t-wQaIFs1Yks https://we.tl/t-KG2kA0kcgt

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    1. Bill - the boatload load is missing and/or invisible

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  3. Great work on this legend any chance you got
    Li Garattoni - Find Out What I'm Dreaming (1982)

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  4. I posted it here once long ago
    https://progressreview.blogspot.com/2019/04/various-artists-live-im-sudhaus.html
    https://progressreview.blogspot.com/2019/04/various-artists-live-im-sudhaus.html

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  5. @Julianryan Thank you for the Li Garattoni - Find Out What I'm Dreaming (1982)

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  6. Some very nice moments, I especially dig the leader's technique of "12 consecutives fourth" notes he invented and mastered to the point that he can use it sparingly, mixing it up with other stuff.

    Thank you very much for sharing Julian!

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  7. IMO, the best is still 1fichier...

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