I am heavy on George Russell these days, so I'd like to share this with you. It's funny listening to this because I feel like a lot of what you hear on this would be considered "modern" today. Start listening at 6:10, and dig the groove. To say George Russell the arranger and composer was ahead of his time is a major understatement. If you like this, seek out "George Russell - Jazz Workshop." I'm listening to this non-stop these days. Even if you don't like the songs on the album, you've got Bill Evans on Piano, Barry Galbraith on Guitar, Paul Motian on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, Art Farmer on Trumpet, Hal McKusick on sax. I especially like how George Russell says at 11:10 that tonally it is an unadventurous piece. His book "Lydian Chromatic Concepts of Tonal Organization" changed the landscape of jazz. Tonal Gravity! He gives a brief explanation of that here at 11:30.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Keep it clean, Buster Brown!