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During Tony Williams' stint with Miles Davis, he displayed an unparalleled mastery of time and texture, suggesting at once the meter-less pulsations of Milford Graves and Sonny Murray, and the polyrhythmic swing of Max Roach, Art Blakey and Philly Joe Jones. The Davis rhythm section (Williams, bassist Ron Carter, pianist Herbie Hancock) learned to superimpose fresh harmonies and rhythms on top of a flexible basic pulse, driven along by the drummer's percolating hi-hat. And when the band broke up, each member gravitated towards some aspect of the emerging new pop music: The Beatles, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix. And if Herbie felt the funk, Tony wanted to rock, and to that end he formed the most slamming, freewheeling organ trio in the history of jazz.
From the heraldic overture of the title tune, to the epic drum variations of "Something Special," EMERGENCY signals a shift in consciousness. A time warp as it were, as if the autumn of 1945 merged with the summer of 1969, and the rhythmic, harmonic and melodic innovations of Charlie Parker's bebop morphed with the acetylene blues roar of Jimi Hendrix and Cream. Yet EMERGENCY is not really a Rock album, but loud jazz with an attitude. The power of EMERGENCY is in the playing; because for his Lifetime, Williams recruited the most innovative of all Philly organ players, the Coltraneish virtuoso Larry Young, and an exciting young veteran of the British jazz and blues scene--and Jimmy Page's mentor--John McLaughlin.
On "Spectrum," Young sets an imposing tempo with his bass pedals and left hand, supercharged by Williams' indomitable cymbal pulse and outrageous cross-rhythms. McLaughlin doubles up on the blistering tempo with soaring blues phrases, jagged syncopations and fearless harmonic detours. Young responds with one of the great organ solos of all time, transcending Hammond cliches with his elongated melodic elisions and cathartic chordal crescendos, and Williams ups the rhythmic ante with melodic variations of his own. This level of pure excitement carries over to the flamenco furies of "Where" and "Sangria For Three," and the dervish dance of "Vashkar."
Tony Williams' Emergency was one of the first and most influential albums in late-'60s fusion, a record that shattered the boundaries between jazz and rock. Working with guitarist John McLaughlin and organist Larry Young, Williams pushed into new territory, creating dense, adventurous, unpredictable soundscapes. With Emergency, Tony Williams helped create the foundation of the style and sound of fusion. It's a seminal release, originally released on two albums and now available on one CD. ~ Leo Stanley
Digitally remastered by Gary N. Mayo at Polygram Studios.
Recorded at Olmstead Sound Studios, New York, New York on May 26 & 28, 1969. Originally released on Polydor (25-3001). Includes liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason and John McDermott.
Tony Williams Lifetime: Tony Williams (drums); Larry Young (organ); John McLaughlin (guitar).
Reissue producer: Jerry Rappaport. Tony Williams Emergency Songs Purchase Emergency CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame CD (1971) Remastered
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As British bands like Yes, ELP, and Genesis extended the borders of rock & roll, John McLaughlin had seized the opportunity to do the same with jazz. The first stars of the jazz/rock fusion camp, the Mahavishnu Orchestra played sellout concerts, sold records in quantities previously unheard of by jazz musicians, and captured a crossover audience of forward-looking ...
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Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
Recorded in London on June 25, 1973, these sessions for a planned third Mahavishnu Orchestra album were shelved when the band decided to put out the live Between Nothingness and Eternity instead. Bootlegged in the past, two-track mixes of the missing album were discovered in the vaults in the late '90s, paving the way for its official release in 1999. It's thus the last of the three studio albums done by the original Mahavishnu lineup (with Cobham on drums, Goodman on violin, Hammer on keyboards, and Laird on bass). Although McLaughlin had been the only composer on the first two Mahavishnu albums, he penned only three of the six tracks here, with Hammer writing two and Laird pitching in one. It's fiery, if perhaps over-busy at times, fusion, McLaughlin reaching his most ...
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Guitarist John McLaughlin was in on the birth of jazz-rock fusion, having played with both Miles Davis and Tony Williams' Lifetime in the early '70s. McLaughlin applied what he'd learned from these artists to his own pioneering fusion band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This second effort is the Orchestra's definitive recording. The tempestuous mix of jazz, rock, and Eastern influences is at its height here, and all of the players in this notoriously ego-plagued group challenge themselves--and each other--to push the envelope.
The themes, generally stated by McLaughlin and searing electric violinist Jerry Goodman, sound regal, unfolding in an elegant, magisterial way. Drummer Billy Cobham (another Miles alumnus) provides pounding polyrhythms over which McLaughlin and Goodman mix it up with keyboardist Jan Hammer. Hammer's synthesizer solos blazed a new trail for the synthesizer as a lead instrument, particularly in his guitar-like use of pitch-bend. The pastoral, acoustic ...
| | Tony Williams Turn It Over CD (1970)
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TURN IT OVER is almost like an experimental rock album (think WHITE LIGHT, WHITE HEAT) rather than the other way around. Unusual for virtuosic jazz fusion, the second release by the Tony Williams Lifetime tamps down the dazzling John McLaughlin solos a little bit while it still bristles with scorching electricity. The unsung hero here is organist Larry Young whose haunted house style saturates the entire LP, matched only by Williams's ...
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This 20-track compilation of songs by French icon of sexy cool Brigitte Bardot features songs she recorded between 1963 and 1973 and features "L'appareil A Sous" and "Ca Pourrait Changer."
Was Brigitte Bardot a "good" singer, in the conventional sense? No. Was the material she sang in the 1960s especially deep or brilliant? No. But is this 19-track compilation of the cream of her 1963-1970 recordings a fun listen? Yes indeed. Although not the owner of conventional high-level vocal skills, Bardot invested her frivolous songs with a contagious sense of playful fun, and a refusal to take the music or herself too seriously. Certainly some of the tunes -- and their breathy delivery -- capitalize on her iconic sex kitten persona. But the guileless joy she projects is reminiscent of some of the early work by France Gall (one of the finest '60s French pop singers), though Bardot's voice is less girlish and more adult in tone. Like the better French pop of the 1960s, the tracks on this disc -- an "extremely selective compilation," the liner notes state, of a '60s discography that strung together "fine pearls and cheap imitations, scintillating gems and tawdry kitsch" -- have a likable giddiness that borrows from early-'60s girl group and twist rock & roll on the earlier sides, and bears a slight psychedelic influence on some of the later ones. It's a pretty versatile bunch, though, also venturing on occasion into melodic sentimental Continental ballads and (less successfully) theatrical chanson and vaudevillian territory. Some of the standouts, naturally, are found in the seven Serge Gainsbourg compositions, including the eerie Eastern-influenced "Contact" (arguably her most interesting recording), and "Harley Davidson," but also the famous Bardot-Gainsbourg vocal duets "Comic Strip," "Bonnie and Clyde," and "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus." (The last of these, unreleased at ...
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