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Live At Slugs' Vol. 1 180gr LP

Charles Tolliver (tp); Stanley Cowell (p); Cecil McBee (b), Jimmy Hopps (dr)

Where have you gone, Charles Tolliver? There was
such promise in the concept of Music Inc., and in
Strata East, but evidently the music world's
attention was elsewhere and this tremendous live
set was probably heard by only a few hundred sets
of ears. On the back of the record sleeve,
Tolliver undersigned his mission statement: ?Music
Inc. was created out of the desire to assemble
men able to see the necessity for survival of a
heritage and an Art in the hopes that the
sacrifices and high level of communication between
them will eventually reach every soul.? And he
isn't kidding. You won't find a much higher level
of communication than he, Cecil McBee, Stanley
Cowell, and Jimmy Hopps engaged in on May 1, 1970
at Slugs' in New York City. This was much more
than an attempt to merely 'preserve acoustic jazz'
as in the stilted Marsalis vein. This was an
attempt to preserve a measure of authenticity
while maintaining the notion of forward-thinking,
present-tense improvised music. They deserved a
greater response than the lukewarm, sparse
applause they received that night, and continue to
deserve a far more cognizant audience for their
efforts.
Tolliver ('Drought'), McBee ('Felicite'), and
Cowell ('Orientale') each contribute a track to
the set; though very much distinct, each is
equally strong. 'Drought' is the kind of
dark-hued, well-honed burner which Tolliver
routinely produced in his fertile years.
'Felicite' is a more contemplative affair, a
deeply felt and empathically performed piece; the
unit here is in particularly sublime form, merging
considerable skill with a staggering depth of
emotion. 'Orientale' falls somewhere in between
the pace of the two, with Cowell's Eastern scales
establishing an austere, industrious tone
throughout its seventeen-and-a-half-minute length.
Through its duration, the music on Live at Slugs'
is often riveting and incessantly compelling.
Hopps is a lesser-known entity to me, but the
other three players featured here are some of the
all-time underrated presences in the jazz
pantheon, and they play nothing short of
masterfully. Always a presence on his recordings,
Tolliver demonstrates tremendous range, flair, and
command as a trumpeter and leader. Had he not
come along at a time when pure jazz was falling
out of favour, I have to believe his name (along
with Woody Shaw's) would be every bit as prolific
as Freddie Hubbard's or Lee Morgan's; the same
holds for the always brilliant and expressive
McBee on bass.
I feel saddened that Music Inc. fell so far short
of ?eventually reach[ing] every soul? - yet
fortunate that it eventually reached mine.
RYM

Format: 1LP 180g 33rpm / standard sleeve
Manufacturer: Pure Pleasure
Original label: Strata-East
Genre: Jazz
Pressing: 180g

Kat.č.: PP 1972  (LP - audiofilský vinyl), Pure Pleasure , cena: 899.00 Kč, EAN: 5060149623336 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů