>BTW - Totally agree about Herbie... not trying to take anything away >from him. But as a proponent of future music (esp. of the detroit >flavor) I can't just sit back and say "well that sound has been done >better 30 years ago by someone else so why bother." I want people to >keep pushing, I want to hear someone who'll in 30 more years have blown >Herbie away... hey I know it's far fetched but you know what I mean. >Once you have the Herbie moments on vinyl you need, there's plenty of >places and trajectories he's launched forward... I want to seek out >where those seeds landed and who is taking it forward... on the >electronic tip especially. Ayro seems promising...
Talking of Herbie - did anyone in the UK see the 'South Bank Show' last Sunday? They did a special on him. Loads of wicked old footage of him in the 70's/80's. Lots of interesting insights too. I've got a few Herbie H LP's and 12's. Although I tend to find myself liking the LP's that he did that weren't necessarily trad jazz lps. He said in the documentary that every so often he does a project thats 'now' and deliberately goes out to make an LP with a particular sound as opposed to something he might do that he feels is him. I think the Sunlight LP (which I really like) was his take on disco etc etc, and then other LP's for diff. genres e.g. Headhunters for funk etc. I also like the LP with Magic Number on - something windows its called. I dunno, I know nothing about jazz. I have a few Miles Davis LPs, some Pharoh Sanders stuff and that, but I've never been able to find much more stuff that I'm really enthusistic about (mainly because I don't even know what to look for). 'In a Silent way' is something I like... Maybe JT can recommend some stuff for us for the list? or anyone else? top 5 jazz lp's to find that we might like?? would be interested to know..... Alex _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
