„you can dance to Monk music“ …. gerade entdeckt :sonne:
This might not seem the most likely collaborative pairing, but, in fact, Hancock and Cherry had played together in the pianist’s pre-fusion days (on a fine, free jazz tinged record with members of the Heath family, influenced by Ron Karenga’s Black Nationalist ‘Kawaida’ philosophy). The choice of material also seems somewhat unlikely – Thelonious Monk’s ‘Bemsha Swing’ – but any doubts are soon dispelled. With stalwart Ron Carter on bass and Billy Higgins on drums, Cherry is in buoyant mood, giving Monk a shout-out (“what about Thelonious Monk…he said you can dance to my music…”) and proceeding to play the theme with suggestive smears and to solo in jaunty melodic phrases, supported by Hancock’s bouncy, almost down-home piano. It sounds like the players consciously touching base with older traditions, while throwing more than a dash of showmanship into the mix. “This is what we call a fade-out…we just fade right on out…”
http://eartripmagazine.wordpress.com/youtube-watch/youtube-watch-issue-six-don-cherry-special/
Michael Cuscuna hat das Video im Sommer auch auf den Tumblr von Mosaic Records gestellt (den ich auch grad erst entdecke, ich müsste wohl die Newsletters etwas genauer anschauen):
http://mosaicrecords.tumblr.com/post/55436929077/don-cherry-herbie-hancock-bemsha-swing-this-a
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