Passend hab ich vorgestern „Black Caesar“ geguckt:
„Down and Out in New York“, wurde mit Studio-Musikern eingespielt. Dieses Mal ist die Band unbekannt, bis auf Pat Rebillot (elp), Sam Brown (ac g), Hugh McCracken oder Charlie [Sam?] Brown (el g), Steve Gadd (d) und Buster Williams (b). Letzterer scheint Fred Wesley, der die Nummer arrangiert hatte, einige Mühe bereitet zu haben:
I transcribed those mutterings into musical terms … Then it had to go from me to (drummer) Steve Gadd, which was easy because he understood what I was saying and did it without any question. On the other hand, (bassist) Buster Williams was pretty set in his ways. He was a pure jazz player and even though it was a call session, he didn’t feel like doing something that far off his style. But when he finally did it, it was wonderful.
(aus Alan Leeds: „James Brown – Turn on the Heat“, Liner Notes zu: „James Brown: Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975“, Polydor 1996)
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"Don't play what the public want. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doin' -- even if it take them fifteen, twenty years." (Thelonious Monk) | Meine Sendungen auf Radio StoneFM: gypsy goes jazz, #152: Enja Records 1971-1973 – 14.05., 22:00 | Slow Drive to South Africa, #8: tba | No Problem Saloon, #30: tba