Guy Berger Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 I downloaded this OOP album and just listened to it for the first time. Wow, this is great music! Highly recommended to fans of Herbie Hancock's more atmospheric 1971-73 music. I'm now really psyched about Julian Priester's Love Love, which I bought earlier this summer. Haven't listened to it yet. Guy Quote
Noj Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 Where did you download it, Guy? I've wanted this album for a while. Quote
mikeweil Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 This is a beautiful album. An underrated gem. Every single musician plays some great stuff on this. Bennie Maupin Charles Sullivan Herbie Hancock Buster Williams Billy Hart Freddie Waits Bill Summers Quote
Peter Johnson Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 I would love to see this reissued. Quote
mikeweil Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 A friend of mine e-mailed ECM about this some years ago and got the answer that the master tapes were in bad shape - but they had told him the same about Priester's "Love, Love", which has been reissued on CD since then ..... Quote
mikeweil Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 Get the two first Eddie Henderson Capricorn LPs (both on one CD) until then ..... Quote
Guest akanalog Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 it is disappointing depending on where you are coming from. it is not a slice of mwandishi/sextant. it is sort of mwandishi does ECM, actually, in a way. i like it a lot but i was at first disappointed because of the lack of electricity and rhythmic mellowness. some of it is very beautiful. Quote
Guest akanalog Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 now "love, love" and the eddie hendersons (well the second one not as much) are both extensions of the mwandisihi universe that grabbed me right away. not as classy or original, i guess, as the maupin ECM. Quote
mikeweil Posted August 29, 2006 Report Posted August 29, 2006 I'd say the three Mwandishi band albums as well as the Priester and two Hendersons are "dark electric" (not in a negative sense), whereas as the Maupin ECM is "daylight acoustic". That Maupin could do both is proven on the Mercury LPs and the recent duo outing with Patrick Gleeson "Driving while black". Quote
ep1str0phy Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I'm pretty sure this is still on darkfunk, if you look hard enough... ...and this is a favorite album of mine. Extremely low key--especially for this bunch--but it showcases a side of post-Miles fusion/funk that is far too seldom heard. A lot of it is quite beautiful. Quote
Noj Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 (edited) I'm pretty sure this is still on darkfunk, if you look hard enough... ...and this is a favorite album of mine. Extremely low key--especially for this bunch--but it showcases a side of post-Miles fusion/funk that is far too seldom heard. A lot of it is quite beautiful. Aha, you clever son of a gun. I'm listening to this now. Nice, thanks! Can't seem to get Priester's Love Love and one of the Miles shows. Must be gone. Edited August 30, 2006 by Noj Quote
NIS Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 This doesn't add much substance to the discussion but this album really struck a cord with me when I got back in 1970whatever and it still does. I've played the record quite regularly since and it is actually in pretty good shape considering use. In my opinion, music doesn't get much better than this. Quote
ep1str0phy Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I'm pretty sure this is still on darkfunk, if you look hard enough... ...and this is a favorite album of mine. Extremely low key--especially for this bunch--but it showcases a side of post-Miles fusion/funk that is far too seldom heard. A lot of it is quite beautiful. Aha, you clever son of a gun. I'm listening to this now. Nice, thanks! Can't seem to get Priester's Love Love and one of the Miles shows. Must be gone. The Eddie Henderson Mwandishi album is on there, too (supposedly), but it can't be downloaded. There are some issues with some of the not-yet-deleted darkfunk downloads--a crackdown, maybe (although Love, Love was there for months after ECM reissued it). Quote
Noj Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 The Eddie Henderson Mwandishi album is on there, too (supposedly), but it can't be downloaded. There are some issues with some of the not-yet-deleted darkfunk downloads--a crackdown, maybe (although Love, Love was there for months after ECM reissued it). Yep, I tried to get the Henderson Mwandishi album too. No dice. I should have been watching that place! Thanks to Rostasi for playing Priester's Love, Love on his "rodcast" this morning. That's a good one! Rostasi also played Bennie Maupin's Driving While Black which also is pretty cool. Quote
mikeweil Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 Rostasi also played Bennie Maupin's Driving While Black which also is pretty cool. Yes it is - only the drum computers get on my nerves after a while - but the atmospheric quality of this is great! Quote
Noj Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 EH - Realization--Pretty steep at $30. Hopefully I'll be able to find it for less at some point. Thanks for the link, Mike. Quote
sidewinder Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) EH - Realization--Pretty steep at $30. Hopefully I'll be able to find it for less at some point. Thanks for the link, Mike. Bought 'Realization' on Capricorn from a cut-out bin back around 1975. Cost me the grand total of about £0.50 as I recall. Great album - best way to get the music now though is probably that Soul Brother compilation posted in the picture above. There are 2 volumes of Eddie Henderson available on this label (each is either a single CD or a 2LP set). Dusty Groove in the US is a good source for these Soul Brother reissues. Edited August 31, 2006 by sidewinder Quote
Noj Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 I have the first volume of the anthology, the one with the cover like Lee Morgan's Cornbread. I didn't shell out thirty clams for it. Quote
Head Man Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 I'm pretty sure this is still on darkfunk, if you look hard enough... ...and this is a favorite album of mine. Extremely low key--especially for this bunch--but it showcases a side of post-Miles fusion/funk that is far too seldom heard. A lot of it is quite beautiful. Aha, you clever son of a gun. I'm listening to this now. Nice, thanks! Can't seem to get Priester's Love Love and one of the Miles shows. Must be gone. Well, its defeated me! How do you find it on darkfunk, I can only seem to access 5 titles? Quote
JohnS Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 Jewel In The Lotus Doesn't played a lot (inevitable I suppose with so much else around) but I have fond memories of it. I especially like the 'water filled garbage can', must be first in the instumental lexicon. Quote
Guy Berger Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Posted October 11, 2006 I'm now really psyched about Julian Priester's Love Love, which I bought earlier this summer. Haven't listened to it yet. Guy So I'm listening to Love, Love for the first time and digging it! Definitely recommended to fans of the Mwandishi band, electric Miles and early Weather Report. The groove on side 1 could go on forever. Guy Quote
sidewinder Posted October 11, 2006 Report Posted October 11, 2006 I'm now really psyched about Julian Priester's Love Love, which I bought earlier this summer. Haven't listened to it yet. Guy So I'm listening to Love, Love for the first time and digging it! Definitely recommended to fans of the Mwandishi band, electric Miles and early Weather Report. The groove on side 1 could go on forever. Guy How is the sound quality of the CD? Wasn't there some word of master tape problems? The LP of this has been a big favourite of mine and as you say, side 1 packs a heck of a groove. 'Polarisation' is just as good - albeit much more introspective in style. Quote
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