Eddie Harris - Silver Cycles (Jazz Best Collection 1000)

Silver Cycles, álbum inclasificable publicado en 1969 perteneciente al saxofonista Eddie Harris, es una auténtica rareza.

Cada pista responde a su propia lógica, comenzando con Free at Last, un tema de reminiscencias latinas; 1974 Blues tiene aires funk; Smoke Signals presenta a Harris con su saxofón amplificado electrónicamente usando el Echoplex en el marco de un coro de voces femeninas; Coltrane's View, como su nombre lo indica es un tributo a John Coltrane destacándose Jodie Christian en piano evocando a McCoy Tyner; I'm Gonna Leave You by Yourself presenta un ánimo sesentista, que se traduce en un afán exploratorio en Harris y amplia libertad, incorporando voces, vientos, cuerdas; Silver Cycles es otro experimento electrónico; Little Bit permite lucir a Harris una vez más reflejando el espíritu de la música de los 60s asistido por un gran ensamble; Electric Ballad es un nuevo ejercicio de Eddie Harris en el saxophone procesado, esta vez sin acompañamiento; Infrapolations, es jazz avanzado, sobresaliendo Harris, Jodie Christian y Richard Smith en batería con sólidos solos.

Una extraña, original y relevante grabación.****

1.Free at Last 3:15
(Harris)
2.1974 Blues 4:22
(Harris)
3.Smoke Signals 2:55
(Harris)
4.Coltrane's View 4:08
(Christian)
5.I'm Gonna Leave You by Yourself 3:00
(Harris)
6.Silver Cycles 5:50
(Harris/Jackson)
7.Little Bit 5:29
(Harris)
8.Electric Ballad 2:54
(Harris)
9.Infrapolations 6:36
(Harris)

   On Coltrane's View and Infrapolations, the
personnel is: Eddie Harris, electric saxophone; Jodie
Christian, piano; Melvin Jackson, bass, and Richard
Smith, drums.

    On Free At Last, they are joined by Seldon Powell,
woodwinds; Bennie Powell, trombone; Bernie Glow, Joe
Newman, and Ernie Royal, trumpets; Bruno Carr, drums,
and Marcelino Vaidez, conga drum and bongos.

   On 1974 Blues, they are joined by Seldon Powell,
baritone sax; Bennie Powell, bass trombone, and
Mal Lastie, Joe Newman, and Snooky Young, trumpets.
On Electric Ballad, the personnel is: Eddie Harris,
electric saxophone.

   On I'm Gonna Leave You by Yourself and Little Bit,
the personnel is: Eddie Harris, electric saxophone;
Philip Bodner & Seldon Powell, woodwinds; Haywood
Henry, baritone sax; Ernie Royal & Snooky Young,
trumpets; Joe Zawinul, piano; Richard Davis, bass;
Monk Montgomery, electric bass; and Bruno Carr o Billy
Hart, drums. On I'm Gonna Leave You by Yourself, the
backgrounds vocals are Valerie Simpson, Eileen Gilbert,
Melba Moore, and Martha Stewart, and the string section
is under the direction of Gene Orloff.

   On Smoke Signals, the personnel is: Eddie Harris,
electric saxophone and electric piano; Richard Davis,
bass; Billy Hart, drums, with backgrounds vocals are
Valerie Simpson, Eileen Gilbert, Melba Moore, and
Martha Stewart. The string sectionis under the
direction of Gene Orloff.

   On Silver Cycles, the personnel is: Eddie Harris,
electric saxophone; Melvin Jackson, bass; Bruno Carr,
drums or Latin percussion, and Marcelino Vaidez, Latin
percussion.

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