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- jazz is dead: great sky river
(2001, cd, usa, zebra records)
US rock / fusion band Jazz Is Dead put the focus on 'Dead', as in 'Grateful Dead'.
The quartet recorded fusion versions of Grateful Dead tunes featuring Alphonso Johnson on bass, Rod Morgenstein on drums, Jimmy Herring on guitar and T.Lavitz on keyboards. On this recording anyway.
The quartet recorded fusion versions of Grateful Dead tunes featuring Alphonso Johnson on bass, Rod Morgenstein on drums, Jimmy Herring on guitar and T.Lavitz on keyboards. On this recording anyway.
I'm no Deadhead myself, so I'm not familiar with (all of) the original tunes, but this album sounds awesome.
The 17-minute version of 'Terrapin Station' might just be the highlight of this album. Or is that because the original album was my first encounter with the Grateful Dead ?
The 17-minute version of 'Terrapin Station' might just be the highlight of this album. Or is that because the original album was my first encounter with the Grateful Dead ?
Check it out.
Recommended listening.
This live YouTube video has Billy Cobham on drums !
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