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Double Bass Buster Williams!
- Thread starter Michael Karn
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Better groove than 'bitches brew', if I may say so ...
One love for that forum is that it makes you listening stuff that one would hardly find through other ways. Even if it comes delivered with the questionable compression YT mangles the audio tracks with ...
Thank You.
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I did an image search on Buster, and found them here DC Art Prints - Artwork for Sale - Gig Harbor, WA - United States
There are some other Miles pictures with Marshall Hawkins, and a couple of Rashaan shots and one of Dizzy and Red
There are some other Miles pictures with Marshall Hawkins, and a couple of Rashaan shots and one of Dizzy and Red
I read somewhere that Herbie was experiencing financial difficulties in sustaining the Mwandishi band around this time (Pre-Headhunters , Please correct me if I'm mis-remembering?) - and is it a bit ironic that the Dixieland group is playing "Pennies From Heaven" in the opening seconds of the clip above?
I Am Not A Conspiracy Theorist. (Yet!)
Thanks, Michael Karn.
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I just finished the Bob Gluck Mwandishi book I mentioned in another thread, and in talking about the end of the band financial issues are definitely mentioned, but artistic ones are as well. A Google search on the subject also turned up interesting (non Gluck) information on the end of the group. Instead of quoting the book I'm just going to reccomend that anybody who likes Herbie in general and this amazing band in particular get this book, it's worth every penny. Just to hear the cats talk about what the band meant to them, it's inspiring and even moving. This from Jabali Billy Hart -
I never enjoyed music as much, before or since. It was almost a miracle musical experience...You could say it was spiritual, but it was so sensually pleasurable that I dare not put it in the same words. He's an extraordinary musician, even among extraordinary musicians. And that means he's an extraordinary person, too....His genius, to me, is his ability to accompany...Just playing with him on the bandstand makes you feel like he's written a concerto just for you, a drum concerto
Wow
Two more hours with Mwandishi with Buster Williams. The more I listen to him the more I'm tempted to switch icons (yep, I know, another thing that nobody is going to care about) ...
The text says that this bootleg is recorded 1970 in germany. The sound quality is so so (some cables are loosing contact from time to time) ... but the music is great great.
The text says that this bootleg is recorded 1970 in germany. The sound quality is so so (some cables are loosing contact from time to time) ... but the music is great great.
Finally found time to listen to this and man - Buster Williams and crew were awesome here.
I have always been a fan of Buster. Thanks for the post!
Finally got hold of a copy of Stanley Cowell's 'We Three' with Buster Williams and Freddie Waits. Been looking for years as I knew that combination would be amazing and it's incredible! some of the very best Buster on record....
A Buster Williams duo with Renee Rosnes. This is one of my goto clips on YT... I always wonder if the 1rst set has been recorded too... Cannot find it; I'd love to ingest more of that drive...
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Mr. Williams sounds great on this record from 1967/68. Both his inherent sound and his playing are moving and compelling.
