I take it you didn't care for Shorter's "TASE"? Personally, I don't like to eat dessert all the time and only dessert 😎
Great clips, Alex; thanks! Fantastic lineup on that Turrentine record.
"Hold the line"? I'm still working on my main course.
Whereas one knows from the very first notes of "TASE" that it's going to be something very different (and it stays that way), I find Andrew Hill's music to be unique in that it often feels like a constant tease. It always seems to straddle that line where it feels fairly conventional and familiar, but manages to always stay on the other side of it. He had a unique and odd time feel that creates a lot of tension but always has musical logic. Similar to the way Monk played rhythm, but on steroids:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBOOWnpNXc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mDWlZPlSdOA
Great clips, Alex; thanks! Fantastic lineup on that Turrentine record.
"Hold the line"? I'm still working on my main course.
Whereas one knows from the very first notes of "TASE" that it's going to be something very different (and it stays that way), I find Andrew Hill's music to be unique in that it often feels like a constant tease. It always seems to straddle that line where it feels fairly conventional and familiar, but manages to always stay on the other side of it. He had a unique and odd time feel that creates a lot of tension but always has musical logic. Similar to the way Monk played rhythm, but on steroids:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBOOWnpNXc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mDWlZPlSdOA