Their rendition of Davis’ “So What” is blisteringly fast to the point that the musicians are almost stumbling over each other in the opening moments and continuing to rage for nearly 14 minutes. Each track finds the group going on extended vamps, often with breathless momentum. This double LP release hails from 19 when Bishop and his steady trio made appearances at two venues in Baltimore. He played with Charlie Parker and Miles Davis in the ’50s and made music well into the ’90s. His career ranges far before and after those peaks. is another jazz artist whose profile has been raised considerably thanks to the reissue market of the current vinyl explosion - primarily thanks to the two albums he recorded for Black Jazz in the early ’70s being brought back into circulation. Walter Bishop Jr.: Bish at the Bank: Live in Baltimore (Reel to Real) He backs all the sonic expansiveness up with lyrics that explore topics both simple, like a crush on a barista, and grand, like the story of two gay lovers in Malawi sharing a final tender moment before fleeing for their lives. On it, Clark utilizes his sharp ears and savvy production sense to create an immersive sound world where the electronic and acoustic coexist peacefully or clash sensually. If you’ve not yet been introduced to this damn near perfect album, now’s your chance. Finally free of that nonsense, this brilliant album is returning to the world tomorrow in a new vinyl pressing, complete with remastered sound and a pair of bonus tracks. He let it quickly go out of print and tangled Clark up in a battle for the rights to the music. The label he signed with turned out to be run by a delusional egotist that didn’t know how to handle the critical attention being directed at the album. Every note is clear and unburdened and colored with a passion that drove this amazing artist for all of his sadly short life.īeauty Pill: Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are (Findings)Īs if dealing with a health condition that required the implanting of an artificial heart, and thus derailing the momentum he had been gaining with his art-pop project Beauty Pill, Chad Clark found himself stuck in a deal with the devil once he finally completed his magnum opus: 2015’s Beauty Pill Describes Things as They Are. He let the solos drift out of him like a plume of blue smoke. Having survived a crippling addiction to heroin and getting his embouchure back after his teeth were destroyed in the late ’60s, Baker knew better than to not overplay. He’s working at high level throughout (no pun intended), enjoying the musical camaraderie of the trio of the players working alongside him. Listening to this double LP set, it feels like we’ve been cheated of another important chapter in Baker’s long history as a recording artist. For some reason, this material - recorded over two dates in April and November of 1979 - have never been issued until now. In the year that these sessions were laid down, he recorded dozens of songs, urged on by a wealth of willing collaborators and acolytes around Europe. For the first of two editions of the column this month, we give you a rundown of some of the many releases dropping tomorrow for Record Store Day.Ĭhet Baker: Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective)Īround the time that Chet Baker entered VARA Studio 2 in the Netherlands, the jazz trumpeter was on something of a hot streak. Rather than run down every fresh bit of wax in the marketplace, we’ll home in on special editions, reissues and unusual titles that come across our desk with an interest in discussing both the music and how it is pressed and presented. Record Time is Paste’s monthly column that takes a glimpse into the wide array of new vinyl releases currently flooding record stores around the world, and all the gear that is part of the ongoing surge in vinyl culture.
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