themaninthegreenshirt reblogged
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet featuring Yusef Lateef, Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul. Sam Jones and Louis Hayes
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet [1964]
Joe Zawinul, Nat Adderley, Sam Jones, Cannonball Adderley and Louis Hayes
Joe Zawinul and Jaco Pastorius, “Two cobras in a very small cage.”
“One day I heard a pianist play Honeysuckle Rose, … and I was hooked. I said, ‘What is that?’ He said, 'jazz’, which was a word I had never heard, and I asked him to spell it for me. My life was changed after that.”
Joe Zawinul
When Jaco Pastorius first met Joe Zawinul, he had his introduction ready. “My name is John Francis Pastorius III, and I’m the greatest bass player in the world.”
Jaco with Herbie Hancock
A transcript of the first meeting between Joe Zawinul, keyboardist/leader of the jazz fusion group Weather Report, and a young bass player [Jaco Pastorious]
Young Man: My name is John Francis Pastorius III, and I’m the greatest bass player in the world.
Zawinul: Get the fuck out of here!
Man In The Green Shirt from the album Tale Spinnin' by Weather Report, 1975. Composed by Josef Zawinul
Joe Zawinul (keyboards, synthesizer), Wayne Shorter (soprano sax), Alphonso Johnson (electric bass), Leon “Ndugu” Chancler (drums), Alyrio Lima (percussion).
On the original LP inner sleeve, Zawinul explained the background behind this composition: I was in St. John in the Virgin Islands on the Fourth of July and there was this incredible old man, black and old, the blackest eyes you ever saw. Now everybody was dancing and nobody paid any attention to him; he was wearing a long green shirt. The music was unbelievable–they had the St. Thomas Steel Band, the original one, the best in the world. The man in the green shirt was there, out there dancing by himself, and I've never seen anyone dance like this incredible old black man in my life. It was his age, his maturity, his wisdom.
Joe Zawinul composed the perfect tune for Tale Spinnin'. "Man in the Green Shirt" is a progressive masterpiece with powerful textures and melodic overtones. Though Tale Spinnin' would mark some of Alphonso Johnson's last appearances with the band, he holds his own. The album contains other strong tracks, but this one truly represents the beauty of Weather Report. With an exceptional A section followed by a great jam section over an Esus7 chord, the C section contains nothing but triads over fourths, and provides the perfect connection back to the head. In my opinion, this is the best song the band ever recorded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAzyKCnAlWc&feature=kp
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet featuring Yusef Lateef, Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul. Sam Jones and Louis Hayes
Album Of The Day
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way [Columbia] 1969
Miles Davis - trumpet
Wayne Shorter - soprano saxophone
John McLaughlin - electric guitar
Chick Corea - electric piano
Herbie Hancock - electric piano
Joe Zawinul - organ
Dave Holland - double bass
Tony Williams - drums