From the 1967 Japanese LP "Herbie Mann's Song Book: Complete Bossa Nova" with Earl May and Bruno Carr. The album also features work from Barney Kessel and Jim Hall
Sonny was the best saxophone and trumpet player on guitar - ever. Absolute freedom of expression. Almost impossible immediate instrumentalist - so to me - he sometimes sounded like the time traveler from the future - with the tune already played. Second to none in reinvention of our beloved six strings that drew blood. I don't know much about jazz at all, but his geniality was very obvious.
I asked Sonny about this recording after Henry Kaiser told me about it, and he laughed and said he barely remembered recording it, and that he only knew it came out years later seeing it in a record store in Japan.
Thanks for posting this. I think I know a lot about jazz but I didn´t know that such a recording exists. Roy Ayers was a great stylist since his first recordings with Curtis Amy and here you can study the guitar or Sonny Sherrock wihout much effects.
I know what you mean. I think we just gotta like what we like and not be hung up on 'pop' bullshit anymore, and tell as many of our friends about music like this.
And dont get me wrong, there are artists and songs that could be considered pop that I would still consider art. It's more about crafting a song that can be catchy while maintaining some artistic integrity and utilizing the studio versus improvisation and experimentation and virtuosity but both mediums can touch you an emotional level when well executed. Art can be simple. I dont like the formulaic pop music that is more of a product than a piece of art.
Sonny was the best saxophone and trumpet player on guitar - ever. Absolute freedom of expression. Almost impossible immediate instrumentalist - so to me - he sometimes sounded like the time traveler from the future - with the tune already played. Second to none in reinvention of our beloved six strings that drew blood. I don't know much about jazz at all, but his geniality was very obvious.
Thanks very interesting to hear Sharrock from back then
I asked Sonny about this recording after Henry Kaiser told me about it, and he laughed and said he barely remembered recording it, and that he only knew it came out years later seeing it in a record store in Japan.
Thanks for posting this. I think I know a lot about jazz but I didn´t know that such a recording exists. Roy Ayers was a great stylist since his first recordings with Curtis Amy and here you can study the guitar or Sonny Sherrock wihout much effects.
58 likes. Yet im sure Aerosmith's "love in a. Elevator" probably has hundreds of thousands of likes. Maybe we are doomed as a species...
I know what you mean. I think we just gotta like what we like and not be hung up on 'pop' bullshit anymore, and tell as many of our friends about music like this.
And dont get me wrong, there are artists and songs that could be considered pop that I would still consider art. It's more about crafting a song that can be catchy while maintaining some artistic integrity and utilizing the studio versus improvisation and experimentation and virtuosity but both mediums can touch you an emotional level when well executed. Art can be simple. I dont like the formulaic pop music that is more of a product than a piece of art.
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