Seawind/Ken Wild?

burk48237 · #1 05-29-2006, 08:27 AM

Is any one here hip to the old Jazz fusion band Seawind from the late 70's? I haven't seen any threads on them. I dug up an old CASSETTE tape yesterday, Don't have the CD's and refreshed my memory on some really sweet bass playing with what is obviously a 70's Jazz. I did some checking around the net, the Old CD's have been reissued, but their MIJ imports and not cheap. Ken is still doing some recording with his brother in a band called the Wild Brothers. Seawind was a subtile (crossover) Christian Band and their Horn section is probably in the same class as the Memphis horns and a notch below TOP as an "in-demand" horn section. Jerry Hey and the boys still get a ton of studio horn work with top acts. But Wild ripped on those Albums, both on frettless and fretted.

jerry · #2 05-29-2006, 09:49 AM

I dug Seawind, they where based out of Hawaii for awhile. Ken Wild is a great player, I have some Roland Vasquez Urban Ensemble albums with Ken playing some excellent fretless. Nice to see him get a thread!

steveb98 · #3 05-29-2006, 10:05 AM

I used to go see Seawind when the first came to L.A. and they were a smokin' band. Seawind wasn't the original name of the band I think it was Ox. Other than the Jerry Hey and the horns I wondered what happend to the rest of the band.

burk48237 · #4 05-30-2006, 06:24 PM

Bump, SOMEONE else here has to have heard Seawind!

Richard Lindsey · #5 05-31-2006, 02:39 PM

Oh yeah, I remember them; they were cool. I used to have one of their records, but like a number of other LPs I had at one point, it seems to have snuck away when I wasn't looking. Ken Wild was good (no doubt still is), and you're right, they did have Jerry Hey.

Garry Goodman · #6 05-31-2006, 02:48 PM

Pauline Wilson,the vocalist, is still performing in Hawai'i(where the band originated) and I think Larry Williams may still be over there.I last saw Kenny Wild playing with Emil Richards in the mid 90's at Chadney's in Burbank,CA.

Here's the reunion info:http://www.seawindjazz.com/NEWS.HTM

http://www.seawindjazz.com/BAND.HTM

B String · #7 06-01-2006, 08:19 AM

Ken Wild is one of the top bassists in Los Angeles. He's
on more movies, TV shows and CD's than you can shake
a stick at. Plus a rather nifty golfer too. He's remained
one of the nicer guys on the scene.

adrian garcia · #8 06-03-2006, 03:18 PM

i did some work with Larry Williams back in 2001- awesome musician and great guy- we talked about Seawind, Ken and his BC Rich basses which were an early cause of GAS for me.
I loved that band.

Steelpulz · #9 06-12-2006, 04:22 PM

Seawind used to be one of my favorites. Anybody know where I can get some of there old recordings?

pretaanluxis · #10 05-19-2010, 08:27 PM

Ken Wild has some incredible tone of John Frusciante`s Curtains album

Jazzdogg · #11 05-19-2010, 08:42 PM

I enjoyed their albums on vinyl back in the seventies (they've been relegated to storage with hundreds of others), and I bought 'em again a few years ago - this time, on CD. Their musicianship was apparent even back in the seventies, and the music still sounds pretty good to me, despite the sound quality of the recordings.

gmahoog · #12 05-19-2010, 09:52 PM

Pauline Wilson has some pipes for a little gal. I had their album with "Follow Your Road".

bottomzone · #13 05-19-2010, 11:40 PM

Oh yeah!!! That was one of my favorite groups back in the day!!! Here is one of my favorite Seawind tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWORIrUjAes

Ken is puttin' it down! That's great stuff right there!!!

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!