A Chris Squire performance you probably never heard...

[Michedelic]

First off, if you're allergic to anything in the realm of avant-garde, experimental jazz like Coltrane, Coleman, or what Miles Davis was doing from '69-'72, don't bother with this. It is also not necessarily Squire's most compelling riffing, but it's interesting to hear him stretching out in an entirely different context, fairly unadorned, and the grind and clank is still there. Eddie Harris was a soulful jazz saxophonist who messed around early on with electronics applied to his horn, similar to Don Ellis. Around 1973, Harris went to England to record with notable UK rockers like Steve Winwood, Albert Lee, Jeff Beck, Alan White, Tony Kaye, Ian Paice, and Squire. This is one of the tracks from the resultant album, a freeform jam for the most part. Squire shows up at about 3:00, and it really starts to happen at about 9:35...


Harris' most high profile tracks, otherwise(i.e. something you might have actually heard at some point)are these soul/funk/gospel/jazz classics..

and with Les McCann...


But wait, for some wicked bass work(by Ralphe Armstrong), check this out(fretless solo at 5:15)...

 

[Bob_Ross]

Amongst Chris Squire cognoscenti, the EH In The UK album is often pointed to as evidence of why Squire almost certainly composed his Yes basslines in advance: A compelling improviser he was not.

 

[Rev J]

I often compare this album to Howlin Wolf "The London Sessions". The album that was paired with this on CD was "Plug it in" with Rufus Reed on bass.

C/S,
Rev J

 

[Jeff Scott]

Here's a recording of Chris with The Beatles.

 

[Rickengeezer]

First off, if you're allergic to anything in the realm of avant-garde, experimental jazz like Coltrane, Coleman, or what Miles Davis was doing from '69-'72, don't bother with this. It is also not necessarily Squire's most compelling riffing, but it's interesting to hear him stretching out in an entirely different context, fairly unadorned, and the grind and clank is still there.

Far less avant-garde from the same album, but I love Squire's tasteful playing on this one. Nothing flashy at all, but it shows that he had a keen sense of when to play and when not to, sort of uncommon among prog bassists.