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Jack Bruce / Kip Hanrahan
- Thread starter ezra1
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Hanrahan had a run of CD's in the mid-80's that had Bruce along with other great bassists and musicians on them. Desire Develops An Edge, Vertical's Currency and Days And Nights Of Blue Luck are all good, it's been awhile since I broke out some Hanrahan, time to do it. It's nice to see his name here, his material mostly went under the radar.
Ezra: Jerry named 3 albums.
Just looked-
All 3 are available "free" to Amazon Prime members.
Besides what Jeremy listed there is :
A Few Short Notes From The End Run
Exotica
and
All Roads Are Made Of The Flesh
......I am just wondering if there is a stand out album from these that would best represent Jack at this point in his career.
A Few Short Notes From The End Run
Exotica
and
All Roads Are Made Of The Flesh
......I am just wondering if there is a stand out album from these that would best represent Jack at this point in his career.
I remember when Desire Develops An Edge was first released the record critics at The Village Voice were just completely creaming over it, like it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I listened to it once and thought "meh"
(...or whatever the equivalent expression was back then; Desire Develops An Edge predated "meh" by at least two or three decades.)
Admittedly I haven't listened to it, or any Hanrahan, since. Perhaps my tastes have evolved, so I'll probably check it out again thanks to this thread.
I listened to it once and thought "meh"
(...or whatever the equivalent expression was back then; Desire Develops An Edge predated "meh" by at least two or three decades.)
Admittedly I haven't listened to it, or any Hanrahan, since. Perhaps my tastes have evolved, so I'll probably check it out again thanks to this thread.
Check out Hanrahan's 'Conjure - Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed.' The bassists are principally Steve Swallow and Jamaaladeen Tacuma, but there are many wonderful players on it - Olu Dara's trumpet really stands out to me.
Believe it or not I saw Jack/Kip do Desire Develops an Edge back in the day. It was a huge band with a large horn section, Arto Lindsay playing insane guitar, and three bassists onstage - Jack on fretless, Steve Swallow, and Andy Gonzalez on Ampeg Baby bass. They did Desire in its entirety, and encored with "Sunshine of Your Love". Quite a memorable show!
/rick
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Funny thing, I remember being somewhat put off by the encore. Here was Jack trying to do some "serious" music, and having to placate the unwashed masses with some commercial fodder to send them home happy. What a snob I was 
I've since come to view it differently. Truth was, the serious jazz guys were having an absolute ball rocking out on Sunshine. I particularly remember the entire horn section gleefully swinging their axes in unison on the main riff. In retrospect, it was a perfect way to end the show. Like a big party and we were all invited.
/rick
I've since come to view it differently. Truth was, the serious jazz guys were having an absolute ball rocking out on Sunshine. I particularly remember the entire horn section gleefully swinging their axes in unison on the main riff. In retrospect, it was a perfect way to end the show. Like a big party and we were all invited.
/rick
Vertical's Currency should be the first one to get.
All the Kip Hanrahan albums are on Spotify if you want to taste-test first.
