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Phil Morrison appreciation post

sdjfoh

sdjfoh

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May 7, 2020
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Not a ton of recordings from Phil but he’s a beast in Stark Reality. Love the tone and the slides and playfulness in general.

anyone else listen to SR much? The Hoagy Carmichael tunes are fun AF

 
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This band was around Boston early 70’s. Abercrombie is a great guitar player and teaches at Berklee now. Not a ton of info on Morrison - other than some stints with Freddy Cole, T Bone Walker, Dizzy Gillespie. I think he has some gospel recordings but nothing as wild and innovative as the Stark Reality recordings.

The SR / Hoagy Carmichael album was re-released on Stones Throw records by Peanutbutter Wolf - as it makes sense that it was heavily sampled by hip hop artists (the drums are epic). I got a copy of it years ago and it’s one of my go-to records to put on when there’s company over.

he just seems like a mammoth player and I wish I could get my hands on more work of his
 
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sdjfoh said:
This band was around Boston early 70’s. Abercrombie is a great guitar player and teaches at Berklee now. Not a ton of info on Morrison - other than some stints with Freddy Cole, T Bone Walker, Dizzy Gillespie. I think he has some gospel recordings but nothing as wild and innovative as the Stark Reality recordings.

The SR / Hoagy Carmichael album was re-released on Stones Throw records by Peanutbutter Wolf - as it makes sense that it was heavily sampled by hip hop artists (the drums are epic). I got a copy of it years ago and it’s one of my go-to records to put on when there’s company over.

he just seems like a mammoth player and I wish I could get my hands on more work of his
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John Abercrombie? I was a big fan of his ECM era.
Maybe it was too early for this kind of stuff, there was the stirrings of “jazz-rock”, and while there was Gary Burton working with Coryell and Swallow, the notion of fusion hadn’t fully emerged.
 

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