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Cadillac Kid
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John Mayhall Empty Rooms
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The Blues Project ~ Projections
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I have to dig out my deck, I just got this along with the vinyl box set from my brother, he pulled it out of the dumpster. The Beatles Collection blue box, 13 cds...
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Organist in Residence
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Organist in Residence
Miles Davis E.S.P. CT46863
Ben Gray
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Wayne Shorter’s “ESP” is the title track off of the first album from Miles Davis’ quintet with Shorter on sax, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums, released in 1965 (Shorter also contributed “Iris” to the group for this album). It’s a great tune, very recognizable as something written by Shorter (this tune could easily have fit in nicely on, say, Shorter’s Speak No Evil album), and yet as far as I can tell neither Davis nor Shorter ever revisited the tune live after the release of ESP.
The album version is a classic. It opens with Davis and Shorter stating the song’s super-catchy theme in unison over Ron Carter’s bassline, some fairly spare chords from Hancock, and Williams’ driving ride cymbal. After stating the theme, Shorter takes a sax solo starting around 0:30. Great solo, and Ron Carter’s bassline is really something through this. Shorter briefly touches back with the “ESP” theme around 1:05, then pushes on… Miles’ solo starts around 1:25, with a similar feel to Shorter’s solo. Around 1:45, he touches on the “ESP” theme in a high register… the descending trumpet lines around 2:45 seem reminiscent of something, but I think it’s just a spontaneous melody from Miles. Williams’ responses to Davis’ trumpet around here are great, adding cymbal crashes after some of the higher trumpet notes. Hancock’s comping throughout is also great, especially noticeable around 3:20 or 3:30 where he pushes this solo along nicely. Hancock’s piano solo starts around 4:05, building on the last phrase from Davis’ trumpet solo. Hancock’s piano playing in this period is (in my opinion) as good as anything, by anyone, on any instrument; every solo of his has some amazing melodies stuffed in there and this one is no exception. After the piano solo, the quintet returns to the theme just before 5:00. Williams’ drumming at the end here is very cool, he drops back and then pushes forward to give it a shifting feel. Once through the head and we’re done. Great solos from everyone and I’ll have the melody in my head all day, guaranteed.
