No.#2 in a series.
This 'In Long Form' mix is a aural journey that begins The Harmonics Choir performing meditative music within a church of God, located in southeastern France. It then travels across the burning sands of Egypt in a nomadic caravan led by Leon Thomas, only to submerge beneath the sea, phantoms below the surface with the strains of Pink Floyd. The journey concludes on the other side of the ocean in the most unlikely of localities, Rhode Island, with an uproarious celebration at the church of jazz led by Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival, a journey from one sacred site to another.
1) Lines To A Great Lord/David Hykes And The Harmonic Choir
Taken from 'Harmonic Meetings'/Celestial Harmonies Records
Beautiful and profoundly evocative spiritual music recorded in 1986
Beautiful and profoundly evocative spiritual music recorded in 1986
within the abbey of Le Thoronet, France.
David Hykes is recognized as a pioneer in global sacred music and overtone (harmonic) singing.
You should learn more about David and harmonic singing at The Harmonic Presence Foundation.
2) Pharoah's Tune (The Journey)/Leon Thomas
with Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Royal,
Donald Smith, James Spaulding, Art Sterling, Bob Cunningham,
John Williams, Sonny Morgan & Gene Golden
Taken from 'The Leon Thomas Album'/Flying Dutchman Records
An evocative piece from vocalist Leon Thomas that squarely hits the mark.
3) Echoes/Pink Floyd
featuring David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Roger Waters & Nick Mason
Taken from 'Meddle'/Harvest Records
From the deserts of North Africa implied in the former piece, to the oceanic depths
conveyed in Echoes, the juxtaposition of these two artists and compositions couldn't be
more bizarre, yet it seems to work! Who would've have figured? But the weirdest is yet to come.
4) Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue/Duke Ellington
with P. Gonsalves, J. Hamilton, H. Carney, R. Procope, J. Hodges, B. Woodman,
Q. Jackson, J. Sanders, J. Cook, W. Nance, C. Terry, W. Johnson, J. Woode & S. Woodyard
Taken from 'Ellington At Newport'/Columbia Records
Until now, I would never have dreamed of following Pink Floyd with Duke Ellington
(an act that some might consider blasphemous), but in an equally bizarre transition,
we segue into a live 1956 medley of two 1938 compositions by the Duke, in which the extended solo
by saxophonist Paul Gonsalves grows so intense and mind bogglingly electrified,
that it drives the audience to near hysteria! Pandemonium abounds! Fist-fights!
Fainting spells! Soiled underwear! Meant to be a final encore, Duke was forced to follow it with
a slower, softer number simply to calm and quiet the frenzied crowd, lest the riot squad be called.
David Hykes is recognized as a pioneer in global sacred music and overtone (harmonic) singing.
You should learn more about David and harmonic singing at The Harmonic Presence Foundation.
2) Pharoah's Tune (The Journey)/Leon Thomas
with Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Royal,
Donald Smith, James Spaulding, Art Sterling, Bob Cunningham,
John Williams, Sonny Morgan & Gene Golden
Taken from 'The Leon Thomas Album'/Flying Dutchman Records
An evocative piece from vocalist Leon Thomas that squarely hits the mark.
3) Echoes/Pink Floyd
featuring David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Roger Waters & Nick Mason
Taken from 'Meddle'/Harvest Records
From the deserts of North Africa implied in the former piece, to the oceanic depths
conveyed in Echoes, the juxtaposition of these two artists and compositions couldn't be
more bizarre, yet it seems to work! Who would've have figured? But the weirdest is yet to come.
4) Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue/Duke Ellington
with P. Gonsalves, J. Hamilton, H. Carney, R. Procope, J. Hodges, B. Woodman,
Q. Jackson, J. Sanders, J. Cook, W. Nance, C. Terry, W. Johnson, J. Woode & S. Woodyard
Taken from 'Ellington At Newport'/Columbia Records
Until now, I would never have dreamed of following Pink Floyd with Duke Ellington
(an act that some might consider blasphemous), but in an equally bizarre transition,
we segue into a live 1956 medley of two 1938 compositions by the Duke, in which the extended solo
by saxophonist Paul Gonsalves grows so intense and mind bogglingly electrified,
that it drives the audience to near hysteria! Pandemonium abounds! Fist-fights!
Fainting spells! Soiled underwear! Meant to be a final encore, Duke was forced to follow it with
a slower, softer number simply to calm and quiet the frenzied crowd, lest the riot squad be called.
2 Comments:
I have just DL and will take a listen on a short road trip today to a local artist (he's 88 today) sale.
Looks interesting and having seen LT at Keystone Korner, I only wish they released that concert on CD. It and he was fantastic and otherworldly.
TIA! Cheers!
Very nice - - - Thanks! ; )
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