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Miles, Jimi, and Macca

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JBL626

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May 10, 2013, 8:55:09 AM5/10/13
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Hadn't heard about this before, and I'm a fan of all three:

http://music.yahoo.com/news/1969-hendrix-telegram-paul-come-play-062723028.html

John L

Nil

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May 10, 2013, 12:18:46 PM5/10/13
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On 10 May 2013, JBL626 <Car...@aol.com> wrote in rec.music.beatles:

> Hadn't heard about this before, and I'm a fan of all three:
>
> http://music.yahoo.com/news/1969-hendrix-telegram-paul-come-play-062723028.html

I'm a big fan of all of them, too, but I a little skeptical that
this combination would have worked. I hate to call McCartney a "weak
link", but his forte is as a songwriter and singer. As great as his
bass playing is, I don't think of him as being a strong improviser,
like Hendrix, Davis, and Williams. But maybe I'm looking at it
backwards. Jimi certainly had a pop song sensibility. Williams was
an experienced session drummer and he could play just about
anything, not just the "power jazz he was known for. Miles was
capable of writing beautiful melodies and had great lyricism in his
playing, so maybe he would have adopted more of a pop song stance
for this project.

The possibilities are fascinating.

cuppajoe2go

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May 10, 2013, 5:43:43 PM5/10/13
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On May 10, 9:18 am, Nil <redno...@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote:
> On 10 May 2013, JBL626 <Car...@aol.com> wrote in rec.music.beatles:

> The possibilities are fascinating.

Absolutely...

I never heard of this either. I would love to hear Paul comment on
it. The timing really did suck.


JBL626

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May 11, 2013, 12:06:05 AM5/11/13
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> I'm a big fan of all of them, too, but I a little skeptical that
>
> this combination would have worked. I hate to call McCartney a "weak
>
> link", but his forte is as a songwriter and singer. As great as his
>
> bass playing is, I don't think of him as being a strong improviser,
>
> like Hendrix, Davis, and Williams. But maybe I'm looking at it
>
> backwards. Jimi certainly had a pop song sensibility. Williams was
>
> an experienced session drummer and he could play just about
>
> anything, not just the "power jazz he was known for. Miles was
>
> capable of writing beautiful melodies and had great lyricism in his
>
> playing, so maybe he would have adopted more of a pop song stance
>
> for this project.
>
>
>
> The possibilities are fascinating.

At first, I was inclined to agree with you. But then I thought about Paul's rather daring lead guitar work on "Taxman" and "Good Morning, Good Morning," and thought, "hmmmm...maybe." Transfer some of that sensibility to the bass, and he'd fit right in.

Only one thing's for sure: we'll never know.

JL

who?

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May 11, 2013, 12:51:36 AM5/11/13
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We know that Hendrix and McCartney could have
played well together, but with the other 2?

Jeff

rwalker

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May 11, 2013, 10:43:59 PM5/11/13
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On Fri, 10 May 2013 05:55:09 -0700 (PDT), JBL626 <Car...@aol.com>
wrote:

>Hadn't heard about this before, and I'm a fan of all three:
>
>http://music.yahoo.com/news/1969-hendrix-telegram-paul-come-play-062723028.html
>
>John L

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Bernie Woodham

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May 18, 2013, 10:49:10 PM5/18/13
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On May 10, 8:55 am, JBL626 <Car...@aol.com> wrote:
> Hadn't heard about this before, and I'm a fan of all three:
>
> http://music.yahoo.com/news/1969-hendrix-telegram-paul-come-play-0627...
>
> John L

I wonder if this wasn't more to make the recording more of a
commercial endeavor. Hendrix and Davis may not have cared if Macca
had to prepare his part.

They could have reached out to Jack Bruce or James Jamerson.
Especially Jamerson I think would have known how to improv with these
guys. But neither of those would have been as sweetening a deal as
Macca when it came to going to the record labels.

Kooper's Super Session had only come out the year before and they may
have been looking at the commercial side of this.
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