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I can see a revival coming for this obscure tune. As Dan Adler pointed out on facebook, it is also a mutant variant of an earlier tune.
(edit: I see the tune was actually written by Donald Byrd).
Last edited by grahambop; 12-16-2021 at 06:19 AM.
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12-16-2021 05:50 AM
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Infectious little number
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Strangest album cover in jazz.
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I’m not sure about that...
Originally Posted by Litterick
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'Omicron' is of course based on 'Woody'n'You' by Dizzy Gillespie.
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I just bought that album a month or so ago. It is actually a great album with some very good guitar work by among others Duane Allman, Cornell Dupree and David Spinozza. Originally Posted by grahambop
I’m not sure about that...
Sure the cover looks, uh, unusual now, but it made a big, uh, splash back in the day and sold about a gajillion copies and vaulted Herbie into the stratosphere as a jazz-pop musician.
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What do you find strange about the Chambers album cover? All I see is a man with a bass in what looks like a public park. Originally Posted by Litterick
Now the bass being in its case with the "stand" pulled out on the bottom (I assume this can be tucked in), is odd, but other than that I don't see anything strange.
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Now we've all been exposed
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Has your copy got the dodgy photo inside? Apparently later pressings had this removed. Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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It’s in keeping with a whole series of Blue Note covers which showed the artist in a public location, as shown in these examples from the Blue Note Cover Art book: Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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Usually musicians are pictured with the instruments uncased. Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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Notice there's a wheel attached. Smart!
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With the larger photo I can see it is a wheel. With that type of large bass one couldn't take a taxi to a gig and it was expensive to own a large enough vehicle in cities like NYC. Maybe Mr. Chambers had to walk to his gigs! Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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Keep yer flute where I can see it! Originally Posted by grahambop
Has your copy got the dodgy photo inside? Apparently later pressings had this removed.
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There's at least three people in that photo
shrieks in horror!
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I guess we can all be glad that there are only humans in that photo. Originally Posted by ragman1
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“Doctor my eyes have seen…. “
Herbie.
Ew.
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It immediately looked weird to me also for some reason. Originally Posted by Litterick
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Did PC compose anything? I'm diggin the tune. Might have to listen to the rest of the record. Originally Posted by grahambop
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Looks like he composed 3 of the tunes on the record: Originally Posted by Clint 55
Whims of Chambers - Wikipedia
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It seems to me the double bass is moved by Paul Chambers. Originally Posted by grahambop
A small swivel wheel is attached to the leg of the double bass.
Interesting...
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It all makes sense, if that bass has a wheel. Like the others, he is on his way to a gig or a studio. Originally Posted by grahambop
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It could be somewhere near Rudy Van Gelder’s studio which was at 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Looks a bit different now though.
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Two things: Trumpeter Donald Byrd(Omicron) was a great musician . . . however, he is largely remembered for his Pop hit "Blackbird" --which came out in '73 and was a "crossover" commercial success as was Herbie Mann--one of the most commercially successful musicians of all time. In my day, Mann's name was said with a snicker since he was not considered a serious Jazzer. Most Jazzers think of James Moody, Hubert Laws, Frank Wess and Yussef Lateef in re: flute. Great piece, G.
Marinero
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You can see a slope in both photos. According to Wiki the studio moved in 1959 to 445 Sylvan Ave. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Originally Posted by grahambop
It could be somewhere near Rudy Van Gelder’s studio which was at 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Looks a bit different now though.
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