Charles Rouse for Strata East from 1974.
First posted at O.I.R. 09/06.
The album "Two is One" was recorded in 1974 for Strata East and was Charlie Rouse's first date as both producer and leader.He pulled an interesting mix of players together for this date-Airto-Percussion,Azzedin Weston-Congas,Calo Scott-Cello,David Lee-Drums,Stanley Clarke-Bass, Paul Mitzki and George Davis on Guitars.
"Bitchin'" opens the lp on a cool funky groove which flows along and then gets blown out of the window by the savage break beat battery of "Hopscotch".Joe Chambers wrote it-had to be a drummer,didn't it-and David Lee's funky drum patterns combine with Stan the Mans rumbling bottom end bass lock down to produce a monstrous proto-broken beat tour de force.This is followed by"In a Funky Way"which does exactly what it says in the title.
"Two is One"is divided into two parts-one is two?- and is an incredible sucession of different rhythms.In the first part Rouse plays in 3/4 and is accompanied by Clarke's bass which plays in 9/8 while the drums go 3/4.In the second part he improvises in 4/4 backed by cello while the rhythm section hits it at 7/8.The album wraps up with the fragmented yet building "In his Presence Searching"which leaves Rouse(on bass clarinet as well as tenor) free to improvise without the same harmonic safety net he was used to with Monk.
This was re-issued by Charly in the 90s but seems to have disappeared again-there was also a vinyl re-issue floating around a few years ago which surfaces from time to time-seek and you will find!
Ripped @320 from the Charly cd reissue.
30 comments:
link is gone?????
no the link is not gone treibstoff - here it is:
http://rapidshare.com/files/103561867/Charlie_Rouse.rar
Oh rite!
oh - I got it & wipe my eyes.....
thanx a lot.....
cheers
This one really hits the spot. Very cool mix of the funky and the spacey. Can anybody tell me why there's so much contempt for Charlie's playing with Monk? Must every tenor player be the equal of Coltrane? Well, no one is (or was). Charlie just managed to fit into Monk's music without showboating, playing with taste and sensitivity.
Thanks for listening, and more thanks for the groovy music.
thanks bosco..awesome
I'm putting some strata east stuff up at www.beautifulnoiseskin.blogspot.com
inspired by ileoxumare and the strata east fan club blog
john
Outstanding, thanks.
This looks well cool. Thanks for sharing
Great Stuff! Again, I wouldn't have known it existed. I'm embarrassed by my ignorance of Strata East, but I'm learning. Thanks so much!
-Art
I knew and played with the late New Orleans drummer 'David Lee', he had many problems in his later years, but music and drumming kept him going until the end.
David Lee, as was the late James Black were both important New Orleans drummers.
Myself a musician, I find your blog stays consistently surprising.
Regards,
silverspurr
http://fidelseyeglasses.blogspot.com/
Thank you.Keep on sharin these treasures,make us happy!
More thanks from me! You must be doing a second-anniversary victory lap. Thanks for reposting these albums that some of us missed the 1st time around.
hi bacoco,
missed this one first time around!
many thanks for all your hard work m8.
greatly appreciated!
bacoso, thank you! a truly wonder-ful a-Rouse-d date! E.X.C.E.L.L.E.N.T. Stuff,
a bright 100% kinda thing.
everything FITS.
once again, a big thnx for giving me the oppurtunity to hear this totally awsome and hard to get by music, damn, I'm totally hooked on all that Stratactivity goin' on here, there & everywhere, I for myself discoverd lotsa instant classic albums on this label.
Thank you for the aerwareness (oid)
big thumb up,
& peace,
E-mile
peace
Right on Slidewell! thank you Bacoso!
John V.
Excellent post yet again!
Lovin' all this Strata East magic!
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Unbelievable! I love this album!
Great music, thanks thousand times!
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This is great!
thanks alot
Once again, you come through with another classic. You are a saint.
Peace
gotta love that soul jazz.
thanks.
thanks its great music
This is some great vibe, mayn. Thanks for posting.
thanks once more beautiful stuff
thank you, thank you, thank you!
MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING-BIG THANX!!
Thanks, bacoso. I knew there was an album between the '62 Blue Note and '77 Jazzcraft, very pleased to find it here with link still active!
Loving this! Thanks a million. :)
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