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The Masters Of Deceit
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Hensley's Electric Jazz Band & Synthetic Symphonette (1969)
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1969 |
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38:23 |
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Jazz/Psych |
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Shining
4:24 |
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Boxes
4:42 |
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The Grand Illusion
3:28 |
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Long Hard Journey
7:10 |
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Mirror
4:25 |
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Pieces: Together: Pieces
14:14 |
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Masters of Deceit
Personnel:
STEVE BLUM gtr, bs A
GARY CAMPBELL bs, tenor sax, vcls A
STAN GAGE drms A
TOM HENSLEY keyb'ds, vcls A
ALBUM:
1(A) HENSLEY'S ELECTRIC JAZZ BAND AND SYNTHETIC SYMPHONETTE (Vanguard 6522) 1969
NB: (1) reissued on vinyl (Vanguard/Comet ).
The album may interest fans of acid psychedelia with a strong jazzy haze. The group originated from Indianapolis and was fronted by Tom Hensley, an excellent keyboard player who would become a sought-after studio musician during the seventies, working with Leonard Cohen, Hall & Oates and David Blue to name but a few.
Their sole record features some fine guitar work, particularly on Boxes and Long Hard Journey but suffers somewhat from rather weak vocals. Hensley was aware of this problem, as he mentioned in the long, rather intellectual and often funny liner notes that "I was never able to work out the trick of singing as if I were black. So I compromised. I try to sound like a Jewish singer. I haven't done too well on that one either. So we like to think of ourselves as primarily a playing group."
An acetate recorded at Ultra Sound Studios in NY with some non LP tracks has recently resurfaced.
(Vernon Joynson/Stephane Rebeschini)
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