V.A. - Psychedelic Jazz: 16 Smokin' Tunes (2003)
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Date: 13. Mai 2003
Label: Boutique (Universal)
AMG review:
The heyday of psychedelic jazz was brief but undeniably memorable: a beatific fusion of jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, and raga, the music merged East and West in a gorgeously transcendent and tripped-out explosion of sound and sensibility. The aptly titled Psychedelic Jazz: 16 Smoking Tunes culls some of the best and rarest performances from the movement's late-'60s/early-'70s peak, a moment in time when jazz fed not only on its own innovations but also embraced the hippie counterculture, radical politics, and Eastern mysticism with unprecedented fervor. The end result is mind-expanding music with no real antecedent or, sadly, descendant, in an otherworldly marriage of wah-wah guitars, celestial keyboards, swirling sitars, and sinuous drums further distinguished by harps, vibes, and everything else under the sun. Highlights include Dorothy Ashby's "The Moving Finger," Pierre Henry's "Psyche Rock," Roy Ayers' "The Fuzz," Gabor Szabo's "Walking on Nails," and Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger's "Season of the Witch."
1.The Fuzz
2.Mathar
3.Psyche Rock
4.The Moving Finger
5.Uw!!!
6.Zoom
7.Guru - Vin
8.Burning Spear
9.Summertime
10.Misty Purple
11.Santana
12.Love Me
13.Big Family
14.The Squire
15.Season of The Witch
16.Mizrab
17.Mathar (Frank Popp Ensemble Mix)
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