Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcase two renditions of the jazz tune "Psychedelic Sal".
This is part of an ongoing pancocojams series that features Jazz musicians and vocalists who were born in on were/are associated in some way with my adopted home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The Horace SILVER Quintet "Psychedelic Sally" (1968)
Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010
From the album "Serenade to a soul sister". Horace Silver (pno), Charles Tolliver (tpt), Stanley Turrentine (T sax), Bob Cranshaw (db), Mickey Roker (dr).
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From http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6750670&style=music&fulldesc=T
"One of the last great Horace Silver albums for Blue Note, Serenade to a Soul Sister is also one of the pianist's most infectiously cheerful, good-humored outings. It was recorded at two separate early-1968 sessions with two mostly different quintets, both featuring trumpeter Charles Tolliver and alternating tenor saxophonists Stanley Turrentine and Bennie Maupin, bassists Bob Cranshaw and John Williams, and drummers Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham. (Williams and Cobham were making some of their first recorded appearances since exiting the military.)
Silver's economical, rhythmic piano style had often been described as funky, but the fantastic opener "Psychedelic Sally" makes that connection more explicit and contemporary, featuring a jubilant horn theme and a funky bass riff that both smack of Memphis soul. (In fact, it's kind of a shame he didn't pursue this idea more.) Keeping the album's playful spirit going, "Rain Dance" is a campy American Indian-style theme, and "Jungle Juice" has a mysterious sort of exotic, tribal flavor. "Kindred Spirits" has a different, more ethereal sort of mystery, and "Serenade to a Soul Sister" is a warm, loose-swinging tribute. You'd never know this album was recorded in one of the most tumultuous years in American history, but as Silver says in the liner notes' indirect jab at the avant-garde, he simply didn't believe in allowing "politics, hatred, or anger" into his music.
Whether you agree with that philosophy or not, it's hard to argue with musical results as joyous and tightly performed as Serenade to a Soul Sister. ~ Steve Huey
Lyricist: Horace Silver. Horace Silver: Horace Silver; John Williams , Bob Cranshaw (bass instrument); Mickey Roker, Stanley Turrentine, Bennie Maupin, Billy Cobham, Charles Tolliver. Personnel: Horace Silver (piano); Stanley Turrentine, Bennie Maupin (tenor saxophone); Charles Tolliver (trumpet); Bob Cranshaw (piano); Mickey Roker, Billy Cobham (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder. Liner Note Authors: Horace Silver; Bob Blumenthal.
Recording information: New York, NY (03/25/1968/03/29/1968); Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (03/25/1968/03/29/1968). Photographer: Francis Wolff."
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This comment was reformatted for this post.
Of the musicians on this recording, I'm aware that Stanley Turrentine was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Eddie Jefferson - Psychedelic Sally
Sakari Kaulaote, Uploaded on Jun 9, 2008
Acid Jazz
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Eddie Jefferson was from Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania.
This vocalese recording is from Eddie Jefferson's CD "Body & Soul".
Here's a comment from that YouTube sound file's viewer comment thread that identifies the musicians on this recording:
stillphil, 2010
"James Moody - Tenor Sax ,flute
Dave Burns trumpet / Barry Harris -piano / Steve Davis - bass / Bill English-drums
Ed Williams -spoken introduction. Eddie Jefferson-vox
September 27, 1968 recorded in New York"
Here's some information about Eddie Jefferson:
"Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was a celebrated jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese. (Jefferson himself claims that his main influence was Leo Watson), a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Perhaps his best-known song is "Moody's Mood for Love", though it was first recorded by King Pleasure, who cited Jefferson as an influence. Jefferson's songs "Parker's Mood" and "Filthy McNasty" were also hits.[1]"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocalese includes this distinction between vocalese and scatting:
"Vocalese is a style or genre (musical genre) of jazz singing wherein words are sung to melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation. Whereas scat singing uses improvised nonsense syllables, such as "bap ba dee dot bwee dee" in solos, vocalese uses lyrics, either improvised or written and set to pre-existing instrumental solos, sometimes in the form of a tribute to the original instrumentalist. The word "vocalese" is a play on the musical term "vocalise" and the suffix "-ese", meant to indicate a sort of language."
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LYRICS: PSYCHEDELIC SAL
(Eddie Jefferson)
psychedelyc Sally with your painted face
psychedelyc Sally you're my saving grace
psychedelyc Sally give your soul some time
woooo meditate and save your mind
psychedelyc Sally with the tainted few
psychedelyc Sally I'm in love with you
psychedelyc Sally what you're searching for
woooo find the key unlock the door
wandering round from town to town
don't know how the deal goes down
waiting for your lucky break to come
living life from hand to hand
messin' round from man to man
oh you know your feelings will be numb
psychedelyc Sally what you ought to know
psychedelyc Sally how I love you so
psychedelyc Sally give yourself a chance
woooo come on here and find romance
wandering round from town to town
don't know how the deal goes down
waiting for your lucky break to come
living life from hand to hand
messin' round from man to man
oh you know your feelings will be numb
psychedelyc Sally what you ought to know
psychedelyc Sally how I love you so
psychedelyc Sally give yourself a chance
woooo come on here and find romance
psychedelyc Sally with your painted face
psychedelyc Sally you're my shining grace
psychedelyc Sally give yourself a chance
woooo come on here and find romance
http://www.justsomelyrics.com/212678/Eddie-Jefferson-Psychedelic-Sally-Lyrics
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