Stefan Wood Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 (edited) I'm reading the John Szwed bio of Miles Davis, and he mentions a lost session that featured his then wife Betty Mabry, Larry Young, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Mitch Mitchell, and Harvey Brooks. There were only three tracks recorded. 1969 session. Anyone know about this? (or even heard it??) Edited July 7, 2003 by Stefan Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 I suggest you ask Michael Cuscuna or Bob Belden. Cuscuna mentioned this in his Larry Young bio in the Mosaic box set, it must have taken place in July or August, 1969, putting it close to the Bitches Brew sessions; it even may have been part of them, who knows? They should have stepped over these tapes while preparing the Bitches Brew box set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chicken Shack Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 Speaking about Larry Young, Mosaic found 10 Larry Young sets that were lost in a closet under a bunch of shit. They will be offering them starting sometime this coming week. I already have the Larry Young set so I don't need it. Just figured I let the board know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 (edited) What's your source of information? Later: Proven to be a malicious imagination. Edited July 7, 2003 by Philip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 (edited) Mosaic found 10 Larry Young sets that were lost in a closet under a bunch of shit. Now, if this had said 'hidden in a skip out the back' I might just have given it a pico-smidgen of credibility.... Edited July 7, 2003 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Groove Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Has this session where there are just 3 track ever going to be released? Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 My dog does a bunch of shit on my back lawn every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 Was this a Miles session or a Betty Davis session? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted July 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 Betty Davis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 Thanks, Stefan. Was this session made for Columbia, or for somebody else? Any info on what studio too? A demo session, maybe? Betty's first two albums were for the Just Sunshine label, and her third for Island, but her first one wasn't made (or at least released), until '73 or so, and it was very "San Francisco" heavy in terms of personnel. I thnk that her and Miles might have split by then, right? I'd LIKE to think that if it was made for Columbia and involved Miles that there would be a record of it in their files somewhere, but that's the idealist in me, no doubt. But 3 tracks sounds to me like either a demo session or else a trainwreck of some sort. But the presence of Mitchell hints at a Hendix-via-Mabry connection, so a demo seems plausible. Or maybe there was a party going on, and everybody just popped into an available studio and jammed. Stranger things have happened. No matter, Betty Davis' music is pretty intersting overall and on its own terms - heavy-metal-funk-amazon-nympho jams. Definitely not for everybody, but in no way does it lack in "personality". Cool covers, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdd Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 You know there is an unissued Larry Young date in the Columbia vaults, heard it's like his Arista stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 You know there is an unissued Larry Young date in the Columbia vaults, heard it's like his Arista stuff. Any details, sidemen, date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Tequila? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdd Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Tequila? Did they drink it or play the tune? Sorry I don't know the details but it does exsist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Tequila was the female vocalist on Young's Arista dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Tequila Lewis - also did vocals on Tony Williams' final Polydor album 'The Old Bums Rush'. This is the LP with the cover that has him getting thrown out of a night club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 That's Laura Tequila Logan, not Lewis! Webster Lewis played organ and clavinet on the Tony Williams LP, which I like very much, by the way. If the unissued Young date on Columbia is like the Arista stuff, it's not much of a loss, I suppose ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 It does say Tequila Lewis in the booklet for the 'Spectrum' Anthology, so maybe there's an error in the booklet .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Or maybe she was married to Webster Lewis at one point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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