Alon Marcus Posted January 5, 2005 Report Posted January 5, 2005 Listening right now to Pharoah Sanders "Summun Bukmun Umyun". The first piece opens with a short rhythmic motive played by the piano. This motive is very familiar and appeared earlier in other pretty famous jazz composition by a very famous jazz group. Who can recognize? Quote
7/4 Posted January 5, 2005 Report Posted January 5, 2005 Sounds like a typical Pharoah vamp to me. Quote
Alon Marcus Posted January 5, 2005 Author Report Posted January 5, 2005 1 minute and 53 seconds after the piece starts the piano enters with a rhytmic figure that resembles another rhytmic figure from a very very famous composition. Quote
Alon Marcus Posted January 6, 2005 Author Report Posted January 6, 2005 Well, I hope you won't think that I'm dumb and deaf. Maybe I should throw in a hint... It's a Wayne Shorter composition. Quote
Alon Marcus Posted January 6, 2005 Author Report Posted January 6, 2005 One more hint - the composition can be found on albums recorded live when Wayne was with the Jazz Messengers (the sextet). Quote
Alon Marcus Posted January 7, 2005 Author Report Posted January 7, 2005 O.K. - I guess I could be terribly wrong and that is why nobody replied. I'll tell you the answer and hope that somebody who has both albums could check if I was right. The composition is "Ping Pong" and can be found on "Ugetsu" and "Three Blind Mice vol.2" by Art Blakey. Quote
7/4 Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 I bought Roots and Herbs yesterday and I'd say they are similar, but the harmonic motion is reversed. Quote
Alon Marcus Posted January 7, 2005 Author Report Posted January 7, 2005 I bought Roots and Herbs yesterday and I'd say they are similar, but the harmonic motion is reversed. Thanks 7/4. It looks like you took the whole thing really seriously Enjoy "Roots and Herbs" Quote
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