Aftab Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 The Tony Williams Lifetime is TW, John McLaughlin, and Larry Young!?!?! Where the heck have I been for 30 or so years!!?!?! and why didn't any of you guys tell me? Anyway, just picked this up last night - smokin'! Also had to get Santana/McLaughlin for more JM/LY magic. Is there anything else I need to know also - sorry I haven't been around lately- Easter is a busy time for me - life should be a bit more normal now. Sharingthegroove.org has got my attention recently as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Now why didja have to go and ruin the surprise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Is there anything else I need to know Yes. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=U...l=A39ktk6jxekrh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 (edited) Is there anything else I need to know Yes. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=U...l=A39ktk6jxekrh 42 seconds of one of the tunes can be heard here: http://www.newjazz.com (scroll down a bit, look for the album cover). Fascinating!! If I find any other audio-clips, I'll update this post. Edited April 15, 2004 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 (edited) Is there anything else I need to know well, if you are indeed an idiot, this guy is your leader. Edited April 15, 2004 by jazzshrink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Is there anything else I need to know McLaughlin: Extrapolation, Devotion, My Goals Beyond John Surman: Where Fortune Smiles Soft Machine: Third, Fourth, Fifth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Tony Williams also had another group he called Lifetime, with Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua & ?(Can't remember the guy's name.)Their stuff was very much in the fusion mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftab Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Tony Williams also had another group he called Lifetime, with Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua & ?(Can't remember the guy's name.)Their stuff was very much in the fusion mode. I think that's the group I was thinking of when I thought of Lifetime - not the sweetness of LY/JM/TW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 (edited) Tony Newton was the bassist in the Holdsworth/Pasqua version. First album (Believe It) pretty good with a monster solo by Holdsworth on "Fred" - second album (Million Dollar Legs) pretty much crap. These are on a twofer CD by Columbia. Lifetime name was used by Williams for a number of groups. Another one would be the 1971 band with Ted Dunbar and Larry Young - they recorded one album (Ego) for Polydor. Reissued by Verve. See the Ted Dunbar discography on my website for details. Mike Edited April 16, 2004 by Michael Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 EGO is pretty damn good. It should be much better known than it is. THE OLD BUM'S RUSH is shaky at times, but still something you owe it to yourself to hear. First album (Believe It) pretty good with a monster solo by Holdsworth on "Fred" - second album (Million Dollar Legs) pretty much crap. My sentiments exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 John McLaughlin, "Electric Guitarist" is an interesting collection from 1978. He recorded this group of tunes with different musicians that he had played with over the years. So, you get tunes with combinations like: JM, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Jack DeJohnette JM, Jack Bruce, Tony Williams JM, Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman, Stu Goldberg, Fernando Saunders I think it's a budget album, too, so it is probably available for pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I just picked up 'Ego' last week for $6.99, and I've really enjoyed it. I bought it out of teenage memory, as my sister had it when it first came out, and I remembered that 'Some Hip Drum Shit' was fantastic. The rest of the disc is really good if you can look past the vocals(Thankfully, not much of them) of TW. 'Electric Guitarist' is a very good disc, with an incendiary duet with McLaughlin and Cobham on 'Phenomenon:Compulsion'. The cut with TW and Jack Bruce, 'Are You the One' is also a keeper. Well worth getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 The Tony Williams Lifetime is TW, John McLaughlin, and Larry Young!?!?! Where the heck have I been for 30 or so years!!?!?! and why didn't any of you guys tell me? We wanted you to have the joy of discovering it for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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