Obviously, my intro to Tyner was via Coltrane. But Tyner's "The Real McCoy" was one of the first purchases I made when my casual jazz interest started becoming a growing addiction. Tyner was one of my first deep dives applying the sideman approach of exploring jazz, and The Real McCoy drove me batshit insane and wanting more of his albums and more jazz in general. Hard to put into words the feelings I had when I saw him at the Chicago Jazz Festival, what maybe, seventeen years ago? Getting to see and hear in person this musician who meant so much to me but only ever interacted with through stereo speakers.
Very sad to hear this. I love that run of solo albums from Expansions to Asante and I still have much of his work to hear which I guess is one thing, even if it is a bit late.
Lots of talk on other boards surprised that no one has replied here. Just back from Spain myself so things like the (expected) death of GBPO have taken a back seat. In some ways TG were the UK answer to the Velvets in that main stream folk haven't a clue but everyone who heard them in the early years were massively influenced and went on to influence others. Not of course always in a good way (see any number of dodgy ethics industrial bandwagon climbers). Still I have plenty of music still to explore with them and for sure right now we need some Discipline in here ;-)
Two reggae greats in one day. Bob Andy was the better known because of his work with Marcia Griffiths, but even though he only put out two albums thru the Front Line series, Delroy Washington was a favorite of mine. When his album, I-Sus dropped on my doorstep in ‘76, it was a good intro with the underrated Rasta album soon to follow (I included Mystic Revelation in Random Radio 068 a month ago). Apparently, he succumbed to Covid-19.
Two reggae greats in one day. Bob Andy was the better known because of his work with Marcia Griffiths, but even though he only put out two albums thru the Front Line series, Delroy Washington was a favorite of mine. When his album, I-Sus dropped on my doorstep in ‘76, it was a good intro with the underrated Rasta album soon to follow (I included Mystic Revelation in Random Radio 068 a month ago). Apparently, he succumbed to Covid-19.
@ScissorMan, I feel the same way about Adam Schlesinger. He was a genius songwriter, and made it seem effortless. Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, Tinted Windows, movies (That Thing You Do), TV (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). I saw Fountains of Wayne twice and both times it seemed like everybody in the room (including me) knew all the words to everything they played. And he was five years younger than me. This virus sucks.
I hadn't connected Schlesinger to either Fountains of Wayne or That Thing You Do, but he composed some fantastic songs for Crazy-Ex. This is my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-tAiOVMYFY
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Bob Andy was the better known because of his work with Marcia Griffiths, but even though he only put out two albums thru the Front Line series, Delroy Washington was a favorite of mine. When his album, I-Sus dropped on my doorstep in ‘76, it was a good intro with the underrated Rasta album soon to follow (I included Mystic Revelation in Random Radio 068 a month ago). Apparently, he succumbed to Covid-19.
https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/03/wallace-roney-dead/
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/ellis-marsalis-jazz-master-and-musical-family-patriarch-dies-at-85/289-36114b72-6c41-40cb-8639-4012612e7a14
Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne singer, dead at 52 from Covid-19
Bucky Pizzarelli (Covid-19)