Stanley is the man.. Upright is incredible and doing it since he was 16.. killing it. Saw him last year and brought tears to my eyes. made the upright sound like an electric guitar and shredeed the place.. amazing like no other
By far, this is the best version of this song I EVER heard! OMG!! Wayne Shorter tears all through that soprano sax like something else, Herbie Hancock is awesome......PERIOD. And Stanley is just rolling right along, damn , this don't sound like the albulm version at all, it's much BETTER!
@EpiScintilate Yep. I remember hurry to grab this cassette when I Want to Play For You came on the radio. I was 15...and Jazz has ALWAYS been my first love...played the heck out of this that I drove my band mates CRAZY. Such a great way to reintroduce a Mingus classic to a new generation.
Open, free and expressive. Yep, it sounds like jazz to my ears, and all of the over-analyzation aside, this is the real stuff here! Just sit back and enjoy it, or don't, but as for myself, I'll enjoy it for what I like about it, and throw away any negatives that would get in the way of that endeavor!
Stan is a real virtuoso, but don't forget Oscar Pettiford, Scott Lafaro, Ray Brown, John Clayton and many others were playing when Stan was a baby or was in project.
Interesting take on the tune. I prefer Stanley on the upright, but he can play whatever he feels like and I'll probably love it. At about 7:45 they get this thing cookin' just lifts the whole thing up. Very cool.
@tiluriso I'd say the arrangement goes back to 1988 on Stanley's "If This Bass Could Only Talk" CD. Sounds great to me. As to being the best, who knows, I like Jeff Beck's, Stanley's and Joni's. At the end of the day it's a great track. There's a lot of tracks like that where awesome musicians can do an awesome job of it.
What a fantastic BAND! These guys are huge... btw no one is best... it's Art folks, take what you like, but don't disparage others for likening something (someone) you don't. Just sit back and enjoy (shut up too) :) YOU! SIT DOWN YOU IN THE FRONT! :D
@EpiScintilate I didn't know that , since I don't own the CD you're mentioning, so to me "Live at the Greek" is the reference for this arrangement , however, I never commented on ' which one's the best version', but since you're bringing it up, this one, the 'Greek', and one by Gary Burton are my favorites. Joni's and Jeff's are fine also, except that Jeff's is more of a modal thing that in my opinion doesn't do justice to the great chord changes of the tune. Peace bro thanks for the info.
this version has pretty much the same arrangement as the one that Stanley Clarke recorded on his 1994 "Live at the Greek" w/ Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham , Najee and Deron Johnson.
My liege! However you spell that; actually the whole bunch! Stanley, Omar, George, uh... Looke like Herbie on this one. For anyone that wants to see this one. Uh, You can't really do that! You have to be really gosh darn lucky to catch Shorter or any of these cats together. They all do their own thing in case you haven't noticed. This is like the lineup of the century!
How can a cover be better than the original ? Ok, that's a very good version of Mingus' blues tune, but the original is the only version to express Charles' feeling.
Its fuckin jazz! Do what you want play however the fuck you want who gives a fuck. Once you can feel it in ur spine who cares what other people think. Thats what jazz is about. The ability to have a choice and express how u feel by doing what YOU want.
you think? - i've never heard anyone that can touch MK's groove. Sure there are other players that are just as talented, but alot of good players just turn the bass into a very low sounding guitar if you know what I mean. not Stanley though he rules!
