The Jazz Journey has taken several artistic detours over the course of it's fifty plus years. In March 1968 I saw Jimi Hendrix perform live at the Memorial Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio. While Jazz has always been the main focus of my musical journey, you couldn't help but notice other genres of the period.
Like many others, I was intrigued by what Hendrix was doing, and later, discovered that Miles Davis himself was discussing a collaboration with the guitarist just before Hendrix died.
Also, many of the hip Jazz clubs in the fifties and sixties were in the East Village in lower Manhattan. It was a paradise if you were into Bebop, Improv/Avant Garde. Of course, the West Village was home to
the New York City folk/rock scene where cats like Dylan and others could be heard nightly. Often, the two paths would cross, literally.
If you read, "Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, by David Henderson, connections between Jazz, and folk/rock artists are on full display. The book's descriptions of meetings, and conversations, between cats like Theolonius Monk and Bob Dylan, are an example.
I have to thank my college roommate for turning me on to Hendrix, it certainly broadened my horizons. And, I am very pleased with the latest release from the Hendrix achieves, People, Hell and Angels.
Check it out.
Like many others, I was intrigued by what Hendrix was doing, and later, discovered that Miles Davis himself was discussing a collaboration with the guitarist just before Hendrix died.
Also, many of the hip Jazz clubs in the fifties and sixties were in the East Village in lower Manhattan. It was a paradise if you were into Bebop, Improv/Avant Garde. Of course, the West Village was home to
the New York City folk/rock scene where cats like Dylan and others could be heard nightly. Often, the two paths would cross, literally.
If you read, "Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, by David Henderson, connections between Jazz, and folk/rock artists are on full display. The book's descriptions of meetings, and conversations, between cats like Theolonius Monk and Bob Dylan, are an example.
I have to thank my college roommate for turning me on to Hendrix, it certainly broadened my horizons. And, I am very pleased with the latest release from the Hendrix achieves, People, Hell and Angels.
Check it out.
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