The Cosmic Brotherhood! Psych jazz & Judee Sill
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:48 pm
We can form our own cosmic brotherhood, & sisterhood, for that matter!...here is the first entry....
....from the Psychedelic Garage blog....
Bill Plummer - 1967 - Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood
Quality: 4.75 out of 5
Trip-O-Meter: 4.5 out of 5
Bill played on both of Judee Sill's albums & Wait's Closing Time
Journey To The East
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAmEYGqgaLE
Some amazing jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83kiX6pc ... 55C4B704AE
Sitar cosmic trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAmEYGqg ... re=related
Sunshine World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BhBe0Dn79c
You might not be aware of it yet, but you've come to the Psychedelic Garage today to become a fan of Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood. I'm willing to say this obscure sitar-infused psychedelic jazz album is one of the absolute best I've heard from the legendary Impulse! jazz imprint. Why they haven't reissued it yet is beyond me. Bill Plummer's primary trade is in the string bass, which does provide the awesome backbone for all of these songs. But someone must have tossed Mr. Plummer in a vat of acid (almost like Jack Nicholson in the 1989 "Batman") before the making of this album. With it's layers of Eastern gauze, occasional blasts of spoken word and free jazz, and oddball covers, this is the most ear pleasingly far-out legitimate jazz album I've come across (the wild fury of John Coltrane's Om, also on Impuse!, is probably the most far out, but it's not easy to listen to).
The first track, "Journey to the East," is far beyond awesome and deserves a place on every psych compilation. It's got a rock-solid groove, crazy chanting, a wall of sitar, and a totally entertaining spoken word rambling. Practically every 60's cliche is packed into the spoken word, but it's all convincingly sold by the dispassionate reading and the phenomenal music backing it up. I think I've listened to it about 600 times in the past week; I can't think of a better complement than that. For your own mind journey to the East, you need go no farther than "Arc 294," which plays as Indo-psychedelic free jazz for about ten minutes. The covers here are of note as well. Seeing "The Look of Love" on a track listing typically makes me groan, but with sitar drones and a groovy beat accompanying the tune, it works out just fine. Even better is the similar treatment to the Byrds great, yet-neglected "Lady Friend." I didn't know that that song required a transcendental Indo-jazz reading, but apparently it did. To hear Mr. Plummer score at making more conventional jazz, head for "Pars Fortuna" and "Song Plum"
This album manages to fuse jazz, Indian music, and wacky psychedelia, while still ending up as more than the sum of its parts. You need to become part of the Cosmic Brotherhood as soon as possible. In fact, I've renamed the 'followers' tab on the side of this page as such so you can (kind of).
--Posted by Dr. Schluss at 12:10 AM, 2009
Download responsibly...as far as I know, it is not on CD yet.
Vinyl rip....
http://rapidshare.com/files/261611819/B ... erhood.rar
and from there, Lynn Blessing joined
THE ADVANCEMENT...amazing early prog-psych 1969
SUNFLOWER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjWUk0PBVuo
FALL OUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gooz1K1x ... re=related
Formed 1969, Hollywood, CA, United States
PERSONNEL:
Colin Bailey Drms, Perc A
Lynn Blessing Vibes, Hrmnca, Organ A
John De Rose Classical Gtr A
Hal Gordon Conga, Drms, Perc A
A.A. Johnson Gtr A
Lou Kabok Bass A
Richard Thompson Organ, Harpsichord A
Tracks:
01 - Juliet.
02 - Painful Struggle.
03 - Stone Folk.
04 - Grass Mass.
05 - Sunflower.
06 - She.
07 - Moorish Mode.
08 - Hobo Express.
09 - Child At Play.
10 - Fall Out.
ALBUM: 1(A) THE ADVANCEMENT (Philips PHS 600-328) 1969 R1
After collaborating with Gabor Szabo on such superb efforts as More Sorcery and Dreams, bassist Louis Kabok and drummer Hal Gordon further embraced jazz-rock fusion under the Advancement aegis, issuing their sole LP in 1969. The opening "Juliet" establishes a dark, moody atmosphere immediately bolstered by the intriguing "Painful Struggle," with its eerie vibes and Kabok's extended bass bridge. "Moorish Mode" is Gordon's star turn, highlighted by an impressively restrained drum break. But it's the most overtly rock-influenced cuts that make Advancement worth seeking out, in particular "Fall Out," an impressively heady mTlange of jazz, hard rock, and psychedelia.
~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Download Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/185040258/A ... _1969_.rar
....from the Psychedelic Garage blog....
Bill Plummer - 1967 - Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood
Quality: 4.75 out of 5
Trip-O-Meter: 4.5 out of 5
Bill played on both of Judee Sill's albums & Wait's Closing Time
Journey To The East
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAmEYGqgaLE
Some amazing jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83kiX6pc ... 55C4B704AE
Sitar cosmic trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAmEYGqg ... re=related
Sunshine World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BhBe0Dn79c
You might not be aware of it yet, but you've come to the Psychedelic Garage today to become a fan of Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood. I'm willing to say this obscure sitar-infused psychedelic jazz album is one of the absolute best I've heard from the legendary Impulse! jazz imprint. Why they haven't reissued it yet is beyond me. Bill Plummer's primary trade is in the string bass, which does provide the awesome backbone for all of these songs. But someone must have tossed Mr. Plummer in a vat of acid (almost like Jack Nicholson in the 1989 "Batman") before the making of this album. With it's layers of Eastern gauze, occasional blasts of spoken word and free jazz, and oddball covers, this is the most ear pleasingly far-out legitimate jazz album I've come across (the wild fury of John Coltrane's Om, also on Impuse!, is probably the most far out, but it's not easy to listen to).
The first track, "Journey to the East," is far beyond awesome and deserves a place on every psych compilation. It's got a rock-solid groove, crazy chanting, a wall of sitar, and a totally entertaining spoken word rambling. Practically every 60's cliche is packed into the spoken word, but it's all convincingly sold by the dispassionate reading and the phenomenal music backing it up. I think I've listened to it about 600 times in the past week; I can't think of a better complement than that. For your own mind journey to the East, you need go no farther than "Arc 294," which plays as Indo-psychedelic free jazz for about ten minutes. The covers here are of note as well. Seeing "The Look of Love" on a track listing typically makes me groan, but with sitar drones and a groovy beat accompanying the tune, it works out just fine. Even better is the similar treatment to the Byrds great, yet-neglected "Lady Friend." I didn't know that that song required a transcendental Indo-jazz reading, but apparently it did. To hear Mr. Plummer score at making more conventional jazz, head for "Pars Fortuna" and "Song Plum"
This album manages to fuse jazz, Indian music, and wacky psychedelia, while still ending up as more than the sum of its parts. You need to become part of the Cosmic Brotherhood as soon as possible. In fact, I've renamed the 'followers' tab on the side of this page as such so you can (kind of).
--Posted by Dr. Schluss at 12:10 AM, 2009
Download responsibly...as far as I know, it is not on CD yet.
Vinyl rip....
http://rapidshare.com/files/261611819/B ... erhood.rar
and from there, Lynn Blessing joined
THE ADVANCEMENT...amazing early prog-psych 1969
SUNFLOWER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjWUk0PBVuo
FALL OUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gooz1K1x ... re=related
Formed 1969, Hollywood, CA, United States
PERSONNEL:
Colin Bailey Drms, Perc A
Lynn Blessing Vibes, Hrmnca, Organ A
John De Rose Classical Gtr A
Hal Gordon Conga, Drms, Perc A
A.A. Johnson Gtr A
Lou Kabok Bass A
Richard Thompson Organ, Harpsichord A
Tracks:
01 - Juliet.
02 - Painful Struggle.
03 - Stone Folk.
04 - Grass Mass.
05 - Sunflower.
06 - She.
07 - Moorish Mode.
08 - Hobo Express.
09 - Child At Play.
10 - Fall Out.
ALBUM: 1(A) THE ADVANCEMENT (Philips PHS 600-328) 1969 R1
After collaborating with Gabor Szabo on such superb efforts as More Sorcery and Dreams, bassist Louis Kabok and drummer Hal Gordon further embraced jazz-rock fusion under the Advancement aegis, issuing their sole LP in 1969. The opening "Juliet" establishes a dark, moody atmosphere immediately bolstered by the intriguing "Painful Struggle," with its eerie vibes and Kabok's extended bass bridge. "Moorish Mode" is Gordon's star turn, highlighted by an impressively restrained drum break. But it's the most overtly rock-influenced cuts that make Advancement worth seeking out, in particular "Fall Out," an impressively heady mTlange of jazz, hard rock, and psychedelia.
~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Download Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/185040258/A ... _1969_.rar