Jack Johnson (album)

Occupation

First piece and first half of the second piece, recorded on 7 April 1970:

The second half of the second piece (from about 12:55 ) was recorded in the following line on February 18, 1970:

A Tribute to Jack Johnson is a jazz album by Miles Davis His music was recorded in 1970 as the soundtrack to the documentary by Bill Cayton about the heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson.

Recordings

For the film soundtrack recordings were from various studio sessions selected with different casts and mounted together.

The second recording session on April 7 began in 1970 according to legend, almost by accident. John McLaughlin, who was waiting for Miles Davis, began with improvisations, invaded the Michael Henderson and Billy Cobham. Herbie Hancock, who happened to be in the building, was shortly obliged by producers as a keyboard player. Miles Davis was supposed to last and began his solo after about 2:19 minutes on the first piece. In fact, the band had already started nine times before. According to the recollections of producer Teo Macero, the first pieces were unconvincing ". , But as we got going, we did it right," Even statements that Davis guitarist John McLaughlin were and which were recorded, show that Davis was in the studio previously.

The two pieces were later composed by Teo Macero. Right Off assembled from various recordings and a solo by Miles Davis from a session in November 1969. Much of the piece is Yesternow to a slightly different bass line of the James Brown song Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud built around; a likely intended allusion, as the black power theme of the song was also the subject of the film. Yesternow also includes a quote from Shhh / Peaceful on Davis album In a Silent Way and a ten-minute section with parts of the play Willie Nelson from a session on 18 February 1970.

A Tribute to Jack Johnson was less commercially successful than Bitches Brew, reaching only the 159th place on the Billboard 200 while Bitches Brew brought it up to # 35. However, some fans and critics see A Tribute to Jack Johnson as the musically demanding. On the other hand, the album is presented as most rocking recording of Miles Davis: Billy Cobham was the Charlie Watts of the session

Album pieces

  • Right Off - 26:53
  • Yesternow - 25:34

At the end of the piece Yesternow is heard, like the actor Brock Peters saying: "I'm Jack Johnson - heavyweight champion of the world I'm black They never let me forget it I'm black all right; I! . 'll never let them forget it. "

Editorial notes

In 2003, a box with five CDs, in which the entire material of the recording sessions for Jack Johnson has been submitted. Paul Olson, according to the re-release of the original album from 2005 on CD due to the better mixing of the CD of 1991 and the LP is preferable from 1971.

Record label Columbia Records Genre Steve Grossman (saxophonist) John McLaughlin (musician) Film score Jack Johnson (film) Jack Johnson (Boxer)
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