Gary Windo / Steam Radio Tapes
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The British is indeed rumored that they are eccentric. That may
certainly be true and often also among musicians there are definite
examples of this. Does that perhaps for the saxophonist Gary Windo ? Windo ,
born in Brighton, lived from 7 November 1941 until 25 July 1992. After
an early start with drums, accordion and guitar he switched to the
saxophone at the age of seventeen. Some well-known musical stations
were: Brotherhood Of Breath (1970-73), Centipede (1970-75), Matching Mole (1973), Robert Wyatt , Carla Bley band (1977-80), NRBQ (1981-92) and Psychedelic Furs ( 1982) as well as several solo albums. Carla Bley called Windo »the best saxophone player I had heard."
And how did it came to the recordings of the present disc, with this concentrated collection of celebrities? In 1976, as was Nick Mason musician offering to take in Britannia Row Studio. So it was also that Mason played
drums, understand three pieces of this album. Recordings of the next
two years followed - here they are assembled and form a wild mix of
different styles.
Thus
variety is on the one hand almost continuously offered, but on the
other hand, this also means a little 'messing' for me. Reminds me
"Ginkie", the opener, yet very strong and pleasant to the British
colleague John Surman , it floats through the second title somehow the spirit of Soft Machine . Even the vocals of Terri Quaye was built to commemorate me a little in the expression of Robert Wyatt .This however, there is on the jazz-rock title "Is This The Time?" listen to one with Nick Mason and, as in many other parts also, with Hugh Hopper fed a growling bass.
Quite
out of the frame falling and I'm so not wanting to predict is the
processing of one of the classics of Rhythm & Blues - I mean, "Night
Train", which here simply dahingeschludert seems to me - recorded with
little feeling is that over, because there are better versions
. Garnished with rock keyboard shreds offers "Stand Fast", a little
country bonds have been made even in "Sweetest Angel", but only as a
small ingredient.
Overall, one can put the music roughly in the Canterbury prog-corner, with many ingredients from jazz, prog fusion perhaps? Julie Tippetts ( Driscoll ) brings her vocal variation in the almost poppy and nice sounding futuristic "Letting Go" and "Red River Valley" sounds like the band already almost as Johnny And The Hurricanes . Well , a mix of ups and downs, but some items are interesting but already. His class as a saxophonist can Gary Windo largely not develop in these photographs.
Line-up:
Gary Windo (bass clarinet - # 1.2, tenor sax - # 2-9, alto sax - # 2, rainstick - # 4, vocals - # 5, gong - # 7, African flute - # 8 ) Nick Griffiths (bells - # 1) Steve Hillage (lead guitar - # 2.8) Terri Quaye (vocals - # 2.7) Gary Moberly (piano - # 2,5,8, electric piano - # 5) Mike Hugg (clavinet - # 2, organ - # 3, synthesizer - # 4) Hugh Hopper (bass - # 2-5,7-9) Peter Van Hooke (drums - # 2,4,8) Laurie Allen (drums - # 3 , 5.9) Harry Beckett (flugelhorn - # 4) Lindy Mason (flute - # 4) Richard Brunton (guitar - # 4-9) Nana Tsboe (cabasa, congas - # 4) Lati Oto (cowbell - # 4) Nick Mason (drums - # 4,6,7) Carla Bley (piano - # 5) Julie Tippett (vocal - # 6) Pam Windo (piano - # 6.7, vocals - # 7) Bill MacCormick (bass - # 6, 8) Robert Wyatt (vocal - # 7)
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Wednesday, 19 March 2014
GARY WINDO: Steam German review translated
http://rocktimes.de/gesamt/w/gary_windo/steam_radio_tapes.html
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