Sonny Fortune's guest appearances

Sonny Fortune

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Jake, you got me going into a deep recall. I first met Henry Franklin when he was with Willie Bobo and I was with Mongo Santamaria.  Art moves in a strange kind of way. We’re in another kind of reality today as far as the art is concerned. There’s something else that’s kind of in front of everything and is kind of futuristic - electronics, lasers and bright lights and all that kind of stuff. There’s art in there as well, but I’m not necessarily seeing the imagination and the creativity that was in the arts or that’s in the arts.  The music we’re speaking of I call “spontaneous improvisation.” The word “jazz” is associated with a time period, but it doesn’t necessarily speak to the mind set of the individuals, and the people, and the theme of what the music that is associated with jazz.  The music I am interested in is spontaneous improvisational music, with a theme. Free with order as opposed to just flying all over the place. One of the phenomenon's out there in this existence, in all of this chaos is that there absolutely appears to be some order. Since man has been asking (we’re still asking), we’re still trying to figure out, what is that? What is this order? “Alphie what is it all about?”  I think if the mind continues to embrace it, it (this music) will survive. The creativity is probably the essence and that will continue in spite of. It may get a smaller audience, but I don’t think that will have any impact on the creativity of it all because art kind of works in a strange kind of way 

Jake, you got me going into a deep recall. I first met Henry Franklin when he was with Willie Bobo and I was with Mongo Santamaria. Art moves in a strange kind of way. We’re in another kind of reality today as far as the art is concerned. There’s something else that’s kind of in front of everything and is kind of futuristic - electronics, lasers and bright lights and all that kind of stuff. There’s art in there as well, but I’m not necessarily seeing the imagination and the creativity that was in the arts or that’s in the arts. The music we’re speaking of I call “spontaneous improvisation.” The word “jazz” is associated with a time period, but it doesn’t necessarily speak to the mind set of the individuals, and the people, and the theme of what the music that is associated with jazz. The music I am interested in is spontaneous improvisational music, with a theme. Free with order as opposed to just flying all over the place. One of the phenomenon's out there in this existence, in all of this chaos is that there absolutely appears to be some order. Since man has been asking (we’re still asking), we’re still trying to figure out, what is that? What is this order? “Alphie what is it all about?” I think if the mind continues to embrace it, it (this music) will survive. The creativity is probably the essence and that will continue in spite of. It may get a smaller audience, but I don’t think that will have any impact on the creativity of it all because art kind of works in a strange kind of way

The Sonny Fortune Interview 

Nigel J. EiC @ JazzInEurope and producer at JazzTalk.News  – Nigel J. talks with Sam Morrison his special guest in this episode. Asking questions, hearing backstories, listening and discussing three tracks. Sam plays on all three and two are composed and produced by himself. Peekamoose Blues, Eternal hexagon and  Seattle IATT played by The Leap who is an ad-hoc supergroup consisting of drummer/electronic percussionist Michael Shrieve (Santana), reeds specialist Sam Morrison (Miles Davis), and synth player/laptop operator Dr Patrick Gleeson (Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester). Show Notes: Sam Morrison (1952) is an American soprano saxophonist and alto flute player/composer who replaced Sonny Fortune in Miles Davis' band in 1975. Davis supposedly said, "I haven't heard that much fire on the saxophone since 'Trane was in my band". His performance with Miles at the 1975 Newport Jazz Festival (held that year at Avery Fisher Hall), was very favourably reviewed in the NY Times; part of that concert's recording was recently released in the Miles Davis bootleg series, volume 4; 1955-1975 Newport Jazz Festival. Other bootleg recordings of concert and club performances of the band including Sam are sold by many collectors on the internet. Morrison is also featured on the Columbia boxed set, The Complete On The Corner Sessions. His first solo recording, "Dune", from that period on Inner City/East Wind Records won critical acclaim in jazz circles as a groundbreaking fusion album. His next album, "Natural Layers" on Chiaroscuro Records, utilised the talents of Grammy-winning drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden and incorporated world rhythms in a tapestry of funk, fusion and jazz. Morrison has played and recorded with many legendary jazz, rock and blues greats such as Gil Evans, Al Foster, Buster Williams, Woody Shaw, Billy Hart, T-Bone Walker, and Michael Shrieve, Michael Brecker, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Ryo Kawasaki. He has toured Europe playing such major jazz festivals as Vienne, Nice, Paris, and Stockholm. Sam has been a member of "The Children on the Corner", the Electric Miles reunion band featuring bass legend Michael Henderson and jazz tabla pioneer Badal Roy. Sam studied music at Columbia University in NYC where he hung out regularly at jazz clubs like Slugs and the Village Vanguard, as well as at Fillmore East where he heard all the legendary rock bands of the day. All of these influences can be heard in his current release, "Howl Revisited" on Brown Bag Records. The title track is an authorized version of the classic legendary Allen Ginsberg poem that virtually launched the mid 20th century through present-day literary and artistic sensibilities. Treated in a techno jazz style that hopefully, Ginsberg would approve, the vocal is performed by Morrison. Sam is also part of the trio - The Leap who is an ad-hoc supergroup consisting of drummer/electronic percussionist Michael Shrieve (Santana), reeds specialist Sam Morrison (Miles Davis), and synth player/laptop operator Dr Patrick Gleeson (Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester). Other notable pieces include: "Neema" - co-written by Sam and the gifted South African singer Mapumba Cilombo; his spectacular voice conveys the beauty of his lyrics and melody. T Xiques plays electric bass on that cut, as well as guitar and bass on "Hangin With Sherie", demonstrating Xiques' remarkable multi-instrumental chops. "Juxtaposition" is just Morrison on soprano sax and alto flute and a Macintosh computer doing synth, drums, and orchestration. His previous CD, Dark Matter, received great reviews in the US, Europe, and is also available through Brown Bag Records. Sam would love to return to Europe to continue to play Jazz, as would, the supergroup mentioned above and known as 'The Leap' - featuring Patrick Gleason, Michael Shrieve and of course Sam. So, European clubs and festival bookers you can contact Sam Morrison through his Facebook page or brownbagrecords@hotmail.com. All of his CDs are available on CDbaby.com and iTunes. Sam works on many projects - he's recently completed a project producing the music for Dr. Ana Isabel Ordonez new book published on Ruby Flower, titled: How Roiberad Helps Sorley the Cheetah Sam Morrison plays and endorse the Dakota Soprano Saxophone exclusively and says thanks to Pete LaPlaca for his generous support. Photo credits: Robert Ifarelli - and (c) info: all rights go to original recording artist/owner/photographer(s).

Nigel J. EiC @ JazzInEurope and producer at JazzTalk.News  – Nigel J. talks with Sam Morrison his special guest in this episode. Asking questions, hearing backstories, listening and discussing three tracks. Sam plays on all three and two are composed and produced by himself. Peekamoose Blues, Eternal hexagon and  Seattle IATT played by The Leap who is an ad-hoc supergroup consisting of drummer/electronic percussionist Michael Shrieve (Santana), reeds specialist Sam Morrison (Miles Davis), and synth player/laptop operator Dr Patrick Gleeson (Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester). Show Notes: Sam Morrison (1952) is an American soprano saxophonist and alto flute player/composer who replaced Sonny Fortune in Miles Davis' band in 1975. Davis supposedly said, "I haven't heard that much fire on the saxophone since 'Trane was in my band". His performance with Miles at the 1975 Newport Jazz Festival (held that year at Avery Fisher Hall), was very favourably reviewed in the NY Times; part of that concert's recording was recently released in the Miles Davis bootleg series, volume 4; 1955-1975 Newport Jazz Festival. Other bootleg recordings of concert and club performances of the band including Sam are sold by many collectors on the internet. Morrison is also featured on the Columbia boxed set, The Complete On The Corner Sessions. His first solo recording, "Dune", from that period on Inner City/East Wind Records won critical acclaim in jazz circles as a groundbreaking fusion album. His next album, "Natural Layers" on Chiaroscuro Records, utilised the talents of Grammy-winning drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden and incorporated world rhythms in a tapestry of funk, fusion and jazz. Morrison has played and recorded with many legendary jazz, rock and blues greats such as Gil Evans, Al Foster, Buster Williams, Woody Shaw, Billy Hart, T-Bone Walker, and Michael Shrieve, Michael Brecker, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Ryo Kawasaki. He has toured Europe playing such major jazz festivals as Vienne, Nice, Paris, and Stockholm. Sam has been a member of "The Children on the Corner", the Electric Miles reunion band featuring bass legend Michael Henderson and jazz tabla pioneer Badal Roy. Sam studied music at Columbia University in NYC where he hung out regularly at jazz clubs like Slugs and the Village Vanguard, as well as at Fillmore East where he heard all the legendary rock bands of the day. All of these influences can be heard in his current release, "Howl Revisited" on Brown Bag Records. The title track is an authorized version of the classic legendary Allen Ginsberg poem that virtually launched the mid 20th century through present-day literary and artistic sensibilities. Treated in a techno jazz style that hopefully, Ginsberg would approve, the vocal is performed by Morrison. Sam is also part of the trio - The Leap who is an ad-hoc supergroup consisting of drummer/electronic percussionist Michael Shrieve (Santana), reeds specialist Sam Morrison (Miles Davis), and synth player/laptop operator Dr Patrick Gleeson (Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester). Other notable pieces include: "Neema" - co-written by Sam and the gifted South African singer Mapumba Cilombo; his spectacular voice conveys the beauty of his lyrics and melody. T Xiques plays electric bass on that cut, as well as guitar and bass on "Hangin With Sherie", demonstrating Xiques' remarkable multi-instrumental chops. "Juxtaposition" is just Morrison on soprano sax and alto flute and a Macintosh computer doing synth, drums, and orchestration. His previous CD, Dark Matter, received great reviews in the US, Europe, and is also available through Brown Bag Records. Sam would love to return to Europe to continue to play Jazz, as would, the supergroup mentioned above and known as 'The Leap' - featuring Patrick Gleason, Michael Shrieve and of course Sam. So, European clubs and festival bookers you can contact Sam Morrison through his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sam.morrison.sax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page or <a href="mailto:brownbagrecords@hotmail.com">brownbagrecords@hotmail.com</a>. All of his CDs are available on <a href="https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/morrisonsam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CDbaby.com</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/sam-morrison/76915647" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. Sam works on many projects - he's recently completed a project producing the music for Dr. Ana Isabel Ordonez new book published on Ruby Flower, titled: How Roiberad Helps Sorley the Cheetah Sam Morrison plays and endorse the <a href="http://www.saxdakota.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dakota Soprano Saxophone</a> exclusively and says thanks to <a href="http://www.pjlamusic.com/saxdakota.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pete LaPlaca</a> for his generous support. Photo credits: Robert Ifarelli - and (c) info: all rights go to original recording artist/owner/photographer(s).

Sam Morrison replaced Sonny Fortune in Miles Davis' band in 1975. - EP.07