Paul Motian’s nice Cindy McGuirl maintains her uncle’s archive (Uncle Paul’s Jazz Closet Radio) and runs a revealing podcast with interesting, surprising, astonishing material from that extensive archive. This time material is presented on the occasion of Indigenous People’s Day related to Motian’s fellow musician Jim Pepper (1941-1992), a Kaw Muskogee Creek native. Yes right, the one and only Jim Pepper of the famous WITCHI-TAI-TO, that Peyote cult song. Besides Pepper there are more Native American influences in jazz and popular music e.g. Don Pullen, Don Cherry, Robbie Robertson and Jimi Hendrix.
From Jim Pepper’s “Witchi-Tai-To” it is only a little step to Don Pullen’s album SACRED COMMON GROUND. Pullen recorded it a month before his death (in 1995) with the Chief Cliff singers, a vocal group of Kootenai indigenous people from Elmo Montana, especially the pow wow called “River Song”.
Below is a link to this album piece. And from there it is also only a minor step to Jimi Hendrix’ “Purple Haze”. Hendrix created it after an inspiring deep dream.
Can you remember, how “Purple Haze” goes with it’s significant ‘stamping-ground’-yell … ?
Maybe a call from his ancestors …
These are a few songs from an quite old radio program of mine on NATIVE AMERICAN TRACES in jazz and popular music. I am still in search of the playlist of that program …
A few words about pianist DON PULLEN (1941-1995). I saw him several times live and was captured by his music. He had a duo with drummer Milford Graves, and he was part of the last group of Charles Mingus.
After that came the period of the great DON PULLEN/GEORGE ADAMS Quartet. After the death of saxophonist George Adams, Pullen startet his African-Brazilian Connection Ensemble with the here recently mentioned Carlos Ward. Famous is also Pullen’s Blue Note album NEW BEGINNINGS (1988) with Gary Peacock and Tony Williams.
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Henning Bolte
Here’s one of the many versions of „Witchi-Tai-To“ clearly recognizable with the percussion of Naná Vasconcelos
Michael
Treasure Grove!
Records I didn’t know that they exist …
Henning Bolte
From Jim Pepper’s “Witchi-Tai-To” it is only a little step to Don Pullen’s album SACRED COMMON GROUND. Pullen recorded it a month before his death (in 1995) with the Chief Cliff singers, a vocal group of Kootenai indigenous people from Elmo Montana, especially the pow wow called “River Song”.
Below is a link to this album piece. And from there it is also only a minor step to Jimi Hendrix’ “Purple Haze”. Hendrix created it after an inspiring deep dream.
Can you remember, how “Purple Haze” goes with it’s significant ‘stamping-ground’-yell … ?
Maybe a call from his ancestors …
Don Pullen RIVER SONG
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FFkBR6zZAJw&si=B1stzlAoBri7En0d
Jimi Hendrix PURPLE HAZE
https://youtu.be/cbG7HEEPE1o?si=75nG4jUoFKzf-1r4
Henning Bolte
These are a few songs from an quite old radio program of mine on NATIVE AMERICAN TRACES in jazz and popular music. I am still in search of the playlist of that program …
A few words about pianist DON PULLEN (1941-1995). I saw him several times live and was captured by his music. He had a duo with drummer Milford Graves, and he was part of the last group of Charles Mingus.
After that came the period of the great DON PULLEN/GEORGE ADAMS Quartet. After the death of saxophonist George Adams, Pullen startet his African-Brazilian Connection Ensemble with the here recently mentioned Carlos Ward. Famous is also Pullen’s Blue Note album NEW BEGINNINGS (1988) with Gary Peacock and Tony Williams.
https://youtu.be/b-LKQXfX8pg?si=GT7TZgxPcGby77Vb
flowworker
My fave album with Pullen is the late Mingus album on Atlantic.
HIER
Terrific in stereo and quad!