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Daily best music in the world: early Weather Report

  • May 17, 2023
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I have a lot of writing projects going right now, and seem to be unable to finish any of them, so let’s listen. Here’s Alphonse Mouzon playing on the first Weather Report album, doing what […]

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Groove o’ the day: Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit

  • January 11, 2022
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Alphonse Mouzon’s groove from McCoy Tyner’s Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit— as he plays it in the live video below, from 1973. The tune was originally recorded on Tyner’s album Enlightenment— a 24 minute spiritual journey.   […]

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Daily best music in the world

  • August 30, 2011
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Twice in a row makes this a feature, I guess. Because I don’t have time for much else, here’s Weather Report from 1971, with Alphonse Mouzon on drums and Dom um Romao on percussion. Plus […]

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