The seven performers each play seven different instruments, either traditional (cello, charango, clavichord) or invented in the last 50 years (Slinky guitar, Swarmatron, synthesizer). In concert, the music will be played and sung by a newly expanded Magnetic Fields septet in a stage set featuring 50 years of artifacts both musical (vintage computers, reel-to-reel tape decks, newly invented instruments), and decorative (tiki bar, shag carpet, vintage magazines for the perusal of idle musicians). I will probably not write any more true songs after this than I did before, but it’s been interesting working on it.” In addition to his vocals on all 50 songs, Merritt plays more than 100 instruments on 50 Song Memoir, ranging from ukulele to piano to drum machine to abacus. Unlike his previous work, the lyrics on 50 Song Memoir are nonfiction-in Merritt’s words, “a mix of autobiography (bedbugs, Buddhism, buggery) and documentary (hippies, Hollywood, hyperacusis).” As he says in the album’s liner note interview with his friend, the author Daniel Handler, “I am the least autobiographical person you are likely to meet. Merritt began recording on his 50th birthday: February 9, 2015. Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Front Cover | © Nonesuch The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir (2017)įLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 2:30:58 minutes | 1,62 GB | Genre: Rock, Alternative Mqs.link_TheHerbieMannSamMstQuintetTheMannWithTheMst19562014PrestClassical2496.rar Recorded on October 12 & 17, 1955 in New York City. This set is a good example of Herbie Mann’s early style before he started exploring various types of world musics.Ġ5 – Let’s Get Away from It All: Let’s Get Away From It Allġ0 – Just One of Those Things: Just One Of Those Things The music (featuring either Benny Weeks or Joe Puma on guitar in a piano-less quartet) is essentially straight-ahead bop and finds Mann playing quite melodically and with swing. Even back in 1954, Mann (who doubles here on flute and alto flute) had his own sound. Most of the tracks are brisk and cheerful, although a few tastefully spare ballads (“Love Letters”) are also included.įlutist Herbie Mann’s first recording as a leader. They work over an energetic backdrop provided by guitarist Joe Puma, bassist Jimmy Gannon, and drummer Lee Kleinman.
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: PrestoClassical | Front Cover | © Bethlehem Recordsġ956 album of eleven genial, high-spirited tracks featuring Mann and Most trading bright, up-tempo, virtually saxophonic flute solos. The Herbie Mann & Sam Most Quintet – The Mann With The Most (1956/2014)įLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:05 minutes | 876 MB | Genre: Jazz
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