billy cobham & george duke - ivory tattoo (1976)
in tribute to seeing some zappa play zappa this weekend, here is one of franks favorite pianist, george duke, along with my favorite drummer, billy cobham. im gonna rewind a little bit and play a little kevin bacon 6 degrees of separation...frank first discovered his love for george while he was playing at "thee experience" in los angeles (1969) partnering with violinist jean-luc ponty which formed the george duke trio. it was the west coasts introduction to "acid" jazz that had already been spazzin up peoples minds on the east coast thanks to the likes of miles & the mahavishnu orchestra. the limit pusher, zappa, knew he had to have duke with his education and skill to follow, so frank invited him to play with the new "the mothers of invention" lineup for their next album. heeeeere's what that sound like:
george continued to collaborate with frank z. from the early to the mid seventies on several albums including: chunga's revenge, 200 motels, waka/jawaka, the grand wazoo, apostrophe, over-nite sensation, one size fits all, bongo fury and roxy & elsewhere. somethings i havent immersed myself in, but i soon will, once i found my way back into the woods. i dont know if you know this but frank is for the thinkers who love to think...i dont wanna think about that too much...i am what i am. love-joy
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