ron carter || empire jazz
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i might need to watch star wars again to create the optimal conditions for receiving this. the only song i recognize is the imperial march (darth vader's theme) [track 1] and i've chuckled through the entire thing on every listen.
honestly, the novelty factor is messing with my ability to give this a straight listen. it's fun; sometimes winds up in smooth jazz territory, but it's the 'late 70s- colleagues think you've sold out at the time but it ends up sounding hella groovy in the 90s and still today' strain of smooth jazz. hubert laws on flute is killer, kinda like early 60s yusef lateef except everything else is all smoothed out. check the asteroid field [track 2] for the best example of this.
dehydrated loofahs from basically whatever
track listing
1 The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) 8:33 2 The Asteroid Field 9:08 3 Han Solo And The Princess (Love Theme) 8:09 4 Lando's Place 7:04 5 Yoda's Theme 5:25
personnel (discogs)
Bass, Producer, Arranged By – Ron Carter Composed By [Original] – John Williams (4) Drums – Billy Cobham Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Jay Berliner Engineer – Clyde Kaplan, Tony May Executive Producer – Bill Oakes Flute – Hubert Laws Percussion [Assorted] – Ralph McDonald* Piano [Acoustic] – Bob James Saxophone [Tenor & Soprano] – Frank Wess Trombone – Eddie Bert Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Joe Shepley, Jon Faddis