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Slow Drag Pavageau had been the regular bassist with the George Lewis band and with Bunk Johnson before that. He had worked with George for almost 30 years, and had toured all over Europe with him. He had been the grand dad of the group, and now--at 80--he was hospitalized with stomach cancer. Drag was a delightful little man, a creole who spoke little English that was intelligible, and a lot of creole French that no one understood but him. He had grown up--like many New Orleans jazzmen--in a French speaking family, and seemed to personify...
...Gary Chase, 15, on drums, Wilford Chapron, 16, on bass. Wilford joined the trio on the Mathis tour, replacing Craig's original bassist, Jay Jay Wiggins...
...misty orchestrations of Speak and Goodbye to Childhood (with Thad Jones on flügelhorn, Peter Phillips on bass trombone and Jerry Dodgion on alto flute). In Riot, First Trip and Sorcerer, the piano skips along with mellow modal lines and bright blues splashes. Drummer Mickey Roker and Bassist Ron Carter are Hancock's hearty helpers...
MILES DAVIS, MILES IN THE SKY (Columbia). Some small changes have crept into Trumpeter Davis' newest recording. He plays meaner, less prettily. In Paraphernalia, Guitarist George Benson augments Davis' usual group, which consists of Pianist Herbie Hancock, Tenorman Wayne Shorter, Bassist Ron Carter, Drummer Tony Williams. In Stuff, Hancock plays an electric piano that, coupled with Williams' steady rock beat, gives an earthier, more organic undertow to the trumpet's aerial treks...
...gently dissonant surgings, expressive rippling lines that are as romantic as they are atonal, and intuitive, crosshatched rhythms that emerge and then break off. Helping him project this engaging moodiness are John Gilmore's thin-edged tenor sax, Bobby Hutcherson's delicate vibes, the attentive probings of Bassist Richard Davis and the irregular cymbals of Drummer Joe Chambers. The group's finest moments come in The Groits, which, despite its ugly name, consists of lovely integrated weavings of Hill's almost Monkish chords, Hutcherson's melodic accents and Davis' bass designs...