Word: disco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Disco--you remember disco, Don't you? Disco was never like this. Nosirree. Disco was cracked up to be the greatest social invention since the double feature--you know, the great melting pot, where black people and white people, gay people and straight people, all got together and just had a good time, any night, all week long...
...horizon. For those of you planning your itineraries after the Washington's Birthday break, you may be interested to know that John Handy, the man I am predicting will take disco and fuse it successfully with jazz--something he has done a bit already with Hard Work--will come into the Jazz Workshop, February 28 to March...
While I am on the subject of Handy, let me once and for all pronounce disco music as a past tense art. Ever since Harold Melvin had a parting of the ways with the Blue Notes, and Gato Barbieri's "I Want You" took the nation by storm (count the cliches) disco's tide has been ebbing. So, what are we going to dance to? Just as the jazz musicians crossed over into rock, I've been wondering when they were going to move into the dance market. Don't be surprised if some young group leader decides to turn...
...CONTRAST, "Sound and Vision" is punctuated by a sizzle reminiscent of Bowie's disco years. Bass line, mellotron and the choral vocals are all classic components of a disco arrangement, though the sounds and inspirations seem to originate elsewhere. Bowie's mellow but beautifully articulated baritone contrasts with his high sharp "rock" voice. The cut has brief moments when the musical concept seems to jell, but ultimately there is little sense of build or progression...
Clay and the Felkers, Richard Reeves and the Vandellas, Candy and the Blue Skies, Bob Grossman and the Wailer--they kept calling all afternoon. Ol' Rupe the Benificient passed out concert dates--and editorial positions on disco publications like they were going were going out of style...