Five Things I Saw & Heard This Week
Transcripts from the everyday world of music by Martin Colyer
Sad to hear of the passing of Leon (Ndugu) Chancler too young at 65. Ndugu was brought into our 2nd album sessions by Patrice Rushen when a drumming crisis occurred. This is my favourite track from those sessions, recorded at Avatar, a tiny jazz studio on Malibu Beach (!) in the autumn of 1989. Dig Randy and Ndugu rollicking through the changes! Patrice punching gospel piano through the mix! Thrill to Eric Leeds’ one-man sax section! Feel Heather’s anger!
Musicians
Heather Small vocal
Patrice Rushen piano
Randy Jackson bass
Ndugu Chancler drums
Eric Leeds horn section
Art Wood percussion
Alex Brown
Sue Ann Carwell
Carl Carwell bvs
Produced by Mark Pringle & Susan Rogers
My friends call me on the phone
They say “Girl, are you alone?
No-one with their feet up on that chair?”
They want to know about the man that they’ve seen sit there…
Am I sure he’s always good?
Is he from my neighbourhood?
Do I know which way he votes?
Have I looked lately through the pockets of his coat?
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