Vitous, Miroslav - Purple CD
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CDJ-SICJ 40040
Miroslav Vitous – bass, electric piano
Joe Zawinul – electric piano
John McLaughlin – guitar (one track)
Billy Cobham - drums
Amazingly, this is the first time that this 1970 album, recorded August 25, 1970 and released only in Japan, has been made available on CD! Better 55 years later than never, I guess! You can hear the big bang that led to Weather Report less than one year later!
“How do you look back at 1970’s Purple?”
“I made that album after Infinite Search. I was working with David Baker, the engineer, and was experimenting with different musicians and material. I had Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin and Joe Zawinul there. They experimented with me. After six months, I thought I had enough material and put together an album. I think there is some excellent music on it.
Purple was made before Weather Report started, but you can already hear some material that we later played with the band. There’s a song called “Water Lily,” which has an identical skeleton to a piece we recorded with Weather Report called “Morning Lake.” There’s another Weather Report piece called “Seventh Arrow” that was also on Purple. There was a development of the material on Purple that ended up in Weather Report. It was a stepping stone.”
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