Pete La Roca - Basra album flac

Everything that drummer Pete La Roca did before making Basra was a prelude in his career, and all of his later accomplishments are anti-climatic in comparison with this album. In 1965 La Roca, a respected but somewhat obscure drummer gathered together an unbelievable quartet comprised of Joe Henderson, pianist Steve Kuhn and bassist Steve Swallow for the Basra album. This was the only time that this group ever played together yet they sound very much like a major band that had been performing this music for years. Henderson is in astounding form, inspiring the other musicians to create famous.

Pete La Roca (born Peter Sims; April 7, 1938 – November 20, 2012) was an American jazz drummer. Sims learned percussion in Public School, at the High School of Music and Art, and at the City College of New York, where he played tympani in the CCNY Orchestra

Album · 1965 · 6 Songs. More By Pete La Roca. See All. Turkish Women at the Bath.

Basra is the debut album by American drummer Pete La Roca, recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label. Lazy Afternoon" (John La Touche, Jerome Moross) - 5:31. Eiderdown" (Steve Swallow) - 4:28. Pete La Roca - drums. Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone. Steve Swallow - bass.

La Roca's three originals ("Basra," which holds one's interest despite staying on one chord throughout, the blues "Candu," and the complex "Tears Come From Heaven") are stimulating but it is the other three songs that really bring out the best playing in the quartet (which is comprised of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Steve Kuhn, and bassist. Steve Swallow in addition to La Roca). Malaguena" is given a great deal of passion, Swallow's "Eiderdown" (heard in its initial recording) receives definitive treatment, and the.

When drummer Pete La Roca recorded Basra in 1965, the Iraq war was decades away. Today, the name Basra evokes memories of the 2003 invasion. A recording called Basra in 2016 would probably make listeners think of Saddam Hussein. Not a good association. But in 1965? It was just an exotic-sounding, Middle Eastern name. Henderson is the star of the album, though he's not the leader, and he wears many faces. In the opening "Malaguena"-a Spanish-tinged tune that sounds a lot like Chick Corea's "La Fiesta"-Henderson is wild and feisty, with lots of squeaks and squawks. On the whispery ballad "Lazy Afternoon," he is soft and gentle. And on the closer, "Eiderdown," he sounds like your standard Blue Note bopster. If you didn't know better, you'd swear these were three different saxmen.

Tears Come from Heaven, 05:01.