UMax Bennett kwiiRekhodi zeRadiyo.(Ifoto: ngoncedo lukaMax Bennett.) Kwinqanaba letotshi encinci ukuba kukho olo hlobo— Ifiva Ngu-Peggy Lee kufuneka abe yeyona nto iphambili ekucingeleni ifom. Ilizwi likaNks Lee, lihamba kunye nomnwe omncinci onwabuzelayo kunye nokuqhawula iminwe, ayifaki kuphela uhlobo lomculo, kodwa indawo ethile ngexesha elithile kubomi baseMelika, apho iiglasi zecocktail zithe nca, amashiya aphakamisa, kunye nepent-up Ukuchuma kugxininisa emzimbeni wezopolitiko. Ingoma iyinyani, iyazithemba, kwaye ayinakuphikiswa, kunye neklasikhi engathandabuzekiyo.
UFever wacetyiswa ngu-Peggy Lee ngu-jazz bassist UMax Bennett , igqala laseChicago, eNew York, kunye nemiboniso yejezi zaseNtshona West, kunye nomhlobo osenyongweni kaNks Lee. Iqhayisa umgca we-bass iminyaka.
Ngenye imini wathi kum, 'Hayi, ndifuna ingoma yetotshi,' ukhumbula uBennett, ngoku oneminyaka eyi-88 kwaye usaphila eSan Clemente, eCalif. 'Ukuba uve into enjalo, ndinike umsesane 'Ke bendisebenza kwiWestern Avenue, hayi eyona ndawo intle ye-LA, ene-jazz trio. Kwaye kwangena umntwana omncinci wathi, 'Ndingahlala ngaphakathi?' Kwaye sathi, 'Kutheni ungafuni, ufuna ukucula ntoni?' Uthe, 'Ndifuna ukucula ingoma ebizwa ngokuba yiFever. zange ndeva ngayo. Kodwa inee-chord ezimbini. Sayidlala, kwaye ndacinga, ilungele uPeggy. Ndaye ndamtsalela umnxeba ndamxelela malunga neshuni, kwaye enye yimbali.
Inokuba yayingumzuzu osokolisayo kwityendyana lomfana, hayi kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, elalishiya ikomkhulu le-unjazz lehlabathi-i-Oskaloosa, e-Iowa-linempahla nje emqolo, ukuya kufuna amashwa kwishishini lomculo. Ngoku wayelapha, ebeka enye yeendlela eziphambili ze-bass kumculo waseMelika kunye nelinye lawona magama aphuma amehlo kunye nawokuthintela indlebe ngelo xesha.
Owu, khange ndiyirekhode. UPeggy wayengaphangeli, ngoko ke ndandihamba noElla Fitzgerald. Ke wayirekhoda kunye nomhlobo wengqondo ogama linguJoe Mondragon. UWoward Roberts, owayengumdlali omkhulu wegitare, wayeza kudlala kodwa akazange. Yonke into awayenzayo kukuqhawula iminwe yakhe.
Ngokujika nokujika ekubeni ngumdlali wejazer kunye nokuya kwiseshoni ehlala e-LA-wayelilungu le-Wrecking Crew yasentsomini-nangona kunjalo, uMax Bennett wayeza kushiya isiphelo sakhe kumgangatho ophantsi kwimidlalo emininzi ebalulekileyo kunye nokurekhodwa amashumi eminyaka. Ukulandela ukupheliswa kooMama bakhe boQeqsho, akukho namnye ngaphandle kukaFrank Zappa oya kucofa uBennett njengento yomama omtsha. NguMax wonke ngokuphikisanayo nguZappa's meisterwerk Iimpuku ezishushu , Iqukethe ezintle kunye nezithandwa kakhulu, ii-Umbrellas ezincinci. NguMax lowo ophantsi Iicigars ezincinci ezingamashumi amabini ivuliwe Impindezelo kaChunga . Kwaye ezo ziialbham nje ezimbalwa zeZappa ezikwiCV kaMax. Kuya kufuneka ukuba yayilixesha elikhethekileyo nelikhuthazayo lokusebenza noZappa ekuphakameni kwamandla akhe.
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Ndandingaqhelananga nomculo kaZappa. Iindlela zethu azizange zinqumle. Andizange ndibengumlandeli omkhulu womculo we-garde ngaloo ndlela. Kwakuxa ndisebenza e studio, yintoni, 1967, ndicinga? Kwaye ndafowunelwa nguJohn Guerin. Wathi, ‘Yisa izinto zakho ku-TTG’ — eyayiseHollywood — ‘Ndiniseshoni ephindwe kabini kuni noFrank Zappa.’ Ke sifika apho kwaye sasebenza iiseshoni ezimbini eziphindwe kabini kubusuku obubini. Kwaye yayiyeyona albhamu, yayinjalo Iimpuku ezishushu .
Ndathetha nomntu malunga naloo nto, kwaye babendixelela ukuba laa albhamu ichukumise kakhulu yokubhala kuyo nayiphi na into awayenzayo. Yintoni enomdla, bendikwikhompyuter ngolunye usuku, kwaye ndiyabona ukuba ndikwezinye ezi ngoma. Njengoko kuvela-siyakudlala utshintsho olufanayo lomculo ngonaphakade, uyazi, emva kokuba sigqibile, qhubeka nje uhambe-uFrank uthathe ezo zithathileyo wenza ezinye iingoma ngazo. Ngesiquphe ndiyaqonda ukuba andikho nje Iimpuku ezishushu , Ndenze ii-albhamu ezintlanu zeZappa! Oko kwakupholile. Andinangxaki.
Kulula kuye ukuba ashenxise ezi ndawo zokumisa endleleni. UMax Bennett ngumfana wejazz. Ubomi bakhe bejazz yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwimemori yakhe.
Ukuqala kwam e-Oskaloosa, ndandiyimvumi ye-jazz evela ku-Day One. Andizange nje ndilunge kakhulu. Andizange ndibe nomdla kwenye into. Andizange ndidlale kuwo nawuphi na umculo wepop-ngokoqobo akukho. Andizange ndenze nantoni na, andizange ndidlale nawuphi na umculo wentengiso kude kube kamva. Ndiqale eChicago, kade-’40s, ndandidla ngokuya kwisitalato iClark, kwakukho iqela elihlangeneyo lamaqhekeza, kwaye babedla ngokuqesha amaqela avela eSouth Side. Babengabadlali abalungileyo-kodwa iiklabhu zokuqhekeza zazingayi kuqesha abadlali be-bass, ke abo bafana babevuya xa bendibona. Ndandihlala nabo. Ndandiqala nje, ke ndafunda kancinci kubo. Ukusuka apho ndaya eNew York ndaza ndaxhoma apho umzuzwana ndaze ndazibandakanya neqela likaGeorgie Auld kwaye sahamba ngendlela.
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Izinto ezinkulu ziya kulandela. Iimpembelelo zam zejazz zibalulekile, njengeChicago neNew York. Kodwa ndaba nethamsanqa, nasemva kokuba ndifudukele e-LA, ndahamba no-Ella Fitzgerald, sathi xa sigqiba kukhenketho, yena no-Oscar bagoduka-u-Oscar Peterson wayengumphathi-ntloko-ke xa sibuya eFrance. Siphume neJazz pha ePhilharmonic. Lowo wayenoDizzy Gillespie noStan Getz kunye noRoy Eldridge, uBig Joe Turner, uSonny Stitt — andazi ukuba uyamazi ngubani - bonke abo bafana…
Ekugqibeleni, iJazz yoNxweme oluseNtshona kunye namanqaku angaphaya endawo ayekwangomxube, kunye noMax ngokujoyina UStan Kenton Ibhendi, kwaye ngaxa lithile isenza isitayile ngentloko yeJazz yakuMbindi Merika. Uyakholelwa okanye khange ndisebenze noRoger Miller, umfana welizwe? Bonke abafana awayedlala nabo yayingabafana bejazz. Wayewuthanda umculo wejazz, wayengenako, uyazi, uwudlale. Kwaye wayengawuthandi uninzi lomculo welizwe. Wayengafani nabanye abantu. Waye hip kakhulu. Wayengafuni ukuba nophawu, phakathi kwam nawe, ‘ezo ngoma zomnqwazi zikathixo.’ Wayeyindoda elungileyo ayisebenzelayo. Ndahamba nohambo kunye naye.
Uhambo lwakhe luya kuthi ekugqibeleni luwele iindlela kunye ne-saxophonist UTom Scott , kwaye bobabini babeza kuqalisa ukusebenzisana okunesiqhamo kunye nefuthe phakathi kwiminyaka ye-70.
I-LA Express-leyo yayiyingcinga yam yonke. Mna noTom Scott sisebenze kunye kwizitudiyo-ixesha elide, senza iimuvi kunye nomabonwakude kwaye yonke loo nto bayenzayo abadlali be studio. Kodwa wayenayo i-quartet, yayiyicartet ye-bebop. Wayesebenza kwiklabhu eyaziwayo eHermosa Beach, eLightouse. NgeCawa emva kwemini-wayenomdlali we-bass obalaseleyo, umdlali we-stand-up, u-Chuck Demonico. Akakwazanga ukuyenza ngeCawa enye, wanditsalela umnxeba wandibuza ukuba ndingehla na ndaza ndammela. Ndatsho ngokuqinisekileyo, kwaye ndathatha iFender bass yam, kwaye ndayidlala. Kwaye sidlale ingoma yokuqala endakha ndayibhala, ingoma kwi-E, ebizwa ngokuba yi-'TCB kwi-E. 'Sayidlala loo nto kwaye… into, nje, yenzekile.
Siza kudlala utshintsho olufanayo kumculo ongunaphakade — uFrank [Zappa] uthathe ezo zithathiweyo wenza ezinye iingoma ngazo. Ngesiquphe ndiyaqonda ukuba andikho nje kwi'Rats Hot, 'ndenze ii-albhamu ezintlanu zeZappa! Oko kwakupholile. Andinangxaki.
UJoe Sample wayephantsi phaya edlala naye-uTom mhlawumbi wambizela lo msebenzi, kuba uJoe wayexakekile Umnqamlezo -Kwaye ndicinga ukuba owayebetha amagubu nguEd Greene ngelo xesha. Kwaye kunento ecofa nje. UTom ke wathi, ‘Kulungile masiphinde sikwenze kwakhona ngeCawe ezayo.’ Ndaye ndeza neengoma ezithile waza naye weza neengoma ezithile, wazitshintsha zonke iingoma awayezizisile ukuze zilunge loo fomathi ndandisele ndiyenzile. Ndiqhubekile ndibhala. Ke olo hlobo sayiqala, kwaye besisebenza e-The Baked Potato eMantla Hollywood-kakuhle iStudio City-kwaye besiyenza rhoqo ngoLwesibini ebusuku, emva kwexesha, kuba ibilixesha kuphela esinokuyenza ngayo. Kwaye isihlwele saya sisiya sisiba nkulu ngakumbi nangakumbi.
Yayiyi-quartet leyo, sasingenaso ikatala okwangoku. Ndiqale ukucinga 'ngenkwenkwana, iqela livakala kamnandi, ngathi linamandla nyani'… ke ndaye ndanegama elithi 'Express'-Bendingazi ukuba ndibeke ntoni phambi kwalo. Ndandinekonsathi ngobunye ubusuku kunye Lalo Schifrin edolophini eDorothy Chandler, ndiyacinga. Emva koko bendilindele ukuqhubeka, bendithetha nala buddy wethu, uLouie Shelton, ndamxelela… wathi, 'Kulungile, uzakuthini nge-LA Express?'
Omnye wabo babekhona kwiThe Baked Potato yayiyintombi kaJohn Guerin, imvumi edumileyo egama linguJoni Mitchell. Uye watyhila iqela, ukhumbula uBennett. Baza kuqhubeka nokusebenza kunye kwii-albhamu ezine ezomeleleyo kwikhondo likaMitchell, phakathi kwezomeleleyo nangubani na kwi-70s. Umntu unokucinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuba kube kunomvuzo kunye ne-surreal encinci ye-jazz combo yangoku ukunyukela ekusebenzeni ngokuthandwa Inkundla kunye neSpark , Ukutshiswa kweNtshontsho lasehlotyeni , UHejira kwaye Iimayile zeendlela .
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Sagijimela kwi-studio-ngokunyanisekileyo andizange ndicinge kakhulu malunga nayo. Bendingamazi nokuba ungubani! Singcwatyelwe estudiyo. Umculo wakhe wekinda awuzange ufike kum. Kwakungekho ukuba andiyithandi-ndingazi nto malunga nayo! UTom wayesazi kancinci kuba wenza i-soprano sax nakweyiphi na KwiiRoses okanye Luhlaza . IJoni yayintle ukusebenzela. Ngokwenene wayenjalo. Wayenexesha elimnandi ngokwenene, kwaye wasinika i-blanche ye-carte kakhulu. Ndathetha naye ngexesha eladlulayo, kwaye wayebhale into malunga nendlela awayenomdla ngayo kwiqela lomculo kuba ukuba - wayenokulahla amanqaku, wayeka ixesha, izinto ezinjalo, yayiyifomathi yakhe, uyazi-asizange Ingqondo yokuba konke, wayesebenze nabantu ngaphambi kokuba baxakeke. Kodwa yayingeyiyo ethe ngqo-efana nayo. Ke wayelithanda kakhulu iqela kwaye liyasebenza.
Wayenomdla kwi-jazz. Nje ukuba adlale ngayo, wayezimisele ngayo, wayenomdla wokwenene kuyo. Njengokuba ndiyenzile le ngoma kunye naye Inkundla kunye neSpark , ‘Kujijekile’ - UAnnie Ross yenze kuqala. Kwakukho i-blues kuyo. Kodwa yayinguJohn Guerin kuphela, kunye nam, kunye naye. Kwabonakala kumnandi, kwirekhodi. Kuyamangalisa.
UMax Bennett-ebumelwaneni, kwaye uhlala elungile endlwini, ngelixa kusenziwa imbali yomculo. UGigs noCharlie Parker kunye noBillie Holiday kunye no-Aretha Franklin bakhulu kwibali lakhe, kwaye iiseshoni kunye noMarvin Gaye kunye noHarry Nilsson kunye noMel Torme ziyincam nje yeloo ntaba yomkhenkce — intaba yomculo ethathela ingqalelo ezo ziqalo zincinci.
Ndikuxelele xa ndandiseChicago, ndilambile? Sasidla ngokuya kwiNqaku eliPhakamileyo kwaye siba neseshoni yejam rhoqo ebusuku. Ngama-450 eMntla Clark. Babeneentloko zentloko apho, kodwa bavale iminyango ngo-2, kodwa bashiya ucango lwangasemva luvulekile, kwaye siza kuba neeseshoni zokudibanisa ukusukela nge-2 ukuya kwi-6. Bonke abaqhwithi kunye nabazithandayo kunye neemvumi beza kungena ngasemva, kuba ' ndise utywala kodwa ucango lwangaphambili luvaliwe.
Ke ndilele emotweni yam ngobunye ubusuku phambi kwehotele, kwaye kunkqonkqozwa, kwaye zezi hookers ezimbini endizaziyo ukuba ziigal ezintle. Ndithathe isidlo sakusasa, ndaza ndaya kuhlala nabo. Bathe ukuba baneembaleki, endaweni yokuthatha ikhabhathi-bendinokutshintshwa kweChevy encinci, ukuze ndibazise emsebenzini wabo, ngaloo ndlela ndinokuhlala apho kungekho nto. Kwaye, ah, andizukuxelela eseleyo. Iya kuba kwincwadi yam.
Ibhendi kaMax, Indawo yabucala, idlala eThe Point eDana Point, eCalif., KuNgeCawa, ngoMeyi 8,3 ukuya ku-6 ntambama . kunye noRob Whitlock kwizitshixo, amazwi ka-Amber Whitlock, uGrant Geissman kwikatala, uTony Moore kumagubu, kunye noMax Bennett kwiziseko zombane. Cofa apha ukufumana uluhlu lokudlala lweSpotify lomculo kaMax Bennett.
