William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Trio of Doom ; Year: 1979; Genre: Jazz Fusion Here is one of the four studio recording from the one-off jazz fusion power trio consisting of legends Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, and Jaco Pastorius. Para Oriente is one written by Tony Williams and has two other very brief "takes" on the record.     Hear Para Oriente on YouTube.   Hear Alternate Take 1 on YouTube.   Hear Alternate Take 2 on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby     My song pick 2 years ago today: Lou Rawls - Three O'Clock in the Morning   My song pick 3 years ago today: Funkadelic - First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate   My song pick 4 years ago today: Curved Air - Easy   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Temptations - (I Know) I'm Losing You   My song pick 6 years ago today: Neil Young - Heart of Gold My song pick 7 years ago today: April Wine - 21st Century Schizoid Man My song pick 8 years ago to...

From: Trio of Doom ; Year: 2007 (1979); Genre: Jazz Fusion I had this album on my mind whilst getting ready for today's song pick, so I'm choosing another one off the album. It's another one of those songs where you get a group of virtuosos and let them go. Hear Are You The One? Are You The One? on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: IQ - Fascination My song pick 2 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Winter My song pick 3 years ago today: Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up My song pick 4 years ago today: Yes - Cinema My song pick 5 years ago today: Heart - Sing Child My song pick 6 years ago today: Soundgarden - A Thousand Days Before My song pick 7 year ago today: The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald - I'm Making Believe   My song pick 8 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Vengeance (The Pact) My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - Sleep of a Thousand Tears My song pick 10 years ago today: The Who - Squeeze Box My song...

1518 Trio of Doom - Continuum From: Trio of Doom , Year: 1979 Genre: Jazz Fusion Yesterday Max chose Spyro Gyra's Cayo Hueso and it got me thinking about this Fusion track that I've been meaning to pick for a bit now. This one comes off of the Jazz power trio/super group Trio of Doom's one and only album. This is a rather pretty track that features some excellent technical musicianship from all three members. Hear Continuum on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Jethro Tull - Aqualung My song pick two years ago today: Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - Wayfaring Stranger My song pick three years ago today: Billy Squier - In The Dark My song pick four years ago today: Jethro Tull - Steel Monkey +

734 ( Trio of Doom - Dark Prince ) For those who are unfamiliar with the Trio of Doom , they were a very short-lived Fusion Jazz/Funk supergroup made up of three master Jazz musicians: John McLaughlin (guitar), Jaco Pastorius (Bass), and Tony Williams (Drums); this was their only album together. I can hear a lot of Mingus' influence among others in this song. An excellent piece of Jazz, however it gets just a bit busy at times; almost a musical three-ringed-circus. What do you expect with three Jazz musicians of this caliber playing together at the height of Jazz Fusion? Here is the studio version of Dark Prince with Para Oriente afterward on YouTube. Here is a live recording on YouTube. +