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| Focus on MPS Violin (Part 1) - Don Sugarcane Harris This April we have got an other focus on MPS violin players. Called 'the Jimmy Hendrix of the violin', compared with Eric Clapton and spoken of in the same breath with the likes of Jean Luc Ponty, violinist Don 'Sugarcane' Harris was the master of jazz inflected rock 'n roll on his instrument. His association with Frank Zappa brought him into the limelight, but he also played and recorded with John Lee Hooker, Little Richard and rhythm & blues legend Johnny Otis, the man who gave him the nickname 'Sugarcane'. L.A. guitarist Randy Resnick reminisced about working with Harris, "All I can say is that I never got chills in any other band like the ones I got when Don took off…it was tribal, it was primitive and it was real… Don Sugarcane Harris – Got The Blues This is the album that put Sugarcane Harris on the map as a band leader. It was also MPS's number one selling album at the time. Called "his best overall recording" by Allmusic, the album was recorded at the 1971 Berlin Jazz Days on the same day that Sugarcane played with the New Violin Summit, another successful MPS live recording that includes violin greats Jean-Luc Ponty, Michel Urbaniak, and Nipsy Brantner. Harris is accompanied by an all-star group assembled especially for the two Berlin appearances. Don Sugarcane Harris – Cup Full of Dreams On this classic outing Sugarcane Harris added his longtime friend and playing partner, keyboardist Dewey Perry, to the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Los Angeles band Harris fronted in the early 1970s. These musicians experienced successful solo careers and worked with the likes of Canned Heat, Tower of Power, Herbie Hancock, and John Mayall. Don Sugarcane Harris – Flashin' Time Once again blues/jazz violin maestro Don 'Sugarcane' Harris teams up with 'homeboy' and longtime musical compadre, keyboardist Dewy Terry. The masterful German guitarist Volker Kriegel, rejoins Sugarcane, along with bassist Günter Lenz of the legendary Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet fame; American drummer Todd Canedy rounds out the group. MPS Records New Digital Releases Digital Mastered for iTunes Distribution: Edel:Kultur/ Kontor New Media MPS Records Homepage - Mastered for iTunes - 24-bit-Transfer from original master tapes - produced by Dirk Sommer write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Jazz News :: home page |