Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke & Tony Williams With Bunny Brunel & Al Jarreau / Santa Monica 1978 Late Show: Mike Millard Master Tapes / 2CDR / Uxbridge
Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA 15th November 1978 (Late Show)
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Chick Corea’s masterpiece “SANTA MONICA 1978 (Uxbridge 1778)”, which was whispered as “one of the best works” in the collection of the absolute master Mike Millard. A super-superb live album that will be its sequel is now available.
“November 15, 1978 Santa Monica performance” is imbued in this work. It is the super superb audience recording. When you see the title and date of this work, some of you may be thinking, “Huh?” It is the same date / venue as the previous work “Uxbridge 1778” released last year. That said, this work is not an upgrade board of the same recording, but a completely different live album. Yes, this day was a charity performance with two stages per day. The previous work “Uxbridge 1778” is the early show, and the one recorded in this work is the late show. It is a genuine sister work with the same artist / venue / recording artist.
Naturally, the sounds that meet the conditions so far are very similar, but this is also ridiculous. After all, the prestigious “JEMS” that has been in charge of excavation itself said, “Mike’s exquisite recording that is surely among his very best” and “This is a better sound for audience recording than for soundboards. (I would suggest this as a great example of when an audience tape can deliver a more satisfying and representative recording than a soundboard).” It is a sound source sent out as a masterpiece.
And there is no exaggeration in those words. In a nutshell, it boasts a direct feeling and a separate feeling that is “like a sound board”, but the grand sound is more than that. Musical art is glossy and beautiful, and even with record values, you can see the body of the instrument vibrating in front of you. Live albums have various meanings, and what people want differs depending on the listener, such as beauty as a “music/art work”, accuracy as a “record”, reality as a “concert experience”, and so on. However, this work is the finest in every aspect, and it has more beauty and reality than the sound board (including official works).
The show depicted with such sound is also wonderful. The song selection and composition, and the gorgeous members who appear up to Bunny Brunel / Al Jarreau are the same as the previous work “Uxbridge 1778”, but the performance tension may be higher in this work. Were you able to warm up at the early show, or was the time limit loose only for the late show, or both? In any case, the interplay is full of enthusiasm, and although the set is the same, the performance is about 10 minutes longer than Early Show’s “Uxbridge 1778”.
In any case, audience recordings that tend to be thought of as “alternatives to soundboards.” A person who broke through that narrow prejudice and widely known “beauty because of audience recording” and “true live feeling” … Wasn’t that Mike Millard? What’s more, the value was not expressed in scribbled sermons, but in the “goodness of the sound” and the “impression of the music” that anyone can intuitively understand. He is a great man who established the culture itself of “audience recording”.
And this is the masterpiece that allows you to directly experience the magnificence of Millard. Millard may be famous for recording rock concerts, but he was never that kind of person. Rather, it is jazz/fusion that emphasizes the subtleties and breathing of the performance rather than pushing power, so you can feel the design deeply and deeply. As a sister work of the very popular “SANTA MONICA 1978 (Uxbridge 1778)”, this work itself is an absolute master’s masterpiece. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.
★ Superb audience recording of “November 15, 1978 Santa Monica Performance (Late Show)”. The same night performance as the previous work “Uxbridge 1778”, the sound is very similar. The prestigious “JEMS” that has been in charge of excavation is a super-famous recording that praises “exquisite sound is the best of Millard” and “a good example of AUD recording sounding better than SBD”, and the live itself is also early. A great performance about 10 minutes longer than Shaw’s “Uxbridge 1778”. It is no exaggeration to say that Mike Millard’s masterpiece is the birth of an absolute work.
Uxbridge 1896