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Spins before deciding because this is a smorgasbord of sounds carefully placed by seasoned veterans of the jazz I mean the title of the album is a clue and the music here has been calledĬommercial, smooth Jazz, funky and the like yet it's way more than those descriptions. This is totally a mesmerizing album for me. His dark modal lines on the bass clarinet that recall modern classical composers such as Stravinsky, Moussourgsky and Debussy, combined with his ability to mix Coltrane�s freedom with Maceo Parker�s hard funk during his explosive tenor sax solos places him second only to Wayne Shorter as an early fusion innovator on woodwinds. Very few musicians in the history of jazz fusion have been involved with so many progressive genre defining bands as Bennie Maupin, yet sometimes it seems his name has been forgotten. Later Maupin would stay with Herbie to become part of the futuristic abstract funk-jazz of the Headhunters. After leaving Miles, Bennie continued to break even more musical barriers with Herbie Hancock�s brilliant avant-fusion Sextet.

In the late 60s Maupin joined up with Miles Davis and became a major creative force behind ground breaking albums such as Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson and Big Fun. Once in New York Bennie worked with many of the best jazz musicians in the scene, including Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner and Pharoh Sanders. After attending the Detroit Institute for Musical Arts and playing locally in Detroit, Maupin left for New York in 1963. Bennie Maupin was born on in Detroit Michigan.

Horace silver united states of mind download