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Hendrix's new album

by Kurt
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Anyone realize there's a new Jimi Hendrix album out? It's called Valleys of Neptune and was released March 8, 2010. Among other songs, it has a really good cover of Cream's Sunshine of Your Love.

It seems Jimi released more albums after he died than when alive...
  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    I'm going to get it one of these days.

    Any horns involved? ( part of his new direction )


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      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

      I'm going to get it one of these days.

      Any horns involved? ( part of his new direction )


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      You know...I have an old vinyl LP of music Hendrix recorded (but not released) before his first album...This was also released after he died.

      On this album was some of the coolest sax playing I've ever heard, and it's by some unknown guy that was jamming with Hendrix at the time.

      This isn't the album, but if you want to hear Jimi with horns, check this out...Pay attention to the left-handed guitar player in the background.

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      • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
        Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

        You know...I have an old vinyl LP of music Hendrix recorded (but not released) before his first album...This was also released after he died.

        On this album was some of the coolest sax playing I've ever heard, and it's by some unknown guy that was jamming with Hendrix at the time.

        This isn't the album, but if you want to hear Jimi with horns, check this out...Pay attention to the left-handed guitar player in the background.

        YouTube - Buddy & Stacey (with Jimi Hendrix)- Shotgun
        Hey, that's the Jimster.

        I'm gana have to buy the cd, perhaps it's on Itunes already.


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    • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
      Jimi was getting into jazz and people like Miles Davis were getting into Jimi. In fact there is a recording out with Jazz guys John Mclaughlin and Dave Holland playing with Jimi and Buddy Miles from 69.

      Regarding Miles and Jimi here's a story from someone who went to Jimi's funeral with Miles Davis. In fact he asked him to go:

      I had to talk Miles into going to Jimi's funeral with me. What the hell, I told him, it was only a few days before he had to be out on the Coast anyway and besides, there'd be a lot of press there and the exposure would be good for him.

      "I don't like funerals," he rasped. "Sheet! I didn't even go to my mother's funeral."

      In the end, he made the plane, Miles, with his hairdresser, Vinnie, and Jacki, a beautiful fox he had picked up out of the crowd at LaGuardia Airport one day.

      "She had just come off a plane getting into the city," he explained when he introduced her to me, "and I was catching a plane to fly out on a gig. I saw her on the other side of the lobby and I called her over and told her to get on the plane with me, and she did."

      Miles and Jimi hadn't known each other too long, but in the short time they did they had gotten pretty tight. Jimi was one of those kids who had grown up worshipping Miles as Miles kept getting younger. Which black kid who loved music had never heard of Miles Davis? For as long as Jimi could remember, Miles had been a legend to him, and it was only when he felt secure enough as a legend himself that he came to sit at Miles' feet and ask Miles to record an album with him. Miles said ****, he'd be happy to do the album but he wanted $50,000 for it. For that much of his soul, he wanted that much money. Like when Sidney Poitier tried to hype Miles into doing the sound track for some movie, he told Miles not to worry about the money because the movie would make Miles famous.

      "Man," Miles answered, "I'm already famous!

      Miles was a big influence on Jimi. Miles is a teacher, but Miles learned something from Jimi, too.
      Read the rest of the article about Jimi's funeral here:

      Jimi Hendrix,funeral,Miles Davis,Seattle,greatest guitar player ever,Jazz,Rock,Steve Paul,The Scene,Johnny Winter,John Hammond Jr.,Cafe au Go Go,

      For a while in the 70s and 80s there were rumors that Miles and Jimi actually had recorded something together. Unfortunately that never happened apparently. What would it have sounded like if they had? Well, one of my favorite Miles Davis albums is the jazz/rock album Agharta. I played that album to death 30 to 40 years ago and it still sounds great today. Still has a sound like nothing else I have heard. The guitars in this album are heavily influenced by Hendrix. Check out how this writer describes this fushion of Jimi and Miles:

      Jimi Hendrix untimely death unleashed a spectre (along with the still living demons of James Brown and Sly Stone) on Miles Davis recordings in the 70's. Across both "Jack Johnson" and "Agharta" we see the three combined in the form of Robert Johnson's hellhound. On "Jack Johnson" Hendrix allusions dominate "Right Off" and "Yesternow" from start to finish. From Billy Cobham�s muscular R&B drums (a young Buddy Miles with technique) to John McLaughlins fierce, snappy Wah-Wah riffs to Sonny Sharrock's closing sections on "Yesternow" where he unleashes a sea of feedback that drifts ominously through the music. But it is with "Agharta" that we get as fans the most explicit understanding of what might have happened if Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had gone into the studio together.

      Jimi Hendrix haunts "Agharta" from beginning to end and Miles invokes him ceaselessly through both the two guitarists and his own wah-wah drenched trumpet and organ. Pete Cosey (one of the guitarists) represents Jimi's ornamatic, poetic guitar improvisation side while Reggie Lucas (the other guitarist) represents Jimi's soul, funk, and R&B side. Here Miles Davis both grapples with and mourns Jimi by playing solos over the 4-sides of the album that are simultaneously laconic and eloguent, sobbing unashamedly, without even the slightest hint of sentimentally. If you want to know what Miles Davis thought of Jimi Hendrix go no further than this album, everything you need to know is on "Agartha".
      Jimi Hendrix Influence & Jazz/Funk

      What would Jimi have done in the 70's? Buy this album, Miles Davis Agharta, and you just might get an insight. It's great music and a tribute to both Miles and Jimi.


      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

      I'm going to get it one of these days.

      Any horns involved? ( part of his new direction )


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  • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
    Hey Kurt,

    Yeah, heard about it on the radio recently. Trying to remember,
    but I think it's supposed to have a lot of covers on it.

    Didn't some of the songs from Band of Gypsies have horns?

    Seem to remember, but I was partying hard back then.

    About the only song I can think of, right now, is Them Changes.
    That was such a cool song.
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  • Profile picture of the author CLAURA09
    Janie Hendrix said that the album offers a "deep insight into mastery of the recording process and demonstrates the fact that he was as unparalleled a recording innovator as he was a guitarist."
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by KenThompson View Post

      Hey Kurt,

      Yeah, heard about it on the radio recently. Trying to remember,
      but I think it's supposed to have a lot of covers on it.

      Didn't some of the songs from Band of Gypsies have horns?

      Seem to remember, but I was partying hard back then.

      About the only song I can think of, right now, is Them Changes.
      That was such a cool song.
      Hey Ken...

      I honestly can't remember, been a long time since I listened to Band of Gypsies...

      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

      Hey, that's the Jimster.

      I'm gana have to buy the cd, perhaps it's on Itunes already.


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      Hey TL,

      I found it while browsing Itunes.

      Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

      Jimi was getting into jazz and people like Miles Davis were getting into Jimi. In fact there is a recording out with Jazz guys John Mclaughlin and Dave Holland playing with Jimi and Buddy Miles from 69.
      Hey Tim,

      Over the decades I always believed Jimi was going to move into jazz. In my mind, it would have been more fusion than jazz, similar to the path Jeff Beck took in the 70s.

      Rumors were Tommy Bolin was headed in the same direction. Here's a song by Tommy called "Marching Powder" with Jan Hammer on synth....For some reason, it always reminds me of where I thought Hendrix would have gone. We'll never know and I could be way off, but it's how I feel.

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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Here's a link to the itunes page for Valley of Neptune:
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/val...ne/id353361184

    Here's the song list:
    Name Artist Time Price 1

    Stone Free Jimi Hendrix 3:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 2

    Valleys of Neptune Jimi Hendrix 4:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 3

    Bleeding Heart Jimi Hendrix 6:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 4

    Hear My Train a Comin' Jimi Hendrix 7:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 5

    Mr. Bad Luck Jimi Hendrix 2:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 6

    Sunshine of Your Love Jimi Hendrix 6:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 7

    Lover Man Jimi Hendrix 4:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 8

    Ships Passing Through the Night Jimi Hendrix 5:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 9

    Fire Jimi Hendrix 3:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 10

    Red House Jimi Hendrix 8:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 11

    Lullaby for the Summer Jimi Hendrix 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 12

    Crying Blue Rain Jimi Hendrix 4:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 13

    Trash Man (Olmstead Studios, New York, April 3, 1969) Jimi Hendrix 7:24 Album Only View In iTunes 14

    Slow Version (Olympic Studios, London, February 14, 1969) Jimi Hendrix 4:58 Album Only View In iTunes
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  • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
    Kurt... not to derail the thread topic, but you mentioned Tommy
    Bolin. I like his stuff a lot. I have a CD of his that I remember listening
    to a lot in the late 70's when I was in the military.

    Has some excellent songs on it. Here are some lyrics to a couple songs
    of his I like a lot. In fact, I was listening to this CD tonight when I was
    out and about. It's the Private Eyes CD.

    "Some Day Will Bring Our Love Home"

    We are weary ships, lost in endless trips,
    Passing in the silent ocean.
    We drift on paper wings, just like the record sings,
    Sailin' when we feel like it.

    Someday will bring our love home
    Someday will bring our love home
    I can't remember when I felt so all alone
    Someday will bring our love home

    We are lost sailors, out of luck and favors,
    Missing in the raging ocean.
    Laughing midnight wine, we are the lovers of time,
    Cryin' when we feel like it.

    And, "Hello, Again"

    Slowly that scent reaches me,
    The perfume you wear I can't forget.
    Floating so lightly 'pon the air,
    Just like the smoke from a cigarette.
    I just turned around and there you were,
    Returning almost faster than you'd gone.
    My, but times been good to you,
    Sleek and graceful as a swan.

    And by the way, hello again.
    I'm so pleased to have your company.
    We'll count the stars under misty sky,
    And watch them fall into the sea.

    Your voice so whispers soft and smooth,
    Telling me tales of a human cloud.
    Who walked a thousand miles,
    Just to touch their ladies gowns.
    A noble thought, there's no doubt,
    And I must confess I can't compete.
    Clouds that walked a thousand miles,
    Just to touch their ladies feet.

    Really beautiful songs. Have you heard Private Eyes?
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