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re: is using Pre-Recorded loops Cheating
Travis asked:
And it's been a while since I read the "Kind of Blue" book, but my
recollection is that they didn't use tape loops on "In A Silent Way", but
did
edits on the master tape, including repeating one three-minute section at
the
beginning of IASW. Were there tape loops in the studio while the
musicians
were playing?
If memory serves, I actually read about the tape looping in the wonderful
and
extensive liner notes to the latest remastered version of
'Bitches Brew'
And I don't really know whether they did this after the fact or if the
musicians performed to it.
The percussion is so soloistic and sparse on these records that I would
hazard to guess that they were listening to the foundational loops
to perform them (this is coming from my own experience as a studio
percussionist for the last thirty years but certainly not a definitive
answer)
I also meant to type , in that original post that his usage of percussion
tape loops were the first of their kind in Jazz. They were most certainly
not the first use of tape loops in music from my knolwedge.
One thing for certain, however, compositionally, 'Bitches Brew' used
some looping conciousness..........that's a historical fact.
Rick Walker
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