Listen to Charlie Bechlers link
above for the way this band grooved in 1970!
THE
ORIGNAL JAZZ-RAGA-ROCK-JAM-WORLD BAND.
Beyond any
labels or category. The music was pure.
Nothing sounded
this innovative at it's given time. They opened for the Zappa bands
and Miles Davis
at " The Boston Tea Party"..in Boston.
A great _Filmore
style_ concert hall-club in Boston.
In this record
and the live gigs....Mariano was playing Alto saxophone and soprano saxophone.
Flute and nagaswaram.
Within a full blown
rock based volume setting with two drummers. The wall of sound was amazing.
Considering Charlie always played strong, this was a real event to hear.
This band....OSMOSIS
was on a world based level with any major rock band.
They could
of easily had the cult following that Jerry Garcia did with the Grateful Dead
or even the song writing
influence
that other major stars did in that time period. After all this was 1970. There
was not a "Bitches Brew" recording
by Miles
Davis yet, and no Brecker or Sanborn sax sonics had yet to appear.
THIS BAND...was
one of the pioneer bands of the day. And-one of the most interesting.
Maybe someday
RCA will see it's importance and put it on CD-reissue.
As Mariano
moved to Europe from Boston in 1970, the stage was being set for
some dramatic
playing and world class saxophone innovations.
Check here
to find some current Mariano projects.
As
I get time, I will be putting more Charlie Mariano information on my site.
For
a musician born Nov. 11, 1923 , Boston he certainly has given the _WORLD_some
insightful musics.
