OAKLAND: BIG FUN @ ERA ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2013.
Oakland, CA
 ERA
 Friday, February 15, 2013

 

 

 

Top Ten Social, Massive Selector & fresco present

BIG FUN

celebrating the birthdays of Michael Orange & Hakobo

featuring
Rich Medina
plus
DJs Proof & Hakobo

Friday, February 15
ERA 19 Grand Ave.
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets available at:
TBD

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Big Fun reflects three different phases from Miles Davis's early-seventies "electric" period.
Sides one and four ("Great Expectations/Orange Lady" and "Lonely Fire") were recorded three months after the Bitches Brew sessions and incorporate sitar,  tambura,  tabla,  and other Indian instruments. They also mark the first time since the beginning of Miles Davis's electric period that he played his trumpet with the Harmon mute which had been one of his hallmarks,  making it sound much like the sitar. 
This contributed to creating a very clear and lean sound,  highlighting both the high and low registers,  as opposed to the busier sound of Bitches Brew which placed more emphasis on the medium and low registers., "Ife" was recorded after the 1972 On the Corner sessions,  and the framework is similar to tracks from that record. It has a drum and electric bass groove (which in fact at one point breaks down due to mistiming) and a plethora of musicians improvising individually and in combinations over variations on the hypnotic bassline.
Please join us Friday, February 15 for BIG FUN.

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