Wyatt played a huge part in my getting seriously into jazz & introduced me to the beautiful world of the Blue Notes. Mongezi Feza improvised two amazing 🎺 solos for this. Rather than have to choose between them, Wyatt used both. 🤯 youtu.be/8wZu6RapRyY?... - ThreadSky

drstewartsmith.bsky.social • 35 days ago

Wyatt played a huge part in my getting seriously into jazz & introduced me to the beautiful world of the Blue Notes. Mongezi Feza improvised two amazing 🎺 solos for this. Rather than have to choose between them, Wyatt used both. 🤯 https://youtu.be/8wZu6RapRyY?si=M0meVdV2TCYBFy_p

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drstewartsmith.bsky.social•35 days ago

It’s a mark of Wyatt’s generosity that he’ll give over entire tracks to his collaborators. This was my introduction to the great Orphy Robinson. Magical xylosynth solo. https://youtu.be/Hl6pH5YpLsQ?si=X4BDqQgLDHYGNSHw

robertdallasgray.com•35 days ago

think he also plays steel drum on on the town square, which was a big ear-opener for me

drstewartsmith.bsky.social•35 days ago

Aye good shout, that’s Orphy too.

drstewartsmith.bsky.social•35 days ago

“They say the working class is dead, we’re all consumers now… people doing frightfully well, there’s others on the shelf.” An amazing song on the ravages of Thatcherism/neo-liberalism and the need for a movement built on solidarity. Sadly as relevant as ever. https://youtu.be/aWPRHqptlVU?si=wFuNUjqWPBQoXW-D

drstewartsmith.bsky.social•35 days ago

Wyatt & Alfie Benge have written many important songs exploring the human cost of Western imperialism. Out of the Blue depicts a young person whose home is destroyed during the War On Terror but could easily be about the genocide in Gaza. https://youtu.be/FnjnzeR7AIM?si=v3rRRIht41vMIAA5

drstewartsmith.bsky.social•35 days ago

One last tune, cos it’s beautiful. https://youtu.be/3Jm1YW_rNGE?si=bkR4juIz8T5FJIRG

drstewartsmith.bsky.social•35 days ago

Sod it, I’m a keep going! I hear a lot of Carla Bley in Wyatt’s music & their collabs over the years are all wonderful. Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports is a Bley album in all but name. This is a brilliant & hilarious Philip Glass nod with a beautifully droll Wyatt vocal. https://youtu.be/KlV0buSQaOo?si=jaZDIRASR24x5fp3

drstewartsmith.bsky.social•35 days ago

Wyatt with Charlie Haden & Carla Bley’s Liberation Music Orchestra 2009. Always regret missing this gig, but I did see Ornette & Haden the following night & met Robert & Alfie outside. They were absolutely lovely. https://youtu.be/41rDOELDivk?si=ezjavU0FOLs6mu15

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