JOv2
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So what do you do if Pharoah Sanders, Gary Burton, or Archie Shepp drop by at your session without their ax? Well, you hand them a tambourine, which is what occurred on 06FEB68, xxMAR68, and 09SEP66, respectively, at sessions for Dave Burrell, Steve Marcus, and Chico Hamilton.
This all got me to thinking: when did the tambourine (which along with the electric guitar helped to characterized the "new" sound of popular music in the mid/late '60s) make its way into straight-ahead jazz as a viable routine instrument that distinguished a group's sound -- as opposed to an instrument used on a few select songs (e.g., "Latin percussion")? The earliest recording I could find was Eddie Harris / Mean Greens (MAR66).
This all got me to thinking: when did the tambourine (which along with the electric guitar helped to characterized the "new" sound of popular music in the mid/late '60s) make its way into straight-ahead jazz as a viable routine instrument that distinguished a group's sound -- as opposed to an instrument used on a few select songs (e.g., "Latin percussion")? The earliest recording I could find was Eddie Harris / Mean Greens (MAR66).
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