Jazz-funk / cool jazz: “Autumn Festival” and “Indian’s Summer”

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Autumn Festival

John Pisano (guitar), Pete Jolly (Wurlitzer electric piano, accordion), Chuck Berghofer (double bass), Paul Humphrey (drums) and Milt Holland (percussion). From the album Seasons (1970) by Pete Jolly.

In 1965 Jolly introduced Too Much, Baby with his Pete Jolly Trio for Columbia Records, in which we can find pop songs that were in vogue at the time and Broadway music. That same year he contributed to If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join‘ Em! by renowned cool jazz baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. Since rock and roll and pop were booming in the mid-1960s, Mulligan gave meaning to the album’s title by transforming some of the hits inside a jazz context.

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Gerry Mulligan

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In 1968 Jolly signed with the A&M label and published several works. The first was Herb Alpert Presents Pete Jolly (1968) with John Pisano on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on double bass, Earl Palmer on drums and the Marty Paich Orchestra (Herb Alpert was the owner of the company and pianist, songwriter, and record producer Marti Paich provided elegant arrangements). It offers an engaging mix of jazz quartet and instrumental pop of the time with the witty Pete Jolly backed up warmly by Paich. In 1969 A&M recorded Jolly live at Donte’s in North Hollywood, where he plays with his Pete Jolly Trio and his approach is energetic and pronounced. That same year he participated in the soundtrack of the Western film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid written by William Goldman and directed by George Roy Hill.

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Herb Alpert Presents Pete Jolly cover

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Herb Alpert

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In 1970 came Seasons, Jolly’s best album, in which he shows his talent playing piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B-3 and accordion, making a surprising and experimental effect as you wonder where the musician leaves off and the studio sound engineers take over. The twelve tracks were recorded continuously as a result of improvisations that went along through visual and musical interactions between the performers making the melodies happen, breathe and expand. And to finish they added a bit of overdubbing and a brass section dubbed in “Indian’s Summer”. Nothing in his previous recordings could prepare the listener for this album, and he did nothing similar for the rest of his career.

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Chuck Berghofer

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Indian’s Summer

John Pisano (guitar), Pete Jolly (piano, Wurlitzer electric piano), Chuck Berghofer (double bass), Paul Humphrey (drums) and Emil Richards (percussion). From the album Seasons (1970) by Pete Jolly.

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℗ A&M Records

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