“Nobody knows what it sounded like.
[13] According to Turre, encouragement came from Kirk who was known for using a vast array of saxophones, flutes and other instruments. Got a recommendation? When I woke up I said, ‘How am I gonna do that?’ You can only get so many notes out of a shell. We never send spam, and we never share your address. [14][15][16][17] Turre has had a long experience with Latin jazz and is a skilled player of the cowbell and Venezuelan maracas. The group chemistry is wonderful. In 1978, while on a gig in Mexico City with trumpeter Woody Shaw, Steve (a Mexican-American) played the shells and the crowd went wild. There’s no written notation or recordings available. That’s the only answer!”
“Nobody knows what it sounded like. His father was of Italian ancestry and his mother was of Mexican ancestry. As a studio musician, Turre is among the most prolific living jazz trombonists in the world.
“You can’t play the shells on just any tune,” he emphasized. The thought of Steve Turre inevitably conjures the image of a dauntless virtuoso. In 1968, Turre played with Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Listen to evocative conch sounds as recorded by Steve Turre and Tommy Adolfsson (follow links below). Afro-Cuban music plays a major role here, as Mongo Santamaria's veteran chartmeister Marty Sheller arranges "Ayer Lo Vi Llorar" for the 81-year old Queen of Boleros, Graciela Perez -- and then Mongo himself duels with the madly comping McCoy Tyner on, of course, "Mongo 'n' McCoy." Join thousands of other jazz enthusiasts and get new music, artists, albums, events and more delivered to your inbox. hello@estheticlens.com.
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His second wife was cellist Akua Dixon[11][12] (born 1948) from 1978 to 2012, with whom he had two children, a singer and a drummer. “The sound of the shell did something to me. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. In 1970 he recorded with Carlos Santana, and in 1972 he toured with Ray Charles. The Aztec language has traded with Spanish a whole host of words. He has been trombonist for the Saturday Night Live band since 1985 and has taught jazz trombone at the Manhattan School of Music since 1988. Then it dawned on me. No wonder Steve Turre merely used his name as the title of this tour de force, for it is a supremely ambitious, self-defining project that covers an enormous amount of ground and means on one small disc.
His bluesy tinge on the horn with his conch shells and innovative notions of rhythmic invention bridged seams between Ellington ian swing, bop, modal, and avant jazz, and Afro-Latin and Caribbean grooves. It’s the roots of brass!” Steve Turre exclaimed. “At the end of a tune, if the shell was in the same key as the chord, I might play the note or play some octave overtones, or a few notes that were in the chord.” Over the course of a remarkable career spanning more than five decades, Turre has proved time and time again that he’s one of the foremost masters of the trombone, able to steer his challenging instrument through breakneck turns and imaginative leaps at dizzying speed. The shells have their mouthpieces carefully cut and are tuned to specific pitches. Doug Purviance Bass Trombone, Conch, Trombone. There are ample layers of Turre's multi-tracked conch shell harmonies, the sweetest ensemble sound this side of Lombardo and one that is used as a genuinely musical ingredient, not a gimmick. His first wife was Susan J. Edit Release All Versions of this Release Data Correct .
In southern Japan, shells are played solo and in groups before announcements and festivities. Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email. Conch [Shells] – Aaron Johnson* (tracks: 3, 7, 9), Douglas Purviance ... Steve Turre: Rhythm Within (CD, RE) Jazz Heritage: 514200X: US: 1996: Sell This Version: Recommendations Reviews Add Review [r600224] Release. The smaller trumpet like mouthpieces creates a nasal, piercing sound that carries a long way. It goes way back to ancient times. They misunderstood his genius. A real hand drum is made from wood and animal skin that was alive once too.
When touring India in 1984 with Shaw, Turre purchased shells at the Kali Temple in Calcutta which he played on “Beautiful India” from his Sanctified Shells album. His largest shell, from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, has a range between the D and E below middle C, and was painted by a Cuban artist. Hear Steve Turre Play the Conch Shell on ‘Sanctified Shells’, Song of the Day: Steve Turre – “The Very Thought of You”.
Learn how your comment data is processed. Add to Collection Add to Wantlist Remove from Wantlist. The relevant section in Book 2, though titled ‘A DECLARATION OF HOW THE SUN WAS SERVED, AND OF HOW MANY TIMES TRUMPETS WERE BLOWN DURING THE DAY AND DURING THE NIGHT, AND OF HOW MANY TIMES INCENSE WAS OFFERED’, in fact specifically only refers to the latter - And thus was incense offered: it was four times during the day and it was five times during the night... Picture sources:-• Procession (Codex Magliabecchiano) scanned from our facsimile edition published by ADEVA, Graz, Austria, 1970• Drawing of Quetzalcóatl by Miguel Covarrubias scanned from Alfonso Caso’s book ‘The Aztecs: People of the Sun’ (Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1958)• Photos from the Museum of Xalapa and Templo Mayor Museum by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore• Conch blowing contest image taken from the Old Island Restoration Foundation website (link below), (Written/compiled by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore), (NOTE: ISGMA have moved some of these recordings, but at least one conch recording is still on the site...). Conch [Shells] – Aaron Johnson* (tracks: 3, 7, 9), Douglas Purviance ... Steve Turre: Rhythm Within (CD, RE) Jazz Heritage: 514200X: US: 1996: Sell This Version: Recommendations Reviews Add Review [r600224] Release. In his travels touring the world, Turre collected shells of all shapes and sizes: larger ones for low tones and smaller ones for high notes. Since then, Turre has incorporated shells into his diverse musical style, often to startling effect. Send us some email: The instrument had sacred and ancient associations - with the sea, with the call to prayer, with the underworld, with the moon, with fertility, with the wind god Ehécatl, who had the power to blow life into a void, just as the blower blows life into an object (the conch) that would otherwise remain ‘lifeless’ for ever. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. If you visit the website of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology (’Now listen...’, below) you can hear a VERY atmospheric recording of actual Aztec instruments (shell trumpet, ceramic tubular trumpet and flutes) found at the Templo Mayor site, and played by our friend Arnd Adje Both and the group Tribu... (NOTE: ISGMA have moved some of these recordings, but at least one conch recording is still on the site...).
“At the smaller pyramidswas a carving of a shell on a temple ruin. He first learned of the instrument (and its application in jazz) from his mentor, the multi-reedist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and later deepened his fascination during a subsequent trip to Mexico, when he discovered from relatives that his ancestors had long played shells in their native culture. Home talk among the Aztecs revolved around anything but blood... How do the Aztecs fare in Empire-Building Video Games? drums: Shuichi Hidano with TAIKO Masters International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert Osaka, Japan April 30, 2014 http://jazzday.com/ There’s something about that!”. When you present it right, the meaning comes through,” he ascertained. “I could get octave overtones but it was pretty limited,” Steve confessed. Inevitably he began playing two shells at once, a reflection of Rahsaan’s influence. “The harmonies are very vibrant and just fill a room. His bluesy tinge on the horn with his conch shells and innovative notions of rhythmic invention bridged seams between Ellington ian swing, bop, modal, and avant jazz, and Afro-Latin and Caribbean grooves. “The overtones of the shells are very different from brass instruments,” Steve emphasized. “The feeling of the song has to match the spirit of the shells. One gets a powerful dose of Turre's unique sound world on the fascinating opening track, "In a Sentimental Mood," done bossa nova style with a conch shell solo that sounds like late-period Dizzy Gillespie and a smoky Cassandra Wilson vocal. He has been trombonist for the Saturday Night Live band since 1985 and has taught jazz trombone at the Manhattan School of Music since 1988. Can you spot them in Picture 3?
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