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In Reply to: RE: Hippie jazz..... who were the main artists? posted by rivervalley817 on February 05, 2021 at 11:21:18
The jazz flutist and saxophonist Bud Shank recorded the soundtrack to an early surf movie "Slippery When Wet" but this was in 1959 before surfing was sold to mainstream American teens via the Beach Boys and Dan and Dean, and when surf music was more associated with West Coast cool jazz than hot overdriven Fender guitars with tons of reverb. And surfing in this era definitely had a mystic cool vibe that was a precursor to hippiedom.
Gary Peacock played base on this album, so both Albert Ayler and Keith Jarrett are only one degree of separation removed from surf music!
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since there's really no 'hippie jazz' category per se, I mentally group the more experimental artists from that time frame into one that might qualify / or have been on such a play list ... good call on Gary Peacock!
yeah, the surf scene was quasi mystic yet semi greaser in more ways than hippie to my mind ... competitive, fast cars, Dick Dale & Link Wray in leathers, beach body builders, high testosterone stuff really
regards,
Well, I wasn't there of course but it is my impression that high testosterone/greaser stuff was more Hollywood than what the early surfers were into.
if you haven't, you should check out Spies Who Surf
that is, if you appreciate the surf music / spaghetti western instrumental
thing
Check out Tom Wolfe's Pump House Gang for a very good essay on the surf culture.
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