This Sunday Music Muse Day post is a coda to my father's, Sam Woodyard, The Lost Session - Paris 1979 with pianist Dave Burrell session CD release. The music on The Lost Session was mostly from "jazz opera" Burrell was developing titled Wildward Passages. So, as a follow-up, I found and bought two recorded versions of Windward Passages. Frst is Dave Burrell - Windward Passages, a solo piano performance recorded live on Thursday, September 13, 1979 at the Stadtheater Basel/Switzerland. A month after the Lost Session recording. To be honest, it's not my taste in jazz, without the connection to my father, I wouldn't seek this out. But, if you're into Avant-Garde and free jazz, you might give it a listen.
Next, is David Murray with Dave Burrell - Windward Passages. This was a duet recording made in 1993, with Murray on tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, Dave Burrell on piano, voice, and Monika Larsson, voice. Monika Larsson was Burrell's collaborator on Windward Passage opera. I found this recording more accessible for me. Oddly, none of the tunes directly tie-in to the original opera music. They do offer two takes of the John Coltrane classic, Naima, that are worth giving it a listen, if you're curious.
That is my coda to the Lost Session. Enjoy.
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