According to the notes in the Quintet box (Mosaic MQ10-177, Columbia C6K 67398),
"The first part of the performance is from the second run-through of the melody
and is spliced onto a slower first take (at 1:50), which is a complete take." Several
edits are audible in the composite version of "Stuff." It seems to have been assembled
from the following pieces listed above:
0:00-0:29 (0:29) = take 2 (0:41-1:11)
0:29-0:54 (0:25) = take 3 (0:15-0:40)
0:54-16:56 (16:02) = take 3A (0:01-15:58)
But take 3A itself is not a continuous performance: at least one splice is audible
(at 0:56), which corresponds to the splice at 1:50 mentioned in the Quintet box
notes.
This is Hancock's first turn at the Fender Rhodes electric piano; Carter plays
the electric bass; and Davis and Shorter are clearly amplified throughout. The tune
is the most unabashedly soulful of Davis' 1960s originals to date. Change was
in the wind.
In addition to its busy studio schedule (six dates in just over a month), the Quintet
was also busy with live dates, including the Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis (May 26);
Showboat Lounge, Philadelphia (May 29-June 5); Village Gate, New York (July 16-28,
with Buster Williams and Miroslav Vitous subbing for Carter); the Laurel Jazz Festival
(August 2); the New York Jazz Festival at Randall's Island (August 17); Count Basie's
Club, New York (August 23-September 2) -- Dave Holland's first gig with the Quintet, and Hancock's
last. During this period several players joined the group for the odd engagement:
Stanley Cowell (p); Marshall Hawkins, Cecil McBee, Gary Peacock, Bill Plummer, Reggie Workman,
and Buster Williams (b); Jack De Johnette (d). Chick Corea joined the Quintet in
time for a week at Peyton Place, Baltimore (September 17-22), then Chicago's Plugged
Nickel Club (September 25-29); Royce Hall on the UCLA campus (October 5), Las Lomas High
School Auditorium, Walnut Creek (October 6), San Francisco's Both/And Club (October
8-20), Shelly's Manne-Hole (October 22-November 3). Back to New York for short stays
at the Village Gate (November 8-9, 15-16, and 22-23); and close out the year at the
Jazz Workshop, Boston (December 5-8, with Stanley Cowell joining as a second el-p)
and the Black Bottom Club in Montréal (December 9-14).
|