A journey, Big Buddah, Roland, his heart and my mind...

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488242032172599023.post-79177148560904023352008-01-21T03:42:00.000-08:002008-01-21T06:43:05.031-08:00A journey, Big Buddah, Roland, his heart and my mind...Now that a New Year's well under way and MOTR' s gathering momentum I'm on a plane to Europe for some solo dates mindful of the fact that making music is in itself much like a journey, to wherever the mind sets itself. Music can, and does, take you to wherever you want to go and will always remind you of time and place. I can absolutely remember hearing Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Serenade To A Cuckoo" for the first time one hot, sultry summer (yes we did have them once!) in Brighton and how it blew me away. I played it over and over. His whole being's in that track from wonderful playing to a kind of irreverence, a singlemindedness. Kirk was a maverick, something I've always admired. He like Miles and Coltrane had attitude both in their being and their playing long before the rest and was there an age before such as Jethro Tull. 'Big Buddah' (a play on 'buddy' and 'ah', as in ..ah!) has its own meditative spiritual essence as its dedicated to Roland and began life as a solo feature, remaining so with MOTR. RIP Roland, may you blow ever heavenward. BB BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933601701280517297noreply@blogger.com