Today I'm back at my "jazz/Rock story".
I think I could write a book about it one day...
This story will lead us, step by step to TURIN JAZZ ROCK SCHOOL and consequently to the performances that Me on Piano solo and Italian jazz Rock band "Esagono" (from the 70's and from Turin Jazz Rock School), will have in Tokyo, on June 26th and 27Th.
After looking at the photo, in the heading of this Blog, someone will say:
"what does it mean "Sgt. pepper's lonely heart Club Band" cover, here, in jazz-rock story?
I'll tell you that as well as Beatles' masterpiece "Sgt. Peppers" is a "Day in The liFe" of "Progressive Rock, it has definitely "Something" to do with Jazz-Rock, if we see it for what it is, that's the icon of 1967, the year of so many creative explosions!
In fact, to understand fully the jazz-rock revolution we have to focus on one of most beautiful "positively revolutionary" year in the history of our planet: the year 1967!
1967: what a year! What a year for music! what a year for the whole planet!
In that year, the world witnessed the first blossoming of the '60s counterculture that had a significant impact on the entire world, and, we can say, that, even if something didn't last, fortunately, echoes of that year are still in the air today.
Some of the counterculture's dreams in 1967 came true. Art and music were painted with colours of freedom, peace, love and with an extraordinary amount of creativity. San Francisco and London were the leading cities of "Summer Of Love" (London’s scene was every bit as varied and definitely flower-powered as the one on the US West Coast, as did also other cities across the world).
The need for a change was felt all over the world and new styles of music, art, and literature were able to change and influence the whole planet and...music was really the driving force.
The Summer of Love painted many areas with his incredible colours: for example, the UK also saw a blossoming of the Œalternative press_ and, in London, IT (International Times) was particularly important, and the word "ecology" started to become part of every day life. And indeed, ll over the world, there were gentle people, dipped in new ideas, fresh attitudes, boundless energy!!!
1967's Summer of Love changed music and music changed culture.
That year produced a number of outstanding albums from some of the most important artists of all time. It was a true cornucopia that established the decade of the 1960s as one of the most significant era in the history of popular music.
While it’s nearly impossible to select the top 10 from such a wealth of choices, London saw The Beatles release 'Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band', argued by some to be the greatest album of all time.
On the "live music side", the Monterey International Pop Festival was a seminal event because, although there had been similar gatherings, this was considered the first real rock festival and laid the groundwork for Woodstock just over two years later.
The music in and around 1967 provides the most indelible reminders of that era and portrait also the protest directed at the "evil side" of the "old world", like the Vietnam War.
The Summer of Love produced some of the most important works of popular music in history, and by knowing and understanding the year 1967 we can see how in this magic moment of last century, the evolution of the music on this planet reached a new plateaux, expanding the horizon in more directions, putting there all the prerequisites for the advent and THE
BIRTH OF JAZZ ROCK!
Tomorrow I'll talk about the birth and the first steps of Jazz Rock, in
1967!
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