Neil McCauley
20-01-2016, 15:48
A curious happenstance in 1966 triggered the partnership between MPS head Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and George Duke. Brunner-Schwer was in San Francisco to record the Art van Damme Quintet.
After finishing the recording session one evening, he and his team strolled over to a club called the Jazz Workshop. Les McCann was supposed to be playing, but this particular day was his day off. Instead, a 20 year old pianist, still involved in his studies, was performing with his quartet. The music's freshness so enthralled the German that he set up a recording session on the spot.
This encounter between George Duke and Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer in sunny California was both accidental and .....
http://www.hifianswers.com/2016/01/george-duke-the-era-will-prevail-the-mps-studio-years-1973-19767xvinyl-box-set/
After finishing the recording session one evening, he and his team strolled over to a club called the Jazz Workshop. Les McCann was supposed to be playing, but this particular day was his day off. Instead, a 20 year old pianist, still involved in his studies, was performing with his quartet. The music's freshness so enthralled the German that he set up a recording session on the spot.
This encounter between George Duke and Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer in sunny California was both accidental and .....
http://www.hifianswers.com/2016/01/george-duke-the-era-will-prevail-the-mps-studio-years-1973-19767xvinyl-box-set/