Sketches of Coryell
A few thoughts on the new recording .......The title "sketches" is a good starting point because as improvisers we so indeed sketch our creationa, or solos, in an impromptu manner not unlike that done by a visual artist with a skectch pad.More important than the improvs as such is the material we've used forthis project -- another excursision into the American popular music field -- I think it's another demand on one's lyrical tendencies -- we've been doing this for years with the "Autumn Leaves" of the world so why not take a crack at "Feel Like Making Love" and those songs  from a more recent era, with a musicality all their own -- something more akin to "my generation", as it were, altough as a rule jazz musicians should be able to transcend generations in order to improvise on any song ... hopefully.. but with "Feel Like," it was a benefit for Eric Gale that motivated me to record this song -- I played it with Bob James, Mark Egan and Chris Parker in a pccked Zanzbar to honor this great guitarist's memory and weeks later I looked at a video tape of the performance and I really liked the way Bob was playing on it -- so I thought -- let me have another go at this tune -- and voila -- we got "Feel Like" down on tape, complete with a very effective track put together by Mark Johnson