~Favorite Long (But Dope ) 15+ Minute Songs~
NateBizzo
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I have an affinity for long-ass songs. Here are some of my favorite longer tracks.-
I know that there are plenty of Free Jazz songs that go on forever, but I'm looking for songs that are cohesive for this amount of time. I know Funky Donkey is pushing it.Let's talk about music!
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- Lloyd McNeil "Fountain in the Circle" @ 21:00 minutes
- Webster Lewis "Do you Believe" @ 20:46 Mintutes
- Pharoah Sanders "Harvest Time" @ 20:08 Minutes
- Roy Meriwether "Nubian Lady" @ 19:39 Minuts
- Don Cherry "Terry's Tune/Hope/Creator Has Master Plan Megamix" @ 20:28
- Luther Thomas "Funky Donkey" @ 20:01 Minutes
- Philip Coharan "On the Beach" @ 17:30 Minutes
- Joe McPhee "Nation Time" @ 18:30 Minutes
I know that there are plenty of Free Jazz songs that go on forever, but I'm looking for songs that are cohesive for this amount of time. I know Funky Donkey is pushing it.Let's talk about music!
NB
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Isaac Hayes "Do Your Thing"
Isaac hayes "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
Doesn't "Walk on By" go past 15?
A lof of Can stuff, NEU. Some King Crimson stuff can get pretty long, but it really depends on the album in terms of the kind of music that is taking place within that time. I think the McDonald and Giles album has at least one longish track, but I can't remember how long it is. There is also a Fela Kutiesque band named Osibisa that had the same artist--for their record covers--as Yes, and some of their stuff is longish, but I don't remember how quality it is. Maybe some of the Tabla Beat science stuff? Check Bill Laswell's discography. Drums and Tuba? That's a pretty sick band.
No, it's around a concise 8-9 minutes.
I can't think of too many 15+ min. jawns but one long jam that
I know is banging is The Masquerade is Over (9 minutes long).
Super Funky Discoteque (AKA El Chicles) "Lord Funk". Stays with it the entire 21:55 minutes IMO.
Loads of jazz in this category. Pick of the moment:
Dizzy Gillespie "Kush" (the JATP In Europe version with JJ, Getz, Lalo et al.)
18:25 minutes of modal goodness. I love versions of this tune. The one on the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" LP is good too and still long enough, 15:50.
"The Greek Variations" Neil Ardley, Ian Carr and Don Rendell off the LP "Greek Variations" clocks in at 23:50
"God Spirit" Cecil McBee off the LP "Music From The Source" is 17:20
"Eleventh Light City (Part 1-4)" Marion Brown off "Sweet Earth Flying" is 18:24
and then theres a lotta Miles Davis and a few of the tracks off Alkebu Lan by Mtume and The Umoje Ensemble.
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno "An Index Of Metals" from
Doing a whole lot with very little for 27:55 minutes.
Also, "Look of Love" gets close but I think it's around 12-13. Another classic for sure though.
CAN - Bel Air
Definitly one of my favorite songs of all time. Almost hitting the 20 minute mark. This song floats in grabs your attention then floats away then comes back with the funky german boombap that only Can delivers then it floats away again.. Turns into this progressive jam with a jazzy outro.. floating away again..and then you can faintly hear them playing further away until fadeout.
For me it never gets boring, and it floats right around the subconcious.
- spidey
Might be lame to others but i have always loved this track.
James Brown "There was a time" (from "Live at the Apollo volume 2") takes up a whole side
Dele Aboiun "elye oro"(???? cant remember the title, record is at home)
"Turbulence" from Eddie Harris' "Excursions"
Title track is one of my Isaac favs, and I think clocks in at 17 minutes or so.
What up D?
Good call, also the two long jammies on Tago Mago and the one I'm listening to right now that just kills it, "Mother Sky" although technically it's 14:31.
Gary Saracho "Senor Baker
Santana "Angel of sunlight"
Mcdonald and Giles "Birdman"
Fela Kuti "Water No Enemy"
as far as one-trackers:
incredible string band - a very cellular song. i never tire of it.
multiple can tracks.
on the ambient tip, the first track off music for airplanes.
grant green's idle moments i have is 4 seconds short of 15 minutes.
space is the place, of course.
bunch of tangerine dream.
sister ray.
those rainbow in curved air tracks.
close-calls [10+]:
cymande - dove
coltrane's favorite things
donny live - the ghetto
marquee moon
ahmad jamal - extensions
if we're just talking continuous music, soft machine comes to mind.
You need to check the Phil Manzanera Impossible Guitars 12 inch played at 33rpm. I can't remember which side, but one of them is DISGUSTING.
Terry Riley also did that record with John Cale that is fairly funky, and long if I remember correctly. I think its called house of Anthrax, or something similar.