Stretched On History’s Wheel

• 01“There Comes a Time”the Tony Williams Lifetimefrom Ego · 1971 · PolydorI want to start with a song by Tony Williams, or rather by his group the Tony Williams Lifetime—a song called “There Comes a Time,” from the 1971 album Ego .from the chapter
• 02Egothe Tony Williams Lifetime1971 · PolydorI want to start with a song by Tony Williams, or rather by his group the Tony Williams Lifetime—a song called “There Comes a Time,” from the 1971 album Ego .from the chapter
• 03E.S.P.Miles DavisThat band kicked off with E.S.P. in 1965 and bowed out with Filles de Kilimanjaro in 1969.from the chapter
• 04Filles de KilimanjaroMiles Davisin 1965 and bowed out with Filles de Kilimanjaro in 1969.from the chapter
• 05NefertitiMiles Davis1968 · ColumbiaToward the end of that run is Nefertiti (1968), which I consider to be Miles’s last true jazz release.from the chapter
• 06“Nefertiti”Miles Davisfrom Nefertiti · 1968 · ColumbiaOn “Nefertiti,” Tony Williams got to represent life, (not so) plain and (not so) simple: energy, entropy, chaos, charge.from the chapter
• 07“Follow Me”Aly-Ussingle · 1992 · Strictly Rhythm(I can’t think of another case of having this much fun with someone singing off-key, unless it’s the house classic “Follow Me” by Aly-Us, from 1992).from the chapter