Jazz Articles about Cal Lampley

Odd Man Out: Uncovering The Life Of Cal Lampley

by Martin Gladu
December 31, 2008

A Hammond B3's entrancing mantra spills into the room, calling to arms a horde of skin beaters into a spellbinding, almost shamanic dance. A dark-voiced guitar pairs up to a silvery flute in melody. Earth and Fire unite. Enchanting, the musical whirlwind that unfolds brings to mind the spirit of the late sixties. Haight And Ashbury. Paisley hippies tripping. Beaded tresses and frail bodies swirling as if in trance.Thus begins not some remastered audiovisual ditty from the Woodstock ...