So there's not really anybody holding it down, and Dave's got to decide either to play it more the country way or play it the funky way.

Meanwhile, Jeff's got this totally other bass line going that's not really steady, and he's going off in a melodic direction, too. But even listening to the song right up to the mixing stage I was going, 'Does this work at all?!' Here was Mike playing a very up, country guitar line while I'm playing this choppy down riff on the opposite end of the groove spectrum. We all knew there were melodies and riffs in it we liked. 'Glorified G' was one that went through a series of changes, and barely held together the whole time. Despite the lack of a commercial single release, the song managed to reach number 39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.īassist Jeff Ament plays upright bass on 'Glorified G'. Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music primarily written by guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready. The song is the fourth track on the band's second studio album, Vs. G.R.' Glorified G' is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam.

And in the beginning, on Disc 1, the Argentine vocalist Sofía Rei sings in a declaratory gale over the eight-string SazBass of J.C. On Disc 7, the Gnostic Trio (harp, guitar, vibraphone) elevates and aerates Mr. (These “Beriah” pieces have been in circulation onstage since 2014.) On Disc 3, the Spike Orchestra fuses klezmer with surf rock in an oddly resonant admixture, run through the apparatus of a jazz big band. He is deliberately skipping a step, nudging back against the idea that a major work establishes its identity through some standard-setting recording. Zorn’s way of presenting “Masada” - a project he first introduced 25 years ago - submits the material fully to the yens of its many performers. This book stretches across 92 tunes and 11 CDs, each disc featuring a different ensemble. The improvising saxophonist and avant-garde maestro John Zorn is about to release “The Book Beriah,” the third and final installment of “Masada,” his 613-piece epic based on the Torah’s commandments.

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