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Alice #3 and #11 sing your favorites
Sound of Feeling - Spleen (1969)
01 Hurdy gurdy man
02 Hex
03 Up into silence
04 The time has come for silence
05 Along came Sam (The morning of the mutations)
06 The sound of silence
07 Spleen
08 Mixolydian mode (From The Microcosmos book 2)
02 Hex
03 Up into silence
04 The time has come for silence
05 Along came Sam (The morning of the mutations)
06 The sound of silence
07 Spleen
08 Mixolydian mode (From The Microcosmos book 2)
INFO: The Sound Of Feeling was a group initially consisting of
multi-instrumentalist/arranger/singer Gary David and
twin sister vocalists (Alyce Bielfeldt and Rhae Bielfeldt (later Alyce and Rhae Andrece),
who met in Los Angeles in the mid-1960's.
The sisters had been trying to break as a singing duo, and had
even done a stint in Las Vegas as showgirls, whilst David had been
playing jazz in the area around San Francisco,
following his discharge from the army in 1959.
In addition to being proficient on bass, piano, and drums, he also sang and arranged.
He and the Andreces, choosing the name The Sound Of Feeling,
moved into realms of avant-garde jazz that managed to incorporate elements of pop music,
classical, and even folk sources, built around the sisters' unique, soaring vocal sound.
By 1967, amid the burgeoning psychedelic boom, The Sound Of Feeling were in
exactly the right position in relation to pop and jazz they were
heard by jazz critic/scholar Leonard Feather, who took to their innovative
approach to jazz vocalizing and put them together with Oliver Nelson.
The result was their debut album for Verve Records, with Feather producing,
supported by Nelson on soprano sax, with Ray Neapolitan (bass), Chuck Domanico (bass) and Dick Fisher (drums).
They were signed to Mercury Records following an appearance with
Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival, which
yielded their second album, "Spleen", which like its
predecessor got a Grammy Award nomination.
The sound is very groovy, with a female vocal duet, and mod swingin' jazzy lyrics.
The group continued working together until 1972 when David and the Andreces went their separate ways.
multi-instrumentalist/arranger/singer Gary David and
twin sister vocalists (Alyce Bielfeldt and Rhae Bielfeldt (later Alyce and Rhae Andrece),
who met in Los Angeles in the mid-1960's.
The sisters had been trying to break as a singing duo, and had
even done a stint in Las Vegas as showgirls, whilst David had been
playing jazz in the area around San Francisco,
following his discharge from the army in 1959.
In addition to being proficient on bass, piano, and drums, he also sang and arranged.
He and the Andreces, choosing the name The Sound Of Feeling,
moved into realms of avant-garde jazz that managed to incorporate elements of pop music,
classical, and even folk sources, built around the sisters' unique, soaring vocal sound.
By 1967, amid the burgeoning psychedelic boom, The Sound Of Feeling were in
exactly the right position in relation to pop and jazz they were
heard by jazz critic/scholar Leonard Feather, who took to their innovative
approach to jazz vocalizing and put them together with Oliver Nelson.
The result was their debut album for Verve Records, with Feather producing,
supported by Nelson on soprano sax, with Ray Neapolitan (bass), Chuck Domanico (bass) and Dick Fisher (drums).
They were signed to Mercury Records following an appearance with
Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival, which
yielded their second album, "Spleen", which like its
predecessor got a Grammy Award nomination.
The sound is very groovy, with a female vocal duet, and mod swingin' jazzy lyrics.
The group continued working together until 1972 when David and the Andreces went their separate ways.
