(Blues, Blues-rock, Hard Rock) Jimi Hendrix - Nine to the Universe (Reprise Vinyl HS 2299) - FLAC - 1980, FLAC (tracks), lossless

Nine to the Universe - 8:48
Jimi/Jimmy Jam - 10:38
Young/Hendrix - 8:07
Easy Blues - 4:27
Drone Blues - 6:20

Jimi Hendrix - Guitar
Jim McCartey - Guitar
Larry Lee - Guitar
Larry Young - Organ
Billy Cox - Bass
Dave Holland - Bass
Buddy Miles - Drums
Mitch Mitchell - Drums
Juma Edwards - Percussion

The album that demonstrates beyond a shadow of a doubt why Jimi Hendrix still reigns supreme as the God of Guitar. Jimi takes no vocals on any of the six tracks, preferring instead to let his guitar cry and sing. This is a brilliant example of Jimi’s fluid improvisational genius.

His playing is ratcheted up another notch in the fertile jam-session setting of these astounding recordings, which showcase his creative energy and virtuosity. We are able to hear Hendrix thinking aloud, and he consistently astounds the listener with the force of his ideas.

He pairs up on one track with legendary jazz organist Larry Young (who played with Miles Davis on Bitches Brew), creating a jazz-rock masterpiece that outshines in intensity anything recorded by latter day guitar heroes. The electrifying interplay that he and Young achieve leaves one wondering what kind of music Jimi could have made with Miles Davis, had he not died just one week before they were scheduled to record together in a London studio.

This session hints strongly at one of the many possible directions Jimi’s music was headed prior to his tragic death in September 1970. This long out-of-print masterpiece deserves to be immediately re-released. Write to your local congressman.

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