Aybe Sea wrote:
By the way, although Mr. Underwood is credited on "Overnite Sensation" with saxes, clarinet and flute, I couldn't discern a single flute or clarinet line on the album by him. I know he used clarinet in the original version of "RDNZL" and had a flute solo in an early take of "Inca Roads", both obviously OS outtakes, as they originated from the same sessions. But that doesn't really count, does it? So he really only seems to contribute sax to the written horn charts on the album.
Been listening to "Overnite Sensation" a little more closely (which by now I consider a fairly good (not great) album, save for "Dinah" and "Dirty Love" for obvious reasons) and I noticed that during the second half of "Camarillo" there is an all-woodwind horn mix, as I didn't hear either trumpet or trombone, but a combination of Ian's alto and tenor saxes with a possibility of a clarinet being thrown in. Kind of cool. It seems that Ian also played flute on "50 50", although that is pretty damn tough to discern (which begs the question: why utilize an instrument in an arrangement when it's not heard at all!). Indirect evidence is that during the live performances of "50 50", Ian occasionally played a flute solo and it seems pretty unlikely he switched between horns in the same song (a la: alto sax for head and flute for solo), save for the obvious "RDNZL" off
The Lost Episodes which at the beginning was scored for alto sax, and during the last minute featured a tiny free form clarinet spot along with clarinet harmonization during the last chart sections.
Lumpy Gravy wrote:
Aybe Sea wrote:
and he also played synthesizer live with Grand Wazoo and 73 Mothers.
.........never made it to an album, though (so far...).
True, unless you count "Picantique '73".
Solliden, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden
August 21, 1973
FZ--guitar, vocals
Jean-Luc Ponty--violin
George Duke--keyboards
Ian Underwood--woodwinds,
synthesizer
Ruth Underwood--percussion
Bruce Fowler--trombone
Tom Fowler--bass
Ralph Humphrey--drums