Laughing Water

by Jazz Is Dead

Laughing Water cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 July 1999
  • Label: Zebra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:44
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Alphonso Johnson, Donna Godchaux, Jimmy Herring, T. Lavitz, Vassar Clements, Rod Morgenstein, Derek Trucks

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Laughing Water' is Jazz Is Dead's live reworking of the Grateful Dead album 'Wake of the Flood'. The instrumental quartet, including bassist Alphonso Johnson, recasts the songs as jazz rock improvisations.

Genres

Descriptors: fusion, rhythmic, improvisation, complex, live

Tracklist

  1. Vocal Intro (0:45)
  2. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo (5:22)
  3. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (5:50)
  4. Row Jimmy (7:53)
  5. Stella Blue (7:07)
  6. Vocal Intro (0:35)
  7. Here Comes Sunshine (3:44)
  8. "Sunshine Jam" (8:43)
  9. Eyes Of The World (7:15)
  10. Two Sisters (2:51)
  11. Weather Report Suite, Part 1 (5:27)
  12. Weather Report Suite, Part 2: Let It Grow (7:12)

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