SFJAZZ Collective's Martin Luther McCoy & Warren Wolf - Somebody's Watching You

SFJAZZ.org presented the SFJAZZ Collective on November 3rd, 2019 in SFJAZZ's Miner Auditorium, here performing Sly Stone’s "Somebody’s Watching You" as arranged by Collective members Martin Luther McCoy and Warren Wolf. This song as well as 9 others recorded live during the Collective’s 2019 residency are featured on the album Live: SFJAZZ Center 2019.

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50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
MILES DAVIS' "IN A SILENT WAY"
and SLY & THE FAMILY STONE' "STAND!"

"Somebody’s Watching You"
Composed by Sly Stone
Arranged by Martin Luther McCoy & Warren Wolf

FEATURING:
MARTIN LUTHER MCCOY - vocals & guitar
WARREN WOLF - piano

Comprising the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today, the Collective assembles each year to create fresh arrangements of works by a modern master. Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring music’s greatest figures while championing jazz’s up-to-the-minute directions, the Collective embodies SFJAZZ’s commitment to jazz as a living, ever-relevant art form. This year the Collective celebrates the 50th Anniversary of two of the essential albums in popular music, Sly and Family Stone’s Stand! and Miles Davis’ In a Silent Way.

Released respectively in May and July 1969 by a pair of artists connected by mutual respect, inspiration, and a commitment to artistic exploration, Stand! and In a Silent Way were beacons of hope and new possibilities during a turbulent time in American history. Sly’s classics “I Want to Take You Higher,” “Everyday People” and “Sing a Simple Song” have become timeless expressions of joy and positivity, while Davis’ evocative work on In a Silent Way pushed jazz into bold new directions influenced by pop, R&B, and funk.

“A jazz dream team”
— San Francisco Chronicle

"Jazz’s premier all-star band"
— The New York Times

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