Harpers Bizarre 4 is an album by Harpers Bizarre (Warner Bros. 1969) Ry Cooder contributes on slide guitar. the song "Witchi Tai To" by jazzman Jim Pepper was given the group's smooth harmony veneer and mock-rococo production. Pepper, was of Native American descent, from the Plains tribes of the Kaw and the Cree. He came from a family of "road men", the peyote priests of the Native American Church. He was also a jazz saxophonist, playing primarily tenor sax (but also soprano sax and flute). encouraged by friends Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry, Pepper began experimenting with mixing Native American music and jazz, with interesting results. "Witchi Tai To" is a prime example of that blending, taking a peyote song he'd learned from his grandfather and putting it in a jazz setting.
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