BETTYE
LAVETTE – WORTHY
Some of
best work in years from resurgent soul legend Bettye Lavette – with a wise,
gritty edge touched by classic southern soul and rawer, though still quite
elegant bluesy influences – and giving a diverse range of material her distinct
personal stamp! As wonderful as Bettye's voice is, she's also done a pretty
wonderful job in her post millenium years of showing what a strong interpreter
of a wide range of songwriters she is. On Worthy, she covers Dylan,
Jagger/Richards, Lennon/McCartney and others, and makes each tune her own.
She's working again with producer Joe Henry, who helmed the equally excellent
I've Got My Own Hell To Raise nearly a decade earlier, and the titles include
"Unbelievable", "When I Was A Young Girl", "Bless Us
All" "Stop", "Undamned", "Just Between You And Me
And The Wall, You're A Fool", "Where A Life Goes", "Step
Away", "Wait", "Worthy" and more. ~ Dusty Groove
MATS GUSTAFSSON & PAAL NILSSEN - LOVE: I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SNORE
Spacious
sounds from reedman Mats Gustafsson and drummer Paal Nilssen Love – a record
that still has the bursts of intensity you'd expect from Paal, but which also
leaves more room for the creative sonic textures that we love so much from
Mats! Gustafsson and Nilssen-Love can sometimes come on in this bombastic way –
but here, they space things out a bit more – and go for this style that's often
quite fast, almost frenetic – yet never totally full-on too, especially with
the drums – which often sound like a single drum instead of the whole kit at
once – which balances out the saxophone sounds perfectly! Titles include
"I Love It", "Come Lie Closer", "Face Make",
"Shake Off", and "When You Snore" – and the package also
features a bonus 45 "And The Way It Moves Your Splatter (parts 1 &
2)". ~ Dusty Groove
CURTIS FULLER - THE OPENER
Curtis
Fuller was one of the premier trombonists in 1960s and `70s global hard-bop.
Before that, however, he was an import from Detroit--a promising musician
rising in the New York scene. Recorded in 1957, THE OPENER was Fuller's debut,
wherein he was backed by a mix of big names (Paul Chambers from Miles Davis's
band, drummer Art Taylor) and fellow up-and-comers like soul pianist Bobby
Timmons and saxophonist Hank Mobley. Fuller's fiery, brassy trombone mixes well
with the tasty, soft-centered tenor of Hank Mobley and the brisk, earthy swing
of Timmons, Chambers, and Taylor. ~ CD Universe
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