THE
CHI-LITES - THE BRUNSWICK COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION
The
complete early Brunswick singles of one of our favorite vocal groups ever – the
sublimely sophisticated Chi-Lites – a group who brought harmony soul to a whole
new level with records like these! The Chi-Lites could be heartbreaking on
their ballads and mellow cuts – then soar out with a new sort of righteous
power at other, more upbeat moments – always holding onto not just their
wonderful sense of group phrasing, but also the special sort of lyrics that
were penned for the group by leader Eugene Record! And while the Chi-Lites had
a huge run of full albums for Brunswick, their singles are really something
special – and are collected here in a massive package of 56 tracks on 3CDs.
Titles include "My Baby Loves Me", "Love Is Gone", "Price
Of Love", "Being In Love", "Homely Girl",
"Toby", "Here I Am", "Marriage License", "I
Found Sunshine", "Stoned Out Of My Mind", "I Want To Pay
You Back", "We Are Neighbors", "Trouble's A Comin",
"I Like Your Lovin", "24 Hours Of Sadness", "Let Me Be
The Man My Daddy Was", "Give It Away", and lots more! ~ Dusty Groove
THE CITY
BOYS ALLSTARS – PERSONAL THING
Sounding
like no other band, the City Boys Allstars, are three exemplary singers and ten
world-class musicians based in New York Cit.
The group showcases their crack-of-dawn fresh mixture of jazz and rock,
along with touches of funk, soul. Blues, and gospel on Personal Thing, their
new studio album. The sheer force of the
band’s musical personality reinforces the appeal of strong, intelligent songs
written by four band members, and one updated cover song, the late great Joe Zawinul’s
“Birdland.” Personal Thing is every bit as stellar as the Allstars’ previous
album, Blinded By The Night, a concert recording selected by DownBeat as one of
the “Best Albums of 2014” and highly praised by Blues In Britain Magazine.
MATT LAVELLE / JACK DESALVO / TOM CABRERA - SUMARI
Other
world art music and improvisations through space and time, and the soundtrack
of twilight. Theses phrases have all
been used to attempt to describe this trio known as Sumari. Guitarist Jack DeSalvo, hailed in The Wire
magazine as “masterful”, joined Ronald Shannon Jackson’s Decoding Society in
the 1980s, and has toured the world with many artists in his own
musical-spirited journey. Tom Cabrera is a percussionist of striking
depth. As in-demand jazz drummer who
made a specialty of the percussion family known as frame drums, Cabrera
constructed a drum set which sports riq, tar, dumbeq, bodhran and various
percussives about a small bass drum and hi-hat. With a sonic oeuvre that ranges
from the quaking to the sublime, Tom carries the band’s rhythmicity in the best
harmolodic fashion. Matt Lavelle’s haunting trumpet sound is reminiscent of Don
Cherry’s and makes extreme use of the alto’s natural range, fusing it with the
cry of Dolphy’s bass clarinet sound, and then into the imaginary realm of
Eastern double-reeds painted New Orleans blue.
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