CANNONBALL
ADDERLY – MUSIC, YOU ALL
Julian
“Cannonball” Adderley first gained notice as the bluesier saxophone voice on
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue (John Coltrane being the other), and in the late ‘60s
and early ’70s, he was engaged in an ongoing artistic conversation with Miles,
often trading musicians with him and taking the electric innovations of Bitches
Brew and filtering them with through his own earthy sensibility. The height of
Cannonball’s fusion phase arguably came in 1970, a year that yielded no less
than three live albums—all produced by David Axelrod—that have since ascended to
cult favorite status. Drawn from the same 1970 Troubadour performances that
yielded the album Black Messiah (also issued by Real Gone Music), and featuring
the same line-up (the two Adderley brothers, Cannon and Nat; keyboardist George
Duke; bassist Walter Booker; drummer Roy McCurdy, and special guests guitarist
Mike Deasy, percussionist Airto Moreira and saxman Ernie Watts), Music, You All
displayed the same uncompromisingly eclectic rock/soul/jazz fusion as did its
companion release. But on Music. You All, Cannonball’s warmly iconoclastic
stage personality really comes to the fore…witness the two tracks simply
entitled “Cannon Raps!” And George Duke fans will flip over this album; check
his solo on “Capricorn” for starters. One of those live albums that REALLY
makes you wish you were there!
SERGE
GAINSBOURG – LONDON PARIS 1963-1971
Stunning
work from the great Serge Gainsbourg – a special set that takes a look at the
strong work he recorded in London studios during the late 60s, presented here
with some ultra-groovy cuts from Paris as well! You'll know a few of these cuts
if you're a fan of Serge at all – but the set also mixes in some
lesser-remembered gems from this monumental moment in his career – including
some excellent instrumentals, and one title that appears here for the first
time ever! British work includes recordings with arrangers Arthur Greenslade,
Harry Robinson, and David Whitaker – and both Michel Colombier and Jean-Claude
Vannier help out on the frew Parisian tracks. Titles include the unreleased
"69 Anne Erotique (inst mix with orig backing vocals)" – plus
"Danger", "L'Hotel Particulier", "Roller Girl",
"Vilaine Fille Mauvais Garcon", "Hold Up", "La
Horse", "Bloody Jack", "Torrey Canyon", "Ford
Mustang", "L'Anamour (single mix)", "Breakdown
Generique", "Requiem Pour Un C", and "Docteur Jeckyll &
Monsieur Hyde". ~ Dusty Groove
WALKER
FAMILY SINGERS – PANOLA COUNTY SERIES
Maybe the
best title so far in the Como, MS series from Daptone Records – a very earthy,
very rootsy set of harmony vocals sung by the Walker Family Singers – a group
headed up by sometime Sam Cooke backing singer Raymond Walker! Yet the music
here is quite far from the Cooke reference mentioned on the cover – and even
quite far from Sam's roots in the Soul Stirrers, too – because the recording
style is very stripped-down, and the group works with no other instrumentation
at all – just their magnificent voices, in a timeless gospel style that's still
alive and well down in Como. Titles include "Sweet Home", "Old
Ship Of Zion", "Living Testimony", "Shake My Mother's Hand",
"He Didn't Have To Wake Me", "My Time Will Come",
"Chilly Jordan", and "Had My Chance". ~ Dusty Groove
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