A wonderfully wicked meeting of the minds – and a legendary bit of soul jazz from organist Big John Patton! The core of the record features the usual Patton groove – with John on Hammond, Grant Green on guitar, and Otis Finch on drums – but added to that mix is Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, making a rare appearance on an organ jazz session, with some wonderful results! The combination of vibes and organ is especially haunting – jangling a groove with a really modal feel, and creating a sound that instantly made this one stand out from the pack! The whole thing's great, and tracks include "The Turnaround", "Let Em Roll", "Latona", and "One Step Ahead". (Part of the Blue Note Tone Poet series – heavy vinyl and cover!) ~ Dusty Groove
Jazzman continues to dig further and further into the many-limbed history of jazz to bring you the finest, lesser-heard sounds. Their continued Spiritual Jazz series has become an invaluable resource for anyone looking to up their knowledge of this meandering sub-genre, but things are a little different on volume 14. This time the experts at the label have gone hunting around the clandestine world of private press records, recorded and released in true DIY fashion and extremely rare as a result. Unless you're avidly pursuing such hard to find records across the world, this is a gateway into dedicated groups, singers, players and hobbyists whose gifts deserve to be heard as much as the major players. Includes tracks from Erni Clark, Elysian Spring, Radam Schwartz, Mary Lou Williams, Carmelo Garcia, Black Is, Cullen Knight, Don Menza, Belair, Andrew McPherson, Almanac, Owen Marshall, Bobby Jackson, and Compass.
Maybe the coolest set so far from this excellent combo – a record that infuses their unique blend of Afro Funk with some slightly psychedelic currents – as you might guess from the cover! The record's not entirely in the territory of a group like the Heliocentrics, but there's certainly more fuzz than before – yet always balanced with the forward-moving rhythms that the group does so well, plus plenty of that soaring brass work that graces their name – horn lines that are in a fantastic tradition that includes both styles from New Orleans and Nigeria! Titles include "The Pit", "But At What Cost", "Aethervision", "Little Ghosts", "Hox C", "Echo AD", "A Web A Knot A Tangle", and "Doom Country". ~ Dusty Groove
The playfully-titled "Place In The Sun", exudes the transcendent feeling of being in such beautiful natural environs-exudes a sense of spirituality and joyous mystery. The song features many musical keepsakes from Mosby's musical journey, including dreamy Sergio Mendes-style female vocals, a funk and Motown-like grooving rhythm section, and 1970s jazz-fusion musicality with Todd's lyrical but dexterous guitar playing. Todd Mosby is a musical storyteller and a landscape artist. His latest single from the soon to be released album, Land Of Enchantment, is a gorgeous sonic look at the visual, emotive, spiritual interactions Mosby experiences within the New Mexico borders. This tune also pays melodic homage to Tom Scott's "Tom Cat" album which was an early inspiration. A-list musicians include: drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, saxophone/aerophone Tom Scott, bassist Rhonda Smith, keyboard/synth Dapo Torimiro, vocalist Laura Vall, two-time Grammy winning producer Jeff Weber, and Emmy and Grammy-winning engineer Clark Germain.
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