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SHEILA JORDAN/Winter Sunshine-Live at Upstairs: Reprising her 76th birthday recording with a set for her 80th birthday, this grande dame of jazz vocal shows about as much signs of slowing down as Marian McPartland. Certainly a survivor with a rich jazz history under her belt, she didn’t think she’d live to make this recording as the last birthday recording was done the night before surgery to fix a 99% blocked artery. None of that has slowed her down showing her to be a perfect example of music keeping you young. A stellar set for jazz vocal fans that want it old school without having to sit through the lessons.
(Justin Time)
QUADRO NUEVO/Cine Passion: The kind of wide ranging players that enjoy playing anything and know how to play it well, they turn their lite jazz ear to soundtracks and for the most part play off the beaten path or to the real film geek, we aren’t sure. What they did do is pick out melodies that seem to speak to them and turn them out in their singular fashion making them instantly identifiable to both the fan or the open eared. A tasty, solid collection that doesn’t just go through the motions, jazz and movie music fans have a great middle ground to meet at here.
(Justin Time)
DUSTY GROOVE
RICHARD POPCORN WYLIE/Extrasensory Perception: Detroit in the 70s, 1974 to be exact. Believe it or not, the country was a real mess at the time. The Motown sound had moved to LA leaving a bunch of cool cats behind in it’s wake wondering what to do next. Gas prices were outrageous. The economy sucked. ABC Records, the original home of this date, was in the process of going down the tubes. Lamont Dozier still had it but no one cared. And that brings us to this super slab of 70s Detroit soul that it’s amazing even leaked out in the first place. A real find for rare groovers and Northern Soul cats, Wylie delivered the goods not caring about all the downside surrounding him. Using this platform to bring his own self out of the 60s and into the 70s, Wylie was in fine form, writing new chapters on soul no matter who was or wasn’t listening. A solid date well worth rediscovery.
BROTHER JACK McDUFF/Gin & Orange: With the wind out of the sails of the original Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chess tried to capture lightening in a bottle by bringing in Jack McDuff and his Hammond, surrounding him with the crème of the Chicago soul scene on this set that’s half in the studio and half live at the Lewis stomping grounds, The London House. With a much different take on the prevailing Hammond sounds of the time, the Chicago soul sauce foretold the stepping sounds of today as well as other lite funk that’s come from here over the years no matter who was behind it. Sophisticated funk for grown ups, check this out to get your groove on, not so much as old style as fine style.
SHOUT! FACTORY
HALL & OATES/Live at the Troubadour: 35 years after the last time they played there as a headliner, the biggest selling duo in the history of records that seems to be one of those acts that perennially gets no respect, came back to the joint to do a high octane live greatest hits concert for boomer fans that were still into the sound and willing to pay the tariff to sit up close. They may not make new converts at this stage of the game, but the loyalists are true loyalists and they are out there and vocal. This collection captures the concert on 2 cds and 1 dvd and it shows the duo was there to sweat and share the love. If you like them, you will love this as the tunes have aged nicely and worn well.
Volume 32/Number 13
November 13, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
830 W. Route 22 #144
Lake Zurich, IL., 60047
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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