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GAMBLERS LIFE

4.7 5つ星のうち4.7 29個の評価
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曲目リスト

1 Gambler's Life (5:45)
2 Rhodesian Thoroughfare (6:06)
3 This Year's Dream (6:19)
4 Star Borne (7:51)
5 Back to the Projects (5:36)
6 Yesterday Was Cool (6:50)
7 Virgo Lady (6:41)
8 Call on Me (4:30)
9 Rock Steady (6:55)
10 Who Is Sylvia (7:27)
11 Higher Ground (8:31)
12 Breakout (4:45)

商品の説明

This amazing album from 1974 was the natural predecessor to Johnny Hammond's classic "Gears" recorded with the Mizell brothers the following year. It contains the rare groove/Jazz Funk anthems "Star Borne" and "Yesterday Was Cool". "Gambler's Life" was the album where Hammond switched from his customary organ to electric piano at a time the Mizell brothers had just produced Donald Byrd and Bobbi Humphrey for Blue Note. They had become noted for their "multi-layered funky sound". As much as Hammond shines on electric piano, this album is a true band effort, an all-star jam session of sorts, thanks to the presence of ace musicians such as George Benson, Eric Gale, Melvin Sparks, Ron Carter, Harvey Mason, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Airto Moreira, Ralph MacDonald, Grover Washington, and of course the Mizell brothers themselves. In addition to the 8 tracks that were on the original "Gambler's Life" album, this CD reissue includes 4 bonus tracks, all of which originally appeared on other Kudu/CTI studio albums in 1971 and 1974, and on those 4 tracks you get to hear Hammond's trademark organ. Title track "Gambler's Life" was also sampled by Erykah Badu.

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  • 製品サイズ ‏ : ‎ 14.2 x 1 x 12.5 cm; 90 g
  • メーカー ‏ : ‎ PNM
  • EAN ‏ : ‎ 5013993570929, 0766487051620
  • 製造元リファレンス ‏ : ‎ CDSBCS9
  • オリジナル盤発売日 ‏ : ‎ 2022
  • レーベル ‏ : ‎ PNM
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005ATGR
  • ディスク枚数 ‏ : ‎ 1
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grant_blue
5つ星のうち4.0 SUN GODDESS？
2007年3月18日に日本でレビュー済み
ブルース、ファンク色は影をひそめ、完全にアース・ウィンド・アンド・ファイヤーみたいな音です。手っ取り早く言うと、ラムゼイ・ルイスの『SUN GODDESS』みたいな感じ。フェンダーローズが前面に出ているし、曲調もラムゼイ・ルイスのアルバムみたいだ。ラリー・ミゼルが多くの曲を提供しているが、彼が関わったブルーノートのドナルド・バード作品等より、アースを意識した曲が多いように思う。1974年に発表された、ラムゼイ・ルイスの『SUN GODDESS』に多大な影響を受けた1枚といったアルバム。あの辺の音が好きな人なら買いです。
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Cata del Monicos
5つ星のうち3.0 かなりハイテンションなスペーシー・ファンクが堪能できる。
2014年3月2日に日本でレビュー済み
キラー・ジャスファンク・クラシック「Los Conquistadores Chocolates」が収録された
ジャズファンク名盤『Gears』ばかり評価されてますが
テンションの高さではこちらでしょう。

ジャケがこれなんで埋もれがちですが
ミゼル系スカイ・ハイな1975年作なので
この辺が好きなら度ストライクなはず。
前作よりピアノよりエレピ＆シンセが全面に出て
ウネウネしたワウ・ギターと猛打するパーカスが大変俺好み。
なかでも振り切れたスピード感と高揚感が半端ない「Rhodesian Thoroughfare」「Back To The Project」は
スペーシー・ジャズファンク・クラシックと断言できる名曲だと思われる。
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5つ星のうち5.0 Fantastic album.
2023年12月4日に英国でレビュー済み
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I love the track Virgo Lady, the album I say well done to the Mizell Brothers. Brilliant album.
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urgeking
5つ星のうち5.0 Sophisticated, funky, jazz-tinged `70s instrumental R&B--another Mizell Bros. classic!
2014年12月8日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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If you love the sound of Isaac Hayes' "Theme from Shaft", here is that sound multiplied, intensified, overdubbed like mad, and mixed into a densely-layered bubbling sonic stew. Smart, sophisticated, and confident, this was intelligent dance music long before IDM was coined as a genre. Fans of 4hero and Minnie Riperton will enjoy the complex chord choices that are a Mizell Bros. specialty, and if the instrumental textures of mid-70s funk and soul are what nourishes you, you'll find them here in almost ridiculous profusion. Get yr headfones out to avoid missing anything!

The steam-train `sample' on "Rhodesian Thoroughfare" is appropriate, because that track and "Yesterday Was Cool" are like a churning, galloping, unstoppable steam locomotive. You know the animated engine from the beginning of the "Soul Train" TV show? Now picture it pulling a long, LONG train of freight cars, each one loaded with gumbo, salsa, wah-wah guitars, ham hocks, congas, pianos, and collard greens. Watch all those cars rocking from side to side while you're swinging your hips on the dance floor.

"Yesterday Was Cool" may be the most danceable groove. Although it's built atop a straight 4-to-the-floor disco beat, it has a deeply African feel, heavily flavored with congas, rhythm guitars, keyboards, and other percussive flavors-- it's not Afrobeat, but Fela-philes should get right into it.

Most of the tracks feature the great Harvey Mason; his SUPERBLY slick drumming helps kick things along. Listen to "Back to the Projects" and the stop-start rhythms of the title track. The man has chops to burn!

"This Year's Dream" and "Virgo Lady"-- written by Hammond, the `leader'-- are actually the least interesting pieces; they're not bad, but the Sky High posse created such strong, distinctive compositions and arrangements in their genre-- progressive R&B-- that Hammond's seem rather ordinary by comparison. On these two tunes the Mizells try to make his post-bop semi-electric jazz fit into their musical template by adding string synthesizers, etc., and the marriage doesn't always work. But take these two out and there's still a solid 40-minute LP's worth of great stuff here. Even the closing ballad, "Call On Me", has some powerful chords to spice things up.

Sound quality on the recent Japanese CD is excellent (as was the original engineering)-- if this is representative of a typical Blu-Spec CD, then I'm all for `em. They didn't use any irritating distorted `brickwall' over-compression, either! (There is one unfortunate thing: Track 5 contains about ten audible dropouts, probably from the master tape as it exists today. Thankfully it is possible to fill those sonic bruises on a home computer with a program like Adobe Audition, by cutting and pasting the audio, if you're patient enough to spend an hour or two doing the surgery. Need I add, for this music it was worth taking the time!)

And Emory Holmes' soulful 1974 liner notes go perfectly with the music:
"as johnny `hammond' smith, larry, fonce and chuck
dive like pearl hunters
into deep south african waters...
here are louisville poolrooms, rhodesian sunsets and thoroughfares,
and new york junkie streets."

Incidentally, the Japanese CD I received (by ordering here) does NOT have bonus tracks from earlier Hammond records. But this album is 50 fine minutes all by its ownself.

To sum up: If you're a fan of Donald Byrd's "Places and Spaces" album and other classic Mizell joints, GET THIS ONE-- you'll be glad you did!

P.S.: Listen carefully to the first five seconds of the opening cut and you might hear something unexpected... Did the record company back then even notice it?
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-=Rudy=-
5つ星のうち5.0 Excellent album!
2024年1月15日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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Gambler's Life finds Johnny "Hammond" Smith setting aside the B3 organ for electric keyboards, primarily a Rhodes stage piano on this date. The Mizell brothers produced and performed on this record, so it's more of a funk/R&B record than it is jazz. But it is still a lot of fun. The music is sometimes dense and chaotic, and it will take a few listens to get into this album since there is so much going on. But it's well worth the effort. It was my second best discovery of 2023.
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Steve
5つ星のうち5.0 .
2021年5月4日に英国でレビュー済み
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great cd
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Donald E. Gilliland
5つ星のうち5.0 All-Star Jam Session!
2015年4月30日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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Wow, was this a great discovery for me! I loved this CD so much that I just ordered another one by Johnny Hammond, otherwise known as Johnny "Hammond" Smith. This is first-rate music, over 70 minutes of extremely engaging and well-played soul-jazz, with some very funky garnishes.

As noted by other reviewers, and on the liner notes, this album was one where Johnny Hammond switched from his customary organ to electric piano, plus he got the currently hot Mizell Brothers (having just produced Donald Byrd and Bobbi Humphrey for Blue Note) --- noted for their "multi-layered funky sound" --- to produce the album. Sales may not have been as high as expected, but as for the overall impact of the music, the results were very impressive!

As much as Hammond shines on electric piano, this album is a true band effort, an all-star jam session of sorts, thanks to the presence of ace musicians such as George Benson, Eric Gale, Melvin Sparks, Ron Carter, Harvey Mason, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Airto Moreira, Ralph MacDonald, Grover Washington, and of course the Mizell brothers himself. Needless to say, these tracks smoke and jam and percolate as much as you would expect. Hot and hotter!

In addition to the 8 tracks that were on the original "Gambler's Life" album, this CD reissue includes 4 bonus tracks, all of which originally appeared on other Kudu/CTI studio albums in 1971 and 1974, and on those 4 tracks you get to hear Hammond's trademark organ, the "real Hammond" if you will.
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