5つ星のうち5.0Red Hot Seminal Jazz Record for Willie Bobo
2011年6月23日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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I am shocked there are no reviews for this excellent record.This is Bobo's 3rd release, his second and last Roulette recording before he moved over to Verve for the Spanish Grease album , ( now BTW on a great Verve twofer with "Uno Dos Tres").Recorded in 1964 it is a transitional album drifting to a more high energy sound from more traditional cuban jazz and mainstream mambo to the more funky urban boogaloo with no musical chops lacking.. You can get the sense of it as the last 2 cuts on "Bobos Beat" Willie's 1st Roulette album released domestically has 2 from "Lets Go" and the session energy takes it to another level. This is simply one of the finest latin Jazz, Boogaloo Latin Soul Albums ever made! It was this same year (1964) where he dropped in on his old band leader Cal Tjader to add some needed juice to Tjader's acclaimed "Soul Sauce".There is no personnel info on this session but the players are beyond 1st call.His prior Roulette LP featured Clark Terry and Joe Farrell so it could be them, but to me these players sound so much tighter on this that they must be his working band.If anyone knows the personnel please post as I have looked everywhere. I would swear the guitarist is Mike Bloomfield, and before the chorus of "yea right" starts up listen to the opening riffs of "Get Crackin" and I could swear I am listening to Electric Flag back in the day. Whomever the guitarist is, the workouts with Bobo are so in the groove. Most of the tunes on this are credited to Teacho Wiltshire who wrote for Tin Pan Alley and was Louis Jordans pianist for a while.So maybe somehow he grabbed the rights to some standards here I do not know. This album is a mystery to me as I can find nothing on the web, but it is hands down My favorite Willie Bobo and I have every release with the exception of Bobo's Blue Note record.It is at least right up there with "Spanish Grease"... I sure wish someone could tell me who this guitarist is- it is a year MB was kicking around the country before the Butterfield Band was formed....hmmmm. It is a Japanese import but worth every cent you have to pay especially if you like Bobos middle period when he was more latin jazz/boogaloo than pop.
5つ星のうち5.0
Red Hot Seminal Jazz Record for Willie Bobo
2011年6月23日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
I am shocked there are no reviews for this excellent record.This is Bobo's 3rd release, his second and last Roulette recording before he moved over to Verve for the Spanish Grease album , ( now BTW on a great Verve twofer with "Uno Dos Tres").Recorded in 1964 it is a transitional album drifting to a more high energy sound from more traditional cuban jazz and mainstream mambo to the more funky urban boogaloo with no musical chops lacking.. You can get the sense of it as the last 2 cuts on "Bobos Beat" Willie's 1st Roulette album released domestically has 2 from "Lets Go" and the session energy takes it to another level. This is simply one of the finest latin Jazz, Boogaloo Latin Soul Albums ever made! It was this same year (1964) where he dropped in on his old band leader Cal Tjader to add some needed juice to Tjader's acclaimed "Soul Sauce".There is no personnel info on this session but the players are beyond 1st call.His prior Roulette LP featured Clark Terry and Joe Farrell so it could be them, but to me these players sound so much tighter on this that they must be his working band.If anyone knows the personnel please post as I have looked everywhere. I would swear the guitarist is Mike Bloomfield, and before the chorus of "yea right" starts up listen to the opening riffs of "Get Crackin" and I could swear I am listening to Electric Flag back in the day. Whomever the guitarist is, the workouts with Bobo are so in the groove. Most of the tunes on this are credited to Teacho Wiltshire who wrote for Tin Pan Alley and was Louis Jordans pianist for a while.So maybe somehow he grabbed the rights to some standards here I do not know. This album is a mystery to me as I can find nothing on the web, but it is hands down My favorite Willie Bobo and I have every release with the exception of Bobo's Blue Note record.It is at least right up there with "Spanish Grease"... I sure wish someone could tell me who this guitarist is- it is a year MB was kicking around the country before the Butterfield Band was formed....hmmmm. It is a Japanese import but worth every cent you have to pay especially if you like Bobos middle period when he was more latin jazz/boogaloo than pop.