Gene Ammons - Brasswind (1974) [2014 Rare Groove Funk Best Collection 1000]

Gene Ammons gets the Cannonball Adderley treatment – as he blows funky solos over an album arranged and conducted by David Axelrod! Brasswind has a larger, fuller funky sound than some of his earlier work for Prestige – and it works very well! The overall sound's a bit smoother, but Axelrod's edge is still quite sharp, and the polished jazzy arrangements still have plenty of funk to around. George Duke is on keyboards and Carol Kaye plays bass – and other players include Snooky Young, Michael Howell, Jim Horn and Kay Migliori. Titles include "Cantaro", "Brasswind", "Cariba", "Rozzie", and "Once I Loved".


Tracks:

01 - Cantaro
02 - Brasswind
03 - Solitario
04 - Cariba
05 - Once I Loved
06 - 'Round Midnight
07 - Rozzie

Personnel:

Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
Allen DeRienzo, Snooky Young - trumpet
George Bohanon - trombone
Prince Lasha - alto flute (tracks 2 & 3)
Bill Green, Jay Migliori - flute, alto flute, alto saxophone
Jim Horn - flute, alto flute, baritone saxophone
George Duke - keyboards
Michael Howell, Don Peake (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7) - guitar
Carol Kaye - electric bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)
Walter Booker - bass (tracks 3 & 6)
John Guerin (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7), Roy McCurdy (tracks 3 & 6) - drums
Berkeley Nash - percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)
David Axelrod - arranger, conductor