Benny Golson - California Message (1983) CD Rip

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Artist: Benny Golson
Title: California Message
Year Of Release: 1983
Label: Timeless Records[CD SJP 177]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log)
Total Time: 46:43
Total Size: 260 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1 California Message 5:41
2 Soul Talk 6:41
3 Blues March 5:56
4 The Berliner 5:48
5 Whisper Not 8:55
6 Free Again 7:15
7 I Remember Clifford 6:30

Benny Golson - California Message (1983) CD Rip

personnel :

Benny Golson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Oscar Brashear – trumpet
Thurman Green – trombone
Bill Mays – piano
Bob Magnusson - bass
Roy McCurdy – drums

While not one of Benny Golson's best recordings, there are still delights to be found. Golson leads a septet of trombonist Curtis Fuller plus mostly studio musicians from the Los Angeles area, performing a set of generally well-known tunes written by the leader. The electric piano of Bill Mays sounds somewhat dated, although Mays is a more than competent keyboardist. Neither Fuller nor fellow trombonist Thurman Green seem in top form, though trumpeter Oscar Brashear is a pleasant surprise with his lyrical, forward-looking solos. Golson is a pleasure to hear, too, on both tenor and soprano saxophones. Largely, the recording is fairly ordinary, though, with a sense that much of this has been done before, only better, by groups led by Golson. There is better Golson available elsewhere.~Steve Loewy

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