Hamiet Bluiett - Bluiett's Barbeque Band (1996) 320 kbps

Tracklist

01 - Oasis/The Well 08:23
02 - Give Me Rivers 07:57
03 - BONITABLU 08:29
04 - The Wind Beneath My Wings 04:37
05 - Wide Open 06:03
06 - Nanna/Ena Brown 05:38
07 - Uluru/Dreamtime 04:45
08 - Precious Lord 07:46
09 - Body And Soul 07:03

personnel :

Saxophone - Hamiet Bluiett
Vocals - Amba Hawthorn
Keyboards - Don Blackman
Hand Drums - Chief Bey
Drums, Synthesizer - Ronnie Burrage
Bass - Kenny Davis
Bass - Calvin Jones

This outing by baritonist Hamiet Bluiett is quite a mixed bag. The music ranges from electric funk to gospel vocals by Amba Hawthorne and a poetry reading by Shirley LeFlore. The performances certainly keep one guessing with Bluiett seeming to operate more as an instigator than necessarily the lead voice. Listeners expecting to hear avant-garde explorations will be disappointed although the leader's baritone solos are often quite adventurous. The most satisfying selection is the closer, a version of "Body and Soul" that has Bluiett playing bass sax with surprising fluency. Otherwise the music is a bit erratic but certainly stimulating and heartfelt.~ Scott Yanow