Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive (Reissue, Remastered) (1971/2005)

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Artist: Eddie Palmieri
Title: Harlem River Drive
Year Of Release: 1971/2005
Label: Stateside Records
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Funk
Quality: APE (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 31:28
Total Size: 230 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive (Reissue, Remastered) (1971/2005)

Tracklist:

1. Harlem River Drive (Theme Song)
2. If (We Had Peace Today)
3. Idle Hands
4. Broken Home
5. Seeds Of Life

Line-up:
Eddie Palmieri - piano, arrangements
Jimmy Norman - lead vocals;
Allan Taylor, Marilyn Hirscher - coro
Ronnie Cuber - soprano & baritone sax, arrangements
Charlie Palmieri - organ (#1,4)
Burt Collins - trumpet (#2)
Randy Brecker - trumpet (#5)
Bruce L. Fowler - trombone (#2,3)
Barry Rogers - trombone (#5)
Dick Meza - tenor sax (#3,5)
Bob Bianco - guitar (#1,4)
Cornell Dupree - guitar (#2,3), accompanying guitar (#5)
Bob Mann - lead guitar (#5)
Reggie Ferguson - drums (#1)
Dean Robert Pratt - drums (#2)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums (#3,5)
Nick Marrero - timbales (#1,3), drums (#4)
Eladio Perez - conga (#1,3,5)
Manny Oquendo – conga & cowbell (#4), timbales (#5)
Victor Venegas - bass (#1,4,5)
Gerald Jemmott - bass (#2,3)
Andy Gonzalez - Fender bass (#5)

The pinnacle of Palmieri’s career as a socially conscious artist was the revolutionary group he co-led with his brother Charlie, called Harlem River Drive. The band was named after a highway that cuts through Harlem, allowing cars to bypass the local streets of the neighborhood entirely, where the rich zipped past to avoid the harsh social realities of the ghetto. For Palmieri, this highway was a symbol of the inequalities of modern society. It was no accident that his group combined Latin, soul and free jazz in a way that sought to unify all of Harlem in the face of adversity. Palmieri’s Harlem River Drive group employed members of Aretha Franklin’s band, alongside some of the most important Latin musicians and jazz soloists of the day, such as Ronnie Cuber, Barry Rogers and Bernard Purdie.

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