Fred Wesley - New Friends (1990) Flac
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Artist :
Fred Wesley
Title :
New Friends
Year Of Release :
1990
Label :
Antilles [422-848 280-2]
Genre :
Jazz, Soul, Jazz Funk
Quality :
FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time : 01:05:58
Total Size : 346 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist 1 Rockin' In Rhythm 5:27
2 Honey Love 2:27
3 Bright Mississippi 5:53
4 Love We Had Stays On My Mind 6:28
5 For The Elders 9:54
6 Plenty, Plenty Soul 6:20
7 Blue Monk 7:52
8 Peace Fugue 6:01
9 Eyes So Beautiful 5:51
10 Birks Works 6:05
11 D-Cup And Up 3:40
personnel : Alto Saxophone, Percussion – Maceo Parker
Bass – Anthony Cox
Drums – Bill Stewart
Keyboards – Geri Allen
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Percussion – Tim Green
Trombone – Fred Wesley, Robin Eubanks, Steve Turre
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Stanton Davis
Vocals – Carmen Lundy
Trombonist Fred Wesley, best-known for his long-term association with James Brown, has long expressed the desire to play jazz. This is mostly a jazz-oriented CD although he hedges his bets a little with "Honey Love" (which has a cute vocal by Wesley over a calypso groove), an R&B-ish Carmen Lundy vocal on "Love We Had Stays On My Mind," the ballad "Eyes So Beautiful" and the funky "D-Cup And Up." But on the other six numbers Wesley plays in a boppish style influenced most by J.J. Johnson and there is a suitable amount of solo space for altoist Maceo Parker (heard at his best when trying to emulate Hank Crawford), trumpeter Stanton Davis and a restrained but tasteful Geri Allen on piano. Highlights include "Rockin' In Rhythm," Thelonious Monk's "Bright Mississippi" and "Birks Works" on the mixed but generally enjoyable bag. ~ Scott Yanow
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