The Lonnie Smith = John Abercrombie Trio - Afro Blue (1994) CD Rip

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Title: Afro Blue
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Venus Records[VHCD-78133]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Fusion
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 66:24
Total Size: 478 MB(+3%) | 157 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1 Afro Blue 11:49
2 Impressions 7:50
3 Naima 3:31
4 Traces Of Trane (I Bring Love) 8:52
5 Lonnie's Lament 9:58
6 Bessie's Blues 9:54
The Lonnie Smith = John Abercrombie Trio - Afro Blue (1994) CD Rip

personnel :

Dr. Lonnie Smith - organ
John Abercrombie - electric guitar
Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums

After a long hiatus from the record shelves, the turbaned Dr. Lonnie Smith -- along with guitarist John Abercrombie and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith -- sets his sights upon John Coltrane, turning in five 'Trane tunes plus Mongo Santamaria's "Afro-Blue" and a grooving Smith tribute, "Traces of Trane." The propulsive title track is mostly dominated by Abercrombie, while "Impressions" continues the driving pace as Lonnie sprays Hammond B-3 organ notes all over the place with constant brief call-and-response dialogues with himself. Another highlight is one of the two breathers, the aptly named "Lonnie's Lament," which has a nice haunting lilt. Carelessly left off the label and booklet copy -- but embedded in your CD anyway -- is any mention of a 12-minute workout on "Greensleeves" in the push-pull, modal Coltrane manner, with a strong hint of Jimmy Smith. Abercrombie usually plays in his veiled, out-of-tempo manner, while "Smitty" is a volatile, hyperkinetic workhorse most of the time, offering a complex individualistic challenge to the Elvin Jones standard.~Richard S. Ginell