Alphonse Mouzon - Funky Snakefoot (1973)

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Title: Funky Snakefoot
Year Of Release: 1973
Label: Blue Note[TOCJ-6714]
Genre: Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 42:47
Total Size: 311 MB(+3%) | 111 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01 I've Given You My Love [04:45]
02 You Don't Know How Much I Love You [04:42]
03 I Gotta Have You [02:48]
04 My Life Is So Blue [04:37]
05 Funky Snakefoot [03:44]
06 My Little Rosebud [02:01]
07 A Permanent Love [04:23]
08 The Beggar [03:15]
09 Oh Yes I Do [04:34]
10 Tara Tara [03:25]
11 Where I'm Drumming From [01:20]
12 ISM [03:08]
Alphonse Mouzon - Funky Snakefoot (1973)

personnel :

Alphonse Mouzon - drums, vocals, synthesizer, tack piano
Randy Brecker - trumpet (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9 & 12)
Barry Rogers - trombone (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9 & 12)
Andy Gadsden - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9 & 12)
Harry Whitaker - piano, clavinet
Leon Pendarvis - electric piano, organ
Richie Resnicoff - guitar
Mark Harowitz - pedal steel guitar, banjo
Gary King - electric bass
Ray Armando - conga, bongo
Angel Allende, Steve Berrios - percussion

Although Alphonse Mouzon is celebrated largely for his drumming skills, the brilliant Funky Snakefoot is first and foremost a showcase for his keyboard prowess. Galvanized by its thick, greasy Arp, Moog, and organ solos, the album recalls Blue Note contemporaries like Gene Harris, albeit augmented by Mouzon's monster rhythms. Add his ragged-but-right vocals to the mix and Funky Snakefoot veers closer to mainstream R&B than virtually anything else the label ever released, but there's no denying the ferocity or virtuosity of this music. Mouzon's remarkable interplay with fellow keyboardists Harry Whitaker and Leon Pendarvis boasts a harmonic complexity that belongs solely to jazz, and the sheer vitality of cuts like "You Don't Know How Much I Love You" and "Where I'm Drumming From" is undeniable.~Jason Ankeny