Charles Earland - Front Burner (1988)

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Title: Front Burner
Year Of Release: 1988
Label: Milestone [ MCD-9165-2]
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 44:16
Total Size: 295 MB(+3%) | 104 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Moonlighting (Theme) (Jarreau-Holdridge) - 4:33
02. My Two Sons (Earland) - 7:28
03. I Will Always Love Her (Earland) - 5:19
04. Gospel Time (Earland) - 5:22
05. Mom and Dad (Earland) - 9:52
06. Can You Wait (Pettus) - 6:26
07. Kickin' the '3 (Earland) - 5:16
Charles Earland - Front Burner (1988)

personnel :

Charles Earland - organ
Virgil Jones - trumpet
Bill Easley - tenor saxophone
Bobby Broom - guitar
Buddy Williams - drums
Frank Colon - conga (#1,3,6,7)

Charles Earland is among the most consistent of organists, with nearly every one of his recordings on that instrument (as opposed to his interlude on synthesizers) being easily recommended to soul-jazz and hard bop collectors. For this CD, Earland heads a sextet also including trumpeter Virgil Jones (long an underrated player), Bill Easley on tenor, guitarist Bobby Broom, drummer Buddy Williams and occasionally Frank Colon on conga. Other than a throw-away version of the theme from Moonlighting, the mostly basic music on this set is rewarding, with Earland infusing the tunes with plenty of grease and funk.~Scott Yanow