APOLOGIES TO ALL WHO
DOWNLOADED BAD FILES
Out of print LPs. Ripped @ 320.
The third (Woody, 1970) will have to wait -- my copy sounds like hell. I'll get it cleaned and see how it goes...
Light My Fire, 1968
Arranged by RICHARD EVANS -- one of the greatest of the great -- that's recommendation enough for me! Some storming solos here (Sal Nistico!), and a nice soul-jazz feel on many of the tracks. The gorgeous, Ellington/Strayhorn-tinged ballad Impressions of Strayhorn and the straight-ahead swinger Keep On Keepin' On display Evans' superfine composer's chops.
DUSTY GROOVE SAYS: "A masterpiece -- one of 2 crazy albums in which Woody Herman's late band meets the Cadet arrangements of RICHARD EVANS. You might think the combination wouldn't work -- Woody's big band flourishes meeting up with Evans' compressed soulful grooves -- but gosh, the record is simply incredible, and it's one that we'd never part with in a million billion years! Worth it alone for the version of Edu Lobo's "Ponteio", but there's lots of other nice stuff -- like "I Say A Little Prayer", "Hush", "Keep On Keepin On", and "Light My Fire"."
01. Ponteio (Edu Lobo)
solos: Vicari, Pavone
02. Here I Am Baby (Smokey Robinson)
solo: Vicari
03. Hard To Keep My Mind On You (Jake Holmes)
solo: Herman
04. Macarthur Park (Jim Webb)
solos Pt. 1: Herman, Burgess
solos Pt. 2: Lederer, Hicks, Hall, Marquez, Grant, Pavone, Bossert
05. Light My Fire (Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger, Densmore)
solos: Marquez, Hall, Burgess
06. I Say A Little Prayer (Bacharach & David)
solos: Vicari, Hall
07. Hush (Joe South)
solos: Nistico, Hall
08. For Love Of Ivy (Quincy Jones & Bob Russell)
solos: Vicari, Grant
09. Impressions Of Strayhorn (Richard Evans)
solo: Herman
10. Keep On Keepin' On (Richard Evans)
solos: Nistico, Hall
Produced by RICHARD EVANS
Woody Herman, cl, as, ss
Gary Grant, Nat Pavone, Henry Hall, Sal Marquez, James Bossert, tp
Frank Vicari, Sal Nistico, Steve Lederer, Thomas Boras, reeds
Robert Burgess, Henry Southall, Vincent Prudente, tb
Phil Upchurch, g
John Hicks, p
Arthur Harper, b
Edward Soph, d
Morris Jennings, perc
Recorded at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, October 1968
LINK
* * * * *
Heavy Exposure, 1969
Also arranged by RICHARD EVANS - enough said!
DUSTY GROOVE SAYS: "Excellent stuff! We used to pass this one by all the time, thinking that it was some sort of fake jazz album -- but these days, we love it to death, and listen to it all the time! Woody Herman's band meets the soulful arrangements of RICHARD EVANS, and the whole thing cooks nicely in the Chess studios in Chicago. The result is a tasty blend of soulful big band tracks, with a strident groove that Woody never duplicated, and with the kind of baroque arrangements that Evans was bringing to some of the best soul work on Cadet at the time. Donny Hathaway plays organ, and the group does a killer version of his own "Flying Easy". Other titles include "The Hut", "Sex Machine", and "It's Your Thing" -- but it's all great!"
Nope, there's nothing fake about this album! Nothing to add to the above, except to note that Lancaster Gate and The Hut were composed by Evans.
01. Flying Easy (Donny Hathaway)
solos: Vicari, Burgess, Herman
02. I Can't Get Next To You (Whitfield & Strong)*
solo: Nistico
03. Aquarius (J. Rado, G. Ragni, G. MacDermot)*
solo: Herman
04. Memphis Underground (Herbie Mann)*
solos: Herman, Vicari, Chase
05. High School Hero (Jake Holmes)
solo: Gauvin
06. Lancaster Gate (Richard Evans)*
solos: Herman, Hall, Burgess
07. The Hut (Richard Evans)
solos: Nistico, Hall, Burgess, Chase
08. My Cheri Amour (Cosby, Wonder & May)
solos: Herman, Burgess
09. It's Your Thing (R. Isley, O. Isley & R. Isley)*
solos: Nistico, Chase
10. Catch That Bird (Loonis McGlohan)
solos: Vicari, Burgess, Chase
11. Sex Machine (Sylvester Stewart)
solos: Chase, Burgess, Gauvin, Upchurch
Produced by RICHARD EVANS
Woody Herman, cl, as, ss
William Byrne, Henry Hall, Richard Murphy, Rigby Powell, Bill Chase, tp
Frank Vicari, Sal Nistico, Steve Lederer, Alan Gauvin, reeds
Robert Burgess, Pete Dalbis, Tom Malone, tb
Phil Upchurch, g
John Hicks, p
Donny Hathaway, org
Gene Perla, b
Morris Jennings(*), Edward Soph, d
Richard Powell, Marshall Thompson, perc
Recorded at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, September 2,3, 1969
LINK
BUY THESE ALBUMS AT DUSTY GROOVE
In harmony,
Chris
20 comments:
Hi Chris:
Thanks for these two Woody Herman posts--I can't wait to check them out.
I'm enjoying your blog very much--keep up the good work!
All this Cadet stuff. Thanks so much.
Loving that Upchurch album...going for these now.
johnv, ish,
You're very welcome!
Cadet Records is a bit of an obsession with me, I guess...
In harmony,
Chris
I listened to these. Some nice moments though that overall brassness/brashness isn't always to my taste. I spent most of my youth in Chicago; I began haunting record shops starting probably in 1976. The shelves were full of Cadet LP cutouts--I think that was about when Cadet died. I picked up a handful of things that became treasures--mostly blindly because I never heard this stuff on the radio--the first few Rotary Connection albums, and a Dorothy Ashby, I think, which confounded me a little. They all seemed kind of quaintly old-fashioned and unserious to my 1970s ears which were also gulping down stacks of Impulse cutout LPs. But now in my dotage :) I find them so ahead of their time, so anything but frivolous, although the sense of life and even humor in them all is high. Stepney and the rest were amazing. I'm so glad that at least now they're getting accolades.
sounds cool, thanks!
Thank for for this. I just found your blog, you have a lot of great stuff, I look forward to more posts.
Thanks for these two Woody's.
I really enjoy these both, thanks.
True, I would have thought 'middle of the road' but far from it, thanks for pointing that out.
Yeh,I like your blog heaps man.Thanks for the time and effort.
Looking forward to this.
Hey Guys was crawling thru your blog yesterday trying to search from some Woody Herman records incl. one features Donny Hathaway on it. Just earlier I was listening to the song "Flying Easy" he remade off his third and final solo LP "Extension of a Man" which was amazing. Then on I started looking into the CD liner notes and find he played organ with the WHB on the album "Heavy Exposure" LP still out of print. What can I say fellas, is thank you and sorry you don't have the third one set yet but soon ok. I love Woody Herman and Donny Hathaway.
Hello Chris,
thank you for good work.
Thank you for shared them.
Hello Chris,
thank you for good work.
Thank you very much for shared them.
Attention everyone, Smooth now has the Woody LP on His MyJazzWorld page right here as with the other two that were produced by Richard Evans:
Woody:
http://www.myjazzworld.net/?p=4043
Light My Fire
http://www.myjazzworld.net/?p=4236
Heavy Exposure:
http://www.myjazzworld.net/?p=4240
My parents bought these albums when they came out and I have wanted to hear them ever since! Unfortunately MyJazzWorld was voluntarily shut down due to pressure from Chuck Mangione. I never liked Chuck Mangione, especially "Land Of Make Believe" which is adored by smelly old ladies everywhere but makes me want to hurl. Is the "Woody" album available anywhere else, anyone? Thanks for such a terrific resource!
Hi Chris,
Heavy Exposure was one of the first records I got given by the drummer from the Daley Wilson Big Band. Absolutely blew my head off! So grateful you posted it up, thanks.
Think you bloggers might ever smarten up and give up on Rapidshare?
It sucks and the links are never available...come on. Sigh.
Thanks for these! I was just thinking about that 'Ponteieo', found your blog, and am feeling much happier as a result. Much appreciated! And, PS, those nasty ol' RS links still working fine, if you're not feeling too grumpy to actually try them.
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