Don Patterson, Booker Ervin, Houston Person - Just Friends - Legends of Acid Jazz

Styles: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:36
Size: 183,2 MB
Art: Front

(10:17)  1. Red Top
( 5:42)  2. Freddie Tooks Jr
( 3:58)  3. Last Train From Overbrook
( 9:24)  4. Embraceable You
( 4:46)  5. Sandu
( 4:57)  6. Sister Ruth
( 5:50)  7. Donald Duck
( 8:04)  8. Rosetta
( 3:03)  9. Under The Boardwalk
(11:00) 10. Sentimental Journey
( 6:36) 11. Theme For Dee
( 5:55) 12. Just Friends

Although this is a fine collection highlighting three unjustly overlooked players of the '60s, it doesn't really rate inclusion in Prestige's long-running Legends of Acid Jazz series. This isn't acid jazz, or even '60s-style soul-jazz, but straight-ahead hard bop. (The one exception is Don Patterson's Hammond organ-led take on a very faithful and brief rendition of the Drifters' pop hit "Under the Boardwalk," possibly an attempt at Ramsey Lewis-style crossover success.) The two tenors, the barrel-toned Houston Person and the much more aggressive, R&B-influenced honker Booker Ervin, are in control of this session, trading soloists with the intensity of an old-fashioned cutting contest. Patterson rarely takes the spotlight, but when he does, his warm, churchy tones are an inspired contrast to the hard bop blowing of the other two principals. A surprising highlight is an 11-minute take on that hoary old chestnut "Sentimental Journey," which features some simply outstanding solos by all three principals. ~ Stewart Mason http://www.allmusic.com/album/legends-of-acid-jazz-vol-2-just-friends-mw0000603317

Personnel : Don Patterson (Hammond B-3 organ); Booker Ervin, Houston Person (saxophone); Pat Martino (guitar); Billy James (drums).

Just Friends - Legends of Acid Jazz

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