Walter Bishop, Jr's 4th Cycle - Keeper of My Soul

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1973
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:01
Size: 87,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:23)  1. Soul Village
(4:37)  2. N'Dugu's Prayer
(5:47)  3. Summertime
(7:47)  4. Those Who Chant
(4:46)  5. Keeper of My Soul
(3:13)  6. Blue Bossa
(5:26)  7. Sweet Rosa

Digitally remastered edition of this 1973 album from the Bop/Jazz pianist. On Keeper of My Soul, Bishop plays acoustic and electric pianos and organ with a sense of uplift, a quality characterizing the best soul-jazz of the day. Opening number 'Soul Village' is a fascinating union of jazz and funk; today, it still sounds fresh in its immediacy. Here Bishop brings personality to his playing of a plugged-in piano, no easy task, while young saxophonist Ronnie Laws, a few years away from his descent into the disco-fusion abyss, captures in his solo some of the saxophone-generated warmth associated with his mentor, David Fathead Newman. The little-remembered vibraphonist Woody Murray handles himself well, and the funk rhythm section cooks. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Keeper-Soul-Walter-Cycle-Bishop/dp/B0081ZYVEW

Personnel:  Walter Bishop Jr. – piano;  Ronnie Laws – flute, saxophone;  Woody Murray – vibraphone;  Gerald Brown – bass, electric bass;  Bahir Hassan – drums;  Shakur M. Abdulla – congas, bongos

Keeper of My Soul

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