Big John Patton - Understanding

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1968
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:13
Size: 90,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:36)  1. Ding Dong
(9:12)  2. Congo Chant
(4:40)  3. Alfie's Theme
(6:12)  4. Soul Man
(6:56)  5. Understanding
(6:34)  6. Chitlins Con Carne

Organist John Patton is featured on this set in a stripped-down trio with Harold Alexander (on tenor and flute) and drummer Hugh Walker. 

Patton's one-chord funky vamps are fine in small doses, but the endless repetitions on these rather simplistic originals may drive alert listeners batty after awhile. ~ Scott Yanow  https://www.allmusic.com/album/understanding-mw0000627978

Personnel:  Organ – John Patton; Drums – Hugh Walker; Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Harold Alexander

Understanding

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Harold Alexander - Sunshine Man

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 1971
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:15
Size: 92,4 MB
Art: Front

(11:13)  1. Sunshine Man
( 6:12)  2. Quick City
( 3:42)  3. Tite Rope
( 5:42)  4. Mama Soul
( 7:05)  5. Aquilla
( 6:18)  6. Clean-Up

Harold Alexander's Sunshine Man exists somewhere in the space between jazz-funk and free improvisation. Produced by Bob Thiele, the record combines Alexander's intricate, abstract melodies with the wickedly tight drumming of the great Bernard "Pretty" Purdie to create music with both profoundly spiritual and resolutely physical dimensions. Each of the record's six long songs shun direct paths from points A to B, instead coveting the eccentric twists and hairpin turns of roads less traveled, but the cosmic reach of Alexander's flute and soprano saxophone never dwarfs the rock-solid support of Purdie and keyboardist Neal Creque. Sunshine Man is the rare record that's both far-out and funky. ~ Jason Ankeny  http://www.allmusic.com/album/sunshine-man-mw0000754368

Sunshine Man

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