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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Lenny McBrowne And The 4 Souls - Complete Recordings feat. Gloria Smyth (Disc 1) And (Disc 2)

Album: Complete Recordings feat. Gloria Smyth (Disc 1)

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:13
Size: 109,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:27)  1. Soul Sisters
(6:30)  2. Invitation
(4:51)  3. Dearly Beloved
(6:27)  4. Lazinka's Tune
(5:44)  5. Cerise
(2:49)  6. I Married An Angel
(4:04)  7. McBrowne's Galaxy
(2:32)  8. It Don't Mean A Thing
(3:29)  9. Sometimes I'm Happy
(2:14) 10. Running Wild
(2:02) 11. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Album: Complete Recordings feat. Gloria Smyth (Disc 2)

Time: 43:41
Size: 101,3 MB

(4:32)  1. Saudi
(5:45)  2. No Consideration
(6:15)  3. I Don't Know The Melody
(5:27)  4. Like Someone In Love
(7:41)  5. Eastern Lights
(4:16)  6. Even Dozen
(5:02)  7. Tryin' And Cryin'
(4:39)  8. Chicago Preferred

When Lenny McBrowne and the 4 Souls began gigging in Sacramento and San Francisco clubs they were critically hailed as the greatest promise for the future of West Coast jazz. The leader had gained much of his experience working with Harold Land and playing engagements with Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson and Curtis Fuller. His renowned finesse as a drummer was acquired while mastering the subtleties of his mentor, Max Roach.  In these sessions for Pacific Jazz and Riverside, he showed he had become one of the top drummers on the jazz scene, and his young musiciansaverage age 25swing hard as a unit. Terry Trotter, Don Sleet and Daniel Jackson are here on top of the demands he placed on them. 

They also gave singer Gloria Smyth strong support in the session she recorded with them, lending distinctive backing to launch the career of this fine young talent. But what stands out here above all is the rare gift of cohesion, thoroughly mastered by Lenny McBrowne and the 4 Souls. https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/lenny-mcbrowne-albums/5470-lenny-mc-browne-and-the-4-souls-complete-recordings-2-lps-on-2-cds-bonus-tracks.html

Personnel: Lenny McBrowne (d), Donald Sleet (tp), Daniel Jackson (ts), Terry Trotter (p), Herbie Lewis (b on CD-1), Jimmy Bond (b on CD-2). Gloria Smyth (vcl on CD-1 #8-11).
Disc 1, Track #11 features only Gloria Smyth accompanied by Terry Trotter and Herbie Lewis.