Styles: Soul Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:25
Size: 143,4 MB
Art: Front
(6:29) 1. What You Won't Do For Love
(5:04) 2. Ain't No Sunshine
(8:26) 3. Red Top/Goin' To Chicago
(7:54) 4. My One And Only Love
(5:39) 5. Inner City Blues
(6:21) 6. Hard Times
(6:29) 7. Suicide Is Painless
(4:52) 8. Heartbreak
(5:50) 9. Bring It On Home To Me
(5:18) 10. You're Mine (We Belong Together)
These guys take me back to my roots in the DC music scene. They play real-deal soul jazz, the stuff that was bubbling out of the clubs on Rhode Island Ave. Where I taught myself to record in the ’70s. Singers Artie and Selena are the duo up front. The pair’s trash talking could make a tomato blush; their harmonies make the angels wanna strut. The band is a who’s who of great R&B sidemen, featuring Wilson Pickett’s trumpeter and his organist, “Groove” Holmes’ guitarist and James Brown’s drummer. And let me tell you, this band is tight (they’ve toured together for 15 years). Midnight Blue combines urban blues, organ trio jazz and R&B. I hear touches of Marvin Gaye, Dinah Washington, Smokey Robinson and Ruth Brown, but without a trace of imitation. Tunes here include “What You Won’t Do For Love”, “Ain’t No Sunshine”, “My One and Only Love” and the title track. http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/cds/09352.php
Personnel: Artie Sherman (vocals, Hammond B-3 organ); Selena McDay (vocals); Curtis Pope (trumpet); Rudy Turner (electric guitar); Robert Thompson, Mark Stewart (drums).
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:25
Size: 143,4 MB
Art: Front
(6:29) 1. What You Won't Do For Love
(5:04) 2. Ain't No Sunshine
(8:26) 3. Red Top/Goin' To Chicago
(7:54) 4. My One And Only Love
(5:39) 5. Inner City Blues
(6:21) 6. Hard Times
(6:29) 7. Suicide Is Painless
(4:52) 8. Heartbreak
(5:50) 9. Bring It On Home To Me
(5:18) 10. You're Mine (We Belong Together)
These guys take me back to my roots in the DC music scene. They play real-deal soul jazz, the stuff that was bubbling out of the clubs on Rhode Island Ave. Where I taught myself to record in the ’70s. Singers Artie and Selena are the duo up front. The pair’s trash talking could make a tomato blush; their harmonies make the angels wanna strut. The band is a who’s who of great R&B sidemen, featuring Wilson Pickett’s trumpeter and his organist, “Groove” Holmes’ guitarist and James Brown’s drummer. And let me tell you, this band is tight (they’ve toured together for 15 years). Midnight Blue combines urban blues, organ trio jazz and R&B. I hear touches of Marvin Gaye, Dinah Washington, Smokey Robinson and Ruth Brown, but without a trace of imitation. Tunes here include “What You Won’t Do For Love”, “Ain’t No Sunshine”, “My One and Only Love” and the title track. http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/cds/09352.php
Personnel: Artie Sherman (vocals, Hammond B-3 organ); Selena McDay (vocals); Curtis Pope (trumpet); Rudy Turner (electric guitar); Robert Thompson, Mark Stewart (drums).