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Sunshine Man 11:23 | | 2. Quick City 06:17 | | 3. Tite Rope 03:45 | | 4. Mama Soul 05:51 | | 5. Aquilla 07:09 | | 6. Clean-Up 06:24 | | | | | | R E L E A S E N O T E S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | | ------------------------- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | | | | | | Harold Alexander was a competent saxophonist and dynamic flutist | | whose early and mid-'70s albums for Flying Dutchman and Atlantic | | blended originals, soul/jazz and R&B effectively. Alexander recorded | | three albums (including a live 'Montreux Jazz Festival' record in | | 1972) and contributed to various other recordings during his career. | | | | After a very brief period of recording music, from about 1967 to | | 1974, Alexander disappeared from the music scene. He is alleged to | | have commented on the music industry by saying: Most people don't | | know what happened to me... I guess they think I'm gone. They didn't | | kill my spirit, but they killed my desire to share". Before his | | removal from the scene of recorded music, Harold Alexander provided | | the world with some incredibly funky jazz fusion tracks with a | | distinct otherworldly craziness. | | | | His most recognized LP is 1971's Sunshine Man, on Flying Dutchman | | Records. On that album, the most sought after groove is the straight | | up banger "Mama Soul", which features insane scatting over a | | delicious funky flute and organ driven beat. An immaculate six | | minutes of mental vocals and Alexander's flute doing exactly what the | | vocals are doing. It comes as no surprise that "Mama Soul" was | | sampled multiple times by artists from Blackalicious to DJ Shadow. | | | | Another highlight (one of the many on this album) is the adept double | | beat from iconic drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (husband to Aretha | | Franklin & known for his work with Isaac Hayes, Cat Stevens, B.B. | | King & Joe Cocker) who is delivering some of the most tight and | | wicked drum-skills known to man. Bass duties here are filled by | | another icon: the award winning Richard Davies (known for his work | | with Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Frank Sinatra & | | Leonard Bernstein). Production of the album was handled by industry | | veteran Bob Thiele who produced & arranged countless albums from the | | likes of Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Quincy Jones, | | John (and Alice) Coltrane & Gil Scott-Heron. | | | | Harold Alexander's Sunshine Man is pure bliss, free-form Jazz with | | hints of soul and P-funk (courtesy of Jimmy Castor collaborator | | Richard Landrum on the congas) to cosmic music with both profoundly | | spiritual and resolutely physical dimensions. Sunshine Man is that | | rare record that's both far-out and funky at the same time. | | | | | | Personnel: | | Richard Davis - bass | | Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums | | Harold Alexander - flute, soprano saxophone | | Neal Creque - keyboards | | Richard Landrum - percussion | | Bob Thiele - producer | | | | | | YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! | | | | | | . . | | |\/\/| | | |____| | |------------------------------=---=-======-=---=-------------------------| |===/\===============================SOUNDz==========================/\===| '--/__\--------------------------=-2013-2020-=----------------------/__\--'