Judy Roberts - The Judy Roberts Band +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Artist ..... : Judy Roberts | | Album ...... : The Judy Roberts Band | | Year ....... : 2018 | | Label ...... : Solid Records | | Cat.No ..... : CDSOL 45622 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Info]-------------------------------+ | | | Genre ...... : Jazz+Funk | | Tracks ..... : 08 | | Duration ... : 37:24 min | | Source ..... : CDDA | | Street Date : Jan-17-2018 | | URL ........ : www.discogs.com/release/11508974 | | | | Release Size : 63.3 MB | | Ripping Tool : EAC | | Encoder .... : Lame 3.98.4 -V0 | | Quality .... : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo | | Rip Date ... : Dec-24-2018 | | | +--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+ | | | 01. Never Was Love 04:05 | | 02. Thumbs 05:08 | | 03. Fantasy 05:24 | | 04. Goodbye Porkpie Hat 03:53 | | 05. You Light Up My Life 04:00 | | 06. Dandelion 04:14 | | 07. Yes Indeed 05:44 | | 08. Watercolors 04:56 | | ----- | | Total: 37:24 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+ | | | Coming from Chicago, keyboardist and singer Judy Roberts splashed onto | | the national scene via this recording done in Wisconsin with her own | | band. Showcasing only two of her own compositions, what Roberts does | | display is a vocal component similar to Flora Purim, while using many | | different electric pianos in a manner synonymous with Chick Corea. | | Therefore, this band has a sound quite familiar to fans of the first | | Return to Forever, not so much in the Brazilian mode as it is R&B | | oriented, removed from mainstream jazz. The RTF factor is clear and | | present in tunes like the funky and spacy "Never Was Love", "You Light | | Up My Life" in a samba pop vein (but not a cover of the Debby Boone | | hit that came afterwards) and her tune "Watercolors", with evocative | | cascading keyboard waves and upper-register vocal flights referring to | | sipping wine and chillin."Dandelion" is the other track Roberts claims | | as her own, a spare, plucked flower of a tune with wordless vocals | | derived directly from Purim's influence. The cover tunes include the | | slow late-night derivation of Leon Russell's "Fantasy" and a much more | | effective, convincing take on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", with Rahsaan | | Roland Kirk's lyrics relating to the life and times of Lester Young. | | Electric bass guitarist Sean Silverman contributed the obvious finger- | | popping "Thumbs", which is ultimately redundant and similar to the | | music of Stuff, while guitarist Neal Seroka brings "Yes Indeed" to the | | repertoire - an energetic hard funk a-la George Duke, and not bad | | considering that the acoustic piano of Roberts gives a small taste of | | what she can do on that instrument, even though unison lines from the | | plectrist and synthesist dominate the track. | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+