Showing posts with label Mercury Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercury Records. Show all posts

Dec 21, 2013

Art Blakey: Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)

A most unusual Blakey album: pop hits, soul-jazz, guitar, organ... 

It was Grant Green's presence that made me look out for this album and he does have a few nice features, "Secret Agent Man" or "Sakeena" for instance. Can't think of any other Blakey album with a guitarist, btw.

Oct 23, 2013

Joe Tex: I Gotcha (1972)

Tex mixes James-Brown-ish funk with southern soul and a few ballads on an album that was recorded with some of the best session men in this wide, wide world: the crews at American Sound Studios in Memphis and the Sound Shop in Nashville.