(Hard Bop, Soul Jazz) Leon Spencer - Legends of Acid Jazz {Sneak Preview (1970), Louisiana Slim (1971)} - 1997, MP3, 320 kbps

Leon Spencer - Legends of Acid Jazz Жанр: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz Страна: США Год издания: 1997 Аудиокодек: MP3 (конвертировано из lossless) Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Продолжительность: 74:46 Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да Треклист: Sneak Preview (1970): 01. The Slide (Spencer) - 6:05 02. Someday My Prince Will Come (Churchill-Morey) - 6:39 03. Message from the Meters (Nocentelli) - 6:45 04. First Gravy (Spencer) - 4:03 05. 5-10-15-20 (Boyd-Powell) - 4:27 06. Sneak Preview (Spencer) - 8:06 Louisiana Slim (1971): 07. Louisiana Slim (Spencer) - 10:14 08. Mercy Mercy Me (Gaye) - 4:10 09. (They Long to Be) Close to You (Bacharach-David) - 5:31 10. Our Love Will Never Die (Spencer) - 10:20 11. The Trouble with Love (Spencer) - 8:26 Состав: Leon Spencer - organ Virgil Jones - trumpet Grover Washington - tenor saxophone, flute Melvin Sparks - guitar Idris Muhammad - drums Buddy Caldwell - conga Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on December 7, 1970 (#1-6) and July 7, 1971 (#7-11).   Review by Scott Yanow Leon Spencer, an organist heavily influenced by Jimmy Smith, recorded four albums for Prestige from 1970-73 before largely dropping out of the music scene. The music from his first two LPs (Sneak Preview and Louisiana Slim) have been reissued in full on this 1997 single CD. Spencer's swinging solos on these mostly grooving tunes are quite appealing. The sidemen (the underrated trumpeter Virgil Jones, the young Grover Washington, Jr. on tenor, guitarist Melvin Sparks, drummer Idris Muhammad and Buddy Caldwell on conga) are excellent, and the material, although mostly blues-oriented, is quite strong. Washington's flute is surprisingly effective on "Our Love Will Never Die." It is a pity that Spencer's career ultimately went nowhere, for he holds his own with his contemporaries throughout this recommended soul-jazz release.