[TR24][OF] Eric Gale - Forecast - 1973/2013 (Jazz-Funk, Fusion)

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Analyzed: Eric Gale / Forecast
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR13       0.00 dB   -17.66 dB      3:37 01-Killing Me Softly With His Song
DR12      -0.01 dB   -13.52 dB      4:50 02-Cleopatra
DR14      -4.21 dB   -21.33 dB      7:21 03-Dindi
DR10      -0.10 dB   -13.11 dB      5:57 04-White Moth
DR14      -0.06 dB   -17.48 dB      4:18 05-Tonsue Corte
DR13       0.00 dB   -16.37 dB      7:50 06-Forecast
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Number of tracks:  6
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate:        192000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           5236 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Arranged By [Rhythm Section], Guitar – Eric Gale
Arranged By [Stings & Horns], Piano, Organ, Percussion [Bass Marimba], Synthesizer – Bob James
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Cello – George Ricci, Seymour Barab
Congas, Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Congas, Tambourine – Arthur Jenkins
Drums – Idris Muhammad, Rick Marotta
Electric Bass – Gordon Edwards, Bill Salter
Flute, Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Farrell
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – George Marge
Trombone – Alan Ralph, Garnett Brown, Tony Studd
Trumpet – John Frosk, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker, Victor Paz

AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek:
Eric Gale's 1973 Forecast album on the Kudu label is one of his most varied texturally. Produced by Kudu label boss Creed Taylor, the rhythm tracks were arranged by Gale, and the horns and strings by Bob James. Taylor surrounded Gale with the cream-of-the-crop of the current session players: jazz's most soulful drummer, Idris Muhammad, was in the house for most of the album, and Rick Marotta filled out the rest. Saxophonists included Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, and Jerry Dodgion (an underrated ace who made his name with Curtis Amy on his Pacific jazz sides in the early '60s), and trumpeters included Randy Brecker and Jon Faddis. Hubert Laws and George Marge sat in the flute chairs, and James played piano and synths. Gale, for his part, was blended into a meticulously arranged and gorgeously orchestrated set of mixed tempo originals, and a pair of carefully chosen covers: "Killing Me Softly," by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, and Antonio Carlos Jobim's and Aloysio de Oliviera's deeply moving "Dindi." Gale's single string lines bite harder than some of the Brazilian counterparts, but because his blues inflection is so pronounced against the lush strings, keyboards, and horns, it works wonderfully. Gale's own grooved out "Cleopatra," and the otherworldly funk and blues feel of "White Moth," are just off-kilter enough to add a labyrinthine dimension to the album. Gale was a tear when he was on Kudu, and this album is the first example of his particular brand of street tough yet bedroom romantic soul-jazz for the label.