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Johnny Fourie: Once Upon a Time
by AAJ Italy Staff
Johnny Fourie è un chitarrista bianco sudafricano ingiustamente poco conosciuto che ha lasciato questo pianeta sempre più turbolento verso fine agosto 2007, alla bella età di 70 anni. Era infatti nato il 18 maggio 1937 a Postmansburg, nel distretto di Hay che si trova nella parte occidentale del paese che se ne sta in fondo al continente africano, non molto lontano dalla confinante Namibia. Attivo da prima nella zona di Johannesburg, si trasferì a Londra nel novembre del 1961 e ...
read moreCharles Earland: Intensity
by AAJ Staff
You hear it at once: a different sound, not always for the better. The music was changing, and Charles Earland joined his easy groove to the lush CTI sound so popular at the time. Results vary: the Burner is hot but too many horns spoil the brew. Take “Goin' Home": a rock guitar crashes through the left speaker, and Charles steps coolly behind him. Now he works the chords for warm strength: the feel of his Black Talk! album. But ...
read moreCharles Earland: Intensity
by Douglas Payne
For 1972's Intensity, Charles Earland's fifth of ten Prestige discs, the Mighty Burner seemed to be aiming toward something a little different than his usual collection of soulful tenor-organ jams. The presence of two songs from the rock group Chicago and a small trumpet-dominated horn section indicate that jazz-rock was the goal. The result, the LP's four original tracks plus two tracks from the same date originally released as part of Charles III, is one of his very best.
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