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Various: Head Jazz
ByYusef Lateef's closing double-shot gives two divergent examples of this surprising sequencing. "In a Little Spanish Town" combines The City Service Quartet on old tyme vocal harmonies with Lateef's burnished horn and "This Old Building" crashes a techno chopper into a gospel house party. The ever-eclectic Joe Zawinul's "The Soul of a Village, Part 2" combines aviary samples with a zydecoed hoedown hora that requires Jimmy Scott's definition of silky "Day by Day" to recover. From David "Fathead" Newman's choral-introduced "You Can't Always Get What You Want" to Hubert Laws' Traffic-y "Equinox," Head Jazz ranges from low sparks to hi heeled numbers. This is not an album just for listening. It is an album to be absorbed and explored.
Track Listing
1. Silver Cycles - Eddie Harris 2. You Can't Always Get What You Want - David "Fathead" Newman 3. Let's Gather - Les McCann 4. Equinox - Hubert Laws 5. The Soul Of A Village Part 2 - Joe Zawinul 6. Day By Day - Jimmy Scott 7. Island Cry - Rahsaan Roland Kirk 8. Ramblin' - Ornette Coleman 9. The Catbird Seat - The Mitchell-Ruff Trio 10. Lorelei's Lament - Hank Crawford 11. The Lovers - Les McCann 12. This Old Building - Yusef Lateef 13. In A Little Spanish Town - Yusef Lateef
Album information
Title: Head Jazz | Year Released: 2003 | Record Label: Label M
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