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Charles Earland: Front Burner
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Many fans of organist Charles Earland favor his late 1960s and early '70s recordings, such as Black Talk!, Black Drops and Living Black! And rightfully so, since Earland's leadership albums from this period burnished his “Mighty Burner" moniker. But don't neglect his later period. Case in point, Front Burner. Recorded in June 1988 for Milestone and produced by Bob Porter, the album featured Virgil Jones (tp), Bill Easley (ts,sop), Charles Earland (org), Bobby Broom (g), Buddy Williams (d) and Frank ...
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George Benson "Benson Burner"
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
When guitarist George Benson's Warner Bros. debut Breezin' was issued in March 1976, it immediately became a hit; indeed one of the largest hits jazz has ever known. Guided by the successful hit single “This Masquerade" (Leon Russell's 1972 original, previously covered by Helen Reddy and The Carpenters), Breezin' went on to win three Grammy awards and become a triple platinum success, an unprecedented feat in jazz and one that was bettered by very few in the pop-music world at ...
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Frank Catalano's "Funky Dunky" and "Mighty Burner"
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's look at a couple of clips featuring Chicago saxophonist Frank Catalano, who will be in St. Louis to perform on September 30 at The Gramophone as part of the Tuesday night series the club is co-presenting with Jazz St. Louis.The first video shows Catalano and his band doing his original composition “Funky Dunky" at the Cotton Club in Tokyo, Japan, while the second clip finds him back on home ...
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