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Charles 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 ...
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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.
read moreDREAMWORLD featuring CURTIS FULLER, RICHARD WYANDS, CHARLES DAVIS, VIRGIL JONES AND OTHERS IN BALTIMORE.
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All About Jazz
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2001, AN ENSEMBLE CALLED DREAMWORLD WILL PERFORM AT THE DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. THE GROUP FEATURES SPECIAL GUEST: CURTIS FULLER - TROMBONE, VIRGIL JONES - TRUMPET, CHARLES DAVIS - TENOR AND BARITONE SAXOPHONES AND LEROY WILLIAMS - DRUMS. THE CORE OF THE BAND IS THE LEGENDARY RICHARD WYANDS - PIANO, PAUL BROWN - BASS, ERIC KENNEDY - DRUMS AND VOCALS AND KELLY SHEPHERD - ALTO AND SOPRANO SAXOPHONES. THE CONCERT IS A BENEFIT FOR THE ...
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