CJ Shearn Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 After d/l "Alexander The Great" from emusic, I am now strangely fascinated with The Mighty Burner, he cooks all over that record, altho his solo on "Explosion" has to be one of the most boring I've heard as he is obsessed with hammering a triplet lick repeatedly (sound like a certain guitarist we know and love? ) Anyway, Earland has never been a player thats really stood out to me, like Jimmy McGriff I find his playing often sort of plain, such as LD's "Hot Dog" and "Everything I Play is Funky". But some of the Highnote stuff with tunes like "Dolphin Dance" I dug when I heard on the radio. So out of his Highnote/Savant output, what do y'all like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Slammin' and Jammin' (with Melvin Sparks and Carlos Garnett) is a really good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 thanks. what else is recommended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I've kept Cookin' with the Mighty Burner in my collection - an Earland band doing jazz standards - "Killer Joe", "Seven Steps", "Sister Sadie", etc. - tho I could do to hear this band with a different front line than Eric Alexander and James Rotondi. It's still a nice changeup from a lot of Charles Earland's releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I realize this one isn't within the parameters of your question, but it's still worth mentioning................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 how is that one FFA? I've heard soundclips and was underwhelmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 He also backed up Irene Reid on a Highnote CD and it's pretty cool. For me, some of the Muse compilations such as The Almighty Burner and Organimically Correct are great too. Also on Highnote, Cookin With The Mighty Burner is great with Alexander and Rotondi... ...lots of good stuff with Earland to be had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 (edited) There's also If Only for One Night, which has Najee on sax, but actually is pretty good. After Slammin and Jammin, I second the recommendation of Organommically Correct (a Muse collection, and a great one). Edited October 27, 2005 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 how is that one FFA? I've heard soundclips and was underwhelmed. ← Earland and Joe Henderson have some nice solos on it, and the title track is a killer. Album's funked up 70's style a bit with Patrick Gleeson, etc, but worth having. On Earland, you have to have his debut on Prestige, Black Talk (second side, loooong versions of "Aquarius" and "More Today Than Yesterday" is killer), and his two releases on Milestone, 'Front Burner' and 'Third Degree Burn', and then fill in the gaps from there according to taste. I found him the most exciting of all organists when he was "on". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I realize this one isn't within the parameters of your question, but it's still worth mentioning................... ← Can't remember if I own this one, or borrowed it recently from Spontoonious (and too lazy to go look and find out). Either way, it's a relatively solid date, though a bit uneven. By all means, get it if you find it for a decent price -- but (IMHO) it isn't worth a special order all by itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 "Black Talk" is considered one of his classics. "Intensity" is pretty good and also has the last recording made by Lee Morgan. "Charles Earland In Concert" is a burnin' live album, too. None of these are on High Note but all are easily downloaded from eMusic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Although for the "Charles Earland: Live in Concert" I've read one track ("Morgan") is edited, is that true? And for those of us that d/l and burn from emusic, do you consider that having a "real" copy of the album or do you go out and buy the real CD afterwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I realize this one isn't within the parameters of your question, but it's still worth mentioning................... ← Can't remember if I own this one, or borrowed it recently from Spontoonious (and too lazy to go look and find out). Either way, it's a relatively solid date, though a bit uneven. By all means, get it if you find it for a decent price -- but (IMHO) it isn't worth a special order all by itself. ← 'Van Jay' & 'Never-ending Melody' are both great cuts on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjazzman Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 blowing the blues away............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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