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Wilton Felder - BULLITT


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Yeah, ok, it's all "commercial", but DAMN does Felder deliver the goods.

Not yet available on CD, but if you see the LP somewhere for a good price, and if you like the idea of a Turrentine/Pearson-ish date transferred to the West Coast, material focused exclusively on "airplay friendly" material, and everything the length of a 45 side, with - and this is the good part - no musical compromises being made to do it (sic), then this one's for you!

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It would have been so easy for everybody involved to skate through a date like this, but they didn't.

Felder on the fade of "All along The Watchtower" is channelling Ayler, Hendrix, or, possibly, both. Or else he's just doing that tenor thing. ;)

Soul-Jazz lovers, pay ye heed of this easily overlooked (if even found!) gem!

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Only the theme from Bullitt, actually...

Produced by Wayne Henderson; Arranged by Wayne Henderson & Wilton Felder

The program:

SIDE ONE

1 - Theme From Bullitt

2 - All Along The Watchtower

3 - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

4 - Hi-Heel Sneakers

5 - The Split (a Quincy Jones theme from the movie of the same name)

SIDE TWO

1 - Doing My Thing (a Wayne Henderson original)

2 - Up Here Down Below (same)

3 - Please Return Your Love To Me

4 - With A Little Help From My Friends

5 - It's Just A Game, Love (another song from The Split)

Not at all an "encouraging" set list, but...

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There are several good Pacific Jazz/World Pacific titles from this period that have also never been reissued - Ernie Watts, Bobby Bryant, Freddie Robinson, others I can't think of offhand - where are the Japanese when we need them?

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