mikeweil Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 I wonder why this has stayed in the tape vaults for so long, especially since Criss Cross Jazz always promoted organists like Melvin Rhyne or Sam Yahel, to name just two. More info here. The Turbanator, Peter Bernstein, and Billy Drummond - can't be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Pooh gosh! That's two Lonnie Smiths to get! Oh ecstasy! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 some dude on Amazon panned it for some messy ensemble work and what he thought was the band not together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I've got this on order. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted December 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Has anybody heard that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Yeah, I have it. Some nice moments. If you can find it cheap pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Yeah, I have it. Some nice moments. If you can find it cheap pick it up. Yup, my take too. Nice date, several fun tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j lee Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 The Turbanator, Peter Bernstein, and Billy Drummond - can't be bad. It's a terrific album -- Lonnie's solo on "Too Damn Hot" is really wild, more like at a live show than the careful, architectural, precise later recorded version. Not putting down the latter -- I actually learned it off the record I liked it so much -- but the earlier album is as a whole like that. "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" has a crazy solo on it also by Lonnie Smith, as does "Night Song." Raw and expansive -- sounds like the way he plays live. Pick it up for sure, especially if you have all his later albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Thanks for the heads up. Never heard of this album...killer!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 A copy of Booglaoo To Beck is on its way to me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j lee Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 A copy of Booglaoo To Beck is on its way to me ... I don't think that one gets enough credit either -- I listened to pretty much nothing else on headphones for a few weeks once I got into the album. (Not familiar with most of the Beck tunes, but it didn't matter to me at all). Very precise solos like on the "Preacher"-style tune ("He's a Mighty Good Leader") and that funk/swing two chord tune ("Jack Ass" I think). Great bass on the opening cut. I'd probably start people off unfamiliar with LS or jazz beyond the few albums most "eclectic" people have in their little collections with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 After a few spins of Boogaloo to Beck I confirm that it deserves much more praise that it has received so far - Fathead plays nicely too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 After a few spins of Boogaloo to Beck I confirm that it deserves much more praise that it has received so far - Fathead plays nicely too. It's good - everyone plays well, as you say. But it always seemed just slightly unenthusiastic to me. In contrast, Reuben Wilson's "Booglaoo to the Beastie Boys" on the same label, with Andrew Beals, while not as adventurous, sounds a LOT more enthusiastic. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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