King Curtis

Instant Groove / Get Ready (WOU-6045)

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Instant Groove / Get Ready

King Curtis

Wounded Bird

664140604520

WOU 158411

WOU-6045

JAZZ

1

CD 14,98 €

A pair of classics from one of the best saxophonists in soul music – back to back on a single CD! First up is an Instant Groove from King Curtis – and a record that's even more deeply soulful than some of his other Atlantic albums! The title cut's a killer – a hard-vamping number that pushed funk further into the mainstream back in the day – and lots of the rest of the album follows suit, by bringing in some of the rougher King Curtis edges that usually only showed up on b-sides of 45s – while other full albums usually focused on sweeter sounds. There's a few of those here too – but even those tracks have a looser, more personal feel than before – not as much "perfect" soul sax, and a bit more grit.

Get Ready is sly soul from the great King Curtis – one of his last albums ever, and one of his best as well! There's a hip sort of edge to the record that's different from the Curtis groove of the mid 60s – less standard soul instrumental covers, and a much more righteous feel overall – part of the vibe that King had been crafting for others in the late 60s Atlantic studios, and partly the funky undercurrents that would often only show up on some of his 45 releases for the label!

FEATURING:

  • Duane Allman
  • Eric Clapton
  • Delaney Bramlett
  • Eric Gale
  • Cornell Dupree
  • Richard Tee
  • Joe Newman
  • Roger Hawkins
  • Eddie Hinton
  • Barry Beckett
  • David Hood

TRACKS:

  • INSTANT GROOVE
  • 01. Instant Groove
  • 02. Hey Joe
  • 03. Foot Pattin'
  • 04. Wichita Lineman
  • 05. Games People Play
  • 06. Sing A Simple Song
  • 07. The Weight
  • 08. La Jeanne
  • 09. Little Green Apples
  • 10. Somewhere
  • 11. Hold Me Tight
  • GET READY
  • 12. Hey Jude
  • 13. Get Ready
  • 14. Sugar Foot
  • 15. Floatin'
  • 16. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • 17. Soulin'
  • 18. Teasin'
  • 19. Something
  • 20. Promenade
  • 21. Let It Be
  • 22. Someday We'll Be Together