The Real Shoobeedoo

180 gram black vinyl with obi strip

An obscure set from the Detroit scene of the early 80s – a jazz record, but one with a nice current of soul – thanks to work on both bass and vocals from Reginald "ShooBeeDoo" Fields!

Wendell Harrison recorded the record, and also plays tenor on the record – but the set's very different than most of his music, both of the 70s and 80s – because Fields has an offbeat style that's very much his own, and which really seems to tie the rest of the musicians on the record to his sharp energy on the bass! That instrument is used in both acoustic and electric modes – and things sometimes get loose, open, and slightly free – then balanced out with straighter, more soulful passages.

PERSONNEL:

• ShooBeeDoo - (bass, vocals)
• Billy McCoy - (electric piano)
• Tani Tabal - (tablas, drums)
• Wendell Harrison (tenor sax on Side A, vocals on B2)
• Allen Barns - (tenor sax on Side B)
• Pamela Wise - (vocals on B2)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. The Morning Sun
• A2. Reminiscing
• A3. Shoo Will Be Back in Due Time

• SIDE B
• B1. The Wagon Walk
• B2. Ancient Egyptian Rhythms