***RELEASE DATE 04/07/25..TO PLACE A PRE-ORDER PLEASE PHONE THE OFFICE ON 01923 281281***
AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Jazz Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from King Curtis, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.
"Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow"; "New Scene Of King Curtis"; "Soul Battle" and "Soul Meeting".
For many the name King Curtis conjures up honking R&B classics like Soul Twist, Soul Serenade and Memphis Soul Stew or his unmistakable sax playing on soul classics by Aretha Franklin, The Coasters and Lavern Baker to name but a few. However, our four classic selections feature just one of his R&B flavoured albums namely 'Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow' which kicks off this four classic albums set. Here you will get a sense of how dynamic King Curtis was as a contemporary R&B artist. For our other three selections we have focussed on King Curtis, the jazz musician. After all he had always said he had grown up with the sound of Lester Young, Louis Jordan, Earl Bostic and Gene Ammons ringing in his ears! Take a look at the extraordinary line up of jazz giants performing on these classic albums… Nat Adderley (Little Brother), Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Oliver Jackson, Jimmy Forest, Oliver Nelson, George Duvivier, Sam Jones and Roy Haynes. Clearly this guy was taken seriously as a jazz musician as you will discover when you drop the needle on these classic recordings. Get ready to be impressed by the other side of King Curtis.
As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy this classic set and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across jazz, R&B, blues, folk, country and many other musical genres.
Check out:- Wynton Kelly (AMSC1165); Earl Bostic (AMSC1210); Paul Chambers (AMSC1324); Jimmy Forrest (AMSC1096); Nat Adderley (AMSC1062); Stan Getz (AMSC1369); Curtis Amy (AMSC1316); Benny Golson (AMSC1310); Dexter Gordon (AMSC1199); Jimmy Heath (AMSC1375); Ben Webster (AMSC1354); Lester Young (AMSC1366 & 1307); Wynton Kelly plus Don Sleet (AMSC1436); Bo Diddley (AMSC1296); John Coltrane (AMSC1230); Hank Mobley (AMSC1243); Clifford Jordan (AMSC1330); Wardell Gray (AMSC1403); Harold Land (AMSC1332); Ben Webster (AMSC1038); Yusef Lateef (AMSC1128); Stanley Turrentine (AMSC1319); Classic Tenor Sax (AMSC1285).
CD1
1-11: 'Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow'
1. Midnight Ramble
2. Linda
3. The Shake
4. Jaywalk
5. Lil Brother
6. Peter Gunn
7. The Groove
8. Snake Eyes
9. Cuban Twilight
10. Birth Of The Blues
11. Chili
12-16: 'New Scene Of King Curtis'
12. Da Duh Dah
13. Have You Heard?
14. Willow Weep For Me
15. Little Brother Soul
16. In A Funky Groove
CD2
1-5: 'Soul Battle'
1. Blues At The Five Spot
2. Blues For M.F. (Mort Fega)
3. Anacruses
4. Perdido
5. In Passing
6-11: 'Soul Meeting'
6. Soul Meeting
7. Lazy Soul
8. All The Way
9. Jeep's Blues
10. What Is This Thing Called Love?
11. Do You Have Soul Now
***RELEASE DATE 04/07/25..TO PLACE A PRE-ORDER PLEASE PHONE THE OFFICE ON 01923 281281***
