Houston Express (Remastered) Houston Person
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Album-Release:
1971
HRA-Release:
17.11.2023
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- 1 Young Gifted And Black 05:17
- 2 The Houston Express 05:50
- 3 Enjoy 04:57
- 4 Give More Power To The People (For God's Sake) 03:43
- 5 Chains Of Love 07:33
- 6 Just My Imagination 05:34
- 7 Lift Every Voice 05:38
Info for Houston Express (Remastered)
Houston Express is the ninth album led by saxophonist Houston Person. Houston Person's the main soloist in front of bigger backings -- heard here in a style that's a bit like some of the changes in funky jazz that were going on over at Kudu Records during the same time -- a filling up of the background rhythms, but still with hip players overall -- and plenty of room for the main soloist to do his thing! Horace Ott conducts the backings, and brings in a soulful undercurrent that almost gives a few of the sharper numbers a soundtrack feel. Titles include "The Houston Express", "Young Gifted & Black", "Give More Power To The People", "Chains of Love", and "Enjoy".
"As period soul-jazz goes, this is considerably above the average. It's funky, but not in the bland crossover sense; there's a sense of jazz ensemble discipline to the arrangements, but it's still R&B-based enough to groove to" (Richie Unterberger, AMG)
Houston Person, tenor saxophone
Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet (tracks 4-6)
Harold "Money" Johnson, trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Thad Jones, trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Ernie Royal, trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Garnett Brown, trombone (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Jack Jeffers, trombone (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Harold Vick, tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Babe Clarke, baritone saxophone
Paul Griffin, piano, electric piano (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Jimmy Watson, organ
Ernie Hayes, organ, electric piano (tracks 4-6)
Billy Butler, guitar
Jerry Jemmott, electric bass
Bernard Purdie, drums
Buddy Caldwell, congas
Horace Ott, arranger, conductor (tracks 1-3 & 7)
Recorded April 8 & 9, 1971 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Produced by Bob Porter
Digitally remastered
Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 96 kHz, 24-bit. The provided 192 kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!
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