Triumvirate

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:36:22
Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, organ, keyboards, percussion); John Hammond, Jr. (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Michael Bloomfield (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John F. Hammond (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Thomas Jefferson Kaye (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Robbie Montgomery, Jessica Smith (vocals, background vocals); Jerry Jumonville (saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jim Gordon (baritone saxophone, horns); James Beck Gordon (baritone saxophone); Blue Mitchell (trumpet, horns); George Bohannon (trombone); Fred Staehle (drums); John Bourdreaux, Benny Parks, John Boudreaux (percussion); Lorraine Rebennack, Jessie Smith (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Robert Hurwitz. Recording information: Columbia Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA; Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. Photographer: Jim Marshall . These guys may or may not have gotten together in a cynical attempt to create a roots music supergroup, but their sole album is in fact a lot better than its lack of commercial success might suggest. Each member has a signature specialty--Hammond's in country blues, Bloomfield's at the more modern Chicago variety, with Dr. John the epitome of New Orleans second-line R&B piano--and the material is split accordingly. Hammond, however, is the designated frontman and he's up to the task, although Dr. John's evocatively gruff vocals are missed. Among the highpoints are a sensitive reading of the blues classic "It Hurts Me Too," with terrific horn charts and strong soloing by Bloomfield, and a spooky version of John Lee Hooker's "Groundhog Blues," which has the distinction of being the one song here where all three styles are convincingly meshed.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)