Head Jazz

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Compilation producers: Joel Dorn, Adam Dorn. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: The City Service Quartet, Little Jimmy Scott (vocals); Cornell Dupree, David Spinozza, Eric Gale (guitar); Corky Hale (harp); Aaron Rosand , Bernard Eichen, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky (violin); Theodore Israel, Julien Barber, Richard Dickler, Harry Zaratzian, Alfred Brown , Harold Coletta, Selwart Clarke (viola); Richard Bock, Seymour Barab, Alan Shulman, George Ricci, Kermit Moore (cello); David "Fathead" Newman (flute, tenor saxophone); Yusef Lateef (oboe, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Rahsaan Roland Kirk (manzello, tenor saxophone); Hank Crawford (alto saxophone); Eddie Harris (electric saxophone); Daniel Orlock (trumpet, cornet); John Hunt (trumpet, flugelhorn); Philip Guilbeau, Jimmy Owens, Wilmer Wise (trumpet); Paul Ingraham (French horn); Robert Moore (trombone); Jonathan Dorn (tuba); Dr. John, Dwike Mitchell, Hubert Laws, Junior Mance, Kenny Barron (piano); Les McCann (electric piano, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer); Jodie Christian, Joe Zawinul (electric piano); Jimmy Rowser (electric bass, percussion); Allison Anne Mouzon, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Donald Dean (drums, percussion); Freddie Waits, Jimmy Johnson, Jr. , Roy McCurdy, Billy Higgins , Bruno Carr, Charlie Collins, Charlie Smith (drums); Ralph MacDonald (congas, percussion); Joe Habad Texidor (washboard, percussion); Warren Smith (percussion); The Sweet Inspirations (background vocals). Recording information: Atlantic Studios, New York, NY (10/09/1959-??/??/1976); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (10/09/1959-??/??/1976); Regent Sound Studio, New York, NY (10/09/1959-??/??/1976); The Playback Club, New Haven, CT (10/09/1959-??/??/1976). Photographer: Joel Dorn. Arranger: William S. Fischer. An excellent concept with merely good execution, Head Jazz is the brainchild of the father/son production team of Joel and Adam Dorn (aka Mocean Worker), who sought to create a heady compilation that would expose listeners to the more psychedelic side of jazz. The album starts off promisingly enough, with Eddie Harris' "Silver Cycles" setting a saxophone melody that goes from funky to freaked-out against a mind-bending backdrop of subtle guitar and echoing sounds. David "Fathead" Newman's jazzy take on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" also works well, showing the soulful connection between the "electric" jazz of the late '60s/early '70s and the acid rock of the same era. But while tracks like Hubert Laws' haunting "Equinox" and Joe Zawinul's trippy "Soul of the Village/Part 2" carry the theme perfectly, tracks like Jimmy Scott's heartbreaking "Day By Day" and Ornette Coleman's swingin' "Ramblin'" are just a tad too earthbound to fit in with the spacy set. It's a damn fine album, but a couple of more mind-altering tracks away from greatness. ~ Bret Love
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