ギタリスト,グラント・グリーンの1970年のアルバム『Alive!』に参加してブルーノート・レコードの耳目を集めたオルガン奏者のロニー・フォスターのブルーノート・デビュー盤となる1972年のジャズ・ファンクの名盤。

アル・グリーンやウィルソン・ピケットのファンキーなカアヴァーや、後にア・トライブ・コールド・クエストがヒップホップの名曲「Electric Relaxation」でサンプリングする「Mystic Brew」など魅力的なオリジナル曲を含む、活気あふれるセット!

【パーソネル】Ronnie Foster (organ)Gene Bertoncini (guitar) George Duvivier, Gordon Edwards (bass) Gene Bianco (harp) George Devens (vibraphone, percussion) Artur Jenkins (congas) Jimmy Johnson (drums)

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2022/04/01）

Ronnie Foster's debut album, The Two Headed Freap is a set of contemporary funky soul jazz from the early '70s, which means it sounds closer to the soundtrack of a lost blaxploitation flick than Back at the Chicken Shack, Pt. 2. Foster certainly does display a debt to Jimmy Smith, but his playing is busier than Smith's and a bit wilder. Ironic, then, that his playing is in service to the groove and blends into the mix of wah-wah guitars, funk rhythms, electric bass, harps, and percolating percussion. Everything on The Two Headed Freap is about glitzy groove -- it sounds cinematic, colorful, and funky. It's true that there is little real improvisation here and the songs all have a similar groove, but it's worked well, and the music is ultimately appealing to fans of this genre. Jazz purists -- even soul jazz purists -- will likely find this music a little monotonous and commercial, but fans of early-'70s funk from Sly Stone to Herbie Hancock will find something of interest here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rovi