Smokin´ section
Beskrivning:Saxofonisten Tom Scott är en allsidig musiker som inte haft några problem att försörja sig som studiomusiker och arrangör. Dessutom har han odlat en solokarriär med mängder av lättlyssnade album som oftast legat närmare pop än jazz. Gruppen L.A. Express består av ärrade studioveteraner och illustra gäster.
"...He doesn't add too much to the arrangement of the folk-rock classic "Ode To Billie Joe," but who can argue when it's sung by the sandpaper-and-honey voiced Patty Smyth? Scott also functions as soloist/harmony line player as Phil Perry does his soulful best with Restless Heart's "I'll Still Be Lovin' You."....Scott's alto honks above the swaying, horn section hook of the title track, then slinks into the background for much of the swampy Delta blues cool of "Cruisin' Bayou," which blends Alan Pasqua's Fender Rhodes-flavored synth riffs, Buzz Feiten's wailing steel guitar, and a soundscape by Luis Conte and Alex Acuna. The somewhat jarring rhythmic switches take the listener from the smoky mood of "If I Could Cry" to the swaying funk of "The Beat Is On" (pushed along by bassist John Pena), but the real fun comes on "TCB in E," when Scott, Pasqua, Feiten, and drummer Harvey Mason rock on and trade blistering solos for ten minutes, making '70s Rhodes-based jazz fusion relevant to 1999." (Jonathan Widran, allmusic.com)
Speltid 68:58.
Språk:
Skivbolag: BMG BVCW-21112 (1999)
Format: CD
Skick: Begagnad
Spår:
- Smokin´ section
- I´ll still be lovin´ you
- Cruisin´ bayou
- Lonely one
- Ode to Billy Joe
- If I could cry
- A short visit
- Just takin´ a walk
- Lost again
- The beat is on
- TCB in "E"