Harold Alexander: Sunshine Man

Harold Alexander SKU: 35701217
Harold Alexander: Sunshine Man

Harold Alexander: Sunshine Man

Harold Alexander SKU: 35701217

Format: VINYL LP

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Description

Artist: Harold Alexander
Title: Sunshine Man
Product Type: VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing of this 1971 album in gatefold jacket. Includes extensive liner notes by Harold Alexander himself. Harold Alexander was a competent saxophonist and dynamic flutist whose early and mid-'70s albums for Flying Dutchman and Atlantic blended originals, soul/jazz and R&B effectively. Alexander recorded three albums (including a live 'Montreux Jazz Festival' record in 1972) and contributed to various other recordings during his career. His most recognized LP is 1971's Sunshine Man, on Flying Dutchman Records. On that album, the most sought-after groove is the straight up banger 'Mama Soul', which features insane scatting over a delicious funky flute and organ driven beat. An immaculate six minutes of mental vocals and Alexander's flute doing exactly what the vocals are doing. It comes as no surprise that 'Mama Soul' was sampled multiple times by artists from Blackalicious to DJ Shadow. Another highlight (one of the many on this album) is the adept double beat from iconic drummer Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie (husband to Aretha Franklin and known for his work with Isaac Hayes, Cat Stevens, B.B. King and Joe Cocker) who is delivering some of the most tight and wicked drum-skills known to man. Bass duties here are filled by another icon: the award-winning Richard Davies (known for his work with Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Frank Sinatra and Leonard Bernstein). Production of the album was handled by industry veteran Bob Thiele who produced and arranged countless albums from the likes of Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Quincy Jones, John (and Alice) Coltrane and Gil Scott-Heron. Harold Alexander's Sunshine Man is pure bliss, free-form Jazz with hints of soul and P-funk (courtesy of 'Jimmy Castor' collaborator Richard Landrum on the congas) to cosmic music with both profoundly spiritual and resolutely physical dimensions. Sunshine Man is that rare record that's both far-out and funky at the same time.

Tracks:
1.1 Sunshine Man
1.2 Quick City
1.3 Tite Rope
1.4 Mama Soul
1.5 Aquilla
1.6 Clean-Up
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