Pee Wee Ellis with Fred Wesley: Life & Funky

Jazz / Funk Jazz
premiera polska: 30.09.2007
opakowanie: digipack
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Editor's Info:
Saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis is a name you're certain to find in successful producers' address books. Whenever it comes down to icing the cake on a recording date with a top-flight solo, or arranging a horn section to sound tighter than tight, he's always a welcome guest. Tailor-made funk spanning years was his contribution to the immortal James Brown & Van Morrison booked the sunny Southerner time and again as musical director, while the world's stages resounded as he tripped the spotlights fantastic with Maceo Parker as the JB Horns. Together with trombonist Fred Wesley, his compatriot from the JB Horns days, Pee Wee Ellis started on an extended USA tour in May 2001. Although the show consists of a solid blend of highlights from his entire career, Funk formed the apparent backbone in sparking the concerts. One could almost say "Live From Planet Funk".

multikulti.com:
Pee Wee Ellis i Fred Wesley stworzyli wzorcową sekcję dętą w karierze Jamesa Browna. Przez dwie dekady w 60. i 70. koncertowali, nagrywali i pisali dla Jamesa Browna, odciskając silne piętno na muzyce ojca chrzestnego soulu i funku.
Pee Wee Ellis i Fred Wesley wskrzeszają tę wybuchową mieszankę funku, gospel i jazzu, przenosząc słuchaczy z powrotem do czasów, gdy królowało pełnokrwiste soul!
Na płycie usłyszymy chociażby "Cold Sweat" z 1967 roku, która uznawana jest za pierwszy funkowy utwór w historii.
Nagrania Browna z lat 70. były inspiracją dla wielu muzyków: Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s czy Michaela Jacksona.

muzycy: Pee Wee Ellis: Tenor Saxophone, Vocals
Fred Wesley: Trombone, Vocals
Fred Ross: Vocals
Jimmy Smith: Keyboards
Mick Gaffney, Mike Hogan: Guitar
Curtis Ohlson: Bass
John Mader: Drums

utwory: 1. Chicken (Written-By Alfred Ellis) 8:25
2. How I Depend On You (Written-By Doug Williams) 4:09
3. Grandma's Hands (Written-By Bill Withers) 5:45
4. Pass The Peas (Written-By Charles Bobbit, James Brown, John Starks) 5:28
5. House Party (Written-By Fred Wesley) 8:36
6. What's Up With That (Written-By Alfred Ellis) 6:26
7. Cherry Red (Written-By Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson) 5:58
8. Cold Sweat (Written-By James Brown, Alfred Ellis) / Licking Stick Licking Stick (Written-By James Brown, Alfred Ellis, Bobby Byrd) 6:45
9. I Got The Feeling (Written-By James Brown) 4:06
10. I Got You - I Feel Good (Written-By James Brown) 5:08

wydano: 2001
nagrano: Recorded live during US Tour Spring 2001