Ronnie Foster: Cheshire Cat [Vinyl 1LP]

Soul / Funk
premiera polska: 2021-10-18
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Singlefoldowe etui
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Editor's info:
Cheshire Cat is the fourth studio album by American organist Ronnie Foster recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4 stars
"Reuniting Ronnie Foster with guitarist George Benson, who also produced the previous On the Avenue, the keyboardist's final Blue Note date Cheshire Cat completes his immersion into the mainstream. Few records that fall into the soul-jazz genre balance both sides of the equation so carefully or so deftly. While Foster's original compositions boast the harmonic complexity and structural rigorousness of jazz, Benson's production is pure pop, with numbers including "Like a Child" sounding indistinguishable from the commercial soul fare making radio play lists during the mid-'70s. (A convincing cover of Stevie Wonder's "Tuesday Heartbreak" further blurs the genre lines.) Expanding upon ideas first explored via On the Avenue, Foster again steps behind the microphone to handle vocal chores on several tracks, proving a fine if unspectacular singer. He remains most persuasive as a composer and instrumentalist, however, articulating the infectiousness and gradations of his music with clarity and aplomb"

muzycy:
Ronnie Foster - organ, keyboards, vocals
Joe Beck - guitar
George Benson - guitar, backing vocals
William Allen - bass
Gary King - electric bass
Dennis Davis - drums
Mtume - conga, percussion

utwory:
A1. Like a Child (Ronnie Foster)
A2. Tuesday Heartbreak (Stevie Wonder)
A3. Fly Away (Ronnie Foster)
B1. Funky Motion (Ronnie Foster)
B2. Heartless (Ronnie Foster)
B3. Cheshire Cat (Ronnie Foster)

wydano: 2009-03-04 ()
nagrano: Recorded at A&R Studios in New York City on March 21 (tracks 1 & 4), March 24, 1975 (tracks 5 & 6), March 25, 1975 (track 2), and March 27 (track 3), 1975

more info: www.bluenote.com