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█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Artist........: ronnie foster
Title.........: sweet revival (bluenote)
Genre.........: Jazz
Label.........: bluenote/capitol records
Quality.......: VBR kbps 44,1 khz
Size..........: 67,9 MB
Tracks........: 10
Encoder.......: LAME
Source........: CD ░
░ Covers........: Yes[ ] No[x] ░░░░░░░░▒
▒░ Total Length..: 45:26 min ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓
▓▒ RlsDate.......: 02/18/2004 ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█
█▓ StoreDate.....: 2003 ░░▄███████▓
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A little history:
Organist Ronnie Foster was frequently dismissed by
jazz purists during the peak of his career in the
first half of the '70's.
He was a talented mainstream funk and soul-jazz
keyboardist who managed to cultivate a successful
career as a sideman (working frequently with
George Benson, in particular) and producer during
the late '70's,'80's and '90's.
Furthermore, his '70's records for Blue Note
became cult items among a new generation of
listeners raised on acid-jazz.
Even if he rarely led a session after 1979, Foster
wound up playing a some sort of a role in
mainstream and funk-jazz during the '80's and
'90's.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Foster learned to
play piano as a child, being taught in the
traditional classical style. However, jazz
intrigued him more, and when he was a teenager he
began to pursue that direction.
Eventually, he attended a jam session where there
was an organ in addition to a piano. After playing
the organ, he decided to concentrate on the
instrument. He listened to Jimmy Smith, gradually
making his way to more adventurous players like
Larry Young.
A local Buffalo organist, Joe Madision, gave him
advice, and Foster practiced regularly at a studio
where he would rent a room with an organ for 60
cents an hour.
Eventually, Foster began playing local and New
York clubs. He slowly built a following, playing
with such musicians as Stanley Turrentine, Grant
Green and George Benson.
By the early '70's, he had formed a group called
Energy II.
Grant Green had Foster play on his 'Alive' album,
and the organist's performance impressed the
label's Dr. George Butler, who offered Foster a
contract.
Ronnie Foster recorded 'The Two Headed Freap', his
first album for Blue Note, in January of 1972. A
funky set of soul-jazz, the album didn't receive
much attention or critical praise, and neither did
its follow-up, 'Sweet Revival', which was recorded
in December of that year.
He cut 'Live at Montreux' in July of 1973, which
was followed in 1974 by 'On the Avenue' and in
1975 by 'Cheshire Cat', his final album for Blue
Note.
He then moved to Columbia, where he released 'Love
Satellite' in 1978 and 'Delight' in 1979. Two much
more soul orientated outings.
A session for ProJazz, entitled 'The Racer',
followed a few years later, but Foster effectively
retired from leading groups in the early '80's in
order to concentrate on session work.
During the '70's, he had played on numerous George
Benson records, as well as records by Stevie
Wonder, Roberta Flack, Earl Klugh, Jimmy Ponder,
Stanley Clarke and Lalo Schifrin.
Throughout the '80's, Foster continued to play on
a wide variety of sessions and eventually moved
into production.
Among the musicians he worked with in the '80s
were Jimmy Smith, Klugh, Flack, Harvey Mason,
Stanley Turrentine, David Sanborn, Djavan and
Grover Washington Jr.
Foster continued the same path in the '90's,
playing with many of the same musicians, as well
as Lee Ritenour, Roland Vazquez and The
Temptations, among others.
His own records were rediscovered by a new
generation of listeners in the '90's, as well,
with several of his records used as source
material for sample-heavy acid-jazz and hip-hop
records.
Albums:
The Two Headed Freap (Blue Note 1972)
Sweet Revival (Blue Note 1972)
Live at Montreux (Blue Note 1973)
On the Avenue (Blue Note 1974)
Cheshire Cat (Blue Note 1975)
Love Satellite (Columbia 1978)
Delight (Columbia 1979)
The Racer (Projazz 1986)
this re edition bring us one of the best albuns of
ronnie.
A great jazz album with cool and very well played
tunes.
www.bluenote.com
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01 ronnie foster░-░sweet revival 03:55
02 ronnie foster░-░lisa's love 05:29
03 ronnie foster░-░back stabbers 03:23
04 ronnie foster░-░me and mrs.jones 04:25
05 ronnie foster░-░alone again(naturally) 04:06
06 ronnie foster░-░where is the love 05:27
07 ronnie foster░-░some neck 04:44
08 ronnie foster░-░it's just gotta be that way 03:52
09 ronnie foster░-░superwoman 05:02
10 ronnie foster░-░inot 05:03
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