Idris Muhammad - My Turn
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ripper.: Team CMS date ripped..: Aug-22-2005
label..: n/a date released: 000-00-0000
encoder: Lame 3.90.3 APS release size.: 75,1 MB
bitrate: VBR kbps tracks.......: 09
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Some dude on the Internet wrote this about My Turn:
Although Idris Muhammad was employed as a sideman on
his share of soul-jazz sessions in the 1970s, the
drummer hasn't been terribly visible as a leader. So
it came as a pleasant surprise when, in 1993, he sat
in the driver's seat for My Turn, a decent collection
of jazz-pop, soul-jazz and R&B employing such big
names as Grover Washington, Jr. (tenor and soprano
sax), Randy Brecker (trumpeter and flugelhorn), Hiram
Bullock (electric guitar) and Bob James (electric
keyboards). Not unlike the type of project Muhammad
would have gone for in the 1970s, My Turn is far from
straight-ahead hard bop but isn't a so-called
"elevator jazz" date either. R&B, pop and funk
considerations are emphasized, but not at the expense
of improvisational freedom. Washington and Brecker get
in some inspired solos on tunes ranging from pianist
Neal Creqe's funky "Dracula" to Washington's congenial
"Happenstance," and Muhammad does a nice job combining
pop and soul's accessibility with jazz's spontaneity.
Those who like their crossover meaty instead of fluffy
should enjoy this CD.
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# t r a c k n a m e t i m e
01- Piece O' Cake [06:29]
02- Free [05:04]
03- There Is A Girl [07:55]
04- Dark Roads [05:02]
05- Dracula [06:11]
06- This Love [04:52]
07- Happenstance [05:54]
08- Stranger [04:02]
09- Where Did We Go Wrong [04:35]
75,1 m e g s t o t a l [50:04]