Release : JTQ (James Taylor Quartet) - New World
Artist : JTQ (James Taylor Quartet)
Album : New World
Genre : Funk
Source : CDDA
Label : Real Self Records
URL : http://www.jtq.co.uk/
Date : 04-06-2009
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 178kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 11
Time : 45:07 min
Size : 57.90 MB
1 Blacksmith 3:52
2 Rochester Raining 4:24
3 Same Old Fool 4:45
4 New World 4:24
5 Inner Mystic Love 3:58
6 Stonemason 3:20
7 Get On Your Feet 3:27
8 Blue Lady 4:15
9 Hotwire 3:03
10 Jazz Cafe Theme 5:17
11 Milk And Honey 4:22
James Taylor - one of the great instrumentalists of his generation - supplements
his trademark howling Hammond sound with grand piano on his new album. New World
features 11 original tunes by James (two co-written with guest vocalist Corina
Greyson) and features John Parricelli (guitar), Andy McKinney (bass), Adam Betts
(drums), Nick Smart (trumpet/flugelhorn), Gareth Lockrane (flutes), and the
aforementioned Corina Greyson.
James explains how the album came about: 'A friend of mine, Sophie, loaned me
her grand piano while she moved house. With it sat there in my living room I was
inspired to write what is essentially a piano album, albeit accompanied by
Fender Rhodes and Hammond. The focus is on presenting a variety of moods centred
around the empathic sounds of piano, flute and flugelhorn, with a high degree of
musicianship, using young players graduated from the Royal Academy and other
London colleges. There is no doubt that London has never been so crowded with
talented players, and this album represents a uniquely English musical heritage
whilst drawing on a broad and eclectic set of keyboard influences from McCoy
Tyner and Herbie Hancock through to Brian Auger, Les McCann and Ramsey Lewis.
Recording the album - over three days - was a hugely enjoyable process;
hopefully some of that pleasure is captured here'.
JTQ's fired-up signature tune, The Theme from Starsky and Hutch, cemented its
reputation as master of the jazz-funk-r'n'b workout; 60s spy themes, psychedelic
and free-form jazz all added something to the band's distinctive sound.
Originally playing the Hammond B3 organ in the UK mod revival band The
Prisoners, James Taylor formed his own quartet in 1985, and began playing music
similar to the rare-groove jazz-funk then in vogue around London. By the early
90s, that movement had spawned acid jazz, and JTQ found itself at the forefront
of a vibrant young club scene. The first single, Blow-Up, was released in 1985
on the Re Elect The President label, a precursor to Acid Jazz. The band's debut
album, Mission Impossible, was released the following year, predominantly
consisting of covers of 60s film themes such as Alfie, Mrs Robinson and
Goldfinger. In the early 1990s, the single Love The Life reached the Top 40, and
the accompanying album, Supernatural Feeling, settled in the Top 30 UK charts.
After releases on Polydor and Big Life Records, JTQ returned to Acid Jazz, and
In The Hand of The Inevitable remains the label's biggest selling album to date.
In 1997 James had the chance to fulfil a dream when he was asked to score the
theme tune to Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, the spy spoof
starring Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley. JTQ's Whole Lotta Live album was
nominated for a MOBO award in 1998, and the following year James featured on Tom
Jones' duets album, Reload. James' musical talent has been admired by numerous
other acts: The Wonderstuff, Manic Street Preachers, The Pogues and U2 have all
featured James and his distinctive Hammond sound on their albums.
JTQ's last release was May 2008's Live at The Jazz Cafe, London. Don't Mess With
Mr T: James Taylor Quartet Plays Motown was released in September 2007 on Dome
Records, featuring guest lead vocalists Omar, Hil St Soul, and Donna Gardier.
2007 also saw the release of Picking Up Where We Left Off by a new outfit, James
Taylor's 4th Dimension; James Taylor Quartet was nominated in the Ronnie Scott's
Jazz Awards the same year. JTQ's A Taste of Cherry was released in September
2006.