Groovin' Blue (Remastered) Curtis Amy, Frank Butler
Album info
Album-Release:
1961
HRA-Release:
07.03.2025
Album including Album cover
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- 1 Gone Into It 06:14
- 2 Annsome 08:38
- 3 Bobblin' 05:23
- 4 Groovin' Blue 08:18
- 5 Beautiful You 07:40
- 6 Very Frank 01:49
Info for Groovin' Blue (Remastered)
Obwohl der aus Texas stammende Tenorsaxofonist Curtis Amy (1927-2002) in den 1960ern Größen wie Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell und Smokey Robinson begleitete, drei Jahre lang musikalischer Leiter der Band von Ray Charles und auf einem Album der Doors mit einem Solo zu hören war, blieb er weitgehend unbekannt. "Groovin’ Blue" war 1961 sein zweites Album für das Label Pacific Jazz. Zusammen mit dem ebenfalls sträflich unterbewerteten Schlagzeuger Frank Butler leitete er hier ein fein besetztes Sextett durch ein Programm mit souligen West-Coast-Jazz-Originalen.
Analog-Digital ReMaster von den Originalbändern.
Curtis Amy, Tenorsaxophon
Frank Butler, Schlagzeug
Carmell Jones, Trompete
Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphon
Frank Strazzeri, Klavier
Jimmy Bond, Bass
Aufgenommen am 10. Dezember 1960 und 10. Januar 1961 in den Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA
Produziert von Richard Bock
Digital remastered von Kevin Gray
Curtis Amy
A good soul-jazz and hard bop tenor and soprano saxophonist, Curtis Amy enjoyed a busy period in the '60s, then dropped out of sight. He had a strong tone and nice, lightly swinging style, though he wasn't a great soloist. Amy began playing clarinet as a child, then started on tenor in an Army band. He studied music education at Kentucky State College and earned his bachelor's degree in the early '50s. After teaching school a while in Tennessee and working in Midwestern clubs, Amy moved to Los Angeles in the mid-'50s. He recorded with Dizzy Gillespie in 1955, then worked in the early '60s with Onzy Matthews and Roy Ayers, and performed and recorded with Gerald Wilson in 1965 and 1966. Amy led bands that featured Bobby Hutcherson, Victor Feldman, Jimmy Owens, Kenny Barron, and Ayers in the '60s, and recorded for Pacific Jazz and Verve.
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