Artist:Jazz Soul Seven
Song:Amen
Album Impressions of Curtis Mayfield
Here's a one off jazz album that you don't want to overlook. It's got great musicians and a tribute to the legendary Curtis Mayfield was long overdue. The guy behind it is veteran session guitarist Phil Upchurch. Like Mayfield, Upchurch is a Chicago native. Upchurch has been a sideman and session musician since the 60s. He worked with Mayfield. Though Upchurch has recorded as a leader, he is mainly known as a sideman. Upchurch not only plays guitar on Jazz Soul Seven, he wrote the arrangements and produced with his manager Brian Brinkerhoff. This was released in 2012 on BFM Jazz. Musicians are Ernie Watts on sax, Wallace Roney on trumpet, Russell Ferrante of Yellowjackets on piano. Robert Hurst on bass, Terri Lyne Carrington on drums and Henry Gibson on percussion. Gibson toured with Mayfield. Hurst has worked with Wynton and Branford Marsalis. And of course Terri Lyne is one of today's top drummers. This album is definitely worth checking out. Here's a video for Amen by Jazz Soul Seven.
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