Brilliant work from the great Ellen McIllwaine! Ellen's certainly not a soul artist -- but she's got a particularly soulful approach to folk rock -- one that's made her a favorite of groovers worldwide in the past few decades, thanks to a big push from Gilles Peterson, and the club scene in Tokyo and Germany! The approach on this record is kind of like a mixture between Chaka Khan and Joni Mitchell -- lots of upbeat grooves, mixed with jazzy acoustic guitar and some wonderfully soaring vocals -- in a style that needs to be heard to be fully understood. The standout cut is the amazing "Jimmy Jean", a soaring jazzy dance cut with unbelievable vocals -- and other nice ones include "Sliding", "Ain't No Two Ways", and "All To You".
Tracks
1. Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) - 4:26
2. All To You - 3:05
3. Sliding - 2:52
4. Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 2:25
5. Farther Along (Traditional) - 3:44
6. I Don't Want To Play - 3:20
7. Underground River - 3:54
8. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) (Al Fields, Timmie Rogers, Tom Delaney) - 2:25
9. Jimmy Jean - 2:59
10.We The People - 3:23
All songs by Ellen McIlwaine except where stated
Track 10 Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall, New York
Musicians
*Ellen McIlwaine - Guitars, Vocals
*James Madison - Drums
*Don Payne - Bass
*Gerry Mercer - Drums
*Don Moore - Bass
*Thad Holiday - Bass, Vocals
*Don Kaplan - Piano
*Colin Tilton - Saxophone
*Candido - Conga
*Bill Curtis - Conga
*Bill Keith - Pedal Steel
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Hi Marios can you reUP this gem? many Thanks from Italy
ReplyDeleteI thought you forgot, many thanks Marios and thanks for the great work you do for your blogs! Cheers from Italy.
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