Joey DeFrancesco - Organic Vibes

[montg]

Thanks for recomending this. It arrived last week and it lives up to the superlatives. One of the things that impressed me the most is how good DeFrancesco is at comping behind the band. It's a great band, btw.

[Soul Stream]

Up for air...

Put this on again this morning and am maybe even more appreciative a year later after it's release. Truely wonderful. Hutcherson and DeFrancesco are such a great pairing, and George Coleman. I hope these guys team up again soon for a recording. A real masterpiece.

[GA Russell]

When I first got it I burned a copy for the car, and over the past year I have listened to it a great deal.

I never warmed up to it quite the way so many of you have, and it finally dawned on me that I don't like the first song and the second song I prefer to hear last. So I may burn another copy omitting the first song and placing the second song last. I enjoy it when I listen to it that way.

[Soul Stream]

When I first got it I burned a copy for the car, and over the past year I have listened to it a great deal.

I never warmed up to it quite the way so many of you have, and it finally dawned on me that I don't like the first song and the second song I prefer to hear last. So I may burn another copy omitting the first song and placing the second song last. I enjoy it when I listen to it that way.

GA, that first cut...The Tackle... is a contrafact of "What Is This Thing Called Love", so once you get past the head, ...the rest of the song might be more fun to listen to if you think of it that way.

Edited May 7, 2007 by Soul Stream

[GA Russell]

Thanks, SS! I'll try listening to it with that in mind.

[CJ Shearn]

thanks for that info SS! I had no idea it was based off "What is this Thing Called Love". I will have to listen to the changes next time I put it on.

[Soul Stream]

It's so amazing what they do on The Tackle....I mean that head...based on that tune. You'd never guess, 'cause those guys are such geniuses. Rhythmic, harmonic genius in action. Once they get through that crazy head, they're just burning up What Is This Thing Called Love.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

did joey D get Jimmy smiths organ, like Soul Stream got BJPs?

[CJ Shearn]

yes, he did. But Joey sounds like Joey on this album.