Johnny Lytle - Soulful Rebel/People in Love

[Head Man]

Seems like DustyGroove are re-issuing this as a 'twofer' in late March.

"Two lost smokers from vibes legend Johnny Lytle – both very different than anything else he ever recorded! The Soulful Rebel has a great blend of Hammond and Fender Rhodes along with the vibes – soaring out in a massively funky sextet with bass from Ron Carter and congas from Ray Barretto – both of whom take Johnny's earlier groove into a 70s jazz funk mode! People & Love is even more impressive – and has Lytle's vibes working with sublime larger arrangements – in a style that's like Bobby Hutcherson on mid 70s Blue Note, or Milt Jackson on CTI!"

Edited March 1, 2013 by Head Man

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

'People and love' is a fantastic album! Worth the price of the twofer. Features Marvin Cabell on ts. Best album Johnny Lytle made.

The other album is good but not great.

MG

[dougcrates]

When Dusty Groove first posted their wave of Concord releases which also includes the Wayne Henderson produced Allspice and Larry Williams, Ahmed Abdul-Malik's Spellbound was part of the batch. Unfortunately, they removed it after a week. I hope it is still forthcoming and there is no issue with the master tapes.

[dougcrates]

Dusty Groove (in partnership with Real Gone Music) has three more reissues from the Concord vaults scheduled for July 2: Ahmed Abdul Malik - Spellbound, Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune - Trip On The Strip and George Braith - Musart. To my knowledge, none of these have been on CD before.

[Stefan Wood]

The Stan Hunter is surprisingly good.

[felser]

The Stan Hunter is surprisingly good.

What does Sonny Fortune sound like on that one?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

'Trip on the strip' isn't an extraordinary record, but it's likeable. (I've contemplated putting a track in a BFT several times, but it's never made it.)

'Musart' IS an extraordinary album. It's my favourite of Braith's '60s albums. But it's kind of gentle and low key, no fireworks. But, over the years, it's lasted for me.

MG

[Stefan Wood]

The Stan Hunter is surprisingly good.

What does Sonny Fortune sound like on that one?

Like Sonny Fortune, just less experienced. It's a nice hard bop album.

[JSngry]

Got the Lytle set in the mail yesterday & have been listening to it all AM. It's pretty damn good stuff, and Marvin Cabell is just icing on the cake.

[Head Man]

Got the Lytle set in the mail yesterday & have been listening to it all AM. It's pretty damn good stuff, and Marvin Cabell is just icing on the cake.

Oh dear.....more expense

[LarryCurleyMoe]

This IS really nice. Got my copy recently. Really SOLID grooves from MILESTONE. I really enjoy both albums. Lytle (pronounced "Little" even by Dusty Groove sales people ) was a hella great vibesman.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I pronounce it 'Little' in my head. But I know it's supposed to be 'Lyte-ul'.

Great album, 'People & love'. Not bad 'Soulful rebel'. I ripped these to a twofer CD years ago. Make a nice package.

MG

[jlhoots]

Got the Lytle set in the mail yesterday & have been listening to it all AM. It's pretty damn good stuff, and Marvin Cabell is just icing on the cake.

I received mine too - & I agree.

[mikeweil]

Some give the Dusty Groove staff those liner notes where it is written down that Lytle is supposed to rhyme with title ...

[mikeweil]

While we're at Lytle: Has anyone heard this Pacific Jazz album that's due for reissue in late April:

Seems like DustyGroove are re-issuing this as a 'twofer' in late March.

"Two lost smokers from vibes legend Johnny Lytle – both very different than anything else he ever recorded! The Soulful Rebel has a great blend of Hammond and Fender Rhodes along with the vibes – soaring out in a massively funky sextet with bass from Ron Carter and congas from Ray Barretto – both of whom take Johnny's earlier groove into a 70s jazz funk mode! People & Love is even more impressive – and has Lytle's vibes working with sublime larger arrangements – in a style that's like Bobby Hutcherson on mid 70s Blue Note, or Milt Jackson on CTI!"

The Dusty Groove website says it's "Just sold out"!

[mjzee]

Amazon has it as being released on April 30.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

'Done it again' is very nice. 'Swingin' at the Gate' (also on PJ) is even better. Those two would make a good twofer.

'People & love' is THE Lytle album, though.

MG

[dougcrates]

Done It Again is very good. It was reissued by Get On Down in a mini-LP sleeve in 2011.

[LarryCurleyMoe]

3 more potentially excellent reissues from DG label scheduled for July 2:

Ahmed Abdul-Malik "Spellbound"

Goerge Braith - "Musart"

Stan Hunter/Sonny Fortune - "Trip on the Strip"

I haven't heard any of them but they look great! All from Prestige vault.

WAY TO GO DUSTY GROOVE!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Don't know 'Spellbound'.

'Trip on the Strip' has one very nice cut, which I was going to use in a BFT one day, but the rest is OK but ordinary.

'Musart' is wonderful! Better than Braith's BNs, in my view, but it took me a long time to realise that.

MG

[Clunky]

Thanks to MG’s recommendation in the Vinyl forum, Johnny Lytle The Soulful Rebel/ People & Love just arrived. Very impressed. It’s the first I’ve heard by Lytle and also the first for me on Real Gone Music. Whole package most impressive.