Dusty Groove on Gene Harris

[Deep Groove]

I was perusing the new arrivals at the Groove when I came across this gem of a review...

"In our opinion, one of the greatest career moves Gene Harris ever did was to leave behind his 3 Sounds combo and go solo on Blue Note. By doing so, he got into a funkier bag, experimented with lots of modern keyboards, and achieved a tight spacey funk groove that drove some of the label's best output of the mid 70s."

I know they're famous for their critical gaffe's...but this one took the cake for me. Maybe I'm the one who's weird, but I LOVE Harris with the Sounds, and I wish he'd kept the original group together even longer than it was...

[JSngry]

Crate diggers & jazz fans benefit from each others often dichotomous tastes.

[Dr. Rat]

  JSngry said:

Crate diggers & jazz fans benefit from each others often dichotomous tastes.

That's the spirit.

I got into college radio when it was deep into the "so bad it's good" thing and I can remember getting into intense arguments about Creed Taylor.

But, you know what? I actually like some Creed Taylor stuff now. I can do without the condescending "so bad it's good" attitude, but the surprise I've had is finding a lot of hyphen jazz is just plain good.

I think Dusty Groove does a pretty good job of separating the wheat from the chaff in an area of music that has plenty of chaff. I've never been so misled by their reviews that I bought something entirely hateful (even when they praise something I think is horrid, I can usually read between the lines and see that they're praising it for the wrong reasons in my book).

--eric

[Eric]

  JSngry said:

Crate diggers & jazz fans benefit from each others often dichotomous tastes.

Funny, the stock market works the same way

Eric