>On Sun, 11 Jun 1995, Sean Silcoff wrote:
>
>> Anyone heard the whole Blue Note Rare Groove Series? So far picked up Don
>> Byrd's "Kofi", which is sensational jazz-funk groove, also picked up the
>> Grant Green issue, but haven't given it a good listen yet. Also in the
>> series are a pair of Lou Donaldson albums, one by John Patton and
something by
>> Ronnie Foster. I'd espy like to know what the Foster album is like.
>
>The Ronnie Foster is a pleasant surprise.Its called Two-headed Freap(CDP
>724383208227).Recorded in 1972,this re-issue has got some wonderful
>organ-driven versions of soul hits like Let's Stay Together,Wilson
Pickett's Dont
>Knock My love and Gamble-Huff's Drowing in the sea of love.Nice guitar
>from someone called Gene Bertoncini.
Gene is one of the all-time great jazz guitarists. I was turned on to him
by a cat named Max Ellen, a violinist who's done strings for all kinds of
people-he's responsible for a lot of Deodato strings. Anyway, I hired them
both for a project I'm working on. We did a bunch of ad-libs with Gene that
were absolutely wicked--unfortunately, my artists (I'm the production
manager) decided to go another way with the track, and aren't using Gene's
stuff. :(
Anyway, Gene Bertoncini's worth looking out for.
kevin "mr fliz" kiernan