I'm rather a fan of Freddie Hubbard's Straight Life (also on CTI).
In case anyone is interested: I believe Mr Hubbard is making an appearance
at Upover Jazz in Brooklyn tomorrow night.
James
-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Iveson <kiveson@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To: acid-jazz@UCSD.EDU <acid-jazz@UCSD.EDU>
Date: 05 April 2000 21:35
Subject: Re: CTI label recommendations
>Let me second Leslie's recommendation of Freddie Hubbard's SKYDIVE, and his
>other CTI LPs are also pretty cool. Some CTI stuff is a little syrupy for
>me ... for example, the Bob James album 4 has the classic break in 'Take me
>to the Mardi Gras', but the rest of the tune and album is kinda wack to
>these ears (although it does have it moments ... Steve Gadd is one funky
>drummer sometimes). Similar with the Joe Farrel album UPON THIS ROCK, and
>with the George Benson soundtrack album GOOD KING BAD. Better to go for
>Benson's earlier CTI stuff, like BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON.
>
>There's a live album of Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine that is great
>for hearing how they stretched the 'CTI sound' out live (2 tunes, each of
>about 18 mins), and it has some of the intensity that I find lacking on
>some of the studio productions.
>
>LTJ Bukem wrote a short piece in the Chaser a few years back about CTI, and
>listed his fave ten LPs. I'll try to remember to track that down and post
>it up tomorrow, for another perspective.
>
>
>peace all,
>Kurt
>
>>Personally, I really liked the Freddie Hubbard Skydive album, there were
>>also some other great CTI albums by people like Joe Farrell, a great
>>flautist who, I think, has since graduated to the Great Orchestra in the
>>Sky. Creed Taylor was definitely on to a certain kind of sound that has an
>>element of timelessness to it.
>>
>>leslie/The Power of Sound
>>
>>
>>----- Oril Message -----
>>From: Steve Oldmeadow <soldmeadow@bigpond.com>
>>To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 2:35 PM
>>Subject: CTI label recommendations
>>
>>
>>> I am looking for recommendations of stuff released on the CTI label that
>>is
>>> representative of what Dustygroove (www.dustygroove.com) call the CTI
>>sound
>>> (minimal, spacey, funky). All I have is the Jobim "Waves" album, but I
>>> don't think that exemplifies the sound they are referring to. I found a
>>> discography here: http://www.bsnpubs.com/cti.html if anyone is
interested.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>
>
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