Re: CTI label recommendations/femi kuti

From: temi castro (temicastro@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 14:14:39 MET DST

  • Next message: Masaki Morisaki: "Re: CTI label recommendations"

    People,

    CTI is probably the best label in the world. By far...
    it took the hottest acts on Blue Note, Fantasy and
    other small labels and gave them the budget to make
    amazing soul-jazz, jazz-soul albums.

    I kinda consider myself a CTI collector and have a
    good deal of amazing albums from Grover Wash. (reed
    seed, Feels so good, Soul Box vols. 1&2, Mr
    Magic....). Bob James 1, 2 and 3 I have. 1 and 2 go
    for ridiculous fees but I got mine for cheap. I really
    love 3 and would like to know what 4 sounds like.

    The killer is Stanley Turrentine's Salt Song. Its a
    perfect album, up there with Kind of Blue. Just last
    week I was walking down a Parisian Blvd. with his
    rendition of Gilbrater blasting into my cipher, it was
    raining lightly, I felt like I was large living...
    simplement delicieux. If you stumble on this joint,
    kill for it (I am speaking figuratively here...).

    Other highly recommended are albums by Ron Carter,
    Urbie Green, Idris Muhammed (the one with crab
    apple),George Benson... Urbie has an amazing version
    of that Horace Silver tune... amazing trombonist,
    collabs. frequently with my fave. Belgian harp player
    Toots Thielemans.

    I pick up CTI/kudu albums instinctively there's always
    at least one joint that validates the purchase. U were
    right about the art work, Classic stuff, very strong
    visuals, checked by Ballastic Brothers' second album
    and other hep cats.

    Sibyll what u witnessed at the Femi Kuti concert is an
    expression of appreciation, albeit somewhat perverted,
    part and parcel of a Yoruba (/Nigerian) tradition
    where the musicians get paid by the patrons as they
    sing praises etc. It goes back to the cave men. It
    could appear vulgar, but it is a status thing ie he
    pays mucho dinero so he is big willie, so girls take
    note, so people recognise and respond accordingly...

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