Inner City Sounds [Original recording remastered]

1. Plastic Situation

2. It's Your Thing

3. In One Peace [#]

4. Funkorgy [#]

5. More Love - Mary Love

6. Hands of Time

7. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) [#]

8. Tenderness [#]

9. Sticky Boom Boom [#]

10. Spread the News

11. Its Insane [#]

12. Funkafied [#]

13. Funktime [#]

Inner City Sounds,Various Artists,Luv N Haight,Jazz Collections,Jazz Music,Pop,R&B

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All Music Guide Review
why has no tragic jazz lothario reviewed this great record ?

Sounds of the Inner City
Booker Little & Booker Ervin
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003TKKK
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

Scoochie
Cycles
Stardust
The Confined Few
Blues De Tambour
Witch Fire

Customer Reviews:

All Music Guide Review.......2003-09-30

For the guy who wants a real critic's take on this album-
"Two masters of hard bop, trumpeter Booker Little and tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin, square off on this 1960 session reissued by Collectables as Sounds of the Inner City. This date has been released under various titles over the years since its original inception as Teddy Charles' New Directions Quartet Featuring Booker Little and Booker Ervin. Most of the material is straight-ahead bop under the leadership of vibraphonist Teddy Charles with Mal Waldron on piano, Addison Farmer on bass, and Ed Shaunesssy on drums. This is a noteworthy reissue considering that there are so few instances of Little's lyrical trumpet style and Ervin's passionate tenor recorded together. Original compositions include Ervin's "Scoochie," Little's "The Confined Few" and "Witch Fire," Shaunessy's "Blues de Tambour," pianist Ahmad Jamal's "Cycles," plus the standard "Stardust" (receiving an especially melancholy treatment.) The only complaint is the lack of liner notes, which excludes information on personnel and session history." - Al Campbell

why has no tragic jazz lothario reviewed this great record ?.......2003-08-15

I've listened to alot of Booker Little lately, and this is easily the least complex and most high-spirited of my recent listens. There's a sublime version of "Stardust" with Booker Ervin providing just the right texture. I'd enjoy a "supposed" critic's take on this record, please.