Artist: Johnny Pate
Album: Outrageous
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz
Label: Dusty Groove
Released: 1970/2008
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Outrageous
- Constant Wind
- That Ain't Too Cool
- Frustrating Disappointment
- Bound To Happen
- No Hang Ups
- Patience
- You're Starting Too Fast
- Totally Unexpected
- Sangria
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- Personnel:
- Bass – Chuck Rainey
- Congas – Montego Joe
- Drums – Bernard Purdie
- Flute – Jerome Richardson
- Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Joe Beck
- Organ – Richard Tee
- Percussion – George Devens
- Trombone – Al Grey, Thomas Mitchell
- Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Snooky Young , Marky Markowitz
Funky magic from maestro Johnny Pate – a record that's very much in the same spirit as his blacksploitation soundtracks for Shaft In Africa or Brother On The Run! The style here is quite similar – full orchestrations, scored by Johnny with an all-soul feel – and played by a crack lineup of jazz and soul instrumentalists – including Richard Tee on organ, Bernard Purdie on drums, Montego Joe on congas, Jerome Richardson on flute, and Cornell Dupree and Joe Beck on guitars! The guitars really rip back and forth nicely in the set – searing one minute, choppy the next – and sometimes as much a part of the rhythms as the bass, drums, and percussion! Pate also draws a bit on his earlier years in jazz – using Richardson's flute to bring some Lalo Schifrin-like sensitivity to some tracks, and some Roland Kirk-like soul to a few others – working in a depth of sound that's way more than just straight jazz or instrumental soul. All titles are originals by Johnny, who also arranged and produced the set – and tracks include "No Hangups", "Sangria", "Bound To Happen", "That Ain't Too Cool", "Totally Unexpected", "You're Starting Too Fast", "Frustrating Disappointment", and "Constant Wind".