Blue Note LP, 1963
1 our miss brooks
2 trimmed in blue
3 laura
4 dotti's dream
5 vicksville
6 steppin' out
harold vick, blue mitchell, grant green, john patton, ben dixon
recently el reza posted a more recent vick album--his awesome 1974 strata-east date--and somebody there mentioned they hadn't heard other vick. while that later album is more my taste, this is a pretty nice organ blues/early soul-jazz outing, and with both john patton and grant green it's got some nice moments. according to discogs.com he's got a muse date also, which i would love to hear. somewhere i read his last couple records in the seventies got all slick and disco-funky, but then, everybody was doing that then, weren't they.
UPDATED, 10/08, "Don't Look Back" is now at Neverenoughrhodes, with extra Vick goodies!
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this is ripped from the limited edition, oop, and super-collectible US blue note cd reissue of a few years back.
192 kbps mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/98208275/HV-SO-1963.rar.html
Thanks for all this Vick stuff. I had limited exposure to his playing -- mostly with Tolliver's big band -- and I feel like I've really been missing out. This guy is that voice I've been wanting to hear.
ney ish,
many thanks for this m8!
great album!
have you got "after the dance" by harold please?
Thanks Ish--
Interesting to hear where he came from. Its a typical date in some ways, but his playing is fine. I think one of the reason the Strata East records are so great is 'total artist control'.
Who wouldn't be inspired by that? :^) I liked your Brasilian mix a lot. Amazing variety. Thanks for making it. The music you've found hasn't received much international exposure. I wonder why.
nice. needed this, prices have been scaring me off tho.
theres an lp called carribean suite which has got hutcherson on it. think it's on rca. picked up after the dance a while ago. 1977.
not to cheesy.
many thanks for this ...
Beautiful! Thanks so much for this great old album...come visit me any time at www.urge2burge.wordpress.com and see if there's anything there to your taste! It's all live shows but they're pretty good quality.
all the best
Thanks for the album!
Thanks. A much under-rated musician. Same league as Stan Turrentine, houston Person ...
They were all from a generation that started up playing Blues, Gospel and Rhythm & Blues, and no matter what they played, there was always that blues feeling underneath. I guess it's what makes the music sounds "true". To a degree that i do not often encountered with younger generation musicians, often great technicians but somewhat short on feeling.
Thanks for this album. Vick is a much under-rated musician. Like Stanley Turrentine, Houston Person ... he came from a generation that started up playing Blues and Rhythm & Blues. No matter what they played later on, the blues feeling was always there. That's probably what makes the music sound "true". Even when playing fairly commercial stuff.
It is something i do not find much in the new generation. Very strong on technic, virtuosity, but often short on guts and feelings.
Nevertheless, and with due respect to the late Harold Vick, I must admit that his latest efforts in the disco/funk style were heap of shiite. Probably was short of cash ...
Run over to Simon's Never Enough Rhodes for a lot more Vick!
http://neverenoughrhodes.blogspot.com/2008/10/harold-vick-dont-look-back-1974.html
your blog's got so many great posts. i can't thank you enough.
here's is my absolute favorite disco-funk album in return. i'm sure you love this one too.
Live at the Lighthouse
MP3@320
Grant Green(g)
Bobbye Hall(perc)
Claude Bartee, Jr.(ss,ts)
Gary Coleman(vib)
Wilton Felder(elb)
Greg Williams(ds)
Bobbye Porter(per.conga)
Shelton Laster(org)
1. Introduction by Hank Stewart
2. Windjammer
3. Betcha by Golly, Wow
4. Fancy Free
5. Flood in Franklin Park
6. Jan Jan
7. Walk in the Night
http://rapidshare.com/files/184104370/Live_at_the_Lighthouse.zip
Hi Ish,
I’ve linked to your page (again!) in my post of Harold Vick – “Commitment” (1974)
Many thx for post Vick Steppin'Out.Great !!
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