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Doug Carn Revelation Rar4/29/2021
The album was produced by then-label president George Butler.He had signed Humphrey and helmed her debut, Flute In, the previous year.
Recorded at AR Studios, the young flutist was teamed with bassists Ron Carter and Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., powerhouse drummer Alphonse Mouzon, guitarists David Spinozza and William Fontaine, and keyboardists Harry Whitaker and Paul Griffin. While the albums formula didnt deviate that much from her debut -- an easy, tasty balance of soul, pop, and jazz tunes -- the material, production, and Humphreys confidence all stand out here. Check her reading of Bill Withers Lonely Town, Lonely Street, as she stretches the melody to meet Bascombs and Spinozzas funky grooves. Her version of Whitfield and Strongs Smiling Faces Sometimes is well-known in pop culture for the sample that appeared on Commons Puppy Chow, but taking the tune in full, Humphreys gift as a soloist is revealed in full, as she winds around and through funky clavinets, Rhodes, strings, guitars, and Mouzons popping snare. The reading of Stevie Wonders I Love Every Little Thing About You, with its bubbling basslines and Humphreys understatement of the melody, make this a bright, shining jazz-funk number. The set closer is a souled-out reading of Kenny Barrons Nubian Lady, with chunky guitars, Bascombs Fender bass, shuffling drums, and Humphrey adding air and space to the knotty groove. While Dig This is not the revelation that Blacks and Blues is (it appeared two years later), it is nonetheless a stone killer example of jazz-funk in its prime, and should be considered an essential part of the canon. Virtue (Mouzon) 05. I Love Every Little Thing About You (Wonder) 06. Release Date: 1972 Duration: 39:29 Recording Date: July 20, 1972 - July 21, 1972. I hope to share with you everything that I consider worth spreading, hoping it will please visitors to this blog.
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