Houston Person • Houston Express

 

Review by Richie Unterberger
As period soul-jazz goes, this is considerably above the average. It's funky, but not in the bland crossover sense; there's a sense of jazz ensemble discipline to the arrangements, but it's still R&B-based enough to groove to. Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet), Billy Butler (guitar), Bernard Purdie (drums), and Motown bassist Gerry Jemmott are among the more notable contributors to this 1971 session. This and the 1970 LP, Person to Person, were combined onto one CD reissue in 1996, Legends of Acid Jazz.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/houston-express-mw0000955414

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Crítica de Richie Unterberger
En lo que respecta al soul-jazz de época, este disco está muy por encima de la media. Es funky, pero no en el sentido de crossover soso; hay una sensación de disciplina de conjunto de jazz en los arreglos, pero sigue siendo lo suficientemente R & B para groove. Cecil Bridgewater (trompeta), Billy Butler (guitarra), Bernard Purdie (batería) y Gerry Jemmott, bajista de Motown, son algunos de los colaboradores más notables de esta sesión de 1971. Este LP y el de 1970, Person to Person, se combinaron en una reedición en CD en 1996, Legends of Acid Jazz.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/houston-express-mw0000955414


 

Tracks:
1 - Young Gifted And Black
Guitar – Billy Butler (3)
Piano, Electric Piano – Paul Griffin
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Harold Vick
Trombone – Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Money Johnson, Thad Jones
Written-By – Simone*, Irvine - 5:15
2 - The Houston Express
Guitar – Billy Butler (3)
Piano, Electric Piano – Paul Griffin
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Harold Vick
Trombone – Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Money Johnson, Thad Jones
Written-By – Horace Ott - 5:47
3 - Enjoy
Guitar – Billy Butler (3)
Piano, Electric Piano – Paul Griffin
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Harold Vick
Trombone – Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Money Johnson, Thad Jones
Written-By – Horace Ott - 4:55
4 - Give More Power To The People (For God's Sake)
Organ, Electric Piano – Ernie Hayes
Tenor Saxophone – Babe Clarke - Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater
Written-By – Eugene Record - 3:41
5 - Chains Of Love
Organ, Electric Piano – Ernie Hayes
Tenor Saxophone – Babe Clarke - Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater
Written-By – Nugetre - 7:30
6 - Just My Imagination
Organ, Electric Piano – Ernie Hayes
Tenor Saxophone – Babe Clarke - Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater
Written-By – Strong*, Whitfield - 5:30
7 - Lift Every Voice
Guitar – Billy Butler (3)
Piano, Electric Piano – Paul Griffin
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Harold Vick
Trombone – Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Money Johnson, Thad Jones
Written-By – James W. Johnson*, J. Rosamond Johnson - 5:38


Credits:
    Arranged By, Conductor – Horace Ott
    Art Direction, Artwork [Cover Art] – Tony Lane (2)
    Baritone Saxophone – Babe Clarke -     Bass [Fender] – Gerry Jemmott -     Congas – Buddy Caldwell
    Drums – Bernard Purdie
    Organ – Jimmy Watson (4)
    Photography By [Back Cover] – Al Johnson (2)
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Recorded By [Supervision] – Bob Porter
    Tenor Saxophone – Houston Person

Label:     Prestige – PRST 10017
Country:    US
Released:    1971
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/1019893-Houston-Person-Houston-Express

 

 

 

 

 

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