Ernest Ranglin • Memories of Barber Mack

 

Review by Leo Stanley
Memories of Barber Mack is Ernest Ranglin's energetic and moving tribute to the spirit of the late Jamaican saxophonist Barber Mack. Ranglin relies on original compositions, adding two Jamaican standards, "Fade Away" and "Stop That Train," for good measure. The result is an infectious, eclectic album, containing first-rate performances from Ranglin, drummer Sly Dunbar, pianist Jon Williams, bassist David Williams and percussionist Larry McDonald. 
https://www.allmusic.com/album/memories-of-barber-mack-mw0000031825

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Reseña de Leo Stanley
Memories of Barber Mack es el enérgico y conmovedor homenaje de Ernest Ranglin al espíritu del fallecido saxofonista jamaicano Barber Mack. Ranglin se apoya en composiciones originales, añadiendo dos clásicos jamaicanos, "Fade Away" y "Stop That Train", por si fuera poco. El resultado es un álbum contagioso y ecléctico, con interpretaciones de primera clase de Ranglin, el baterista Sly Dunbar, el pianista Jon Williams, el bajista David Williams y el percusionista Larry McDonald.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/memories-of-barber-mack-mw0000031825

Tracks:
1 - Papa's Bag Juice - 5:10
2 - Fade Away - 4:10
3 - For Juni - 6:15
4 - Undecided - 4:21
5 - Memories Of Barber Mack - 6:41
6 - Stop That Train - 5:36
7 - Mountain Breeze - 7:04
8 - Lovebird - 4:43
9 - Dancehall Fever - 5:33
10 - Five Thirty - 6:29


Credits:
    Acoustic Bass – David Williams (2)
    Coordinator [Co-ordination] – Mark Van Den Bergh
    Design – K8 (4)
    Drums – Sly Dunbar
    Engineer – Mark Wilder
    Engineer [Assistant] – Jennifer Wyler*
    Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Danny Kadar
    Executive-Producer – Trevor Wyatt
    Guitar – Ernest Ranglin
    Liner Notes – Dermot Hussey
    Mastered By – John Dent
    Percussion – Larry MacDonald*
    Photography By – Adrian Boot
    Piano – Jon Williams (6)
    Producer – Ernest Ranglin
    Written-By – D. Harriot* (tracks: 6), E. Ranglin* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 10), J. Byles* (tracks: 2)

"The mists of Jamaican oral folk history reveal that Barber Mack, to whom this CD is dedicated, was a tonsorial artist by day and a mento sax player by night . . . By all accounts, mostly from senior Jamaicans, he was a legendary player whose alto was the main attraction . . . Ernest Ranglin saw him as a boy at Coney Island and remembers that Barber Mack could make his alto 'smoke' at midnight: a trick which added to Mack's legend where he would duck backstage, close the keys of the saxophone and blow cigarette smoke into the instrument before returning to the front of the stage to solo with the 'smoke' emitting from every orifice, a feat the young Ernie never forgot."

Label:    Island Jamaica Jazz – IJCD 4004, Island Records – 524 339-2
Country:    UK
Released:    Jan 27, 1998
Genre:    Jazz, Reggae
Style:    Jazz-Funk, Ska, Fusion
https://www.discogs.com/release/1016732-Ernest-Ranglin-Memories-Of-Barber-Mack?srsltid=AfmBOooCJltF2MBWj0eXRKFv5AR7gj4kK3xLzPip3gawrAFIQJtuAdE2

 

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