Paul Humphrey • Supermellow

 

Paul Nelson Humphrey (born October 12, 1935, Detroit, Michigan, United States) is an American jazz and funk/R+B drummer

He worked as a session drummer in the 1960s for jazz artists such as Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Kai Winding, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz, Blue Mitchell and Gene Ammons.

As a bandleader, he recorded under the name Paul Humphrey and the Cool Aid Chemists, with Clarence MacDonald, David T. Walker, and Bill Upchurch.
He also recorded with Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Smith, The Four Tops, Al Kooper, Jackie DeShannon, Natalie Cole, Albert King, Quincy Jones, Dusty Springfield, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michael Franks, Maria Muldaur, Marc Bolan and others.
Humphrey was one of the drummers on Marvin Gaye's album "Let's Get It On".

Not “Supermellow”, but super dope one of the grooviest albums ever from drummer Paul Humphrey, and a sweet batch of laidback electric funky jazz cuts! Paul's working here with a bit more keyboards and guitar than before all nicely compressed into the grooves that are directed by his tight work on drums often stepping around in a really badass mode that we totally love, and which moves past a simple approach to funky rhythms.

Humphrey clearly knows that he's got to complicate things a bit more than usual to keep the ears of the increasingly sophisticated 70s listener by going for hipper changes and timings, while still keeping the tight core funky groove intact.

He's helped strongly in his efforts here by players who include Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, and Arthur Adams all playing in a more laidback, less studio mode than on other sets and even the arranger Nick Decaro manages to play some groovy accordion on a few tracks! Titles include "Boo A Cha", "Macho", "Do The Buzzard", "Hot Ice Cream", and "Got It Together".
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Paul Nelson Humphrey (nacido el 12 de octubre de 1935 en Detroit, Michigan, Estados Unidos) es un baterista estadounidense de jazz y funk/R+B.

Trabajó como baterista de sesión en la década de 1960 para artistas de jazz como Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Kai Winding, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz, Blue Mitchell y Gene Ammons.

Como líder de banda, grabó bajo el nombre de Paul Humphrey and the Cool Aid Chemists, con Clarence MacDonald, David T. Walker y Bill Upchurch.
También grabó con Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Smith, The Four Tops, Al Kooper, Jackie DeShannon, Natalie Cole, Albert King, Quincy Jones, Dusty Springfield, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michael Franks, Maria Muldaur, Marc Bolan y otros.
Humphrey fue uno de los bateristas del álbum "Let's Get It On" de Marvin Gaye.

No es "Supermellow", pero sí un álbum genial, uno de los más groove del baterista Paul Humphrey, ¡y una buena selección de cortes relajados de jazz funky eléctrico! Paul trabaja aquí con un poco más de teclados y guitarra que antes, todo bien comprimido en los grooves, guiados por su preciso trabajo en la batería, a menudo dando pasos de gigante que nos encantan, y que va más allá de un enfoque simplista de los ritmos funky.

Humphrey sabe claramente que tiene que complicar las cosas un poco más de lo habitual para captar la atención del cada vez más sofisticado oyente de los 70, optando por cambios y ritmos más modernos, sin perder el ritmo funky.

En este trabajo, cuenta con la gran ayuda de músicos como Joe Sample, Wilton Felder y Arthur Adams, quienes tocan con un estilo más relajado y menos de estudio que en otros sets, e incluso el arreglista Nick Decaro se las arregla para tocar un acordeón con groove en algunos temas. Los títulos incluyen "Boo A Cha", "Macho", "Do The Buzzard", "Hot Ice Cream" y "Got It Together".
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Tracks:
A1 - Supermellow
A2 - Hot Ice Cream
A3 - Do The Buzzard
A4 - St. Thomas
A5 - Boo-A-Cha
B1 - Got It Together
B2 - Grapefruit Juice
B3 - Poppa Charlie
B4 - Everything I Do Is Going To Be Stupid
B5 - Macho


Credits:
    Accordion – Nick DeCaro
    Bass – Chuck Rainey, Wilton Felder
    Drums – Paul Humphrey
    Guitar – Arthur Adams, David Cohen
    Piano – Joe Sample
    Producer – Tommy LiPuma
    Written-By – Chuck Rainey (tracks: B1), Paul Humphrey (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2 to B5), Sonny Rollins (tracks: A4)

Album title listed on labels as "Paul Humphrey and The Funky Thumbs".

Label:    Blue Thumb Records – BTS 47
Country:    US
Released:    1973
Genre:    Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:    Jazz-Funk, Funk
https://www.discogs.com/release/1211906-Paul-Humphrey-Supermellow

 

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