Houston Person – Houston Express (Remastered) (1971/2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Houston Person – Houston Express (Remastered) (1971/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 38:34 minutes | 1,57 GB | Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

Houston Express is the ninth album led by saxophonist Houston Person. Houston Person’s the main soloist in front of bigger backings – heard here in a style that’s a bit like some of the changes in funky jazz that were going on over at Kudu Records during the same time – a filling up of the background rhythms, but still with hip players overall – and plenty of room for the main soloist to do his thing! Horace Ott conducts the backings, and brings in a soulful undercurrent that almost gives a few of the sharper numbers a soundtrack feel. Titles include “The Houston Express”, “Young Gifted & Black”, “Give More Power To The People”, “Chains of Love”, and “Enjoy”.”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” (Richie Unterberger, AMG)

Tracklist:

01. Houston Person – Young Gifted And Black (05:17)
02. Houston Person – The Houston Express (05:50)
03. Houston Person – Enjoy (04:57)
04. Houston Person – Give More Power To The People (For God’s Sake) (03:43)
05. Houston Person – Chains Of Love (07:33)
06. Houston Person – Just My Imagination (05:34)
07. Houston Person – Lift Every Voice (05:38)

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