Growing up in the US in the ‘60s as I did, you heard Burt Bacharach’s music everywhere whether you wanted to or not. It was usually too precious for my tastes and I didn’t have a high impression of his music, popular as it was. Then I heard Walk On By as done by Isaac Hayes. It was the first BB song that had a tinge of the electric Blues in it and it lent credence to his his massive appeal. Listening to it now reminds me of how overwrought the arrangement is but it still has the funk and Isaac Hayes was one bad MFer.
BBC Transcription Disc - The Johnny Scott Quintet (BBC Transcription Disc, 1967 First Pressing)
BBC Transcription Disc - Wavedon '73 Jam Session with John Dankworth (BBC Transcription Disc, 1973 First Pressing)
Not the most impressive things to look at, but they sound great!
Dexter Gordon – Go! (Blue Note, 1985 French Pressing)
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis With The Tommy Flanagan Trio - Straight Ahead (Pablo, 1976 First Signed Pressing)
Blues in it and it lent credence to his his massive appeal. Listening to it now reminds me of how overwrought the arrangement is but it still has the funk and Isaac Hayes was one bad MFer.
