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King Curtis and his bubbling, stutter-style tenor sax playing brought a touch of jazz and a whole ton of R&B to countless rock & roll tracks in the early '60s, and his funky edge is one of the reasons records by the Coasters, for instance, continue to sound good 40 years later. This collection brings together a set of late-'60s tracks Curtis recorded while signed to Atlantic Records. This isn't quite the wild, hard-blowing and honking Curtis that most people will recall from his Enjoy sessions, but shows him tamed down a notch or two, although that's a relative assessment, since Curtis still packs a punch here. Two of these cuts were radio staples in 1967, the classic "Memphis Soul Stew" (which includes, in Curtis' own words, "a half pint of horn") and an instrumental version of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe." Curtis often worked with arranger Arif Mardin during this period, and their collaboration is showcased here in the beautiful and easy groove of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Spanish Harlem." The Enjoy sessions are still the place to start with King Curtis, but this set is a whole lot of fun.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Bobby Emmons, Organ - Bobby Wood, Piano - Curtis Ousley, Composer, Writer - Charlie Chalmers, Tenor Saxophone - Bowlegs Miller, Trumpet - Tommy Cogbill, Bass Guitar - Gene Chrisman, Drums - King Curtis, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist - Jimmy Mitchell, Tenor Saxophone - RF Taylor, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Reggie Young, Electric Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Writer - King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - PHIL SPECTOR, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Wilson Pickett, Writer - Steve Cropper, Writer - King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atco Records
Steve Cropper, Writer - King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - Eddie Floyd, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atco Records
Isaac Hayes, Writer - King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - David Porter, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Otis Redding, Writer - Steve Cropper, Writer - King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atco Records
King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - N WHITFIELD, Writer - B. STRONG, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
B. BUIE, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - King Curtis, Vocals, MainArtist - H Middlebrooks, Writer - J. Cobb, Writer - M. Shapirio, Writer - M. Sharpe, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Atco Recording Corp.
Burt Bacharach, Writer - King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - H. DAVID, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
S. SHEPARD, Writer - B. BUTLER, Writer - B. Doggett, Writer - Butler, Composer, Lyricist - King Curtis, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Scott, Composer, Lyricist - C Scott, Writer - Shepard, Composer, Lyricist - Doggett, Composer, Lyricist
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - Rufus Thomas, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atco Records
King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - Reid, Writer - Fisher, Writer - Brooker, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Otis Redding, Writer - Steve Cropper, Writer - King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation
O. Redding, Writer - King Curtis, Vocals, MainArtist - J. GREEN, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atco Records
Arif Mardin, Producer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - King Curtis, Producer, Arranger, Saxophone, MainArtist - Jerry Jemmott, Contributor - Tom Wilkes, Contributor - Bobbie Gentry, Composer - Jean Ristori, Masterer - Billy Preston, Organ - Truman Thomas, Electric Piano - The Memphis Horns, Contributor - Pancho Morales, Contributor
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Lee Dixon, Composer - Luther Dixon, Composer - Curtis Ousley, Composer - Arif Mardin, Producer - C. Ousley, Writer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - King Curtis, Producer, Arranger, Saxophone, MainArtist - Jerry Jemmott, Contributor - Tom Wilkes, Contributor - Jean Ristori, Masterer - Billy Preston, Organ - Truman Thomas, Electric Piano - The Memphis Horns, Contributor - Pancho Morales, Contributor - L. Dixon, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
William Butler, Composer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Jerry Butler, Composer - King Curtis, Producer, Arranger, Saxophone, MainArtist - Jerry Jemmott, Contributor - Tom Wilkes, Contributor - Jean Ristori, Masterer - Billy Preston, Organ - Truman Thomas, Electric Piano - Pancho Morales, Contributor
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
King Curtis, Performance, MainArtist - Buddy Miles, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Arif Mardin, Producer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - King Curtis, Producer, Arranger, Saxophone, MainArtist - Jerry Jemmott, Contributor - Tom Wilkes, Contributor - Jean Ristori, Masterer - Billy Preston, Organ - Truman Thomas, Electric Piano - The Memphis Horns, Contributor - Robert Plant, Composer, Writer - Jimmy Page, Composer, Writer - John Bonham, Composer, Writer - John Paul Jones, Composer, Writer - Pancho Morales, Contributor
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Lee Garrett, Composer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - King Curtis, Producer, Arranger, Saxophone, MainArtist - Jerry Jemmott, Contributor - Tom Wilkes, Contributor - Stevie Wonder, Composer - Jean Ristori, Masterer - Billy Preston, Organ - Truman Thomas, Electric Piano - The Memphis Horns, Contributor - Pancho Morales, Contributor - Lulu Hardway, Composer - Syretta Wright, Composer
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Jeff Walker, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - King Curtis, Producer, Saxophone, MainArtist - Jean Ristori, Masterer - Billy Preston, Organ - Truman Thomas, Electric Piano
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
King Curtis and his bubbling, stutter-style tenor sax playing brought a touch of jazz and a whole ton of R&B to countless rock & roll tracks in the early '60s, and his funky edge is one of the reasons records by the Coasters, for instance, continue to sound good 40 years later. This collection brings together a set of late-'60s tracks Curtis recorded while signed to Atlantic Records. This isn't quite the wild, hard-blowing and honking Curtis that most people will recall from his Enjoy sessions, but shows him tamed down a notch or two, although that's a relative assessment, since Curtis still packs a punch here. Two of these cuts were radio staples in 1967, the classic "Memphis Soul Stew" (which includes, in Curtis' own words, "a half pint of horn") and an instrumental version of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe." Curtis often worked with arranger Arif Mardin during this period, and their collaboration is showcased here in the beautiful and easy groove of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Spanish Harlem." The Enjoy sessions are still the place to start with King Curtis, but this set is a whole lot of fun.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:58
- Main artists: King Curtis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Rhino Entertaiment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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