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Think!, organist Lonnie Smith's 1968 sophomore effort (and first for Blue Note), is easily one of the strongest dates the Hammond B-3 master would produce for the label. Featuring a stellar group of musicians including trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist David Newman, guitarist Melvin Sparks, and drummer Marion Booker, Jr., as well as a three-member Afro-Latin percussion unit led by Henry "Pucho" Brown, Think! is a perfect mix of funky soul and forward-thinking jazz. Kicking things off with Hugh Masekela's instantly memorable "Son of Ice Bag," both Sparks and Newman take searching funk-flow solos while Morgan seems to be remembering a certain Masekela lick he dug. Similarly expansive is the epic and frenetic Afro bliss-out "The Call of the Wild," which finds Newman in a heady, bluesy organ jam freak-out set against "Pucho" Brown's torrid Latin rhythms and Sparks' nasty repeto-funk guitar riff. By the time you get to the title track and realize "Oh, it's that "Think," all you can do is laugh at the utter hipness of it all and take pleasure in the notion that the album is only half over. [The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of Think! features remastered sound by original producer Van Gelder, significantly improving the overall sound quality over the original release.]
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Hugh Masakela, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Dr. Lonnie Smith, MainArtist
(P) 2003 Blue Note Records. All rights reserved. ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Lonnie Smith, Composer - Dr. Lonnie Smith, MainArtist
(P) 2003 Blue Note Records. All rights reserved. ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Aretha Franklin, Composer - Ted White, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Dr. Lonnie Smith, MainArtist
(P) 2003 Blue Note Records. All rights reserved. ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Traditional, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Dr. Lonnie Smith, MainArtist
(P) 2003 Blue Note Records. All rights reserved. ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Dr. Lonnie Smith, MainArtist - Lonnie O. Smith, Composer
(P) 2003 Blue Note Records. All rights reserved. ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Album review
Think!, organist Lonnie Smith's 1968 sophomore effort (and first for Blue Note), is easily one of the strongest dates the Hammond B-3 master would produce for the label. Featuring a stellar group of musicians including trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist David Newman, guitarist Melvin Sparks, and drummer Marion Booker, Jr., as well as a three-member Afro-Latin percussion unit led by Henry "Pucho" Brown, Think! is a perfect mix of funky soul and forward-thinking jazz. Kicking things off with Hugh Masekela's instantly memorable "Son of Ice Bag," both Sparks and Newman take searching funk-flow solos while Morgan seems to be remembering a certain Masekela lick he dug. Similarly expansive is the epic and frenetic Afro bliss-out "The Call of the Wild," which finds Newman in a heady, bluesy organ jam freak-out set against "Pucho" Brown's torrid Latin rhythms and Sparks' nasty repeto-funk guitar riff. By the time you get to the title track and realize "Oh, it's that "Think," all you can do is laugh at the utter hipness of it all and take pleasure in the notion that the album is only half over. [The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of Think! features remastered sound by original producer Van Gelder, significantly improving the overall sound quality over the original release.]
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 5 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:53
- Main artists: Dr. Lonnie Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
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