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Houston Person was among the guttiest of the gutbucket saxophonists of the soul-jazz golden age -- for proof, look no further than Legends of Acid Jazz: Houston Person, which compiles two of the saxman's most popular releases, Person to Person! and Houston Express (both originally released in 1970). Express featured the "funkmaster general" of the tenor saxophone with a tight, pocket-sized ensemble (including guitarist Grant Green and drummer Idris Muhammad), while, on Person!, his supporting ensemble expanded to include trumpet players Cecil Bridgewater and Thad Jones, guitarist Billy Butler and another kindred spirit and prince of funk on his instrument, Motown bassist Gerry Jemmott.
Legends of Acid Jazz: Houston Person provides a high-voltage cover version extravaganza, including "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" (the Chi-Lites), "Close to You" (the Carpenters), "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day" (Stevie Wonder), "Young, Gifted and Black" (Aretha Franklin), "Just My Imagination" (the Temptations), and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which Person describes in his liner notes as the "black national anthem." Person and friends turn every one of these, and others such as his own "Up at Joe's, Down at Jim's" and his trademark "The Houston Express" into stinging, swinging, original-sounding opuses of funk.
© Chris Slawecki /TiVo
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Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Ousley, Composer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Virgil Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Howard Biggs, Composer - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doris Davis, Composer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Virgil Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Ray Childs, Composer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Virgil Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry B. Glover, ComposerLyricist - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Virgil Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Virgil Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Bryan Wells, Composer - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RONALD NORMAN MILLER, Author - Sonny Phillips, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Virgil Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, ComposerLyricist - Harold Vick, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Weldon Irving, ComposerLyricist - Bill Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Composer - Harold Vick, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Composer - Harold Vick, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Eugene Record, Composer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - AHMET ERTEGUN, ComposerLyricist - Ahmet Nugetre, ComposerLyricist - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Arranger, Work Arranger - Harold Vick, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - J.W. Johnson, Composer - J.R. Johnson, Composer - Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Caldwell, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Houston Person was among the guttiest of the gutbucket saxophonists of the soul-jazz golden age -- for proof, look no further than Legends of Acid Jazz: Houston Person, which compiles two of the saxman's most popular releases, Person to Person! and Houston Express (both originally released in 1970). Express featured the "funkmaster general" of the tenor saxophone with a tight, pocket-sized ensemble (including guitarist Grant Green and drummer Idris Muhammad), while, on Person!, his supporting ensemble expanded to include trumpet players Cecil Bridgewater and Thad Jones, guitarist Billy Butler and another kindred spirit and prince of funk on his instrument, Motown bassist Gerry Jemmott.
Legends of Acid Jazz: Houston Person provides a high-voltage cover version extravaganza, including "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" (the Chi-Lites), "Close to You" (the Carpenters), "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day" (Stevie Wonder), "Young, Gifted and Black" (Aretha Franklin), "Just My Imagination" (the Temptations), and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which Person describes in his liner notes as the "black national anthem." Person and friends turn every one of these, and others such as his own "Up at Joe's, Down at Jim's" and his trademark "The Houston Express" into stinging, swinging, original-sounding opuses of funk.
© Chris Slawecki /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:36
- Main artists: Houston Person
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prestige
- Genre: Jazz
© 1996 Prestige This Compilation ℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
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