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As the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) had done a year earlier, Super Session (1968) initially ushered in several new phases in rock & roll's concurrent transformation. In the space of months, the soundscape of rock shifted radically from short, danceable pop songs to comparatively longer works with more attention to technical and musical subtleties. Enter the unlikely all-star triumvirate of Al Kooper (piano/organ/ondioline/vocals/guitars), Mike Bloomfield (guitar), and Stephen Stills (guitar) -- all of whom were concurrently "on hiatus" from their most recent engagements. Kooper had just split after masterminding the groundbreaking Child Is Father to the Man (1968) version of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Bloomfield was fresh from a stint with the likewise brass-driven Electric Flag, while Stills was late of Buffalo Springfield and still a few weeks away from a full-time commitment to David Crosby and Graham Nash. Although the trio never actually performed together, the long-player was notable for idiosyncratically featuring one side led by the team of Kooper/Bloomfield and the other by Kooper/Stills. The band is fleshed out with the powerful rhythm section of Harvey Brooks (bass) and Eddie Hoh (drums) as well as Barry Goldberg (electric piano) on "Albert's Shuffle" and "Stop." The Chicago blues contingency of Bloomfield, Brooks, and Goldberg provide a perfect outlet for the three Kooper/Bloomfield originals -- the first of which commences the project with the languid and groovy "Albert's Shuffle." The guitarist's thin tone cascades with empathetic fluidity over the propelling rhythms. Kooper's frisky organ solo alternately bops and scats along as he nudges the melody forward. The same can be said of the interpretation of "Stop," which had originally been a minor R&B hit for Howard Tate. Curtis Mayfield's "Man's Temptation" is given a soulful reading that might have worked equally well as a Blood, Sweat & Tears cover. At over nine minutes, "His Holy Modal Majesty" is a fun trippy waltz and includes one of the most extended jams on the Kooper/Bloomfield side. The track also features the hurdy-gurdy and Eastern-influenced sound of Kooper's electric ondioline, which has a slightly atonal and reedy timbre much like that of John Coltrane's tenor sax. Because of some health issues, Bloomfield was unable to complete the recording sessions and Kooper contacted Stills. Immediately his decidedly West Coast sound -- which alternated from a chiming Rickenbacker intonation to a faux pedal steel -- can be heard on the upbeat version of Bob Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry." One of the album's highlights is the scintillating cover of "Season of the Witch." There is an undeniable synergy between Kooper and Stills, whose energies seems to aurally drive the other into providing some inspired interaction. Updating the blues standard "You Don't Love Me" allows Stills to sport some heavily distorted licks, which come off sounding like Jimi Hendrix. This is one of those albums that seems to get better with age and that gets the full reissue treatment every time a new audio format comes out. This is a super session indeed.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
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Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Organ, Piano, Producer - Michael Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Al Kooper & Michael Bloomfield, Associated Performer - M. Bloomfield, Composer, Lyricist - Joey Scott, Arranger, Conductor - Mike Bloomfield, Electric Guitar - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Michael Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer - Michael Bloomfield & Al Kooper, Associated Performer - Jerry Ragovoy, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - Mort Shuman, Composer, Lyricist - Fred Catero, Engineer - Joey Scott, Arranger - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - C. Mayfield, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Steve Stills, Electric Guitar - Joey Scott, Arranger - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally Released 1968 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Organ, Piano, Producer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - M. Bloomfield, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Steve Stills, Electric Guitar - Joey Scott, Arranger - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally Released 1968 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Organ, Piano, Producer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - M. Bloofield, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Steve Stills, Electric Guitar - Joey Scott, Arranger - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally Released 1968 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Kooper, Steve Stills, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Al Kooper, Arranger, Organ, Piano, Producer - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Joey Scott, Arranger - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally Released 1968 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer - Steve Stills, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - D. Leitch, Composer, Lyricist - Joey Scott, Arranger, Conductor - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Mike Bloomfield, Electric Guitar - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
(P) Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer - Steve Stills, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - W. Cobbs, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Mike Bloomfield, Electric Guitar - Fred Catero, Engineer - Joey Scott, Arranger - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally Released 1968 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer - Steve Stills, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - H. Brooks, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Mike Bloomfield, Electric Guitar - Fred Catero, Engineer - Joey Scott, Arranger - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally Released 1968 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Organ, Piano, Producer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - Stephen Stills, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - M. Bloomfield, Composer, Lyricist - Joey Scott, Arranger, Conductor - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Steve Stills, Electric Guitar - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - Stephen Stills, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - D. Leitch, Composer, Lyricist - Joey Scott, Arranger, Conductor - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Steve Stills, Electric Guitar - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Al Kooper, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Organ, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Organ, Piano, Producer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - Steve Stills, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Electric Guitar - Joey Scott, Arranger, Conductor - Roy Halee, Engineer - Fred Catero, Engineer - Eddie "Fast" Hoh, Drums - Barry Goldberg, Piano - Harvey Brooks, Bass
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Michael Bloomfield, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Al Kooper, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Michael Bloomfield & Al Kooper, Associated Performer - Mike Bloomfield, Associated Performer - M. Bloomfield, Composer, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1968 & released 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Approfondimenti
As the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) had done a year earlier, Super Session (1968) initially ushered in several new phases in rock & roll's concurrent transformation. In the space of months, the soundscape of rock shifted radically from short, danceable pop songs to comparatively longer works with more attention to technical and musical subtleties. Enter the unlikely all-star triumvirate of Al Kooper (piano/organ/ondioline/vocals/guitars), Mike Bloomfield (guitar), and Stephen Stills (guitar) -- all of whom were concurrently "on hiatus" from their most recent engagements. Kooper had just split after masterminding the groundbreaking Child Is Father to the Man (1968) version of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Bloomfield was fresh from a stint with the likewise brass-driven Electric Flag, while Stills was late of Buffalo Springfield and still a few weeks away from a full-time commitment to David Crosby and Graham Nash. Although the trio never actually performed together, the long-player was notable for idiosyncratically featuring one side led by the team of Kooper/Bloomfield and the other by Kooper/Stills. The band is fleshed out with the powerful rhythm section of Harvey Brooks (bass) and Eddie Hoh (drums) as well as Barry Goldberg (electric piano) on "Albert's Shuffle" and "Stop." The Chicago blues contingency of Bloomfield, Brooks, and Goldberg provide a perfect outlet for the three Kooper/Bloomfield originals -- the first of which commences the project with the languid and groovy "Albert's Shuffle." The guitarist's thin tone cascades with empathetic fluidity over the propelling rhythms. Kooper's frisky organ solo alternately bops and scats along as he nudges the melody forward. The same can be said of the interpretation of "Stop," which had originally been a minor R&B hit for Howard Tate. Curtis Mayfield's "Man's Temptation" is given a soulful reading that might have worked equally well as a Blood, Sweat & Tears cover. At over nine minutes, "His Holy Modal Majesty" is a fun trippy waltz and includes one of the most extended jams on the Kooper/Bloomfield side. The track also features the hurdy-gurdy and Eastern-influenced sound of Kooper's electric ondioline, which has a slightly atonal and reedy timbre much like that of John Coltrane's tenor sax. Because of some health issues, Bloomfield was unable to complete the recording sessions and Kooper contacted Stills. Immediately his decidedly West Coast sound -- which alternated from a chiming Rickenbacker intonation to a faux pedal steel -- can be heard on the upbeat version of Bob Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry." One of the album's highlights is the scintillating cover of "Season of the Witch." There is an undeniable synergy between Kooper and Stills, whose energies seems to aurally drive the other into providing some inspired interaction. Updating the blues standard "You Don't Love Me" allows Stills to sport some heavily distorted licks, which come off sounding like Jimi Hendrix. This is one of those albums that seems to get better with age and that gets the full reissue treatment every time a new audio format comes out. This is a super session indeed.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 1 disco(i) - 13 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 01:17:03
- Artisti principali: Mike Bloomfield
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: Columbia - Legacy
- Genere: Pop/Rock Rock
Originally Recorded 1968 & Released 1995, 2003, Originally Released 1968, (P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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