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Reuniting Ronnie Foster with guitarist George Benson, who also produced the previous On the Avenue, the keyboardist's final Blue Note date Cheshire Cat completes his immersion into the mainstream. Few records that fall into the soul-jazz genre balance both sides of the equation so carefully or so deftly. While Foster's original compositions boast the harmonic complexity and structural rigorousness of jazz, Benson's production is pure pop, with numbers including "Like a Child" sounding indistinguishable from the commercial soul fare making radio play lists during the mid-'70s. (A convincing cover of Stevie Wonder's "Tuesday Heartbreak" further blurs the genre lines.) Expanding upon ideas first explored via On the Avenue, Foster again steps behind the microphone to handle vocal chores on several tracks, proving a fine if unspectacular singer. He remains most persuasive as a composer and instrumentalist, however, articulating the infectiousness and gradations of his music with clarity and aplomb.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Composer, Keyboards, Organ, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary King, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Allen, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Keyboards, Organ, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Gary King, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Allen, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Keyboards, Organ, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary King, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Allen, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Composer, Keyboards, Organ, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary King, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Allen, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Dennis Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Keyboards, Organ, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary King, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - William Allen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Composer, Keyboards, Organ, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary King, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Allen, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Reuniting Ronnie Foster with guitarist George Benson, who also produced the previous On the Avenue, the keyboardist's final Blue Note date Cheshire Cat completes his immersion into the mainstream. Few records that fall into the soul-jazz genre balance both sides of the equation so carefully or so deftly. While Foster's original compositions boast the harmonic complexity and structural rigorousness of jazz, Benson's production is pure pop, with numbers including "Like a Child" sounding indistinguishable from the commercial soul fare making radio play lists during the mid-'70s. (A convincing cover of Stevie Wonder's "Tuesday Heartbreak" further blurs the genre lines.) Expanding upon ideas first explored via On the Avenue, Foster again steps behind the microphone to handle vocal chores on several tracks, proving a fine if unspectacular singer. He remains most persuasive as a composer and instrumentalist, however, articulating the infectiousness and gradations of his music with clarity and aplomb.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:15
- Main artists: Ronnie Foster
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1975 Blue Note Records ℗ 2014 Blue Note Records
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