4/6/10

Groovin' With the Soulful Strings

The Soulful Strings' second album includes one of their few well-known tracks, the Richard Evans original "Burning Spear." But there are also superb arrangements of jazz (Miles Davis' "All Blues"), psychedelic pop (George Harrison's "Within You Without You"), top-40 (The Rascals' "Groovin'"), and much much more. Once again the strings swing and the non-stringed instruments really shine, with superb playing from Charles Stepney, Lenard Druss, Bunky Green, Phil Upchurch, Ronald Steele, Morris Jennings, Jr. and many others. Side 1 Burning Spear (Richard Evans) All Blues (Miles Davis) What Now My Love (Becaud, Delanoe, Sigman) Within You Without You (George Harrison) Our Day Will Come (Garson, Hilliard) Side 2 Soul Prelude (J.S. Bach, adpt. by Edwards) Groovin' (Cavaliere, Brigati) Alfie (Bacharach, David) Comin' Home Baby (Tucker, Dorough) (I Know) I'm Losing You (Whitfield, Holland, Grant) GET via