Magician -Stan Butcher Barbara Thompson RARE Jazz funk

£ 36

$ 47

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Feb 23, 2010 Sold Date

Feb 16, 2010 Start Date

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VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1979 UK JAZZ FUNK LP

ON HOBO RECORDS,THIS IS VERY HARD TO FIND

IN SUPERB CONDITION,RECORD IS NEAR MINT,SLEEVE IS VG+

FROM A SUPERB COLLECTION OF LOVINGLY LOOKED AFTER VINYL LP'S

STUNNING ORIGINAL JAZZ TITLES,AMAZING SOUNDTRACKS FROM THE 50'S,60'S & 70'S

CLASSIC MALE & FEMALE VOCAL LP'S & MANY OTHER OBSCURE GEMS

NEW ITEMS LISTED DAILY,KEEP LOOKING YOU MAY FIND THAT ELUSIVE LP IN MINT CONDITION

UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING ALL THESE LP'S

ARE IN AT LEAST NEAR MINT CONDITION, MOST ARE STONE MINT

THE COVERS ARE AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU ARE GOING TO GET(NO SPINE DAMAGE OR RINGWEAR),

THE RECORDS ARE AGAIN AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU ARE GOING TO GET, HAVING ONLY BEEN PLAYED A FEW TIMES

I WILL SHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & WILL DO SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES

CATALOGUE#HO 501

Released on the Hobo label in 1979, ‘Magician’ is by far the hippest, funkiest, jazziest album made by British arranger-composer Stan Butcher. It’s a superb example of the sophisticated jazz-fusion style prevalent at the end of the 1970s, expertly blending elements of jazz, funk and rock into one coherent and exhilarating whole. Recorded at London’s famous Morgan Studios in January 1978, the album features a stellar line-up of British jazz/session musicians including Barry Morgan (drums), Fiachra Trench (Fender Rhodes), Barbara Thompson (saxes/reeds), Les Hurdle and Mo Foster (bass guitar) and Ray Russell (guitar). In fact, ‘Magician’ is intrinsically linked to Morgan Studios because the Hobo label was owned and run by Morgan’s co-owner Monty Babson (who also produced ‘Magician’), while Monty’s business partners Leon Calvert (trumpet) and Barry Morgan were in the band heard on the album. The music ranges from the laidback, streetwise grooves of House of the Purple Mist and Musk to the joyous up-tempo funk of Playground and Morass, all of which are ignited by Barry Morgan’s superlative drumming. Each track features Barbara Thompson’s lithe, virtuosic tenor sax and/or flute solos, while the 5/4 groove of Bazaar is a showcase for her suitably exotic ‘throat flute’ extemporisations.

TRACKLISTING

House of the Purple Mist (Stan Butcher)

Drowned Village (Stan Butcher)

Playground (Stan Butcher)

Bazaar (Stan Butcher)

Musk (Stan Butcher)

Morass (Stan Butcher)

Personnel

Stan Reynolds, Leon Calvert (trumpets)

Roger Williams (trombone)

Barbara Thompson (tenor & soprano saxes, flute, clarinet)

Fiachra Trench (keyboards)