RAY RUSSELL QUARTET: Turn Circle: CBS Realm 52586: LP: 1968
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A1 Footprints Written-By – W. Shorter* 5:15 A2 Bonita 4:30 A3 Peruvian Triangle 6:30 A4 Sombrero Sam Written-By – C. Lloyd* 5:25 B1 The Fry And I 4:30 A Day In The Working Life Of A Slave Of Lower Egypt B2 Part I Dormancy 1:18 B3 Part II Tremendum 7:15 B4
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Guitarist / composer Ray Russell has been active on the British Jazz and Fusion scene for the last five decades and has always been considered as a first class musician. Most of his recorded output belongs to the Fusion movement and he can be certainly considered as one of the genre’s pioneers. In the early and mid-1960s Russell was a member of the Graham Bond Organization and Georgie Fame’s backing band Blue Flames, two outfits that were among the first to combine Rhythm and Blues with Jazz. By the end of the 1960s Russell started to lead his own groups and record with them, although in parallel he participated in numerous recordings in his capacity as a studio musician. He was also a founding member of the excellent Rock Workshop ensemble and later of RMS. This album presents Russell’s debut album as a leader and is quite different from most of his recorded output, as it is closer to straightforward Jazz then anything else he recorded. Accompanied by three excellent young musicians: Roy Fry – piano, Ron Mathewson – bass and Alan Rushton – drums, the quartet plays some fabulous music, composed mostly by Russell (two standards are also included). Russell’s guitar tone, completely devoid of any electronic devices so popular at the time, sounds more like classic guitar work by Grant Green or Barney Kessel, but with a harder edge and more attack. Overall this is a great document of the era and of Russell’s musical legacy, which stands the test of time beautifully. Great fun and recommended listening
Original 1968 pressing of this fab LP. Cover is in good condition with a few light crease marks on the front and a couple of pencil marks on the back, LP good condition but I do not have a record payer so it is unplayed and sold as seen. Sold in good faith. Please contact me for shipping cost if bidding from outside UK.
Credits
- Bass – Ron Mathewson
- Drums – Alan Rushton
- Engineer – Mike Ross*
- Guitar – Ray Russell
- Piano – Roy Fry
- Producer – David Howells
- Words By [Poem] – Calvin C. Hernton, Roy Cameron
- Written-By – R. Russell* (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B4)
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