Lonnie Smith Trio - Foxy Lady: Tribute To Jimi Hendrix (1994) [Japanese Edition 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 406 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 132 MB | Covers - 215 MB
Genre: Soul Jazz, Jazz-Funk | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Venus Records (VHCD-78232)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 406 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 132 MB | Covers - 215 MB
Genre: Soul Jazz, Jazz-Funk | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Venus Records (VHCD-78232)
The resurrection of Lonnie Smith continues with this exciting mini-survey of the Jimi Hendrix legacy. This time, the material allows Smith's crackling, tightly knit collaborators, John Abercrombie and Marvin "Smitty" Smith, to run a bit wild - indeed, Abercrombie's tone and attack takes on a Hendrix-like cast on the title track - while Lonnie mostly remains in the same cool soul-jazz frame of mind, an excellent foil. The most ambitious track, "Castles Made of Sand," takes on a military rhythm before breaking out into Smitty's everywhere-at-once drum patterns, cooking at a fine boil through its 23 1/2-minute length before breaking into a suitably chaotic rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" toward the end. On the latter, Abercrombie has a ball pouring on the sarcasm, and Lonnie bounces around the organ…