Organ Grooves - 2 Complete Albums Plus Bonus Tracks
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Release Date: 25 October 2019
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988267426
Release Date: 25 October 2019
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988267426
Description
It seems that Sam Lazar only made three LPs during his musical career and all of them were for Chicago's Chess family of labels and released on their now largely forgotten but hugely important jazz imprint Argo Records.
On this new CD from Jasmine opens with Sam Lazar's recording debut "Space Flight Parts 1 and 2" and includes the first two LPs Space Flight and Playback.
The Space Flight single that opens this set is a totally different version to the one that appears on track 8 and features the great jazz guitarist Grant Green who is possibly making his recording debut on this track. It is also worth noting that Track 11 "Big Willie" is a rerecording of Space Flight Part 2 and renamed in honour of Willie Dixon who recorded bass for the session.
Lazar is certainly an early pioneer of the soul/blues drenched genre of organ players and his albums are highly collectable amongst Hammond B3 collectors.
Tracklisting
Thelma Carpenter
Jimmy Baby Face Lewis
Muddy Waters
Ike Cole
Bobby Vee
The McCormick Brothers
The Kingston Trio
Connie Hall
John Zorn
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Sun Ra & His Arkestra
Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Thomas Morgan & Joao Lobo
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Jazz Sabbath
Sentient Beings
Misha Tsiganov