THE MUSIC CLASSIC INFO

Discovered this album while researching "People Make The World Go 'Round" covers, and dicovered just how damn near perfect this album actually is. Lead by session Saxophonist Ramon Morris, this was (unfortunately) his only solo outing as a band leader, and apparently one of the rarest albums on the "Groove Merchant" label. He gained notable recognition throughout the Jazz community by playing with the likes of both Woody Shaw & Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The most notable track on the album (for me) is "Lord Sideways," which takes use of the almost confusing at times 6/8 time signature, and has Morris and other players layering their solos almost oozingly of the track in the standard 4/4 progression. Take a listen, and you'll know what I'm talking about...

The Players:

Ramon Morris (ts)
Albert Daily (el-p)
Mickey Bass (b)
Granville "Mickey" Roker (dr)
Cecil Bridgewater (tp)
Lloyd Davis (g)
Tony Waters (congas)

Track Listing:

A1 First Come, First Serve
A2 Wijinia
A3 Sweet Sister Funk
B1 Sweat
B2 Don't Ask Me
B3 Lord Sideways
B4 People Make The World Go Round

Thanks to these sites for their original posts of this album: Soul Food, Hard Funk, Avaxhome, and Oufarkhan.

There's also a tremendous write by on of the alumni at this website regarding this same album: http://www.heavysoulbrutha.com/ -- Enjoy everybody. Glad to be back!!