Astral Signal
Astral Signal is a soul/funk influenced jazz album recorded in 1974 by the jazz keyboard player Gene Harris.
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August 13, 1974 | |||
| Studio | The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk[1] | |||
| Length | 40min 34sec | |||
| Label | Blue Note / Capitol | |||
| Producer | Keg Johnson, Jerry Peters, Jim Shifflett | |||
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Harris covered the Chicago tune "Beginnings" on this album, one of the very few times that Harris can be heard as lead vocalist.
Track listing
- "Prelude" (Jerry Peters) - 1:38
- "Summer (The First Time)" (Bobby Goldsboro) - 3:32
- "Rebato Summer" (Peters) - 0:44
- "I Remember Summer" (Peters) - 2:03
- "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (Sly Stone) - 3:44
- "Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong" (Peters) - 3:06
- "My Roots" (Harris) - 4:15
- "Green River" (John Fogerty) - 3:01
- "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) - 5:50
- "Feeling You, Feeling Me Too!" (Monk Higgins, Alex Brown) - 1:57
- "Higga-Boom" (Harvey Mason, Sr.) - 5:57
- "Love Talkin'" (Peters) - 4:47
Personnel
- Gene Harris - keyboards, lead vocals
- Oscar Brashear - trumpet
- George Bohanon - trombone, backing vocals
- Keg Johnson - trombone, backing vocals
- Sidney Muldrow - flugelhorn
- Ernie Watts - reeds
- Jerry Peters - piano, backing vocals
- John Rowin - guitar
- David T. Walker - guitar
- Chuck Rainey - bass guitar
- Harvey Mason - drums
- Jim Shifflett - unknown instrument
- Trisha Chamberlain, Ann Esther Davis, Lynn Mack, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters - backing vocals
References
- Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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