Old Feeling

Old Feeling is an album by the American musician George Adams.[1][2] It was released by Somethin' Else and Blue Note Records.[3][4] Adams played the tenor sax; he also sang on some tracks.[2][5]

Old Feeling
Studio album by
George Adams
Released1991
StudioClinton Recording
GenreJazz
LabelSomethin' Else
Blue Note
ProducerKazunori Sugiyama
George Adams chronology
America
(1990)		 Old Feeling
(1991)

Production

The album was produced by Kazunori Sugiyama.[6] It contains covers of Charles Mingus's "Better Git Hit in Yo' Soul" and Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are".[7] Jean-Paul Bourelly played guitar on Old Feeling; Hannibal Marvin Peterson played trumpet.[8][9]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The Buffalo News[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Indianapolis Star[11]
MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide[12]

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "a rollicking, raucous spirit energizes this recording."[13] The Toronto Star deemed the album "a rough-and-tumble vintage blast."[7] The Lawrence Journal-World admired the opening track, writing that "Adams wails with a manic spark oscillating somewhere between James Brown r&b and the 'free thing' explosiveness of the 1960s black, avant garde."[3]

The Indianapolis Star stated: "A lapse of intensity comes with the finale, Billy Joel's 'Just the Way You Are', which reverses another cliche—that good jazzmen always redeem cheap tunes."[11] The Buffalo News called Old Feeling "one of the great jazz albums of the year," and praised Adams's "marvelously outsized, earthy gestures."[8] USA Today labeled the band "wild, woolly, roaring, precise, funny, sometimes quite tender and always on fire, no matter the tempo."[14]

AllMusic noted that, "unlike some other avant-gardists who seem to lose their personality and purpose when they play standard material, Adams turns even overplayed songs into his own inventive devices."[10] MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide considered the album "delightfully strange but potent."[12]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Better Git Hit in Yo' Soul" 
2."That Old Feeling" 
3."The Wanderer" 
4."As Time Goes By" 
5."Melody for Monet" 
6."The Cry" 
7."Teamwork" 
8."Just the Way You Are" 

References
  1. Levin, Eric (May 25, 1992). "Picks & Pans — Old Feeling by George Adams". People. 37 (20): 25.
  2. Kanzler, George (July 19, 1992). "PROOF THAT THE TENOR SAX IS STILL A KING". News. The Star-Ledger.
  3. Berg, Chuck (May 31, 1992). "GEORGE ADAMS: OLD FEELING". Lawrence Journal-World.
  4. Provizer, Norman (April 16, 1992). "THESE YOUNG CUBS CAPABLE OF A BIG BITE". Entertainment. Rocky Mountain News. p. 72.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 47.
  6. Brinsfield, James (August 2, 1992). "New assaults on the boundaries of jazz". The Kansas City Star. p. L3.
  7. Chapman, Geoff (12 Sep 1992). "George Adams's blast has a good old feeling". Toronto Star. p. K9.
  8. Simon, Jeff (May 8, 1992). "As it is, you can find, among tenor players, more than enough...". The Buffalo News. p. G32.
  9. Smith, Will (May 10, 1992). "Three recent Blue Note releases include...". Entertainment. Omaha World-Herald. p. 7.
  10. "George Adams - Old Feeling Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. Harvey, Jay (12 Oct 1992). "Old Feeling George Adams". The Indianapolis Star. p. D5.
  12. MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 6.
  13. Fuller, Jack (26 July 1992). "Old Feeling". Arts. Chicago Tribune. p. 2.
  14. Dulzo, Jim (November 6, 1992). "MUSIC REVIEWS". USA Today.
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