Sonny Fortune - Serengeti Minstrel (1977) {2013 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series 24bit Remaster WPCR-27370}
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© 1977, 2013 Atlantic / Rhino / WEA / Warner Japan | WPCR-27370 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Post Bop / Saxophone
Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. A great one from Sonny Fortune – done with the fusiony sound he was working so well with at the time, and still filled with a tight conception and an incredible group of musicians who bring depth and deliver some really great solos! The title track is an incredible 10 minute cut that breaks into a beautiful modal groove about 4 minutes into it – and that groove is completely wonderful. It's far from the only high point of a set filled with them. Players include Kenny Barron on Fender Rhodes, Woody Shaw on coronet & flugelhorn, Gary King on bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums, Sammy Figueroa on congas, Rafael Cruz on percussion, and Sonny doing his thing on flute, piccolo and sax. Other tracks include "Bacchanal", "Never Again Is Such A Long Time", "There's Nothing Smart About Being Stupid" and "The Afro-Americans".
This is one of my favorite Sonny Fortune recordings. A multi-talented artist with a distinctive sound on both Alto and Soprano Saxophones while adding vibrant colorations on Flute, Sonny Fortune has been overlooked for much too long. Surrounding himself with excellent musicians that include Jack DeJohnette (Drums), Woody Shaw (Cornet & Fluglehorn) and Kenny Barron (Fender Rhodes), this 1977 recording cooks from beginning to end. If you like music played with passion and finesse, you need to add "Serengeti Minstrel" to your collection.
The disc starts out with the festive "Bacchanal". The rhythm section is superb as Sonny's flute floats and darts like a Brazilian dancer at carnival. "The Afro-Americans" is a percussion driven groove with off-beat handclaps to lay a solid foundation for some colorful solo work from Fortune and Shaw. Sonny switches to Soprano on the Latin-vibed "There's Nothing Smart About Being Stupid". At the start, Woody and Sonny play in unison before splitting off to show their respective chops as great soloist. In between, Barron and DeJohnette are exceptional. The title track is ten minutes of pure musical entertainment. The music starts out kind of mysterious and subdued with Gary King showing off his chops with some great bass harmonics. The track then shifts to a very funky groove coupled with several time-shifts to tease your ears before moving into a very passionate dance between the percussion, handclaps and saxophone. On this track, Fortune reminds me of John Coltrane when he continuously reinterprets his soprano statements several times before exploding into a torrential swirl of cascading energy. The musicians displayed excellent chemistry throughout with percussionists Sammy Figueroa and Rafael Cruz laying down some mean rhythms to spice up the sound. Guitarist, Jack Wilkins duets with Fortune's Flute on the lovely "Never Again Is Such A Long Time". This beautiful composition adds a nice touch of softness to an otherwise smoldering disc.
From my perspective, the real magic happens on this recording because Sonny Fortune and Jack Dejohnette are locked in as they push and challenge each other so brilliantly. Having played the vinyl LP until it finally gave up the ghost years ago, it is great to add this CD to my Jazz collection. After being out of circulation for over 30+ years, I salute Wounded Bird for bringing forth another musical treasure to help me complete my "Gotta-Have-It" list. I would like to strongly encourage them to locate and release two other Sonny Fortune jewels from the 70's. "Awakening" (1975) and "Waves Of Dreams" (1976) both are excellent recordings and feature the brilliant trumpet of Charles Sullivan . In the meantime, keep up the good work. "Serengeti Minstrel" will keep me smiling for a long time. Peace!!
Personnel:
Sonny Fortune – saxes, flutes
Woody Shaw – cornet, flugelhorn
Kenny Barron – Fender Rhodes
Gary King – electric bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Horacee Arnold – drums, celesta, marimba, gong, handclap
Sammy Figueroa - congas
Rafael Cruz - percussion
tracklist:
01 - Bacchanal
02 - The Afro-Americans
03 - There’s Nothing Smart About Being Stupid
04 - Not All Dreams Are Real
05 - Never Again Is Such A Long Time
06 - Serengeti Minstrel
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Sonny Fortune / Serengeti Minstrel
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EAC extraction logfile from 29. December 2015, 14:22
Sonny Fortune / Serengeti Minstrel
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SE-208DB Adapter: 7 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC Frontend\tools\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source%
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:43.68 | 0 | 25792
2 | 5:43.68 | 7:26.65 | 25793 | 59307
3 | 13:10.58 | 6:50.51 | 59308 | 90108
4 | 20:01.34 | 5:55.61 | 90109 | 116794
5 | 25:57.20 | 6:16.35 | 116795 | 145029
6 | 32:13.55 | 9:23.66 | 145030 | 187320
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