Booker T. Jones Sound The Alarm 2013 Tracks: 01 Sound The Alarm (ft. Mayer Hawthorne) 02 All Over The Place (ft. Luke James) 03 Fun 04 Broken Heart (ft. Jay James) 05 Feel Good 06 Gently (ft. Anthony Hamilton) 07 Austin City Blues (ft. Gary Clark Jr.) 08 Can’t Wait (ft. Estelle) 09 ’66 Impala (ft. Poncho Sanchez and Sheila E.) 10 Watch You Sleeping (ft. Kori Withers) 11 Your Love Is No Love (ft. Vintage Trouble) 12 Father Son Blues (ft. Ted Jones) Personnel: Vintage Trouble, Estelle, Mayer Hawthorne Featured Artist Carla Carter, Adan Castillo, Jaymes Felix, Ben Franklin, Devin Vasquez, Hugo Johnson, Vocals (Background) Anthony Hamilton Composer, Vocals Jay James Featured Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Luke James Featured Artist, Vocals Sam Salter Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background) Leon Silva Jr., Wesley Smith, Rashawn Ross, Kevin Williams, Horn Kori Withers Featured Artist, Vocals Booker T. Jones Bass, Composer, Hammond B3, Piano, Piano (Electric), Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals Bobby Ross Avila Bass, Celeste, Composer, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, Piano, Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer Iz Bass, Bass (Upright), Brushes, Drums, Guitar, Horn, Percussion, Scratching Gary Clark, Jr. Featured Artist, Guitar Nalle Colt Composer, Guitar Ted Jones Featured Artist, Guitar Raphael Saadiq Composer, Guitar Rick Barrio Dill Bass, Composer Nate Watts Bass Richard Danielson Composer, Drums Gordon Campbell Drums Poncho Sanchez Congas, Featured Artist, Guiro Sheila E. Bongos, Featured Artist, Timbales Label: Concord [7234121] CD 2013; Stax/Universal [STX34547] Digi, CD, DVD 2013 The Avila Brothers, Olivia Jones, John Burk: Executive Producer, Producer Style: Soul & R&B, Soul Jazz Booker T. Jones has certainly put his mark on modern pop music. As part of the legendary group Booker T. & the MGs, Memphis first integrated band, and the house band at Stax Records in the 1960s, he pretty much was in at the ground floor of the invention of soul, backing classic soul hits by Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, and many others, as well as generating iconic instrumental hits from the era like Green Onions, Time Is Tight, and numerous others with the MGs. Jones left Stax as the 1970s hit and the label was essentially falling apart, and hes drifted from label to label ever since, his legacy secure as the dominant Hammond B-3 organ player of his generation (apart from Jimmy Smith, of course). Sound the Alarm is Jones tenth solo album since leaving Stax, and it returns him to the label, now owned by Concord Records, a dozen years and change into the 21st century. Homecomings are nice, and it makes for a nice press hook for this outing, but anyone expecting some vintage-styled Memphis soul here is going to be disappointed, because there isnt much of it. Jones, who wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, has brought in several guests to help him out, and while it isnt exactly a duets album, its pretty close, and the focus is hardly on Jones and his playing. There are a couple of nice urban R&B love ballads like Broken Heart, which features Jay James on vocals, and Your Love Is No Love, done with the group Vintage Trouble and spotlighting Ty Taylor on vocals, but most of the other tracks with lead vocals have little real impact or presence. The best tracks here by far are the handful of instrumentals, including the soul-jazz-like Feel Good, the funky and bluesy Austin City Blues with Gary Clark, Jr. on guitar, and the set closer, Father Son Blues, which features Ted Jones on guitar. Theres nothing wrong with trying to get a more contemporary sound and feel (the album was co-produced by Jones and brothers Bobby Ross and Issiah IZ Avila), of course, but when youre Booker T. Jones, maybe you shouldnt worry about that. After all, the funky soul groove template that Jones helped create in Memphis some 40-plus years ago never really goes out of style. One wishes there were more of that here. Steve Leggett www65.zippyshare/v/70226002/file.html
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:30:52 +0000
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