Norman Connors - Take It To The Limit / Mr. C '1980, 1981 [2010]

Tracks list

Norman Connors delivered some of the finest jazz fusion of the 1970s, often
integrated with vocalists and soloists he would discover and send on their way
to significant solo success. After touring as drummer with Pharaoh Sanders and
featuring on five of his albums, Norman landed at Buddah Records in 1972 then
after the acquisition of Buddah by Arista in the late 70s he arrived at the main
Arista imprint in 1980 and delivered these two classic albums Take It To The
Limit and Mr.C, the pinnacle of his work as a musician, co-ordinator, and
producer of live music pre the dawn of programmed drumming and keyboard
replicaters.
Three more outstanding new vocalists are brought to our attention through these
albums, Adaritha, Glenn Jones and Beau Williams, while instrumentally Norman is
at his peak with Black Cow (featuring Freddie Hubbard) and Mr. C (featuring the
Starship Orchestra). Norman recognised You Bring Me Joy as an outstanding song
some years before Anita Baker recorded it, and Melancholy Fire was the ultimate
two step soul record years before anyone knew what a two stepper was! And The
Jones Girls just sound amazing on everything.
These two albums fit seamlessly together as one body of work at a special time
for jazz fusion, they are massive sounding pieces of high energy soul jazz
fusion from a true master of the genre.


Tracks:

01. Take It To The Limit [03:56]
02. Melancholy Fire [04:00]
03. Youve Been On My Mind [04:24]
04. I Dont Need Nobody Else [03:53]
05. Justify [03:51]
06. Black Cow [04:58]
07. You Bring Me Joy [03:39]
08. Everywhere Inside Of Me [04:50]
09. Shes Gone [04:56]
10. Party Town [05:04]
11. Keep Doin It [05:25]
12. Stay With Me [03:18]
13. Anyway You Want [03:27]
14. Sing A Love Song [05:20]
15. Loves In Your Corner [04:34]
16. Mr. C. [04:26]

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