Onaje Allan Gumbs - Sack Full Of Dreams '2007

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Cantaloupe Island
02. Up Jumped Spring
03. People and Love
04. The Fishin' Pond
05. Sack Full of Dreams
06. Destiny
07. Lament
08. Stank You Very Much
09. Nitelife
10. Try To Remember

"Onaje Allan Gumbs is highly respected among jazz musicians as a consummate
pianist and thoughtful composer." - ALL MUSIC GUIDE "There is something elegant
in his style, a confident, yet subdued air." - BOSTON GLOBE Pianist, songwriter,
producer, and arranger Onaje Allan Gumbs has had a storied career, collaborating
across three decades with some of the biggest names in jazz and R&B. In the
1970s, Gumbs had major collaborations with Woody Shaw and Nat Adderley. In 1985
his arrangement of "Lady in My Life" on Stanley Jordan's album Magic Touch
stayed at #1 on Billboard's jazz charts for thirty-seven weeks! He has also
worked with Woody Shaw, Betty Carter, Cassandra Wilson, Phyllis Hyman, Norman
Connors, Angela Bofill, Sadao Watanabe, Denise Williams, Vanessa Rubin, Jeffrey
Osborne, Eddie Murphy, and Gerald Albright. A native of Harlem, Gumbs has
recorded critically-acclaimed solo albums for MCA, Steeplechase, and Half Note.
Sack Full of Dreams was recorded live in the studio, and crackles with
electricity. A mix of classic tunes and brilliant compositions by Onaje, the
album features its title cut "Sack Full of Dreams," first recorded by Grady Tate
in 1968, and here carried by a wonderful and rich baritone vocal performance by
stage star Obba Babatunde.

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