Gene Russell – New Direction (1973/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:23 minutes | 629 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Black Jazz Records
Gene Russell should be a name familiar to committed and more casual fans of jazz and R&B made in the 1970s. Talk to My Lady has its transcendent moments. There’s Russell’s bold transformation of the John Coltrane-identified “My Favorite Thing,” where his Fender Rhodes gets matched in breakneck intensity by Franklin’s standup bass and 20-year-old Leon “Ndugu” Chancler’s drums. Playing acoustic piano, Russell sounds at ease with the funk of “Get Down” and, now plugged-in, he personalizes Gamble and Huff’s “Me And Mrs. Jones” and Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” with soulful feeling.
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Gene Russell – Listen Here (1976/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:30 minutes | 758 MB | Genre: Jazz, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ovation Records
William Eugene Russell (December 2, 1932-May 5, 1981), known as Gene Russell, was an American pop, jazz, and soul keyboardist who played acoustic and Fender Rhodes. He is mainly known for founding and releasing albums on Black Jazz Records.
Russell was born in Los Angeles, California and was a cousin of guitarist Charlie Christian. He studied with Hampton Hawes. In the 1960s and 1970s, he composed music for film and television also appearing as an actor. Russell played with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Zoot Sims, Leroy Vinnegar, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Miles Davis.
With financing from Dick Schrory, Russell established Black Jazz Records in 1969. The aim of the record label was to promote young African American jazz musicians and singers.
He died in Los Angeles on May 5, 1981.
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