Roger Glenn – Reachin’ (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 38:32 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Sought-after jazz funk rarity from reed-master Roger Glen. Produced by the Mizell brothers and featuring Bill Summers and Paul Jackson from the Headhunters.
A great lost chapter in the Larry Mizell story – a record that’s not nearly as well known as Mizell-produced jams for Bobbi Humphrey or Johnny Hammond, but which is every bit as great! Roger Glenn’s a funky flute player with a really great groove – California groovy, with just a touch of Latin – served up here with some great Mizell-infused touches – that rolling rhythm on the bottom, soaring instrumentation on the top, and some great Latin elements that are wrapped up warmly in the fusion! There’s plenty of great keyboards, too – played both by Larry Mizell, and also by Mark Soskin – a range of Fender Rhodes, Arp, mini-moog, and more – all adding in the right sort of warmth to Roger’s flute, and the album’s rich array of percussion. Titles include “Kick”, “Reachin”, “Rio”, “Gloria”, “Overtime”, and “Don’t Leave”.
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