Walter Bishop Jr. – Keeper of My Soul (Remastered) (1973/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Walter Bishop Jr. – Keeper of My Soul (Remastered) (1973/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:33 minutes | 712 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Black Jazz Records

On his second and last Black Jazz album Keeper of My Soul (1973), Walter Bishop Jr. plays acoustic and electric pianos and organ with a sense of uplift, a quality characterizing the best soul-jazz of the day. Opening number “Soul Village” is a fascinating union of jazz and funk; today, it still sounds fresh in its immediacy.

Here Bishop brings personality to his playing of a plugged-in piano, no easy task, while young saxophonist Ronnie Laws, a few years away from his descent into the disco-fusion abyss, captures in his solo some of the saxophone-generated warmth associated with his mentor, David “Fathead” Newman. The little-remembered vibraphonist Woody Murray handles himself well, and the funk rhythm section cooks.

Tracklist:
1. Walter Bishop Jr. – Soul Village (06:19)
2. Walter Bishop Jr. – N’Dugu’s Prayer (04:32)
3. Walter Bishop Jr. – Summertime (05:43)
4. Walter Bishop Jr. – Those Who Chant (07:42)
5. Walter Bishop Jr. – Keeper Of My Soul (04:44)
6. Walter Bishop Jr. – Blue Bossa (03:08)
7. Walter Bishop Jr. – Sweet Rosa (05:22)

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