Lou Rawls Tobacco Road (CD, Capitol Records, 1974) ***
Genre: Jazz vocal; soul; blues
Places I remember: JB Hi Fi
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: St James Infirmary
Gear costume: Summertime
Active compensatory factors: This a twofer CD comprising his work with the Onzy Matthews' Orchestra over two albums - Black and Blue and Tobacco Road.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: St James Infirmary
Gear costume: Summertime
Active compensatory factors: This a twofer CD comprising his work with the Onzy Matthews' Orchestra over two albums - Black and Blue and Tobacco Road.
I'm not ordinarily a fan of vocals in jazz but Lou is special. His hits with Grover Washington Jnr clued me in to his brilliance.
He presents some real standards on these two albums and they all sound fresh and weirdly original.
Where do they all belong? This one is in the soul section of the CDs - that seemed the most appropriate even though he's with a jazz orchestra.
Where do they all belong? This one is in the soul section of the CDs - that seemed the most appropriate even though he's with a jazz orchestra.
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