Gil Scott Heron / Brian Jackson – Winter in America
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Sunshine Man is a classic jazz-funk album from saxophonist and flutist Harold Alexander. Released on Bob Thiele’s Flying Dutchman imprint, the album “exists somewhere in the space between jazz-funk and free improvisation” featuring quite far-out sounds (even cosmic at times) but full of soul, funk and groove supplied largely by the incredible rhythm section of Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie (Isaac Hayes, Cat Stevens, B.B. King & Joe Cocker) on drums and Richard Davis (Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Frank Sinatra & Leonard Bernstein) on bass. “Mama Soul” is the most well-known cut here with its insane and highly memorable scat-flute lead line and funky electric piano groove.
Recommended – B1 Mama Soul
A1 Sunshine Man
A2 Quick City
A3 Tite Rope
B1 Mama Soul
B2 Aquilla
B3 Clean-Up
Bass – Richard Davis
Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
Flute, Saxophone [Soprano] – Harold Alexander
Keyboards – Neal Creque
Percussion – Richard Landrum
Photography By – Chuck Stewart
Producer – Bob Thiele