Astral Signal

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Astral Signal
GeneHarris AstralSignal.jpg
Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedAugust 13, 1974
StudioThe Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz-funk [1]
Length40min 34sec
Label Blue Note / Capitol
Producer Keg Johnson, Jerry Peters, Jim Shifflett
Gene Harris chronology
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
(1973)
Astral Signal
(1975)
Nexus
(1975)

Astral Signal is a soul/funk influenced jazz album recorded in 1974 by the jazz keyboard player Gene Harris.

Contents

Harris covered the Chicago tune "Beginnings" on this album, one of the very few times that Harris can be heard as lead vocalist.

Track listing

  1. "Prelude" (Jerry Peters) - 1:38
  2. "Summer (The First Time)" (Bobby Goldsboro) - 3:32
  3. "Rebato Summer" (Peters) - 0:44
  4. "I Remember Summer" (Peters) - 2:03
  5. "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (Sly Stone) - 3:44
  6. "Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong" (Peters) - 3:06
  7. "My Roots" (Harris) - 4:15
  8. "Green River" (John Fogerty) - 3:01
  9. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) - 5:50
  10. "Feeling You, Feeling Me Too!" (Monk Higgins, Alex Brown) - 1:57
  11. "Higga-Boom" (Harvey Mason, Sr.) - 5:57
  12. "Love Talkin'" (Peters) - 4:47

Personnel

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References

  1. Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.