Extra Soul Perception

Extra Soul Perception
Studio album by Monk Higgins
Released	1969
Recorded	1968
Genre	Jazz
Label	Solid State SS 18046
Producer	Monk Higgins, Dee Ervin
Monk Higgins chronology
Monk Higgins in Mac Arthur Park (1967) Extra Soul Perception (1969) Little Mama (1972)

Extra Soul Perception is an album by American saxophonist Monk Higgins recorded in 1968 and released on the Solid State label. ^{[1] [2]}

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Monk Higgins except where noted

1. "Extra Soul Perception" – 2:35
2. "The Look of Slim" – 3:00
3. "A Good Thing" (Dee Ervin) – 2:30
4. "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 3:10
5. "Straight Ahead" (Vee Pea ^[4] ) – 2:40
6. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 3:56
7. "Collision in Black" – 4:00
8. "Just Around the Corner" (Pea) – 2:58
9. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 2:25
10. "Poker Chips" (Pea) – 3:08
11. "Sittin' Duck" – 3:00
12. "Doing It to Deff" – 2:50

Personnel

• Monk Higgins – tenor saxophone, organ, arranger
• Bill Peterson – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Thomas Scott – trumpet
• David Duke – French horn
• Jim Horn – flute
• Miles Grayson – piano, percussion
• Arthur Adams, Freddy Robinson, Albert Vescovo – guitar
• Bob West, Ron Brown – electric bass
• John Guerin – drums
• Dee Ervin – percussion, organ
• Alan Estes – vibraphone, percussion
• Jerry Williams – congas
• Strings directed by Sidney Sharp

Legacy

"Little Green Apples" was sampled in Gang Starr's "Code of the Streets", Gang Starr included Keith Elam and Christopher Edward Martin ^[5]

References

1. Payne, Doug. "Monk Higgins discography", Sound Insight. July 20, 2009. Accessed July 26, 2017
2. Solid State Records discography accessed July 26, 2017
3. Allmusic listing, accessed April 14, 2015
4. "Vee Pea". www.discogs.com. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
5. Bonnette-Bailey, Lakeyta. For the Culture: Hip-Hop and the Fight for Social Justice. University of Michigan Press, 2022. 23.