Soul People

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Soul People
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Studio album by
ReleasedEarly September 1965 [1]
RecordedAugust 25, 1964 (#1-5)
August 5, 1966 (#7)
September 15, 1969 (#6)
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz blues
Length40:12original LP
62:44 CD reissue
Label Prestige
PRLP 7372
Producer Ozzie Cadena (#1-5)
Bob Porter (#6)
Cal Lampley (#7)
Sonny Stitt chronology
Shangri-La
(1964)
Soul People
(1965)
Sax Expressions
(1965)
Alternative cover
Soul People2.jpg
1993 CD reissue

Soul People is an album by American saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Booker Ervin, and organist Don Patterson. Just like his previous Soul Shack, Soul People features heavily blues-drenched jazz. The original album was recorded in 1964 and issued by Prestige in early 1965. In 1993, it was reissued on CD by Prestige, featuring three additional tracks.

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Track listing

Original LP

  1. "Soul People" (Stitt) - 9:59
  2. "Sonny's Book" (Stitt) - 8:57
  3. ""C" Jam Blues" (Ellington) - 10:00
  4. "Medley: I Can't Get Started/The Masquerade Is Over" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin/Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel)- 11:16

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Flying Home" (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) - 10:13
  2. "Tune-Up (Davis) - 4:26
  3. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Gordon, Warren) - 7:53
Tracks 1-5 recorded August 25, 1964; #6 on September 15, 1969; #7 on August 5, 1966. Tracks 5-6 previously issued on Don Patterson's Tune Up! (PR 7852).

Personnel

Tracks 1-5

Track 6

Track 7

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References

  1. Billboard Sept 4, 1965
  2. Soul People at AllMusic
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 185. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.