Underground Soul!

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Underground Soul!
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Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedJune 16, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length34:35
Label Prestige
PR 7491
Producer Cal Lampley
Houston Person chronology
Underground Soul!
(1966)
Chocomotive
(1967)

Underground Soul! is the debut album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars. [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Houston Person except as noted

  1. "What The World Needs Now Is Love" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) - 3:55
  2. "Underground Soul" - 5:45
  3. "The Pimp" - 3:45
  4. "Tears" (Mark Levine) - 3:45
  5. "Aleilula" (Edu Lobo, Roy Guerra) - 4:10
  6. "Ballin'" (Danny Wright) - 5:50
  7. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 4:25
  8. "Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:00

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 7, 2013
  2. Payne, D, A Houston Person discography, June 7, 2009.
  3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Person, Houston, accessed February 16, 2018
  4. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed April 11, 2013