Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People)

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Studio album by Charles Kynard
Released 1971
Recorded December 14, 1970
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7796
Producer Bob Porter
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Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) is an album by organist Charles Kynard which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Charles Kynard was an American soul jazz/acid jazz organist born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Richie Unterberger of Allmusic called it "a solid album that occasionally catches fire". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People)" (Richard Fritz) - 7:50
  2. "Winter's Child" (Fritz) - 4:33
  3. "Zebra Walk" (Kynard) - 6:10
  4. "Something" (George Harrison) - 9:40
  5. "Change Up" (Kynard) - 9:00

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed March 12, 2013
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed March 12, 2013
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