Get Thy Bearings - Robert 20Th Congress Walter CD
Get Thy Bearings - Robert 20Th Congress Walter CD
Robert Walter performs all his own stunts. For 20 years, the San Diego native has been pulling drawbars and pushing the limits of the Hammond B3 organ. As a founding member of the Greyboy Allstars, he helped usher in the funk-jazz renaissance of the early 90s and has continued to keep one hand comping chords in the instruments funky past, while the other explores ever-new melodic terrain. On June 25, his long-standing project, Robert Walters 20th Congress, returns with, Get Thy Bearings, via The Royal Potato Family. It was a recent move from New Orleans to Los Angeles that jump-started the 20th Congress who hadnt recorded a studio album in ten years. The nine-track effort presents Walters organ, piano, Rhodes and synthesizer driving an all-star line-up rounded out by guitarist/bassist Elgin Park, drummer Aaron Redfield, sax players Karl Denson and Cochemea Gastelum, and percussionist Chuck Prada. Get Thy Bearings is drenched in the vintage old school soul, funk and jazz vibe of Walters heroes like Big John Patton, but it also reflects his recent work scoring films. Theres a conceptual depth to the songwriting that draws on elements of narrative and character development, lending a cinematic color to the proceedings. The tracks range from the Sly Stone-style soul vamp of "Little Business" to the heavy gospel of "Crux." "Dog Party" might as well be the theme song to a cartoon of the same name, while "Dont Chin the Dog" shifts from delicate shuffle to horn-drenched boogaloo. Things get eerie on "Up From the Skies," a Jimi Hendrix cover rendered nearly unrecognizable in washes of electric Miles. Similarly, the albums title track is a shrewd reworking of the 1968 Donovan tune Walter first discovered on compilation of sample-friendly breakbeats, full of fuzz guitar and a mercurial organ solo.Additional Info: Personnel: Elgin Park (guitar); Cochemea Gastelum (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Robert Walter (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Aaron Redfield (drums); Chuck Prada (percussion).Specifics
- Album: Get Thy Bearings
- Artist: Robert 20Th Congress Walter
- Label: THE ROYAL POTATO FAMILY
- Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
- MPN: none
Tracklist
1. Hunk Saxophone – Karl Denson Written-By – Robert Walter Saxophone – Karl Denson Written-By – Robert Walter 2. Little Business Written-By – Robert Walter Written-By – Robert Walter 3. Get Thy Bearings Drums – Elgin Park Written-By – Donovan Leitch* Drums – Elgin Park Written-By – Donovan Leitch* 4. Foxhunting Written-By – Robert Walter Written-By – Robert Walter 5. Dog Party Written-By – Robert Walter Written-By – Robert Walter 6. Inversion Layer Written-By – Robert Walter Written-By – Robert Walter 7. Crux Written-By – Robert Walter Written-By – Robert Walter 8. Don't Chin The Dog Flute – Karl Denson Written-By – Robert Walter Flute – Karl Denson Written-By – Robert Walter 9. Up From The Skies Written-By – Jimi Hendrix Written-By – Jimi Hendrix
(CD-20286213871)
| SKU | CD-20286213871 |
| Barcode # | '020286213871 |
| Brand | THE ROYAL POTATO FAMILY |
| Shipping Weight | 0.0500kg |
| Shipping Width | 0.130m |
| Shipping Height | 0.010m |
| Shipping Length | 0.140m |
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