James Taylor - Don't Mess With Mr T / James Taylor Quartet Plays
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Artist: James TaylorEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-10-16
Music Label: Dome
Soundtracks:
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Got To Give It Up
- Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours
- Function At the Junction
- After the Dance
- Jimmy Mack
- Machine Gun
- Come See About Me
- Cleo's Mood
- You Beat Me To the Punch
- You're All I Need To Get By
- Don't Mess With Mr. T
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Music Review: Funky and groovy. Energetic and energizing.
Rating: 4 Stars
Famed for their upbeat, energetic live shows, British jazz-funk stalwarts the James Taylor Quartet return with a live CD : "Don'T Mess With Mr. T".
Taylor's driving Hammond organ has been leading the group for nearly twenty years, and with albums and live shows constantly in the offing, the 'JTQ' show no signs of slowing down. Their relentlessly entertaining tunes take their inspiration from the rare-groove style funk and boogie-woogie of the sixties and seventies, and they are without a doubt one of the most important jazz-pop crossover bands in British musical history.
"Don't Mess With Mr. T: James Taylor Quartet Plays Motown" is a series of 12 cover tracks from Marvin Gaye to Stevie Wonder.
The quartet itself, which comprises Taylor (Hammond organ), Nigel Price (guitar), Andy McKinney (bass) and Adam Betts (drums), is augmented for this record by four more musicians: a full horn section and an extra percussionist. As well as the expected fiery instrumentals, the band is joined by leading soul vocalists Omar, Hil St Soul and Donna Gardier who each add their own notable contributions to the proceedings.
The album kicks off with a superb version of one of Motown's earliest hits, "Money (That's What I Want)".
James makes it his own, and the new lineup of Adam Betts on drums, Andrew McKinney on bass and the superb Nigel Price on guitar are pumping! What a groove! Horns aplenty too, and the excitement level just goes up and up and up. What a fantastic start!
Next up is a cracking version of Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up", closely followed by the Stevie Wonder classic "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)". This features a first taste of guest vocalist Donna Gardier (Raw Stylus), along with Joy rose and Tyrone Henry.
Taylor, as ever, remains the ringmaster behind his Hammond organ, the classic instrument that has defined the retro sound of the group since they arrived at the birth of the acid-jazz scene in the mid-1980s with their stylish reworkings of film and TV theme tunes such as "Mission: Impossible" and "Starsky and Hutch".
The Motown spirit is moulded into a similarly fresh and funky shape, especially on a stellar performance of the Supremes' hit "Come See About Me", featuring the honeyed voice of Donna Gardier. However, Omar's soulful performance of Marvin Gaye's "After the Dance" is one of the highlights.
Jamie Anderson's sax on the funky-as-hell "Cleo's Mood" is just like thick clotted cream coming out the speakers. One of the standout tracks, this is pure JTQ class of the standard to which we have become accustomed.
We then slow things down a little and are treated to another superb guest vocal in the form of Hil St Soul with a beautiful version of Smokey Robinson's "You Beat Me To The Punch".
All the musicians hammer through some ultra-funk gems including the gorgeous closer, the title track, Marvin Gaye's "Don't Mess With Mr T", featuring the vocals of Tyrone Henry, from the movie "Trouble Man".
Forget for a while the distinctive but repeated efforts from Michael McDonald and give this LIVE CD a try.
You will not be disappointed.
Motown
Motown Two
Soul Speak
Reachin' Back
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This is an album that explodes into life, containing 12 tracks that run the gamut of Motown flavors, from the driving groove of Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up" to the late night jazzy groove of the title track.International CDs
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