James Taylor - Don't Mess with Mr. T/James Taylor Quartet Plays Motown
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Artist: James TaylorBrand: Dome
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
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 - Omar, , James Taylor Quartet
- Jimmy Mack
- Machine Gun
- Come See About Me - Donna Gardier, , James Taylor Quartet
- Cleo's Mood
- You Beat Me to the Punch - Hil St. Soul, , , James Taylor Quartet
- You're All I Need to Get By
- Don't Mess with Mr. T
Music reviews of Don't Mess with Mr. T/James Taylor Quartet Plays Motown
Music Review: Almost as Good as Julie McKee's Debut - Nigel Price Twice!
Rating: 5 Stars
I'd probably take issue with the other reviewer at Amazon.co.uk in that Nigel Price's superb guitar-work on this album is evident from track one onwards. One of Nigel's strengths, however, and admittedly, is to show proper musical restraint - very much serving the song rather than vanity. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in Nigel's appearance on Julie McKee's superb debut release (about to come out - see amazon.co.uk) entitled, What A Woman Shouldn't Do, a must for anyone interested not only in Nigel Price but in genre-redefining new projects generally.
Anyway, back to Don't Mess with Mr. T! There's no doubt about it, James Taylor is a master of his craft. Nobody could call this an album of covers since it so thoroughly reinterprets the tracks in question. Money (that's what I want) is a superb upbeat number with solos from James himself, from Nigel Price, and from Jamie Anderson on sax. This really is a tight performance - sound production is excellent too. Next up it's Got to Give it Up, a more laid-back number with a truly magical groove. just try not getting up to dance to this one! James' Hammond organ is the most prominant on this track - except for the rhythm section that is. The next track is Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours). Another brilliant performance with an amazing pace-increase towards the end. Next it's Function at the Junction - impossible not to dance to this. Here, Nigel Price really shines in an extended solo - style prefiguring that of his later appearance on Julie McKee's album. The next track is a complete change - slowing things down considerably. More of a smoocher this - aptly entitled After the Dance, and featuring Omar. Jimmy Mack ups the pace once again - this and the previous track are more 'vocals' orientated. Next, Nigel opens for us again on Machine Gun. Absolutely superb this - brilliant rhythm section. You could remake the entire series of Shaft with guest appearances from Huggie Bear to this. Come See About Me, featuring Donna Gardier, is a great punchy vocals-focussed number. Nigel Price again opens for us on Cleo's Mood - though it is the sax that really shines here and throughout the track. You Beat me to the Punch, featuring Hil St Soul slows things down again. A lovely sing-a-long track this. Vocals centred. You're All I Need to Get By, only slightly up's the pace. Superb Summer-drive laid-back number - again featuring Nigel Price's superb blues-jazz licks against the background of James' Hammond. Another smoocher, Don't Mess With Mr. T, the title-track, is a remarkably laid-back, mildly melancholic Marvin Gaye number. Great mid-track solo from James Taylor but - if anything it's Nigel Price who shines yet again - hence my mild disagreement with the other reviewer.
Overall, a superb effort - almost as good as Julie McKee...! In fact, the two albums Don't Mess with Mr. T and What a Woman Shouldn't Do well accompany one-another - the one excelling within a genre (JTQ), the other redefining a genre (McKee). Just imagine a gig with these two bands head-lining together - and with the added benefit of getting Nigel Price twice!!
Description of Don't Mess with Mr. T/James Taylor Quartet Plays Motown
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.Britain CDs
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