Week 2
Our tunage from last week was recorded at a show on the west coast. We’re gonna switch coasts this week and go to Atlantic City, NJ.
On August 9th, 1969, Lonnie Smith played a show at Club Harlem that put him at the top of the jazz scene. His show displayed the power of “soul jazz” and set the tone for things to come in the next few years. The album “Move Your Hand” is the recording of that show that Blue Note put out shortly thereafter.
This whole album just cruises right along whether it is rendition of “Charlie Brown” by The Coasters or the super groove track “Layin in the Cut”, you can just sit back and enjoy the feeling of smooth wash right over you.
And while I sincerely wanted to post both the above mentioned tracks up today, I decided on two different ones. It nearly came down to flipping a coin on which set to post to get you all your “Pound of Sound” today.
Our first track is a cover of Donovan’s 1966 #1 hit “Sunshine Superman”. You haven’t and you never will hear this song played the same way again. I guaran-funking-tee it.
Our second bit of tunage is the title track to the live album, and the only one with vocals. Lonnie Smith provides with his less than dulcet-toned vocal chords that just seem to fit exactly right on to the track.
Enjoy.