liner note, Cannonball Adderley makes reference to an old Quincy Jones LP, This NO.1 STUDIODRUMMER • '-A&M SP 3030: B~idge Over ls How I Feel About . I almost wish Troubled Water; Gula Matari; W alkm'; Hum· he hadn't-I'd never trade it in for this. WRITES min'.. M Personnel: Snooky Young, Danny oore, It had a version of Walkin' on it, too, and , , , I hauled it out-it cuts the new one to A "NOW"DRUM BOOKI , fluegelhorns; , , Would you like to know the drum licks Benny Powell, Tony Studd, trombones; Jerom_e shreds. But then, that's just the opinion used on the TV Show Glen Richardson, soprano saxophone; Hubert I:aws, of an old jazz fogey. If you're into the Campbell Show, 's hit "Feelln' tenor saxophone, ; , baritone Alright", and other hits from a drummer saxophone; , baritone and bass saxo­ now bag, this ~s certainly abov 7 the who is creating them? Paul is your mant phone; , , Bob),y Scott, average fare, and will more than likely keyboards· , guitar; Toots Thiele~ans, guitar, ha~monica, whistling; , vibra­ please you a lot. The recording is superb harp· Don Elliott, bass marimba (crack 2 only); and captures all the colors and nuances. NO.1 SOULDRUMS Ray 'Brown, bass; Ron C:1rcer, , bass ( track 2 only); Ma1or Holley, bass '!-nd -Morgenstern voice solos; , drums; Warren Smit~. byPAUL HUMPHREY Jimmy Johnson, percussion; four cellos; Valerie Learn how to really use that high hat, Simpson, vocal solos; four female voices; Jones, snare and bass drum from the "best" in arranger-conductor. recording. Rating:*** Don't lick your chops over the brilliant ALONE TOGETHER-Blue Thumb BTS 19: 0 NO. 1 SOULDRUMS ...... $3.50 Only You Know and I If.now; Ca11:t,Stop Worry­ Soul, Country, Motown, Gospel, Pop-Rock, Latin• jazz names listed above; aside from glimpses ing Can't Stop Lovmg; JVa1tm on You; Rock, Fills of Bags, Richardson, Grey, Hancock, Gale, Shduldn't Have Took More Than You Gave; and Thieleman's and Holley's patented fun, World in Changes; Sad and Deep as You; Just a Song; Look at You Look at Me. . you'll not hear any heavy solo outings. Personnel: Dave Mason, Leon R_ussell, Jim This is an arranger's date, and most of Capaldi, John Simon, Jim Keltner. Jnn Gord'?n, Chris Ethridge, Carl Radle, Larry Knechcel, Mi~e the kicks come from Jones' ~killful and de Temple, John ~arbaca, D~laney & Bonnie Bramlet, Rita Coohdge, Claudia L_ennear, _Don Preston, Jack Sorci, L_ou C_ooper, Mike Coohdge, Bob Norwood, unspecified cnscruments and vocals. Racing: * * * * * Looks like a mud pizza-that is, by some special process, the record plastic has been swirl-colored a sort of odd beige with scattered shocks of black and grey and pink. But beyond such commercial con­ trivance luckily lies good music. Mason here proves conclusively that his association with Traffic was hardly as a tagalong, especially in view of the relative excellence of this LP and the new and often imaginative deployment of his troops. dreadful Must Die by The pseudo-African title track, especially, Traffic-sans-Mason. Of course, Mason here MEETJOE PASS! abounds in unusual combinations: growl is not exactly all solo, but appears in com­ The Award-winning man with the flute a la Esy Morales over bass marimba, pany with that coterie of down-home rock­ Guitar who has written THE BOOK: two double basses, and, later, voices and sters who consistently guest on each other's cellos, leading to Jackson's vibes and some , notably Delaney & Bonnie and JOEPASS GUITAR STYLE potent Thielemans harmonica. At the end the indefatigable Leon Russell. Hence, per­ A GREAT Guitar book containing Theory, of this 13-minute excursion in exotica, Arpeggios, Scales, Chord Progressions, haps, the title. Mason did, however, com­ Chord substitutes, Technique Exercises, Richardson's soprano swirls over a brassy pose all the songs, and they are certainly Solos, Everything for improvising and .•• turmoil, and adds some charming, by far the best of the current EAR TRAINING! I LEONARD FEATHER (Author of ) says: well-placed arco bass-voice unison grunts in this genre-country--rock ( or some­ "Anything Joe writes is of inestimable before the theme returns and fades out. thing like that). value to the player and student." says: "Joe Pass plays in my Very effective, very well done, but definite­ Striking an even balance between bal­ band-he's the greatest! This book :fills a ly smacking of Hollywood, where Quincy lads and cookers, Mason's voice rides tough need for all guitar players." HERB ELLIS has been doing right well, thank you. says: "Pass is a Gas! This book is over­ but always comfortably above some ulti­ due for all players." Bridge brings on the currently favored mate bedrock rhythm, generally accented Dealer Inquires Invited. gospel-like black female voices, handled by responsive guitar and lines (likely □ JOEPASS GUITAR STYLE $5.95 tastefully, Miss Simpson sings very well by Russell and Knechtel), particularly the by JOEPASS and BILL THRASHER indeed, and should be a good for an long, twisting guitar feature, Look at You. album of her own. The track's jazz content The appeal of the music is thus truly fes­ is slight, but it's good commercial soul tive, the stuff of meadows in spring with By CAROL KAYE music a la 1970. good people-and this observation is by W alkin' carries the strongest echoes of no means frivolous, for the sound through­ Quincy Jones' days, including the 0 HOWTO PLAYELECTRIC BASS out the album evokes for me every happy (The Professional's Book) ...... ••.• . $3.50 trademarked -muted brass voicings, afternoon I've spent dancing and loving D 2 Practice LPs for above book ...... •$3.50 but during almost eight minutes, it gets 0 ELECTRICBASS LINES NO. 1 (Soul, Boogaloo, and breathing delicious air in open fields. into a lot of other things, too. Solos by Latin-Rock, Double-Stop) ...... •. . $2.00 Really, I would be hard-pressed to offer D 2 Practice LPs for above book ....•.... •$3.50 Jackson, Laws, Richardson, and Hancock 0 NEW: ELECTRICBASS LINES NO. 2 (How to song-by-song dissection, inasmuch as the ( on electric piano) are all good, and Ray Sight Read Boogaloo, New Rock Lines, Funky pleasant atmosphere of the album is so Duets, Recorded lines) ...... $2.50 Brown is the title incarnate. 0 NEW: PERSONALLYYOURS (The Complete Guide constant-but favorites are surely the pithy H ummin\ an attractive for the String Bass Player on Electric) Fingering, World in Changes with a quick and swing­ Theory of Creating Soul & Rock Bass Lines, r&b-cum-jazz line, brings the voices on Problems Solved in all situations, Loads of Pie• ing organ spot; Mason's single Only You again: fe~rur~s some expe;t brass playing, tures, What it's like in the Studios) ..... $2.50 Know, and the softest piece of the date, 0 CAROLKAYE COURSE. Complete learning package and 1s highlighted by Th1eleman's guitar­ featuring 15 easy detailed les~ons, above 4 books, Can't Stop Worrying. and-whistling and Holley's bass-and-voice 3 Practice Cassettes (1 Rhythm). Quality mate­ Alone Together once again affirms that rial to give you a Professional touch .• . $29.50 unison b_its, plus ~ po!ent Al Grey plunger GWYNPUBLISHING CO. solo. Dig Toots gmtar work· whistling amid the deluge of faddist offal and plain P.O. Box 1015, Camarillo, Calif. 93010 aside, he's a bitch. ' bad pop music there exists a minority of Calif. add 5% sales tax. creative and evocative artists-even though, Foreign (and Canada) add $1.50 Despite all the production values and Foraign Air add $2.75 Books; $5.50 Records talent involved here, the net result is curi­ as in the unique instance of Mason's LP Sorry, No C.O.D.s ously lacking in depth. In his excellent device, the starting grooves are hidden by the pizza mud. -Bourne