Artist: Sammy & Freedom Unity
Album: Salute to Soul
Genre: Soul
Label: Columbia (Deep Jazz Reality)
Released: 1971/2013
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- The House of the Rising Sun (5:32)
- Summertime (4:08)
- What Am I Living For (3:19)
- Trouble Blues (3:22)
- I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (5:45)
- St. James Infirmary (3:42)
- Nobody's Fault But Mine (2:43)
- Willow Weep for Me (4:07)
- See See Rider (3:58)
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (2:25)
- Hey Jude (4:38)
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- Personnel:
- Sammy (Masami Chino) - vocals
- Akira Ishikawa - drums
- Hiromasa Suzuki - keyboards
- Kunimitsu Inaba - bass
- Takeru Muraoka - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Hiroshi Suzuki - trombone
Sammy sings soul – not Sammy Davis Jr, but this ultra-hip Japanese singer from the early 70s – a female vocalist who works here with great backings from the Freedom Unity ensemble! The tunes are all numbers from American and British sources of the 50s and 60s – tunes you'd know from versions on labels like Stax or Atlantic, but redone here with some really groovy new inflections – including cool arrangements from Freedom Unity, with a nice blend of strings and soulful jazz elements – including some especially great keyboards and reeds on some numbers! Sammy sings in English, but with this unusual accent that really transforms the tunes – and titles include versions of "Hey Jude", "I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl", "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", "Summertime", "What Am I Living For", "House Of The Rising Sun", and "Nobody's Fault But Mine".