The Soulful Strings – Groovin’ With The Soulful Strings

The Soulful Strings – Groovin’ With The Soulful Strings (1967 Album Review)

 

Cadet records 1967 ‎– LPS-796

notes:

Groovin’ With The Soulful Strings is a 1967 soul-jazz 

album by The Soulful Strings, released on Cadet Records

 and arranged by Richard Evans. Blending lush orchestral

 strings with deep funk and jazz rhythms, the album became

 one of the group’s most successful releases and a

 defining example of late-1960s Chicago soul jazz.

Best known for the hit single “Burning Spear,” the album 

showcases the group’s signature sound: elegant string 

arrangements layered over driving bass lines, crisp drums,

 and infectious grooves. It captures the moment when soul, jazz,

 and orchestral pop met on the dancefloor.

credits:

Richard Evans – musical arrangements, direction

Sol Bobrov – viola

David Chausow – viola

Arthur Ahlman – violin

Harold Kupper – violin

Karl B. Fruh – cello

Emil Mittermann – cello

Theodore Ratzer – cello

Charles Stepney – organ, vibraphone

Lenny Druss – saxophone, flute

Vernice Green – saxophone, flute

Ronald Steele – guitar, sitar

Phil Upchurch – guitar

Cleveland Eaton – bass

Louis Satterfield – bass

Philip R. Thomas – bongos, congas

Morris Jennings – drums

   

Recorded June & July 1967 at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago 

Producer, Supervised By – Esmond Edwards

Engineer – Doug Brand

tracklist:

A1 Burning Spear 4:17

Written-By – Richard Evans 

A2 All Blues 2:53

Written-By – Miles Davis

A3 What Now My Love 3:00

Written-By – Sigman*, Becaud*, Delanoe

A4 Within You Without You 4:20

Written-By – George Harrison

A5 Our Day Will Come 3:19

Written-By – Hilliard*, Garson

B1 Soul Prelude 2:45

Written-By – J. S. Bach

B2 Groovin'3:08

Written-By – Brigati*, Cavaliere

B3 Alfie 4:05

Written-By – Bacharach & David

B4 Comin' Home Baby 3:38

Written-By – Tucker*, Dorough

B5 (I Know) I'm Losing You 3:19

Written-By – Grant*, Holland*, Whitfield*

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