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| The Best of Norman Connors |
| Norman Connors |
| első megjelenés éve: 1990 |
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| (2001)
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| 1. | Once I've Been There
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| 2. | You Are My Starship
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| 3. | This Is Your Life
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| 4. | Betcha by Golly, Wow
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| 5. | Be There in the Morning
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| 6. | We Both Need Each Other
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| 7. | Dindi
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| 8. | Valentine Love
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| 9. | Kingston
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| 10. | Love from the Sun
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| 11. | Captain Connors
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| 12. | Butterfly
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| 13. | Mother of the Future
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| 14. | Romantic Journey
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Jazz / Urban, Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Crossover Jazz, Quiet Storm, Smooth Jazz
Norman Connors - Drums, Conductor, Producer, Assistant Producer, Arranger
Adaritha Vocals
Carlos Garnett Arranger
Eleanore Mills Vocals
Hubert Eaves III Arranger
Jacques Burvick Conductor, Arranger
James Robinson Vocals
Jean Carn Vocals
Jerry Peters Arranger, Conductor
Jerry Schoenbaum Producer
McKinley Jackson Orchestration, Conductor, Arranger
Michael J. Henderson Vocals, Arranger
Onaje Allan Gumbs Assistant Producer
Phillip Mitchell Vocals
Phyllis Hyman Vocals
Reggie Lucas Arranger
Skip Drinkwater Producer
The Best of Normon Connors, on the Sequel imprint, is very closely allied to the 1997 ten-track comp titled The Encore Collection. This collection includes the bulk of his mid-'70s urban crossover hits for Buddah Records, including "Valentine Love," "We Both Need Each Other," "You Are My Starship," "Betcha By Golly, Wow," and "Once I've Been There." This set goes four tracks deeper than the former one did. It does include a cut from 1974's Slewfoot, "Mother of the Future," two from 1978's This Is Your Life, "Captain Connors" and "Butterfly," and "Kingston" from 1979's Invitation. Therefore, while it does go deeper and may satisfy casual listeners, it still leaves off material from the seminal albums that helped Connors create his unique meld of funk, jazz, and soul, leaving listeners with yet another best-of collection that is not definitive or truly representational. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Norman Connors
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 01, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul, Urban, Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Post-Bop, Crossover Jazz, Quiet Storm, Smooth Jazz
Like Roy Ayers, George Benson, and Patrice Rushen, Norman Connors is best known for his major R&B hits but started out as a jazz improviser. The drummer/composer was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he lived in the same neighborhood as Bill Cosby and became interested in jazz when he was only a child. As a kid in elementary school, Connors was exposed to jazz extensively thanks to such schoolmates as drummer Lex Humphries and the younger brother of bassist and Jazz Messenger-to-be Spanky De Brest. Connors was in junior high when he began sneaking into jazz clubs and sat in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane gig. At 13, he first got to meet his idol, Miles Davis, and started expressing his admiration for the famous trumpeter by dressing like him. Connors went on to study music at Philly's Temple University and the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Gigs with Jackie McLean, Jack McDuff, and Sam Rivers followed, and he was first recorded as a sideman when Archie Shepp employed him on his 1967 Impulse! session Magic of Ju-Ju.
After touring with Pharoah Sanders and playing on several of his albums, Connors signed with Buddah's Cobblestone label in 1972 and recorded his first album as a leader, Dance of Magic and its follow-up, Dark of Light. A few more jazz-oriented Cobblestone and Buddah dates followed, and it was in 1975 that Connors made R&B his main priority with Saturday Night Special (which included the number ten soul hit "Valentine Love"). The rest of the 1970s found Connors featuring R&B singers prominently (including Michael Henderson, Jean Carn, and the late Phyllis Hyman) and scoring such R&B hits as "We Both Need Each Other," "Once I've Been There," and the lovely "You Are My Starship." Connors, who signed with Arista in 1977, wasn't as popular or as visible in the 1980s, although he would make a comeback in the 1990s by signing with Motown's MoJazz label and focusing on both urban contemporary and crossover. The 21st century found him moving along similar lines, releasing Eternity on Starship Records in 2000 and Star Power in 2009 on Shanachie Records.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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