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| The Very Best of Norman Connors |
| Norman Connors |
| első megjelenés éve: 1998 |
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| (2001)
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| 1. | You Are My Starship
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| 2. | This Is Your Life
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| 3. | Phoenix
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| 4. | Captain Connors [12" Version]
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| 5. | East 6th Street
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| 6. | Stella
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| 7. | Betcha by Golly, Wow
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| 8. | You Make Me Feel Brand New
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| 9. | Valentine Love
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| 10. | We Both Need Each Other
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| 11. | Say You Love Me
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| 12. | Look Ahead
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| 13. | Treat Me Like the One You Love
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| 14. | Once I've Been There
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| 15. | Take It to the Limit
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| 16. | Black Cow
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Jazz / Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Crossover Jazz, Quiet Storm
Norman Connors
Keith Munro - Liner Notes
Paul Robinson - Liner Notes, Concept, Compilation
Throughout the latter half of the '70s and the early '80s, drummer Norman Connors was rather successful as a crossover solo artist who slowly shed his jazz roots to the point where he was making electronics-heavy, dancefloor-aimed r&b. He's often regarded as having been more skilled at assembling guest lineups than anything else, and by judging the roster of talent that adorned those records, it's hard to disagree with that observation. Connors never produced a bona fide masterpiece, but each album he released during the period covered by The Very Best of Norman Connors presented at least a handful of moments that ranged from good to phenomenal. This disc focuses on the cuts that impacted the black singles chart, while throwing in some choice album selections and a couple hits from Connors' brainchild, Aquarian Dream. It provides a good introduction to newcomers, but its selection is questionable with some of the non-singles. Despite this, it's one of the better anthologies of the man's work available. ~ Andy Kellman, 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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