Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Bobby Jackson "Desiree"

Mystery time, I’ll tell you what I know about this record first and maybe someone out there can fill in the rest. This is Bobby Jackson from 1978 on the independent label “Ninth Note Records”. It was recorded at Moon Sound Studios in Minneapolis MN and engineered by Mike Geske.
Here’s the player list:

Bobby Jackson – Fender Rhodes
Bobby Hughes – alto sax
Tony Moreno – drums
Enrique Mercado Reyes – trombone
John Howard - bass

That’s about all I can give you. I tried my best to research the album and turned up a whole lot of nothing.

Who is Bobby Jackson? Well I can tell you this much, he’s one hell of a Rhodes player with a penchant for heavy grooves. His playing here is somewhat understated but purposefully so in it intentions. The buttery repetitive chords he spins provide a perfect platform for his cast of supporting players to build their solos upon. I particularly like his solo work on “Modetique”, where he uses one hand to lay down a solid line while the other hand just kind of zips off into the cosmos. On the whole, I was really impressed with this session, it sounds a bit like a lost album from the Black Jazz or maybe Strata East catalogue. Hopefully you'll find some listening pleasure in here as well.



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Are you a Bobby Jackson fan? Leave your love in the comments.

Peace.................Dr. Fever

22 comments:

Dr. Johnny Fever said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/128519994/Bobby_Jackson.zip.html

Sorry about the scans, our digital camera went on vacation with my mother in law before I could get the pics off of it. I will repost just the covers when it returns.

Enjoy the music............DJF

Simon666 said...

hmmm i got a "format error" when trying to unzip , will try again .....

Simon666 said...

.. .actually i just got that again with another zip file, must be me and not you .. changing computers ...

Simon666 said...

Got it.
This is great, I love it, thanks!
You've got such good stuff here Doc.

AMM said...

many thanks for this rare album dr johnny!

badhabitz said...

hmm i got a a file error when i used the rapid share link, did anyone else have this problem??

Anonymous said...

Love this album thanks my man!

Economiewurm said...

Thanks for the share. I had never heard of him. This guy has a magic touch. I also like the way the sax and the rhodes react to each other. Sounds as a real conversation.

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Johnny! Lotsa love here for this mysterious surprise. The mixture of grit and grease (Bobby Hughes' sax and Bobby Jackson's Rhodes, respectively) on the title cut is particularly noteworthy-- superb.

peace,
heiku

Keeping Soul Alive said...

Hi DJF

Loved the tracks but was unable to get the file????

Love to hear the rest!!!

Cheers and thanks for sharing

Colin

Dr. Johnny Fever said...

Hey Colin,

So, you weren't able to open the file or download it? I just checked and it's still up there. I could load it onto another server if Rapidshare is giving you problems. I know if you don't have an account with them that their free service is a pain in the ass. Try again and let me know. Glad you like the music.

Peace

-DJF

Anonymous said...

Great post, an enjoyable listen, thanks.

P.S. You're right about rapidshare, aggressive throttling of free downloads.

Keeping Soul Alive said...

Hi Johnny

Thanks for getting back to me - strange still got the problem!!!?? I have an account with Rapid Share as well!!! Had no other probs this week with them???

I even tried my other lap top and same problem!!

Thanks

Colin

Dr. Johnny Fever said...

Here you go Colin. How about a little Media Fire..........

http://www.mediafire.com/?95ws9qciher

Hopefully that cures what ails you friend.

-DJF

Keeping Soul Alive said...

Hi Johnny

Big thanks for that!!! Love it especially Pressure Funk!

Cheers and thanks again for sorting me out - would have hated to miss it!!!! I can see me giving plenty of hammer over the next weeks!!!

Best wishes

Colin

E-mile said...

hi Johnny, been away for a while and sleeping over this one...gave it a lissen the other day and... well, it was awesome! thank you for another great album, keep it up
DL-ing Gabor right now, I have some others you might enjoy, par example the sorcherer on Impulse?
let me know or drop a line,
peace, E-mile

pepper67 said...

Nice Rhodes/spiritual sound. Thanks

Gianni aka Cesare Barbetta said...

thanks dr. johnny!
mediafire works great!
thank you

GII said...

thanks

tswift98 said...

Thank you Dr. Fever!!

thoth said...

this looks very interesting. thank you so much for sharing.

Winston B said...

I've got to say that you have introduced me to some excellent stuff in just the past day. The Bobby Jackson is amazing! Keep it up.