{"id":2645,"date":"2012-04-03T13:04:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2012-04-28T13:35:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T18:35:21","slug":"azie-mortimer-prove-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2645","title":{"rendered":"Azie Mortimer – Prove It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Azie Mortimer – Prove It <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

How about a little sister funk to get you through the middle of the week?<\/p>\n

I have my man Tony Crampton<\/strong> to thank for this very tasty slice of vinyl as he dropped it on me last year out of the goodness of his heart (along with a few other killers).<\/p>\n

Always happy to pick up another 45 on the mighty Okeh label, I was also happy to finally hear the voice of Azie Mortimer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her name was very familiar but I had never heard her music.<\/p>\n

Mortimer\u2019s discography (mostly 60s) was not extensive, and from what I can tell she spent a fair amount of time recording as a jazz singer, which makes \u2018Prove It\u2019 all the more surprising.<\/p>\n

Hailing from the late end of the Okeh catalog (it was released in late 1969 or early 1970 and is the second to last single they issued) \u2018Prove It\u2019 is a funky mover (dig that thick and juicy wah wah guitar). Mortimer has a rich, sexy voice and the production by Don Clay<\/strong> is excellent.<\/p>\n

Clay was a Chicago-based writer\/producer that worked for a variety of local labels (including Chess) during the 60s. According to Robert Pruter\u2019s<\/strong> excellent \u2018Chicago Soul\u2019 Clay worked as Azie Mortimer\u2019s road manager and producer in the late 60s, taking what was basically a singer with a jazzy inclination and pushing her (wisely it seems) to do harder, more soulful material for his own Number One label (which also featured sides by Roy Hytower <\/strong>among others) and then for Okeh.<\/p>\n

She only recorded two 45s for Okeh (and only one more after that that I\u2019m aware of).<\/p>\n

I\u2019d love to know more about her.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune and I\u2019ll be back on Friday.<\/p>\n

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