{"id":5025,"date":"2014-09-21T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2014-09-21T11:23:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T16:23:25","slug":"les-mccann-and-eddie-harris-carry-on-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5025","title":{"rendered":"Les McCann and Eddie Harris – Carry On Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Les McCann and Eddie Harris – Carry On Brothers<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

That said, there must have been something in the air in 1971, since Les McCann and Eddie Harris<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Second Movement\u2019 LP is jam packed with funky jams.<\/p>\n

The tune I selected for your delectation this fine day is the mighty \u2018Carry On Brother\u2019.<\/p>\n

There was a time in the late 60s\/early 70s when McCann and Harris were the public face of soul jazz, thanks 100% to their 1969 smash LP \u2018Swiss Movement\u2019 and the classic \u2018Compared to What\u2019.<\/p>\n

Both McCann and Harris had recorded plenty of top-shelf soul jazz during the 60s, and their coming together as a duo was everything it could have been and more.<\/p>\n

With McCann working the keys and singing (not too shabby, by the way) and Harris working the Varitone electric sax (not everyone\u2019s cup of tea, but one of my favorite sounds), the duo combined songwriting chops (and excellent taste in covers) with razor sharp playing.<\/p>\n

\u2018Carry On Brother\u2019 (written by McCann) opens with congas, electric guitar and McCann whooping, before he lays into the song\u2019s socially conscious message.<\/p>\n

The groove stated, things get a little bit far out, with some fantastic, wordless vocals by Cissy Houston<\/strong> and Judy Clay<\/strong>, and a hot band of NYC sessioners (Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott<\/strong> and Pretty Purdie<\/strong> among them) working overtime.<\/p>\n

If you get a chance to pick up a copy of \u2018Second Movement\u2019, do so, since you also get the excellent \u2018Shorty Rides Again\u2019.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the jam, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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