{"id":6687,"date":"2016-12-11T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6687"},"modified":"2016-12-11T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T17:15:10","slug":"trudy-pitts-bucketful-of-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6687","title":{"rendered":"Trudy Pitts – Bucketful of Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Trudy Pitts – Bucketful of Soul MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

I come to you today after a brief dip in my Hammond crates, after which I surfaced with the record you see before you clenched in my teeth (not really, but you dig, right?<\/em>).<\/p>\n

I am always happy to come across a groovy organ 45, but a little more so when it turns out to be evidence of the small but very cool sorority of female Hammond slingers (which also included Shirley Scott, Bu Pleasant, Rhoda Scott<\/strong>, and Merritt Hemmingson<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Trudy Pitts<\/strong> was one of the finest members of that group, as well as being part of the slightly larger group of Philadelphia-based organists (Jimmys Smith & McGriff, Charlie Earland e.g.<\/strong>) , of which there are\/were many.<\/p>\n

Pitts was born in 1932 and started recording in the early 60s, often with her husband, Bill Carney<\/strong> (often billed as \u201cMr C\u201d<\/strong>) on drums.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection, a Bucketful of Soul\u2019 originally appeared as on the 1968 album of the same name, on which Mr C gets equal billing, and the couple was joined by soul jazz guitar master Wilbert Longmire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tune is a groover, with Carney and Longmire providing a base on which Pitts was able to solo extensively (even though the track is only three minutes long, edited down to about a minute shorter than the LP version), and stylishly.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bucketful of Soul\u2019 is a great example of mid-60s Hammond, never getting too far out, but definitely packing a more modern punch than the more R&B, or straight jazz sounds of a few years earlier.<\/p>\n

Pitts recorded four albums for Prestige in 1967 and 1968, went on to guest on a number of Rahsaan Roland Kirk<\/strong> LPs in the 70s, and continued to play and record until here death in 2010.<\/p>\n

Her LPs can be difficult to come by, but are all worth picking up. There was a CD reissue of a bunch of her Prestige material with Pat Martino<\/strong>, but it appears to be out of print. Some of her later, self-released albums are available in iTunes.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the track, 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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