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Barbara Dennerlein:
Junkanoo
Label Verve 537122-2
recorded October 1996 in New York/USA
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Credits
Barbara Dennerlein Hammond organ
Don Alias percussion
Randy Brecker trumpet, flugelhorn
Dennis Chambers drums
Thomas Chapin flute
Frank Colon drums
Howard Johnson baritone sax, tuba
Frank Lacy trombone
Joe Locke vibes
David Murray tenor sax, bass clarinet
Lonnie Plaxico bass
David Sanchez tenor and soprano sax
Mitch Watkins guitar

 

Track List
01: A Cat Strikes Back
02: Walk On Air
03: Just Play
04: Nightowls
05: Samba And The Drum Stick
06: Easy Going
07: Visions
08: André's Mood
09: Junkanoo

 

Review
Huge amounts of premature praises - but a result I would have expected with the outstanding talent of Barbara. No evergreens, all songs composed by herself, a truly extraordiary list of famous musicians let this album count to one of the highlights of jazz organ music. It starts just with "A Cat Strikes Back" - will Jimmy Smith remember that certain meeting with Barbara a lot years ago which ended not very harmonical? But now the cat who struck again will be struck back - ok, that's life!
Without any wrong nationalism: Barbara is the better of the two shooting stars.

 

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