| Details / Tracklist: |
1.1 Jive Samba1.2 Jack of Speed1.3 La Costa1.4 Manhattan1.5 Take Five1.6 Home Again1.7 Long Gone Bird1.8 Tell the Truth1.9 (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again1.10 St Louis Blues1.11 Girl Talk1.12 She's Alright1.13 Misty |
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| Description: | Tell The Truth by Phil Upchurch, released 29 September 2023, includes the following tracks: "La Costa", "Take Five", "Long Gone Bird", "(every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again" and more.
This version of Tell The Truth comes as a 2xLP.
The vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. Another vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. - 180GR.Phil Upchurch is the kind of guitarist who makes a strong point by what he chooses not to play. There are speedier chopsmeisters, players who undertake more daring intervallic leaps, those who navigate trickier lines, but it would be hard to imagine a more soulful guitarist than Upchurch. From his laidback phrasing on Nat Adderley's bluesy boogaloo "Jive Samba" to his buttery-smooth vocal inflections on Steely Dan's "Jack of Speed" and on the bluesy title track, Upchurch's understated approach on Tell the Truth! Is more about pure feeling than technique. And yet he's holding in that department too, as he so capably demonstrates on Roland Vasquez's "Long Gone Bird" and on his own stunning arrangement of Paul Desmonds' "Take Five," done up in a similar fashion to his arrangement for that tune on George Benson's crossover smash hit from 1976, Breezin'. Natalie Cole's "La Costa" is a lovely change of pace, allowing Upchurch to flaunt his affinity for flamenco music (and the late Lenny Breau) on nylon string acoustic guitar. On Eric Johnson's "Manhattan," he shows a command of Wes Montgomerystyle thumbed octaves. He creates an infectious groove with wah-wah rhythm guitar bubbling underneath his soulful reading of the gospel-flavored '70s R&B anthem "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again," while his earthy soloing on a gorgeous reading of "Girl Talk," the Neal Hefti/Bobby Troup vehicle for Count Basie, is a blue-tinged thing of beauty. But for straightforward, real-deal blues, nothing here surpasses Upchurch's loping, down-home "She's Alright." His unaccompanied rendition of "St. Louis Blues" is another guitaristic highlight, showcasing what Upchurch calls his stride guitar technique: incorporating bass, chords and melody lines simultaneously, a la Joe Pass. The prolific studio guitarist covers a lot of basses and blows his own horn in fine style on his Evidence debut. - Bill Milowski |
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| No. of tracks: |
13 |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
EVD22222 |
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