Back To Oakland
1974
Favorite tracks: Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong), Squib Cakes, I Got the Chop
Sleeper tracks: Just When We Start Makin' It, Below Us, All the City Lights
A standard for any kid who grew up drumming and listening to jazz.
I first head this album in music class...sophomore year. Brian was a bass player, 2 years older than me. He was probably the best musician to come out of Kaukauna High School and he just bought the CD. Wanting to fit in, I eagerly listened and actually loved it. I think it was my first jazz CD purchase.
Great horns and vocals. Some of the ballads get a little boring but the faster stuff grabbed me at a young age. David Giribaldi's drumming on this record is stuff of legend.
The sax player on Saturday Night Live...the guy in front...he was in Tower of Power during this era.
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