Ramon Morris- Sweet Sister Funk (Vinyl) Preston CooperNext up in Mr Bongo's Groove Merchant Records reissue series, we present the only solo album saxophonist Ramon Morris recorded as a bandleader. Having cut his teeth playing with the iconic band Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and working with other jazz greats, including Reuben Wilson, Shirley Scott, Rashied Ali Quintet, and Woody Shaw, 1973 saw Ramon take the step into solo territory. The resulting album Sweet Sister Funk became a certified classic
" Beyond the studio
L'Etudiant noir
Banishment
under his St Charles alias
a single figure emerges from the thunderous hill-top laboratory of rock and roll
The album opens with a jarring scream on "Halloween
Legendary drummer Simon Phillips is widely heralded for recordings and tours with Toto
creating a "liveness" that few studio albums posses
The first time I heard it was in the late spring in the Texas Hill Country
a tri-coastal outfit straddling Atlanta
Available now on coloured vinyl in a gatefold sleeve
always centered around Whitescarver's classically trained voice and Goupil's gritty