darkshade
Soulive debut album "Turn It Out" is a great album by this organ trio specializing in a funky blend of soul-jazz and funk. This is like Pat Martino styled guitar work, blended with John Scofield styled guitar, and mixed with Jimmy Smith organ work, and funky drums, and you have Soulive, at least on this album. A few songs here were on the band's debut EP "Get Down!", but here they are more refined, and with tighter improvisations.
The band would get funkier on later albums, but here, the band definitely know how to groove. The focus is on the trio setting, with guests such as the aforementioned John Scofield on "Nealization", and Lettuce saxophonist Sam Kininger on "Rudy's Way".
Not a bad album to start with Soulive, but in my opinion, their following 2 albums are even better. This album is a nice slice of funky soul-jazz, and if you like the organ trio setting, this album, and the previous EP are the albums to get, as the band would later augment their sound with horns, and eventually, vocals (at least for a couple of albums). Excellent addition to any jazz collection.