LARRY YOUNG — Into Somethin' (review)

LARRY YOUNG — Into Somethin' album cover Album · 1964 · Hard Bop Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Mssr_Renard
I initially gave this album 3,5* but am inclined to give it a 4*-rating and I want to explain why.

At first I thought this album was rather tame, and because I like blues and hard rock, I was used to growling Hammonds (Uriah Heep for instance). I already was familiar with jazz-organ through Soulive, but found that band a bit on the tame side aswell.

But I was fooled. Although the guitar and hammond are clean (no effects) they are not tame. The quartet featured here know how to swing and play a tight and infectious groove. Of course if you have Evin Jones, here the sole rhythmsection, you know you've got a groove going on.

The three soloists (Young, Green and Rivers) are from different worlds but here they play the blues. Four compositions by Young and one composition by Green. Green's Plaza de Toros is in my opinion the best composition on this record, and the organ-solo seems to go on forever, wich is great, because I cannot get enough of this song.

Although Green, Young and Rivers play very well and have outstanding solos the most prominent player here must be Elvin. His cymbal work is simply marvelous. The bell on this ride-cymbal is what makes this album so addictive.

I have no idea if this line-up is featured on any other record (I'll have to look into it), but this quartet is one-of-a-kind and to my recollection only Soulive (with Sam Kininger on saxophone) have done something similar.

Now I have the task to dig more deep into Young's discography and while at it, I can dig deeper into Green's discography aswell.

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