Gene Russell - Talk to My Lady (Remastered) (1973/2020) [Hi-Res]

Gene Russell should be a name familiar to committed and more casual fans of jazz and R&B made in the 1970s. Talk to My Lady has its transcendent moments. There's Russell's bold transformation of the John Coltrane-identified "My Favorite Thing," where his Fender Rhodes gets matched in breakneck intensity by Franklin's standup bass and 20-year-old Leon "Ndugu" Chancler's drums. Playing acoustic piano, Russell sounds at ease with the funk of "Get Down" and, now plugged-in, he personalizes Gamble and Huff's "Me And Mrs. Jones" and Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" with soulful feeling.

Gene Russell, piano, Fender Rhodes
Calvin Keys, guitar
Henry Franklin, bass
Ndugu Leon Chancelor, drums
Charles Weaver, congas
Eddie Gee, tambourine

Digitally remastered