Dave “Baby” Cortez ”Soul Vibration”

Dave “Baby” Cortez

”Soul Vibration”
( LP All Platinum Records, 1972 )
Catalog # AP-3011

Tracklisting:
A1 Unadressed Letter (4:37)
A2 Pretty Eyes (3:00)
A3 To The Bone (3:25)
A4 P’s and Q’s (3:23)
A5 Funky Robot Part 1 (2:48)
B1 Funky Robot Part 2 (1:40)
B2 Funk Shack East (2:17)
Piano – Raymond Jones
B3 Born Funky (3:18)
B4 Tag (2:35)
B5 Tongue Kissing (3:27)

Personnel & Credits:
Bass – Frank Prescod
Drums – Bunky Smith , Yogi Horton
Guitar – Joe Richardson
Mixed By, Engineer – Joe Richardson
Organ, Electric Piano – Dave “Baby” Cortez
Photography – Martin Bough
Producer – Dave “Baby” Cortez , Joe Richardson

Review:
Dave “Baby” Cortez’s wildest, most intermittently compelling LP, Soul Vibrations essentially distills the various passages of the organ icon’s career into one far-reaching session–veering from smooth pop-soul to blistering funk to cosmic fusion and back again, the album succeeds in spite of its scattershot structure thanks to the remarkable soulfulness of Cortez’s playing. Recorded with arranger Sammy Lowe and a small group of otherwise anonymous session players, the album boasts a raw, unvarnished sound perfectly matched to its gutbucket grooves–cuts like “Funky Robot (Parts 1 and 2)” and “Tongue Kissing” push Cortez into strange new dimensions his previous records barely suggested, and while not everything here works, his playing is stellar throughout.
By Jason Ankeny (AMG)

Notes:
Special Thanks to Jerry Harris, Jimmy Ingram, Michael Watson
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1972
The rip presents unfortunately clips on ”Funky Robot Part 2”
If anyone have a good copy, please send a mail!

By Pier