King Curtis - Wail Man Wail! - The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 [3CD Set] (2012) {Fantastic Voyage}
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Jazz / R&B / Blues / Rock&Roll / Soul / Saxophone
The Best Of
King Curtis 1952-1961 - Saxophone titan King Curtis gets the stellar
showcase he deserves on Dave Penny’s latest career-defining set for
Fantastic Voyage, continuing the roll which has seen the label raise the
benchmark for knowledgeable, expertly-annotated compilations.
Over three discs and nearly 100 tracks, Wail Man Wail! traverses the
unmistakable tones of the late Curtis Ousley after he arrived from Texas
in New York City in 1952, winning amateur night at Harlem’s Apollo
before embarking on a recording career which took him to several seminal
independent labels and bands with the likes of Lester Young and Lionel
Hampton. He settled in New York for 17 years, declaring himself King
Curtis and quickly making a name for roaring instrumentals and enhancing
countless sessions. With the assistance of K.C. expert Roy Simmonds,
Dave Penny has excelled himself in providing both beginner’s guide and
record collector’s magnet, starting with Curtis’ riproaring role in the
earliest days of rock ’n’ roll on CD1, collating outings under his own
name for labels such as RPM, Gem, Apollo, DeLuxe, Atlantic/Atco,
ABC-Paramount, Everest and Sue, also encompassing his time with Alan
Freed’s rock ’n’ roll orchestra. Titles include his debut, ‘Tenor In The
Sky’, ‘Honeydripper’, ‘Dynamite’ and ‘Wicky Wacky’. Discs 2 and 3 chart
some of his many memorable recording sessions from between 1952 to
1957, then 1958 to 1961, respectively, names including Solomon Burke,
the Willows, Roy Gaines, Neil Sedaka, Wilbert Harrison, Ruth Brown, the
Coasters, Waylon Jennings, Lionel Hampton, Bobby Darin, Chuck Willis,
the Avons, the Willows, Mickey & Sylvia, the Nitecaps and
obscurities such as Washboard Bill.
King Curtis was yet another name to fall victim to an early demise, in
his case stabbed to death in 1971 after challenging two junkies using
drugs outside his Manhattan apartment. Just the groin-rasping solo on
‘Jest Smoochin’’ is enough to convince anyone with a heart and soul that
they’re in the presence of greatness. There are scores of similar
moments on Wail Man Wail!, the latest instalment in Fantastic Voyage’s
The Architects Of Rock ’N’ Roll series, and an exemplary tribute to one
of the musical giants of the last century.
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