Craft Recordings
Leon Spencer - Where I’m Coming From
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The
very
definition
of
‘70s
soulful
jazz, Where
I’m
Coming
From has
all
the
hallmarks
of
Prestige
Records
at
its
finest,
with
an
all-star
cast
of
sidemen
(The
legendary
Idris
Muhammad!
Hello
to
Madlib’s
uncle,
Jon
Faddis!
Greetings
to
the
funky
flute
of
Hubert
Laws!)
recorded
at
Van
Gelder’s
studio
and
packed
with
down
and
dirty
grooves
top
to
bottom.
From
the
opening
cover
of
Stevie
Wonder’s
“Superstition”
through
to
the
low-slung
original
headnodder
“Where
I’m
Coming
From,”
with
stops
along
the
way
for
dips
into
the
catalogs
of
Curtis
Mayfield
(“Give
Me
Your
Love”),
Marvin
Gaye
(“Trouble
Man”)
and
the
Four
Tops
(“Keeper
Of
The
Castle”),
Leon
Spencer’s
rippling
organ
lines
sear
this
prime
example
of
groove
jazz.
This
180-gram
Jazz
Dispensary
reissue
of
Where
I’m
Coming
From!
was
cut
from
the
original
analogue
tapes
by
Kevin
Gray
and
pressed
at
RTI,
and
comes
packaged
in
a
tip-on
jacket.
Tracklist
Side
A
Superstition
Give
Me
Your
Love
Keeper
Of
the
Castle
Side
B
Trouble
Man
The
Price
A
Po’
Man’s
Got
to
Pay
Where
I’m
Coming
From
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