{"id":3103,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/doc-powell-97th-columbus-2\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"doc-powell-97th-columbus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3103","title":{"rendered":"Doc Powell – 97th & Columbus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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97th & Columbus
<\/font>Doc Powell
<\/font><\/b>(Heads Up – 2003)
by Carmen Miller<\/p>\n

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Powell’s newest offering reads like a who’s of of Jazz… George Duke, Patrice Rushen, Harvey Mason and Marcus Miller<\/strong>, with guest appearances by the likes of Benny Maupin<\/strong> and even R&B crooner Luther Vandross<\/strong>. The Flavour<\/em> is an original, latin-tinged track where Doc plays both the guitar and keyboards. Made famous by G. Benson, Powell’s rendition of Breezin’<\/em> is a little more stately and well accented by Patrice’s keyboarding. The title track is smooth and features Sax man Ron Brown<\/strong>. Sun Goddess<\/em>, written by EW&F’s Maurice White and introduced on the Ramsey Lewis album of the same name, is smooth and true to the original while inheriting something from Doc’s own style.<\/p>\n

The appropriately named Let’s Jam<\/em> again features the sweet keyboarding or Patrice Rushen and some Clarinet and Sax contributions from Benny Maupin. Ode to Chet<\/em> slows it down a bit, and features a different cast of players like bassist Sekou Bunch<\/strong>, Drummer Lavell Bell<\/strong> and percussionist Erik Zobler<\/strong>. The closer What’s Going On<\/em> shows how to cover a great, over-played song and keep it interesting. Doc’s fingering and timing are marvelous here. Since signing with Heads Up<\/strong> records, Doc Powell seems to be on the quality track and I’m liking it a lot. <\/cfinclude><\/font><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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