add to cart
add to wantlist
email a friend
 
PRICE:
$24.00
IN STOCK
01. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - Way-O Comin' Home
02. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - The Gypsy
03. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen
04. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - Uelele' - Angolian Blood
05. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - Gershwin Medley - Summertime
06. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - Go Down Moses
07. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
08. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - When Sunny Gets Blue
09. The Gypsy (Shirley Bunnie Foy) - Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
ARTIST
TITLE
Way-O
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
MJC 129004LP MJC 129004LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/28/2023

LP version. Reissue, originally released in 1974. This extraordinary album, which Mono-Jazz are re-issuing on the occasion of RT 30 (the celebration of Right Tempo's thirty years of activity), is a tribute to the great Trinidadian pianist Sonnie Taylor who in these recordings, accompanied by the singer Bunnie Foy, expresses all his musical nature connected to Africa and the spiritual roots of jazz music. Many of you will recall Mayfra Combo, well, the leader of that seminal soul jazz ensemble was Sonnie Taylor. "I'm a Harlem Flower," says Bunnie. "I was born right in Harlem, where I've listened to an infinite number of popular songs of all kinds since I was a child. That's why I learned to sing spirituals, blues, classic and modern jazz pieces by Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and even calypso and African music. These are things that are all equally familiar to me. On this record, for example, I interpret a Gershwin medley but also 'Go Down Moses' which is spiritual, 'Uelelé' which is an Angolan piece, and 'Way-O Comin' Home' which comes from the Caribbean." Her real name is Shirley, but the nickname -- which in Italian means bunny -- grew up with her. She arrived in Italy in 1968 after a very flattering career start, during which she collaborated with famous names such as Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane. When she decided to settle in Milan she had already been to France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and North Africa. Sonnie Taylor, the distinguished pianist and organist who leads the nine recordings contained herein, is a native of Trinidad. He has performed in England, Spain and Italy with a rhythm and blues ensemble. He currently leads a quintet that plays Afro-Cuban music. For about a year he has been working with Bunnie Foy on her concert tours.