Strange Brew: Weird & Wonderful Covers From the Atlantic & Warner Vaults Review by Jason Ankeny
Much of what's so great about the soul-jazz of the late 1960s and 1970s is the jazz community's embrace of contemporary pop and rock & roll – purists blanched, of course, but a new generation of musicians recognized the potential in the melodies and rhythms that dominated AM radio, setting out to reinvent these songs by seizing and expanding their undeniable groove. Strange Brew: Weird & Wonderful Covers From the Atlantic & Warner Vaults collects some of the most imaginative and unexpected renditions to emerge from the WEA roster – the unfortunate subtitle may suggest the material boasts little more than novelty value, but to the contrary, much of it is genuinely compelling, not to mention genuinely funky. If there's a common modus operandi at work here, it's maintaining just enough trace elements of the original to keep a given song familiar, but twisting and stretching it far enough to create something fresh and new – highlights include Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "My Girl," Ananda Shankar's "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and Jack McDuff's "Blowin' in the Wind."
Tracklist
[2:30] 1. Mary Wells - Satisfaction
[4:08] 2. Herbie Mann - Hang On I'm Comin' (Edit)
[3:38] 3. Ella Fitzgerald - Knock On Wood
[2:57] 4. Phil Moore, Jr. - You Showed Me
[2:31] 5. Killer Joe - My Girl Sloopy
[3:50] 6. Marion Williams - Wicked Messenger
[2:43] 7. King Curtis & The Kingpins - Whole Lotta Love
[3:45] 8. Ella Fitzgerald - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
[4:20] 9. Clarence Carter - Willie And Laura Mae Jones
[4:17] 10. Arif Mardin - Strange Brew
[3:56] 11. Carmen McRae - I Thought I Knew You Well
[2:40] 12. Brother Jack McDuff - Blowin' In The Wind
[3:34] 13. Amanda Shankar - Jumpin' Jack Flash
[3:56] 14. Arif Mardin - Sympathy For The Devil
[5:44] 15. Lea DeLaria - People Are Strange
[3:04] 16. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - My Girl
[2:57] 17. The Freedom Sounds - Respect
[2:22] 18. Carmen McRae - I Want You
[2:39] 19. Shirley Scott - I Want You Back
[5:54] 20. Herbie Mann - Walk On The Wild Side
[4:28] 21. Marion Williams - I Shall Be Released
[3:41] 22. Johnny Harris - Paint It Black

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