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Bwb, Groovin'
Audio CD
Disk ID: 203446
Disk length: 1h 1m 21s (10 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2002
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Groovin' | 4:50 |
| 2. Brown Sugar | 4:52 |
| 3. Ruby Baby | 5:48 |
| 4. A Woman's Worth | 5:47 |
| 5. Hip Hug Her | 7:29 |
| 6. Mercy Mercy Mercy | 6:43 |
| 7. Let's Do it Again | 7:27 |
| 8. It's Your Thing | 4:57 |
| 9. Povo | 7:30 |
| 10. Up for the Down Stroke | 5:52 |
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Review
This concept sounds like the set-up for a joke: What do you get when you cross three smooth-jazzers with topnotch straight-ahead players? Turns out Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum, and Rick Braun have the last laugh and a damn good time. While they may be three of the most distinct stylists in smooth jazz, they had to turn up the pots to cook with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. Keyboardist Ricky Peterson, maybe the funkiest organist in contemporary jazz outside of Larry Goldings, plays a producing role and is probably the MVP of BWB. The players aren't the only stars. The impeccable choice of 10 well-known cover tunes adds to an unapologetically fun record that allows B, W, and B to stretch out much more than they do on other recordings. Braun quotes Freddie Hubbard on "Povo," while Whalum explores Cannonball Adderley on "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," and Brown pays back Wes Montgomery throughout the proceedings. From the sexually charged "Let's Do It Again," featuring a purring Dee Dee Bridgewater and a scatting Brown, to the inspired arrangements of Alicia Keys's "A Woman's Worth" and D'Angelo's "Brown Sugar," there are no holes in any of these grooves. --Mark RuffinBWB's (Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum & Norman Brown) debut album Groovin' harks back to a great '70s session vibe with a disc of classic covers given a Smooth Jazz groove, including The Radicals 'Groovin,' Booker T & The MGs 'Hip Hug Her,' Curtis Mayfield's 'Let's Do It Again,' The Isley Brothers 'It's Your Thing' and Parliament's 'Up For The Down Stroke.' The disc also includes exclusive behind-the-scenes video. Warner. 2002.
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Tracks: 11 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 18m 55s (+17m 34s)
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