Live At Fillmore West (Remaster) (CD)

After cutting his teeth with Lionel Hampton's band, and lending his talents to various R&B sessions, sax player and band leader King Curtis hooked up with Atlantic Records, released his own excellent recordings, and became the leader of Aretha Franklin's backing band, producing and co-producing several of her finest albums. Playing buoyant, soulful instrumental versions of popular rock and soul tracks, Curtis was one of the few straight instrumentalists to find great success in the worlds of rock and R&B rather than jazz. One of the most influential sax players in rock history, Curtis was tragically murdered in New York City in 1971.

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• Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Label: Rhino Records (USA)
• UPC: 081227763220
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106395552
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #17644 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #963 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
• #7 in R&B Instrumental (See Top 100 R&B Instrumental Bestsellers)

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Personnel: King Curtis (saxophone); Cornell Dupree (guitar); The Memphis Horns (horns); Billy Preston (organ); Bernard Purdie (drums).

Recording information: Fillmore West, San Francisco, California (1971).

In March 1971, Aretha Franklin and King Curtis played a three-night stand at San Francisco's legendary venue, the Fillmore West. An LP of selections from tenor sax legend Curtis's opening sets was released in August of that year. Tragically, less than a week later Curtis was murdered in New York City. In 2004, the specialist collectors' label Rhino Handmade released a four-disc box set containing full sets of all three nights; this expanded edition of King Curtis's LIVE AT FILLMORE WEST is taken from those remasters, adding five tracks to the LP's original nine songs including a version of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord," featuring the organ and vocals of Billy Preston. The set list consists almost entirely of torrid soul-jazz workouts of pop and rock tunes from the era, from Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe" to Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love."

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