Houston Person - Pure Pleasure (1976) [vinyl>alac]

Slicker than usual for Houston Person, but still a pretty nice album of tighly produced R&B-oriented jazz. The group includes a lot of hip players, like Cecil Bridgewater, Paul Griffin, and Bruce Nazarian – and the record has arrangements by Jimmy Roach. Tracks are long, and titles include "Deja Vu", "Pure Pleasure", "Inseparable", and "Dancing Feet". © Dusty Groove, Inc.

Mighty tenor saxophone player Houston Person released this LP in 1976 on Mercury Records, it features a great line-up of players like Cecil Bridgewater, Bruce Nazarian, Paul Griffin, Bob Babbit, Alan Schwartzberg, Lawrence Killian and strings & vocals.

Mercury Records, SRM-1-1104, 1976

Recorded & Re-Mixed at Blue Rock Studios, New York

Personnel:

Houston Person - Tenor Saxophone

Cecil Bridgewater - Trumpet

Paul Griffin - Piano [Grand], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes],
Clavinet, Organ [Hammond]

Bruce Nazarian - Guitar, Synthesizer [Arp]

Bob Babbitt - Bass

Allan Schwartzberg - Drums

Lawrence Killian - Congas, Percussion

David Sackson, Seymour Berman - Viola

Deborah Idol, Elliot Rosoff, Louis Haber, Louis Stone, Robert Rozek - Violin

Irving Spice - Violin [1st]

Maurice Bialkin, Seymour Barab - Cello

Gwen Guthrie, Patti Austin, Vivian Cherry - Backing Vocals

Tracks:

A1. Pure Pleasure (9:15)

A2. Déja Vu (6:37)

B1. Dancing Feet (6:54)

B2. Soul Serenade (6:12)

B3. Inseparable (5:34)

Credits:

Producer - Houston Person, Jimmy Roach, Robin McBride

Engineer - Eddie Korvin

Mastering - Gilbert Kong

Arranger, Conductor - Jimmy Roach

Art Direction - Jim Schubert

Photography - Don Hunstein