One of those Prestige records
sessions from the early 70's that has more of an electric keyboard
groove than a hard organ one, but still a nice set of sweetly funky
tracks from Houston Person and his funky tenor. There's a nice cover
of "Down Here On The Ground", plus the cuts "Put It
Where You Want It", "Groove Thang", and "Sweet
Buns & Barbeque", which has some nice hard drums on the
intro. Plus, the whole thing's got a cover that features Sweet Buns
dripping with barbeque sauce – proof again that shooting soul food
in a record album photo just never works! ©
Dusty Groove, Inc.
Prestige Records, PRT-10055,
1973
Recorded 11th
September and 7th November, 1972
at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Personnel:
Houston Person - Tenor
Saxophone
Ernie Royal - Trumpet (#B2-B4)
Victor Paz - Trumpet (#B2-B4)
Frank Wess - Flute, Baritone
Saxophone (#B2-B4)
Richard Tee - Organ, Electric
Piano, Piano (#A1-A3)
Jimmy Watson - Organ (#B1)
Joe Beck - Electric Guitar,
Acoustic Guitar (#A1,A2,A4-B3)
Hugh McCracklin - Acoustic
Guitar (#A3)
Ron Carter - Bass (#A1-A3),
Guitar (#A3)
George Duvivier - Bass,
Electric Bass (#A4-B4)
Grady Tate - Drums
Buddy Caldwell - Congas,
Percussion (#A4,B1,B3,B4)
Tracks:
A1. A Song For You {Leon
Russell} (4:26)
A2. The Trouble With Hello Is
Goodbye {Bergmanns, The, Dave Grusin} (4:00)
A3. Scared To Be Alone {Dory
Previn} (4:08)
A4. Sweet Buns And Barbeque
{Houston Person, Billy Ver Planck} (3:03)
B1. This Masquerade {Leon
Russell} (6:07)
B2. Down Here On The Ground
{Gale Garnett, Lalo Schifrin} (3:38)
B3. Put It Where You Want It
{Joe Sample} (3:05)
B4. Groove Thang {Johnny
Bristol} (3:01)
Credits:
Producer - Ozzie Cadena
Recording Engineer - Rudy van
Gelder
Arranger - Joe Beck (#A1-A3),
Billy Ver Planck (#A4-B4)
Art Direction, Photography
[Cover] - Tony Lane
Photography [Back Cover] - Lee
Friedlander
