Get Thy Bearings - Robert 20Th Congress Walter CD
Robert Walter performs all his own stunts. For 20 years, the San Diego native has been pulling drawbars and pushing the limits of the Hammond B3 organ. As a founding member of the Greyboy Allstars, he helped usher in the funk-jazz renaissance of the early 90s and has continued to keep one hand comping chords in the instruments funky past, while the other explores ever-new melodic terrain. On June 25, his long-standing project, Robert Walters 20th Congress, returns with, Get Thy Bearings, via The Royal Potato Family. It was a recent move from New Orleans to Los Angeles that jump-started the 20th Congress who hadnt recorded a studio album in ten years. The nine-track effort presents Walters organ, piano, Rhodes and synthesizer driving an all-star line-up rounded out by guitarist/bassist Elgin Park, drummer Aaron Redfield, sax players Karl Denson and Cochemea Gastelum, and percussionist Chuck Prada. Get Thy Bearings is drenched in the vintage old school soul, funk and jazz vibe of Walters heroes like Big John Patton, but it also reflects his recent work scoring films. Theres a conceptual depth to the songwriting that draws on elements of narrative and character development, lending a cinematic color to the proceedings. The tracks range from the Sly Stone-style soul vamp of "Little Business" to the heavy gospel of "Crux." "Dog Party" might as well be the theme song to a cartoon of the same name, while "Dont Chin the Dog" shifts from delicate shuffle to horn-drenched boogaloo. Things get eerie on "Up From the Skies," a Jimi Hendrix cover rendered nearly unrecognizable in washes of electric Miles. Similarly, the albums title track is a shrewd reworking of the 1968 Donovan tune Walter first discovered on compilation of sample-friendly breakbeats, full of fuzz guitar and a mercurial organ solo.Additional Info: Personnel: Elgin Park (guitar); Cochemea Gastelum (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Robert Walter (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Aaron Redfield (drums); Chuck Prada (percussion).
Specifics
- Album: Get Thy Bearings
- Artist: Robert 20Th Congress Walter
- Label: THE ROYAL POTATO FAMILY
- Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
- MPN: none
Tracklist
1. Hunk
Saxophone - Karl Denson
Written-By - Robert Walter
Saxophone - Karl Denson
Written-By - Robert Walter
2. Little Business
Written-By - Robert Walter
Written-By - Robert Walter
3. Get Thy Bearings
Drums - Elgin Park
Written-By - Donovan Leitch*
Drums - Elgin Park
Written-By - Donovan Leitch*
4. Foxhunting
Written-By - Robert Walter
Written-By - Robert Walter
5. Dog Party
Written-By - Robert Walter
Written-By - Robert Walter
6. Inversion Layer
Written-By - Robert Walter
Written-By - Robert Walter
7. Crux
Written-By - Robert Walter
Written-By - Robert Walter
8. Don't Chin The Dog
Flute - Karl Denson
Written-By - Robert Walter
Flute - Karl Denson
Written-By - Robert Walter
9. Up From The Skies
Written-By - Jimi Hendrix
Written-By - Jimi Hendrix
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