Body & Soul 'In The Beginning' (Rocafort)
13th June 2025
Body & Soul
'In The Beginning' / 'Stone Soul Picnic'
(Rocafort)
We're mid way through the year, and this nugget is in the running for 45 of the year. Wow, what a tune, in fact what a pair of tunes!
Taken from the self titled album originally released in 1971 on National General Records, an album that is new to me, and is most certainly an underrated and criminally overlooked peice of jazz funk perfection, these tracks exude literally everything you'd want to hear in music of this genre. Orchestral arrangents, tinges of jazz-rock, anthemc horns, Sly Stone stylee vocals, breakdowns, bridges, sizzling sax solos, super funky percussives grooves, maaaaaan, arranger Charles Green deserves a medal for this. Both sides are absolutely awesome, what more can I say?
I guarantee one listen of this 45 will lead you to seeking out the album, and you'll need some $$$ for that!
