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/ Lonnie Smith

March 26, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

the tk records story1

It’s been said that the greatest music is transporting, to another time or another place.  If that’s true, it was no secret where the sounds of TK Records intended to transport the listener.  Henry Stone’s TK family of labels originated in Miami, Florida, and the sleeve artwork for TK’s singles featured a tropical setting of palm trees, bright flowers and pristine waters.  That serene scene serves as the cover for Gold Legion’s new TK Records Story (67094 562442 7), a 12-track anthology of disco

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Categories: News, Reviews Tags: Lonnie Smith, Tony Middleton

November 18, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

dont you worry

When he established Kudu as an offshoot of his titanic jazz label CTI, Creed Taylor wore his ambitions on his sleeve.   The label was named after the long-horned African mammal and its logo adorned with Afro-centric colors, as Taylor intended to do no less than make Kudu a home for releases "indigenous to the black popular music of the United States."   Taylor always knew the importance of a visual, and much as CTi releases were recognizable for their striking, provocative cover photographs and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Esther Phillips, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Lonnie Smith

September 9, 2011 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

esther phillips performance

Tuesday, August 9 brought the most recent quartet of CTI jazz titles to CD from Sony's Masterworks Jazz division.  For the next batch, due October 4, the label has turned its attention to CTI's offshoot label, Kudu.  Named after the long-horned African mammal, Kudu was launched by CTI's Creed Taylor in 1971.  Taylor described his new endeavor as "a black awareness label, more commercial oriented than CTI and indigenous to the black popular music of the United States."  Even the logo's familiar

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Esther Phillips, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Lonnie Smith

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