Sunday, October 2, 2016

Tower of Power


























Artist:  Tower Of Power
Origin:  Oakland, California, USA
Genre:  Soul, Funk, R&B, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock

Original line-up:

Emilio "Mimi" Castillo:  Alto Saxophone, Vocals
Steve Kupka:  Baritone Saxophone, Background Vocals
Skip Mesquite:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
Greg Adams:  First Trumpet
David Padron:  Second Trumpet
Frank Prestia:  Bass
Will Fulton:  Guitar, Background Vocals
Mic Gillette:  Trumpet, Trombone, Flugelhorn
Ken Balzell:  Trumpet
David Garibaldi"  Drums, Vibes, Background Vocals
Rufus Miller:  Lead Vocals

Tower Of Power is an American R&B Band from Oakland, California, formed in 1968.  Their music style mixed between Soul, Funk, R&B and Jazz.  Their most-successful single "So Very Hard To Go", "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip?".














Title:  Hipper Than Hip:  Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Live On The Air & In The Studio 1974)  (2013)
Genre:  Soul, Funk, R&B, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock
Label:  Real Gone Music
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Intro  (0:31)
 2.  Oakland Stroke  (1:57)
 3.  Squib Cakes  (9:48)
 4.  This Time It's Real  (4:01)
 5.  Soul Vaccination  (5:22)
 6.  You're Still A Young Man  (5:29)
 7.  Clean Slate  (6:10)
 8.  So Very Hard To Go  (5:12)
 9.  Get  Yo' Feet Back On The Ground  (5:11)

Disc 2:

 1.  Intro  (0:20)
 2.  Time Will Tell  (3:30)
 3.  Man From The Past   (4:23)
 4.  Down To The Nightclub  (2:38)
 5.  Just When We Start Makin' It  (8:00)
 6.  Knock Yourself Out  (18:51)
 7.  What Is Hip?  (6:22)

Personnel:

Greg Adams:  Trumpet
Brent Byars:  Congas
Emilio Castillo:  Tenor Saxophone
Bruce Conte:  Guitar
David Garibaldi:  Drums
Mic Gillette:  Trumpet
Stephen Kupka:  Baritone Saxophone
Lenny Pickett:  Tenor Saxophone
Francis Rocco Prestia:  Bass
Chester Thompson:  Keyboards
Lenny Williams:  Vocals

Hipper Than Hip:  Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is the live album by Tower Of Power, was released on November 25, 2013 by Real Gone Music, recorded art Ultrasonic recording studio, Hempstead Long Island.  Broadcast over WLIR-FM on May 14, 1974.



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