Strauss - Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz) Op. 437 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Cornell Dupree's impeccable guitar work has graced an estimated minimum of more than two thousand soul, jazz, R&B, and pop recording sessions since he established himself as a premier New York studio guitarist during the 1960s. Legendary producer Jerry Wexler marveled that once he began using Cornell regularly on Atlantic Records sessions, Wex could slice the number of guitarists he booked from three to one because Dupree phenomenally blended the lead and rhythm parts into one seamless whole-rendering additional axemen superfluous! Cornell and alto sax great Hank Crawford convened in August of '78 to record the LP InchShadow DancingInch. Here Dupree tackles a medley of Andy Gibb's InchShadow DancingInch and Donna Summer's InchLast Dance,Inch Stephen Bishop's InchOn And On,Inch and Steely Dan's InchPegInch as well as InchThe Closer I Get to You,Inch Roberta Flack's mellow duet with the ill-fated Donny Hathaway, and Dolly Parton's InchTwo Doors Down,Inch every one of them revisiting a current hit. Cornell was clearly in command, peppering each track with delightfully fluid riffs. The sumptuous InchHey, GirlInch must have been a longtime personal favorite of Cornell's-it was a '63 hit for soul balladeer Freddie Scott and wasn't a denizen of the 1978 hit parade. Once again, Dupree saved some of his best for last InchThe CreeperInch is another blistering, brass-driven blues workout allowing him a wealth of very welcome solo space. All selections have been newly remastered.

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