Harlem

New York, dans les années 1960. Pour tous, Ray Carney est un vendeur de meubles et d'électroménager irréprochable. Pourtant, il peine à renier la lignée d'escrocs dont il descend. Son cousin Freddie l'entraîne dans des plans douteux, à commencer par le braquage de l'Hôtel Theresa. Peu à peu, alors que Harlem s'embrase, Ray se bâtit une nouvelle clientèle faite de policiers véreux et de gangsters. …

Justin Townes Earle's previous records were promising – if uneven – offerings that revealed a considerable talent trying to find his own musical identity as a songwriter, apart from his parental heritage. It may have taken him three albums, but Harlem River Blues delivers in spades what his earlier offerings only hinted at…

Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive (1971) {Stateside 0946 333986 2 7 rel 2005}
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© 1971, 2005 Roulette / Stateside / EMI | 0946 333986 2 7
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Latin / Soul Jazz

The reason this record is "legendary" is because it marks the first recorded performances, in 1970, of Eddie and Charlie Palmieri as bandleaders. The reason it should be a near mythical recording (it has never been available in the U.S. on CD, and was long out of print on LP before CDs made the scene), is for its musical quality and innovation. The Palmieris formed a band of themselves, a couple of Latinos that included Andy Gonzales, jazz-funk great – even then – Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, and some white guys and taught them how to play a music that was equal parts Cuban mambo, American soul via Stax/Volt, blues, Funkadelic-style rock, pop-jazz, and harmonic and instrumental arrangements every bit as sophisticated as Burt Bacharach's or Henry Mancini's or even Stan Kenton's.