The Roy Meriwether Trio – Soup & Onions / Soul Cookin’ By (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:16 minutes | 867 MB | Genre: Bop, Piano Jazz, Soul Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
Heavy soul from the Roy Meriwether Trio – picking up at a place where the Ramsey Lewis trio first began, and taking things to a very soulful extension! The tunes are straightforward soul jazz, played with a heck of a lot of fire in the rhythms – thanks to bassist Isaas Sloan and drummer John Arnold – and all tracks feature plenty of cooking piano work from Roy himself! Titles include “The Ripper”, “Taste Of Honey”, “Soup & Onions”, “Little Lousy Jane”, and “Screwdriver”.
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The Roy Meriwether Trio – Soul Invader (1968/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 52:35 minutes | 1,81 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
A multi-dimensional and self-taught virtuoso, pianist Roy Meriwether blends jazz, blues, R&B and gospel with classical elements in a unique and innovative style. In the mid-60s, on the commercial peak of Jazz, Roy Meriwether signed to Columbia Records whole roster boasted such great artists as Dave Brubeck and Erroll Garner. “Soul Invader”, some sweet and soulful live tracks from a live jazz set, very much reminiscent of The Ramsey Lewis Trio, was released in 1968.
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