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Album Review

Black Top: No. 1

Read "No. 1" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


No. 1--the energetically contrapuntal debut album by the duo Black Top--is, in reality, a trio endeavor. UK based multi-instrumentalists Orphy Robinson and Pat Thomas have been a frequent presence in the London club scene, sharing their live performances with a host of up and coming UK artists. Among them, saxophonist Steve Williamson is the most well established having recorded with vocalists Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson as well working live with Courtney Pine, Iain Ballamy, and Archie Shepp. Williamson joins ...

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Recording

Black Top Records Catalog Reissued by Hep Cat, a Division of Collectors' Choice Music

Black Top Records Catalog Reissued by Hep Cat, a Division of Collectors' Choice Music

Source: conqueroo

Los Angeles Hep Cat Records, the roots label of the Collectors Choice Music family, has launched a reissue initiative for Black Top Records, an influential 80s and 90s blues label with New Orleans roots. The project began this past summer with re-releases by Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets (Talk To You By Hand), James Harman Band (Two Sides to Every Story), Rick L.A. Holmes Holmstrom (Lookout!), Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers (Blues in the Dark) and Ronnie Earl & ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

No. 1

Babel Label
2014

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