Sy Klopps Blues Band Berkeley Soul CD

Sy Klopps' Berkeley Soul starts off with a jumping blues ("Running Blue") before settling into a 1960s-type soul/R&B date that includes Marvin Gaye's "Wherever I Lay My Hat," Sam Cooke's "You Gotta Move," and Little Willie John's "Walk Slow," along with some more exuberant tunes. Klopps has an appealing and versatile voice, equally skilled on the heated material and the rock & roll-ish ballads. Recommended to listeners who enjoy 1960s crooners. ~ Scott Yanow

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Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California, Your Place Or Mine, Glendale, California and Tomland Studio, Pacheco, California.

Personnel: Sy Klopps Blues Band (vocals); Jeanie Tracy, Larry Batiste (vocals, background vocals); Monte Owens (vocals); Michael Peloquin (harmonica, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Robert Zuckerman, Don Markese (tenor saxophone); Tom Poole (trumpet, flugelhorn); Dan Armstrong (trombone); Howard Wales (organ); Herman Eberitzsch, Jim Cox (keyboards); John "J.R." Robinson (drums).

Audio Mixer: Tom Size.

Recording information: Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, Unites States (2000).

Photographer: Pat Johnson .

Sy Klopps Blues Band: Sy Klopps (vocals); Ralph Woodson (guitar); Herman Eberitzsch (keyboards); Ira Walker (bass); Bobby Cochran (drums).

Horns Of Dilemma: Michael Peloquin (harmonica, tenor & baritone saxophones); Tom Poole (trumpet, flugelhorn); Danny Armstrong (trombone).

Additional personnel: Don Markese, Rob Zuckerman (tenor saxophone); Howard Wales (Hammond B-3 organ); Jim Cox (keyboards); Neil Stubenhaus, Steve Evans (bass); John Robinson (drums); Larry Batitse, Jeanie Tracy, Monet Owens (background vocals).

Living Blues (5-6/01, p.97) - "...Sy Klopps is a smooth, polished singer and his arrangements tend toward the same, with full horn sections and female choruses..."