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Harlem River Drive Discography of CDs
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Harlem River Drive CD (1971)
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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. Stateside. 2006.
The reason this record is "legendary" is because it marks the first recorded performances, in 1970, of Eddie and Charlie Palmieri as bandleaders. Guess where War got it? 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. The band also featured Charlie Palmieri, Victor Venegas, Andy Gonsalez, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie and Ronnie Cuber. First time on CD for this 1970 album by Eddie Palmieri's supergroup, the first to really merge black and Latin styles and musicians, resulting in a free-form brew of salsa, funk, soul, jazz, and fusion. "If (We Had Peace)" was even a model for Lee Oskar's "City, Country, City." And as much as War modeled their later sound on this one record, as great as they were, they never reached this peak artistically. One can hear in "Harlem River Drive (Theme)" and "Idle Hands" a sound akin to War's on World Is a Ghetto.
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What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves: 1967-1977 CDs (2006)
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While a number of the artists will be familiar to the average fan (the Commodores, Rufus Thomas, Labelle, Little Richard, among others), many more won't (Cornell Dupree, Cold Grits, Black Heat, Society's Bag, United 8, etc.). Of course, obscurity is
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Warm Blue Note Session: Compiled And Mixed By Buscemi CD (2005) Import
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Compilation of classic Blue Note sounds mixed to reflect different moods by Buscemi (aka Belgian DJ/Producer Dirk Swartenbroekx, who named his alter ego/project after the actor Steve Buscemi). Features Joao Donato's 'Cala Boca Menino', The Jazz Crusaders' 'Agua Dulce', Kenny
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Featuring Eddie Palmieri Vinyl LP (2009)
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Harlem River Drive music CDs Alternate spellings: CD discography of songs by band, discographie, dicography, discology, disography, discografie, discogrophy, diskography.
 Harlem River Drive Songs
Popular or famous Harlem River Drive music songs: Seeds of Life, Bobbi Humphrey, Broken Home, Idle Hands, If, Harlem River Drive Theme.
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Christy Jefferson, Margo Lanagan, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen
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