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Legendary producer David Axelrod’s solo album Heavy Axe is one of the finest outputs of the jazz-rock wave, which was the preeminent sound of the mid ’70s. With a little help from legendary players like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Cannonball Adderley, and George Duke, Heavy Axe crisscrosses between lush funk sounds and full, round low end and majestic orchestral flourishes that made Axelrod’s sonic realm a goldmine for sample-hungry hip-hop beatmakers from the ’90s until today.
Release Date:
April 14, 2023
April 14, 2023
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Tracklist:
Side A
Get Up Off Your Knees
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
You’re So Vain
My Family
Side B
Mucho Chupar
Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing
It Ain’t For You
Everything Counts
Credits:
Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley* (tracks: A1)
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute – Jackie Kelso
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute – William Green
Arranged By, Conductor, Mixed By [Remix] – David Axelrod
Art Direction – Tony Lane
Cello – Nat Gershman*, Walter Rower
Concertmaster, Violin – Jack Shulman
Congas – King Errisson
Drums – Roy McCurdy
Electric Piano, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer – George Duke
Engineer, Mixed By [Remix] – Jim Stern
Executive-Producer – Ron Granger
Guitar – Billy Fender, Don Peake, Johnny “Guitar” Watson*
Mixed By [Remix] – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley*
Photography By – James Lewis
Producer – Cannonball Adderley
Synthesizer [Moog] – Rudy Copeland
Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Gene Ammons (tracks: A4)
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute – Jay Migliori
Trombone – Dick Hyde, George Bohanon
Trumpet – Allen De Rienzo, Oscar Brashear, Snookey Young*
Viola – Gary Nuttycombe*, William Hymanson
Violin – Alexander Neiman, Henry Roth, Jerome Reisler
Vocals – Billie Barnum, Gwen Owens, Olga James, Stephanie Spruill
