Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield Superfly - Curtis Mayfield Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield So in Love - Curtis Mayfield In fact, even discounting the four Curtom tracks that spill over onto disc two, the first disc's 26 selections constitute far and away the most extensive Impressions best-of on the market.
Toss in ten of the most essential Mayfield solo tracks, and the result is breathtaking in its progression from romantic soul, often informed by doo wop and gospel, to expansive, ambitiously arranged funk jams. If you're only interested in Mayfield's funkier solo work, Rhino's The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield features all but one of the solo tracks included here, plus several more. Post a Comment. Wednesday, 3 June Curtis Mayfield born 3 June For these works and others, he is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious African-American music.
He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums. He is also a 2 time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.
Mayfield began his career as an associate of Jerry Butler, with whom he formed the Impressions in the late '50s. After the Impressions had a big hit in with "For Your Precious Love," Butler, who had sung lead on the record, split to start a solo career. Mayfield, while keeping the Impressions together, continued to write for and tour with Butler before the Impressions got their first Top 20 hit in , "Gypsy Woman. Mayfield was heavily steeped in gospel music before he entered the pop arena, and gospel, as well as doo wop, influences would figure prominently in most of his '60s work.
Mayfield wasn't a staunch traditionalist, however. Musically he was an innovator as well, using arrangements that employed the punchy, blaring horns and Latin-influenced rhythms that came to be trademark flourishes of Chicago soul. As the staff producer for the OKeh label, Mayfield was also instrumental in lending his talents to the work of other Chi-town soul singers who went on to national success.
With Mayfield singing lead and playing guitar, the Impressions had 14 Top 40 hits in the s five made the Top 20 in alone , and released some above-average albums during that period as well. Given Mayfield's prodigious talents, it was perhaps inevitable that he would eventually leave the Impressions to begin a solo career, as he did in His first few singles boasted a harder, more funk-driven sound; singles like " Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go" found him confronting ghetto life with a realism that had rarely been heard on record.
At this point Mayfield, along with Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, was the foremost exponent of a new level of compelling auteurism in soul. His failure to maintain the standards of Super Fly qualifies as one of the great disappointments in the history of black popular music.
In February, , he had to have his right leg amputated due to diabetes. Health reasons prevented him from attending the ceremony. Curtis Mayfield died on December 26, at the North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell, Georgia due to his steadily declining health subsequent to his paralysis. Posted by boppinbob at Labels: Curtis Mayfield , The Impressions. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom.
I've Been Trying. Fool for You. Wherever She Leadeth Me. Gone Away. Seven Years. I'm So Proud. So Unusual. Just Want to Be With You. Show Me Love. You Mean Everything to Me. You're So Good to Me. Between You Baby and Me. Only You Babe. I'm Gonna Win Your Love. Ain't No Love Lost. Baby It's You. So You Don't Love Me. Still Within Your Heart.
Track Listing - Disc 3. Mighty Mighty Spade and Whitey. Check Out Your Mind. Future Shock. To Be Invisible. Mother's Son. They Don't Know.
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