Super Heavy Organ

Robert Walter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Magna Carta
• ASIN: B000ALCG56
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #32 in Music > Rock > Jam Bands > Funk Jam Bands
  • #61 in Music > Jazz > Jazz Jam Bands

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

Stanton Moore owns up about the first track: "I’ve always enjoyed working with Robert. He’s a great player and a great writer. I always look forward to learning whatever new tunes he brings to the table. I learned ‘Adelita’ at the session and it’s become one of my favorite tunes to play live."

Product Description

On Super Heavy Organ, Robert Walter is in able company as he constructs what he calls "soul jazz". For one thing, there’s the rhythm section, culled from the finest of the New Orleans old and new guards: Johnny Vidacovich and Stanton Moore, respectively. Although they don’t join up on these tracks, they do perform together frequently under another banner. Then we have Tim Green, James Singleton, and Anthony Farrell, as competent as it gets on sax, bass, and vocals. But they deliver more than competence here. It’s more of a hardiness, a rollicking funk, done up in contemporary New Orleans style.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Percussive gumbo stew!, February 3, 2006

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Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Super Heavy Organ (Audio CD)

For lovers of Hammond B3 music this album is highly recoomended. Walter also manages to get some clavinet, piano and melodica in there as well,as well as adding more percussion. The album is highly percussive with not only Stanton Moore but Johnny Vidacovich adding drums,cymbals and percussion to a variety of the tracks. Its driven along by James Singleton on Bass and some splendid, often tortured Tenor Sax work from James Singleton. To add to the variety Anthony Farrell, described as 'a special guest' is quoted as providing vocals on tracks 3,5 and 7, but if you find them please let me know! Recorded in New Orleans in January 2005 the tracks seem to have been recorded in a relaxed manner, with a lot of studio backchat. There are a variety of styles 'Criminals have a name for it' has a tricky percussion led intro which builds to a strong finish. '34 Small' is a much more moody effort whilst "Don't hate, congratulate' together with 'Big Dummy' are my current favourite tracks. One further point, the sleeve notes note that it is "enhanced" and certainly the difference between playing it on the in-car stereo and letting it rip on my domestic system was marked. I hesitated before purchasing and I really do wish that I'd had the foresight to buy it on its release.

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Disk, March 10, 2009

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Ellis Swearangin - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Heavy Organ (Audio CD)

First, I am really glad to be able to say that the mastering on this disk doesn't ruin it. It is loud, but it is not REALLY loud. So you can expect some distortion/clipping/dynamic range compression but not so much that the music becomes unlistenable.

So like the other reviewers have said, if you like the Hammond and funky jazz drumming this one is a no brainer.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just great, February 13, 2008

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PJ Villanueva "PJVILL" (Castellon, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Heavy Organ (Audio CD)

I purchased this disc along with another one from Stanton Moore and this is also full of excellent funk. Great for wooshedding at home.