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The Harvey Averne Dozen - 1971 - The Harvey Averne Dozen
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The Harvey Averne Dozen - 1971 - The Harvey Averne Dozen
Tracks : 1. Never Learned to Dance 2. Dynamite 3. Girl That I Love 4. I Feel Fine 5. Central Park 6. Beat Goes On 7. Can You Dig It 8. Accept Me 9. Why Can't We Really Be Free 10. Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby 11. Goin' Out of My Head 12. Gotta Do My Number
One
of Harvey Averne's classic Latin Soul crossover albums, with a number
of short instrumental renderings of pop and soul standards, plus a few
tracks of his own - all with a great loud Latin Soul feel! Marty
Sheller handled the arrangements, and the whole album's a nice batch of
soulful choppy instrumentals, similar to some of Marty's work with
Mongo Santamaria.
Review : Leading
off with "Never Learned to Dance," one of his most frenetic singles,
Averne certainly didn't let up for his second album. The opener is a
great piece of boogaloo popcorn, with a background of punchy brass and
wild-man electric piano solos. The first side of The Harvey Averne
Dozen alternates vocal tracks (usually slow-dance period pieces) with
some hot instrumentals, more in a funk vein than salsa. The album wins
out with instrumentals like the original "Dynamite" and the Beatles
cover "I Feel Fine," while the bland vocal tracks "Girl That I Love"
and "Central Park" only succeed in dragging down the proceedings. The
second side takes a slight dip in quality, with rote versions of "Goin'
Out of My Head" and even "Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby." It's not an LP
masterpiece by any means, but surprisingly good for the times. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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