01 Funk Yourself (Deodato) 4:18 02 Black Dog (Jones, Page, Plant) 4:22 03 Crabwalk (Deodato) 7:48 04 Adam's Hotel (Valle) 3:40 05 Caravan/Watusi Strut (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) 11:48 06 Speak Low (Nash, Weill) 4:36 07 First Cuckoo (On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring) (Delius) 4:07
Deodato - Piano, Clavinet, Keyboards George Marge - Clarinet, Flute Hubert Laws - Flute Lou Marini - Sax (Soprano) Alan Rubin - Trumpet, Flugelhorn James Buffington - French Horn Sam Burtis - Trombone Hugh McCracken - Guitar, Guitar (Electric) Elliott Randall - Guitar (Electric) John Tropea - Guitar Gene Orloff - Violin Max Pollikoff - Violin David Nadien - Violin Irving Spice - Violin Selwart Clarke - Violin Harry Cykman - Violin Max Ellen - Violin Harry Lookofsky - Violin Nick Remo - Drums Rubens Bassini - Conga Russ Savakus - Bass Will Lee - Bass
Biography : Despite
a productive career, Deodato will always be best-known for a 1972 hit
record, his catchy adaptation of "Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Theme From
2001: A Space Odyssey)." He began his career playing in a popular local
rock group as a teenager. At 17, he was asked to arrange for a
recording session orchestra and, despite never having written a score
before, the teenager succeeded at quickly learning what was necessary.
Although Deodato spent time studying engineering, he eventually decided
to make a career in music due to the popularity of his writing. After
working in Brazil's studios, he moved to the United States in 1967.
Deodato wrote for the American studios and was involved in the still
fertile bossa nova movement. He wrote arrangements for Astrud Gilberto,
contributed three charts to Wes Montgomery's Down Here on the Ground,
and was soon working for major names in several fields including Aretha
Franklin, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stanley
Turrentine, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others. With the release of
Prelude in 1973 (his first solo album and the one that included the
"Theme From 2001"), Deodato became a major name for a time. He recorded
sets for CTI, MCA, and Warner Bros. through 1979, although the efforts
tended to be over-arranged and none caught on as well as Prelude. Since
that time, Deodato was mostly outside of jazz, working as a producer
and arranger behind the scenes, including for Kool & the Gang
during 1979-1983. ~ Scott Yanow [AMG]
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