I Need Some Money

Occupation

• Eddie Harris: Tenor Saxophone, Varitone, piano, organ, singing
• Ronald Muldrow - Guitar, Cabasa
• Rufus Reid - Bass
• Bradley Bobo - Bass
• Durf - percussion
• Calvin Barnes - drums, Cuíca, percussion

I Need Some Money ( dt: I need money ) is a jazz album by saxophonist Eddie Harris U.S., which he recorded on June 15, 1974 in Chicago and the Atlantic Records published in 1975.

Background

Harris combined on the album for the first time jazz with comedy elements; in the opinion of Scott Yanow it even focused on comedy. He also can be heard on the album for the first time as a singer, whereby it shall be incorporated Scat elements.

The album opens with the catchy title track I Need Some Money. The play Get on Down has radio elements and is considered very danceable grooves and accented with an eccentrically played electric tenor saxophone, which he achieved with his scat singing an amazing syncopated effect. The other pieces mix elements of funk and soul, with Harris uses an electronic rhythm machine, which he used on some former Atlantic Records albums. The album peaked at number nine on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums.

Reception

The album was not taken seriously by the critics as a real jazz album. Richard S. Ginell at Allmusic wrote:

" Eddie Harris finally steps out as a singer in the first of a series of humorous hard -luck songs did would be the flagships of his next few LPs ... so fools with Harris on electronic rhythm machine and electronic horn attachments Practically did turn his sax into a synthesizer. In any case, the thing he does best here is quiet ride a groove, the best End of month is the extremely danceable "Get on Down ", complete with Leon Thomas -like yodeling and a percussive vocal from the erstwhile sax master. "

" Eddie Harris finally appears as the singer of a first series of humorous songs about personal misfortune that would be the flagships of its next LPs ... Harris was fooling around with a drum machine and electronic amplification of the wind instruments, which practically turned his saxophone in a synthesizer. In any case, what 's he doing here still best to play a groove, is the best of it the extremely danceable " Get On Down", topped off with a Leon Thomas -like yodeling and a percussive vocals from former saxophone master. "

The authors Richard Cook and Brian Morton, in their assessment in the Penguin Guide to Jazz restrained ( they forgave the album only 2 ½ stars) and write:

" Eddie's gimmicks - Which include singing through the electric sax and trumpet playing his reed - overwhelm the musical content here, and the thin production makes the keyboards and rhythm sections sound even weedier than theywere. The final ' That's It ' gets a nice groove going, but it's too late. "

" Eddie's antics - which include singing by the electric saxophone and playing a trumpet with saxophone mouthpiece belong - here overwhelm the musical content, and the thin production lets the keyboards and the rhythm section sound more slender than they were. The final > That's It ' developed a nice groove, but this comes too late. " "

Title list

• Eddie Harris - I Need Some Money ( Atlantic SD 1669)

• All tracks were composed by Eddie Harris, unless otherwise noted
• The also recorded at the session entitled It's Time to Do Your Thing remained unpublished; Obnoxious appeared on the Eddie Harris album Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic SD 1675). As singles were released I Do not Want Nobody / I Need Some Money ( Atlantic 3245 ) and Get On Down / Time To Do Your Thing (Atlantic 3256 ).