This would help to address the generally great sound on the disc - better than any I’ve heard to date using this sort of gold or silver metallic vinyl formulation, I might add.īut I did qualify my statement above with the phrase “generally great sound,” because the reality is, this sort of heavily patterned color vinyl can bring with it some surface noise. It is also a very thick album - at least 180g, but maybe even more. This is one of the prettiest gold-ripple-type pressings I’ve ever seen, in fact. Now, I happen to think this pressing of Peace and Rhythm is jaw-droppingly gorgeous, if you will allow me the space to embrace my not-so-inner record geek. But first, I have to alert you of one consideration here, as the album is pressed on highly patterned color vinyl. The music itself, of course, is pretty fantastic - and I’ll get to more on that in a bit. It offers high-quality production values inside and out - among them, period-accurate original cover art and labels, as well as quality pressings that are well-centered. Vinyl Me Please kindly sent me a copy of the Peace and Rhythm reissue for this review - and I’m generally impressed with it overall, as I have been with most VMP releases I’ve heard so far. Also, if you want to become a Club member, you can see all that it entails here. The SRP for Peace and Rhythm listed on VMP’s site as $50 for nonmembers, or $45 for VMP Club members. Limited to 1,000 copies, this new 180g 1LP edition of Peace and Rhythm was mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, and Gray also cut his lacquers from the original master tapes. Well, happily, Vinyl Me Please, working in conjunction with Craft Recordings, have created a lovely exclusive reissue of this funky-soulful groove jazz gem as part of their wonderful Jazz Dispensary series of soul jazz-oriented releases. On the Vinyl Me Please site, Peace and Rhythm is described as a blend of, quote, “Eastern influences with opulent funk, resulting in a listening experience that is equal parts smooth, heady and uplifting.” Thus, of the relative handful of original copies of Peace and Rhythm available as of this writing on Discogs, only two are available in the United States - and with an asking price upwards of $200 each!Ĭan we talk scarce? It’s not surprising an album like this one has become a sampler’s dream, either. And therein lies the rub, as his albums were probably not pressed in large numbers, nor were they big sellers back in the day. A quick perusal of the reverse-DNA-music-tracking site reveals many of Muhammad’s beats have been sampled over the years by the likes of The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Beastie Boys, Fatboy Slim, and Drake, to name but a few.Ĭonsidering all that sampling goin’ on, crate-digging DJs seeking out the man’s original grooves have no doubt led to increased demand for Muhammad’s vinyl releases. Those in the know - particularly fans of so-called “soul jazz” from the late-’60s and early-’70s - of course will be familiar with Idris Muhammad for his much in-demand grooves. And that is really just scratching the surface of what Muhammad was about - quite the pedigree, no? An in-demand session player, he reportedly worked on more than 150 recordings for labels including Prestige, Blue Note, CTI, and others. Muhammad’s work runs deep in the New York jazz scene of the time as well, playing with no less than Kenny Dorham, Horace Silver, and Betty Carter. He even toured with the likes of Lou Donaldson and Sam Cooke. Muhammad (who sadly passed away at age 74 in 2014) apparently also worked with soul stars Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield, and, for several years, he was in the orchestra of Broadway’s smash hit Hair - and he is the credited drummer on the Original Cast Recording to boot. Perhaps even more notable, Muhammad may have actually played on Domino’s own “Blueberry Hill,” although other sources indicate Wrecking Crew legend Earl Palmer played on that legendary track. 3 single “You Talk Too Much” (which was actually written by Fats Domino’s brother-in-law). Notably, he played on Joe Jones’ massive 1960 smash pop hit, the No. Soul jazz drummer Idris Muhammad (given name: Leo Morris) originally hailed from New Orleans. Luckily, the good folks at Vinyl Me Please - working in conjunction with Craft Recordings’ Jazz Dispensary series - have just released a quite fine, RTI-pressed, Kevin Gray-remastered-and-lacquer-cut 180g 1LP reissue of Muhammad’s rare second solo album made for Prestige Records, 1971’s Peace and Rhythm. Unlike household names like John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock, respected drummer Idris Muhammad is perhaps not all that well-known to most mainstream jazz music fans.
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