Black on Black

Sonny Phillips · 1970 · Morceau-titre, cosigné par cinq musiciens

Context

Black on Black!, Phillips's third and last album for Prestige: according to AllMusic, it goes in a funkier direction than his first two. The title track, credited to five authors including Rusty Bryant, Melvin Sparks and Bernard Purdie, has a menacing quality absent from his other records.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.

By the same artist

• Check It Out (1970)
• Blues in Maude's Flat (1970)
• The Doll House (1970)

Sources

• EN: Black on Black!

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