| Description: | Vinyl LP pressing. 2022 release. Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music from two Piedmont blues masters who have inspired them all their lives: Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. With Taj Mahal on vocals, harmonica, guitar, and piano and Cooder on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and banjo-joined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bass-the duo recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee, who they both first heard as teenagers in California., Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music from two Piedmont blues masters who have inspired them all their lives: GET ON BOARD: THE SONGS OF SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE. With Taj Mahal on vocals, harmonica, guitar, and piano and Cooder on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and banjo--joined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bass--the duo recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee, who they both first heard as teenagers in California. TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER - GET ON BOARD, Runningtime: 00:00:00, Contractor [Music Contracting]: Ivy Skoff, Design [Package]: Al Quattrocchi, Design [Package]: Jeff Smith (17), Drums, Bass: Joachim Cooder, Lacquer Cut By: Ryan Smith (2), Legal: Candice Hanson, Liner Notes: Ry Cooder, Liner Notes: Taj Mahal, Management: Macklam Feldman Management, Management [Manager]: Sam Feldman (2), Management [Manager]: Steve Macklam, Photography By [Photos]: Abby Ross, Producer [Produced By]: Ry Cooder, Project Manager: Colin Nairne, Recorded By [The Ton3s]: Laphelle Taylor, Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By: Martin Pradler, Vocals [Vocal], Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo: Ry Cooder, Vocals [Vocal], Harmonica, Guitar, Piano: Taj Mahal, Arranged By: Henry St. Claire Fredericks, Arranged By: Ry Cooder, Written-By: Will Weldon, Written-By: Brownie McGhee, Written-By: Sonny Terry, Written-By: Leroy Kirkland, Written-By: Sonny Terry, Written-By: Brownie McGhee, Written-By: Brownie McGhee, Written-By: Sonny Terry, Written-By: Granville McGhee, Written-By: J. Mayo Williams, Arranged By: Henry St. Claire Fredericks, Arranged By: Ry Cooder, Written-By: Traditional, Arranged By: Henry St. Claire Fredericks, Arranged By: Ry Cooder, Written-By: Blind Boy Fuller, Written-By: Brownie McGhee, Written-By: Sonny Terry, Backing Vocals [Background Vocals]: The Ton3s, Music By [New], Lyrics By [Additional]: Henry St. Claire Fredericks, Music By [New], Lyrics By [Additional]: Joachim Cooder, Music By [New], Lyrics By [Additional]: Ry Cooder, Written-By: Traditional, Arranged By: Henry St. Claire Fredericks, Arranged By: Ry Cooder, Written-By: Traditional, Labelcode NNS667107.1 (075597913552, 1-667107, 075597913552, 1-667107), Record Company Warner Music Group, Licensed To Nonesuch Records Inc., Phonographic Copyright (p) Perro Verde Records LLC, Copyright (c) Perro Verde Records LLC, Recorded At Temple Of Leaves, Recorded At Wireland Studios, Mixed At Temple Of Leaves, Mixed At Wireland Studios, Recorded At Soul Lab Studio, Mastered At Temple Of Leaves, Mastered At Wireland Studios, Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound, Pressed By Record Industry, Manufactured By Record Industry, Designed At Tornado Creative, Published By Big Toots Tun"Get on Board" est un remarquable album vinyle réunissant deux musiciens légendaires : Taj Mahal et Ry Cooder. Publié par le prestigieux label Nonesuch, cet opus fait revivre l?esprit du blues classique à travers des interprétations fraîches et une virtuosité exceptionnelle. L?album rend hommage à la musique de Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee en mêlant guitare acoustique, harmonica et voix profonde pour offrir une expérience roots authentique et vibrante d?émotion purement américaine.
Taj Mahal est un multi-instrumentiste reconnu pour son approche novatrice du blues enrichi d?influences venues du monde entier ; il compte plusieurs Grammy Awards à son actif au cours de sa longue carrière.
Ry Cooder s?est illustré par sa maîtrise de la guitare slide ainsi que ses collaborations éclectiques qui lui ont valu également plusieurs distinctions majeures dont des Grammys.
Ensemble sur "Get on Board", ils livrent une ?uvre intemporelle qui honore la tradition tout en restant résolument moderne.
Nonesuch Records se distingue comme l?un des labels américains les plus respectés depuis 1964 grâce à son engagement envers la qualité sonore et artistique dans les domaines du classique mais aussi du jazz ou encore des musiques folk et du monde. |
