Frank Owens - 1973 - Brown 'N Serve

A lost bit of mellow funk, and one of the few rare releases on the Encounter label -- which was sort of a doper, more soulful version of CTI! Frank Owens plays organ and keyboards, and the group includes Bernard Purdie lending his trademark soul jazz drums (a very welcome fixture on most of the albums that appeared on Encounter), Bad Bascomb on guitar, Rick Cutter on vibes, Norman Pride on percussion, John Helstone on violin, Julian Buck on viola, Kermit Moore on cello, and others. Purdie produced the session, which includes a nice version of "Freddie's Dead", plus "Everybody Is A Star", Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady", "I Don't Need No Help", Galt MacDermot's "Suzie Moon", "Corner Of The Sky", Frank Owen's own "Brown & Serve", and more!

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Drums, Producer

Doug Bascomb - Guitar

Frank Owens - Organ, Piano

Hugh McCracken - Guitar

Julian Buck - Viola

Kermit Moore - Cello

Norman Pride - Percussion

Rick Cutter - Vibraphone

Selwart Clarke - Violin

01 - Freddie's Dead

02 - Brown 'N Serve

03 - Everybody Is a Star

04 - I Don't Need No Help

05 - Rock Steady

06 - Suzie Moon

07 - Corner Of The Sky

08 - Ben

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