View basket “The Blackbyrds” has been added to your basket. Tell the Truth Phil Upchurch SKU: EVD22222 Barcode: 5060149623701 48.00 £48.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure Released Date: 11th August 2023 Buying Format: 180g 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Phil Upchurch is the kind of guitarist who makes a strong point by what he chooses not to play. There are speedier chopsmeisters, players who undertake more daring intervallic leaps, those who navigate trickier lines, but it would be hard to imagine a more soulful guitarist than Upchurch. From his laidback phrasing on Nat Adderley’s bluesy boogaloo “Jive Samba” to his buttery-smooth vocal inflections on Steely Dan’s “Jack of Speed” and on the bluesy title track, Upchurch’s understated approach on Tell the Truth! is more about pure feeling than technique. And yet he’s holding in that department too, as he so capably demonstrates on Roland Vasquez’s “Long Gone Bird” and on his own stunning arrangement of Paul Desmonds’ “Take Five,” done up in a similar fashion to his arrangement for that tune on George Benson’s crossover smash hit from 1976, Breezin’. Natalie Cole’s “La Costa” is a lovely change of pace, allowing Upchurch to flaunt his affinity for flamenco music (and the late Lenny Breau) on nylon string acoustic guitar. On Eric Johnson’s “Manhattan,” he shows a command of Wes Montgomerystyle thumbed octaves. He creates an infectious groove with wah-wah rhythm guitar bubbling underneath his soulful reading of the gospel-flavored ’70s R&B anthem “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again,” while his earthy soloing on a gorgeous reading of “Girl Talk,” the Neal Hefti/Bobby Troup vehicle for Count Basie, is a blue-tinged thing of beauty. But for straightforward, real-deal blues, nothing here surpasses Upchurch’s loping, down-home “She’s Alright.” His unaccompanied rendition of “St. Louis Blues” is another guitaristic highlight, showcasing what Upchurch calls his stride guitar technique: incorporating bass, chords and melody lines simultaneously, a la Joe Pass. The prolific studio guitarist covers a lot of basses and blows his own horn in fine style on his Evidence debut. –By Bill Milowski Artist Phil Upchurch Genre Jazz Label Pure Pleasure Buying Options 180g 2LP Format 180g , 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Jive Samba Jack Of Speed La Costa Manhattan Take Five Home Again Tell The Truth (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again St Louis Blues Girl Talk She's Alright Misty Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes Music For Saxofone & Bass Guitar Electronica | Leaving Records | 1LP Released 1st May 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes Music For Saxofone & Bass Guitar £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Leaving Records SKU: LR142LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st May 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chet Baker Round Midnight 79 Jazz | Wnts | 1LP Released 1st March 2024 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chet Baker Round Midnight 79 £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Wnts SKU: WNTSC11931 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Recording Together For The First Time Jazz | Stateside | 180g, 1LP Released 1st August 2016 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Recording Together For The First Time £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Stateside SKU: 0190295961381 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 1st August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Charlie Parker The Charlie Parker Collection Jazz | Deja Vu | 1LP Released 30th March 2023 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Charlie Parker The Charlie Parker Collection £10.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Deja Vu SKU: nn260623 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th March 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Duke Pearson The Phantom Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 30th October 2020 £33.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Duke Pearson The Phantom £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 881136 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 30th October 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Norah Jones Come Away With Me (20th Anniversary) Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP, 4LP, Box Set, Gatefold Sleeve Released 20th May 2022 £24.00 - £163.00 Select options Norah Jones Come Away With Me (20th Anniversary) £24.00 - £163.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Formats: 1LP, 4LP, Box Set, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 20th May 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Martin Hederos Hederos c/o Satie Jazz | X5 - Warner Classics | 1LP Released 11th November 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Martin Hederos Hederos c/o Satie £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: X5 - Warner Classics SKU: 5054197129841 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Newport 61 Jazz | Birdland | 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released 10th June 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Newport 61 £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Birdland SKU: BIRD015 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 10th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View YolanDa Brown Love Politics War Jazz | Black Grape Records | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 16th June 2017 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders YolanDa Brown Love Politics War £15.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Black Grape Records SKU: LPBGREC6 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 16th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stanley Turrentine That’s Where It’s At Jazz | Universal/Blue Note | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 29th September 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stanley Turrentine That’s Where It’s At £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal/Blue Note SKU: 3789898 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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