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Across 110th Street
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Track Listing
- Across 110th Street
- Harlem Clavinette
- If You Don't Want My Love
- Hang On In There
- Quicksand
- Harlem Love Theme
- Across 110th Street
- Do It Right
- Hang On In There
- If You Don't Want My Love
- Across 110th Street
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #15915 in Music
- Released on: 2005-04-25
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Dimensions: .17 pounds
Editorial Reviews
CD Description
1972's ACROSS 110TH STREET is a brilliant collaboration between soul great Bobby Womack and jazz legend J.J. Johnson. Based on Wally Ferris' novel about inner-city life, crooked cops and ripping off the mob, this film demanded exciting music. Both artists contribute some of their finest work, whichis often interspersed with film dialogue. Although Johnson's string arrangements on parts I and II of the title track bring to mind Gamble & Huff's Philly soul, Womack's delivery makes it sound more like Curtis Mayfield's "Shaft". Elsewhere, Womack turns "Hang on in There" into an acid-rock workoutdominated by a Duane Allman-like slide guitar absent from Johnson's funkier, horn-driven treatment.
Other strong Womack compositions include the JB hard rock of "Do It Right" and the fast-paced "Quicksand". Johnson's highlights include the syncopated strut "Harlem Clavinette" and "Harlem Love Theme", a melancholy ballad featuring pizzicato bass and a somber exchange between electric piano and English horn.
