Prelude To...

by Barbara Massey, Barbara & Ernie

Overview

Soul singer Barbara Massey and jazz guitarist Ernie Calabria paired up for this rare 1971 album. With Calabria having worked with Nina Simone and Harry Belafonte, among others, and Massey having sung backup for artists including Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, and Herbie Hancock, the pairing was an inspired one and resulted in this superb soul-jazz outing. Massey has a dry yet passionate and evocative vocal quality that often brings to mind Grace Slick. Fittingly, the duo takes on Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," turning the Summer of Love anthem into a steamy and hypnotic soul-funk jam. Elsewhere, the duo touches upon such varying styles as folk, Latin, and psychedelic rock with cuts like "For You" and "Do You Know?," bringing to mind such similarly inclined acts as the Free Design and Bill Withers. Anyone who has even a passing interest in this kind of '70s cross-genre aesthetic will certainly want to seek out Prelude To.... ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	02/25/2022
Label:	Life Goes On Records
UPC:	7427251064613
Rank:	82328

Tracks

1. Play With Fire
2. Somebody to Love
3. Prelude
4. Listen to Your Heart
5. For You
6. Searching the Circle
7. My Love and I
8. Do You Know
9. Satisfied

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbara & Ernie   Primary Artist
Barbara Massey   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Autoharp,Piano (Electric)
Ernie Calabria   Primary Artist,Guitar,Bass,Sitar (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Classical),Guitar (12 String Electric)
Joe Beck   Guitar,Guest Artist,Piano (Electric)
Keith Jarrett   Guest Artist,Piano
Richard Tee   Organ
Ralph McDonald   Congas,Percussion
Ray Lucas   Drums
Bill Salter   Bass
Myrna Summers   Choir/Chorus
Grady Tate   Drums
The Interdenominational Choir   Choir/Chorus
Deodato   Conductor
Chuck Rainey   Bass

Technical Credits

Deodato   Arranger
Barbara Massey   Arranger,Composer
Darby Slick   Composer
Tony May   Engineer
Joel Dorn   Producer
Ernie Calabria   Arranger,Composer
Stanislaw Zagorski   Cover Design
Fred E. Smith   Cover Photo
Alyse Koylan   Cover Design
Lewis Hahn   Remixing,Engineer
Gene Paul   Engineer
Bob Liftin   Engineer