Leon Spencer – Where I'm Coming From

Leon Spencer – Where I'm Coming From

Side A

1. Superstition
2. Give Me Your Love
3. Keeper Of the Castle

Side B

1. Trouble Man
2. The Price A Po’ Man’s Got to Pay
3. Where I’m Coming From

The very definition of ‘70s soulful jazz, Where I’m Coming From has all the hallmarks of Prestige Records at its finest, with an all-star cast of sidemen (The legendary Idris Muhammad! Hello to Madlib’s uncle, Jon Faddis! Greetings to the funky flute of Hubert Laws!) recorded at Van Gelder’s studio and packed with down and dirty grooves top to bottom. From the opening cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” through to the low-slung original headnodder “Where I’m Coming From,” with stops along the way for dips into the catalogs of Curtis Mayfield (“Give Me Your Love”), Marvin Gaye (“Trouble Man”) and the Four Tops (“Keeper Of The Castle”), Leon Spencer’s rippling organ lines sear this prime example of groove jazz.

Features:

First wide reissue since the album’s release in 1973
Cut from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray
Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI
Packaged in a tip-on jacket