JOHNNY WALKER - ADVENT

JAZZ ROOM RECORDS

£28.27

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: JAZZR018
Barcode: 5050580783058
Release Date: Sep 2022
Genre: Jazz

TRACKS
Dippin
Advent
Music And Art
Find A Way
Dirkie
Black Label
Arrival

Repress from this neglected underground jazz album from the early eighties; off the radar since then - except for the appearance of "Dipping" on the Kev Beadle 'Private Collection' compilation on BBE.

Recorded when Johnny Walker was touring Worldwide with Veteran Jazz Star Lionel Hampton in 1982 and originally released on his own Private Press label: Walk On Productions.

It's a funk drenched jazz journey with some crunchy fat beats laid down by the excellent rhythm section complementing Johnny Walkers cool horn stylings. Reminiscent of the albums of that early Jazz Dance era by Tom Browne and Rahmlee but with less of a commercial edge and wholly instrumental this is Funky Jazz that has not dated and sounds like it was fresh out of the studio in 2022.

Funk all the way on "Dipping" and "Dirkie" while "Arrival" is one for the Jazz Dancers.