I'm Tired of Driving
I'm Tired of Driving | ||||
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Studio album by Eddie Harris | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Studio | P.S. Recording Studios, Chicago, IL | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:19 | |||
Label | RCA PL 12942 | |||
Producer | Richard Evans | |||
Eddie Harris chronology | ||||
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I'm Tired of Driving is an album by saxophonist/pianist Eddie Harris, recorded in 1978 and released on the RCA label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Philadelphia Daily News wrote that "Harris sings in an outrageous falsetto and a bathroom baritone."[4] Newsday deemed the album a "rather unfocused amalgam of rhythm and blues, gospel, bossa nova and disco drone."[5]
Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic called the album a "somewhat tepid brew of mostly R&B/slanted pop/jazz music with a whiff of disco now and then, utilizing Harris' array of straight and electronically-altered vocals, lots of acoustic tenor sax, and some piano," and said that, "although EH's personal sax sound is always recognizable, and he is more crisply recorded than on any of his Atlantic records, the LP's anonymous, pre-packaged '70s feeling drains much of Harris' personality right out of the studio."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Eddie Harris except where noted.
- "Two Times Two Equals Love" (Harris, Y. Harris) – 5:55
- "You Are the One" (Harris, L. Harris) – 3:57
- "Songbird" (Dave Wolfert, Steve Nelson) – 4:05
- "I'm Tired of Driving" (Harris, S. Harris) – 4:50
- "The Loneliest Monk" – 3:58
- "Theme for the Foxy Ladies" (Richard Evans) – 3:39
- "You Stole My Heart" (Harris, S., L, & Y. Harris) – 3:18
- "There Was a Time" – 5:02
- "What's Wrong with The World Today" – 4:35
Personnel
- Eddie Harris – varitone, tenor saxophone, piano
- Danny Leake- guitar
- Denzil Miller – keyboards
- Larry Ball – bass
- Steve Cobb, Morris Jennings (track 6) – drums
- Russell Iverson – trumpet
- Robert Lewis – cornet
- Kenneth Brass – flugelhorn
- John Avant, Morris Ellis – trombone
- John William Haynor – bass trombone
- Murray Watson, Steele Seals – saxophones
- S. A. Bobrov, Joel Smirnoff, Arnold Roth, Frank Borgognone, Roger Moulton, E. Zlatoff-Mirsky, Elliot Golub, George Palermo – violin
- Martin Abrams, Arnold Sklar – viola
- Karl B. Fruh, Kenneth Slowik – cello
- Cinnamon: Bernadene Davis, Francine Smith, Jo Ann Brown-El – backing vocals
References
- ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
- ^ Allan, William (26 Nov 1978). "Solo Saxophonists Blow Up Music Storm". The Pittsburgh Press. p. H7.
- ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. Eddie Harris: I'm Tired of Driving – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ Nelson, Nels (17 Nov 1978). "Jazz". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 48.
- ^ Micklin, Bob (3 Dec 1978). "Mostly winners in new offerings". Part II. Newsday. p. 21.
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- Exodus to Jazz (1961)
- Mighty Like a Rose (1961)
- Jazz for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)
- A Study in Jazz (1962)
- Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies (1962)
- Bossa Nova (1963)
- For Bird and Bags (1964)
- Cool Sax, Warm Heart (1964)
- Here Comes the Judge (1964)
- Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1965)
- The In Sound (1965)
- Mean Greens (1966)
- The Tender Storm (1967)
- The Electrifying Eddie Harris (1968)
- Plug Me In (1968)
- Silver Cycles (1968)
- Free Speech (1969)
- Come On Down! (1970)
- Second Movement (1971)
- Instant Death (1971)
- Eddie Harris Sings the Blues (1972)
- Excursions (1973)
- E.H. in the U.K. (1974)
- Is It In (1974)
- I Need Some Money (1974)
- Bad Luck Is All I Have (1975)
- That Is Why You're Overweight (1975)
- The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t 1976 (1975)
- How Can You Live Like That? (1976)
- I'm Tired of Driving (1978)
- Playin' with Myself (1979)
- Sounds Incredible (1980)
- Steps Up (1981)
- The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (1982)
- High Voltage (1969)
- Swiss Movement (1969)
- Live at Newpoart (1970)
- Pourquoi L'Amérique (1968)
- Soul to Soul (1971)