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Released
  
1970

Length
  
38:39

Artist
  
Charles Earland

Producer
  
Bob Porter

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
June 1, 1970

Black Drops (1970)
  
Living Black! (1970)

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Similar
  
Charles Earland albums, Jazz albums

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Black Drops is an album by organist Charles Earland which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Alex Henderson of Allmusic wrote, "Although not in a class with Black Talk or Living Black, this Bob Porter-produced soul-jazz/hard bop LP is satisfying and generally enjoyable".

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Earland except where noted.

  1. "Sing a Simple Song" (Sylvester Stewart) – 5:44
  2. "Don't Say Goodbye" – 7:09
  3. "Lazy Bird" (John Coltrane) – 7:18
  4. "Letha" – 7:23
  5. "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:48
  6. "Buck Green" – 7:17

Personnel

  • Charles Earland – organ
  • Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Clayton Pruden – trombone
  • Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Maynard Parker – guitar
  • Jimmy Turner – drums
  • Songs

    1Sing a Simple Song5:45
    2Don't Say Goodbye7:10
    3Lazy Bird7:18

    References

    Black Drops Wikipedia