King Curtis - Live in New York [Bonus Tracks]

King Curtis and his bubbling, stutter-style tenor sax playing brought a touch of jazz and a whole ton of R&B to countless rock & roll tracks in the early '60s, and his funky edge is one of the reasons records by The Coasters, for instance, continue to sound good 40 years later. This historic live set, which was recorded by drummer Belton Evans as a reference tape at Small's Paradise in Harlem in mid-1961 and sat unheard until JSP released it on disc in 1985, catches Curtis fresh off of working with Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and The Coasters and sessions with The Isley Brothers and still some months away from tracking "Soul Twist," which came out on Enjoy Records in 1962. Read More