David Axelrod
Heavy Axe (LP)
LabelFantasyGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Legendary producer David Axelrod’s solo album Heavy Axe is one of the finest outputs of the jazz-rock wave, which was the preeminent sound of the mid ’70s. With a little help from legendary players like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Cannonball Adderley, and George Duke, Heavy Axe crisscrosses between lush funk sounds and full, round low end and majestic orchestral flourishes that made Axelrod’s sonic realm a goldmine for sample-hungry hip-hop beatmakers from the ’90s until today.
Format
US release date: 01 March 2023
Europe release date: 14 April 2023
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Ca.; March 1974
Release notes
US release date: 01 March 2023 Europe release date: 14 April 2023 Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Ca.; March 1974
| A1 | Get Up Off Your Knees | 3:38 | |
| A2 | Cast Your Fate To The Wind | 3:27 | |
| A3 | You're So Vain | 4:20 | |
| A4 | My Family | 4:45 | |
| B1 | Mucho Chupar | 3:13 | |
| B2 | Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing | 3:45 | |
| B3 | It Ain't For You | 4:25 | |
| B4 | Everything Counts | 6:54 |
- Jackie Kelso
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute
- William Green
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute
- David Axelrod
- Arranged By, Conductor [Conducted By], Remix
- Tony Lane
- Art Direction
- Nat Gershman
- Cello
- Walter Rower
- Cello
- King Errisson
- Congas
- Roy McCurdy
- Drums
- Jim Stern
- Engineer [Recording Engineer], Remix
- Ron Granger
- Executive-Producer
- Billy Fender
- Guitar
- Don Peake
- Guitar
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson
- Guitar
- Kevin Gray
- Mastered By
- James Lewis
- Photography By
- George Duke
- Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [ARP Synthesizer], Soloist [All keyboard and ARP synthesizer solos]
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
- Producer, Remix
- Rudy Copeland
- Synthesizer [Moog Synthesizer]
- Jay Migliori
- Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute
- Dick Hyde
- Trombone
- George Bohanon
- Trombone
- Allen De Rienzo
- Trumpet
- Oscar Brashear
- Trumpet
- Snooky Young
- Trumpet
- Gary Nuttycombe
- Viola
- William Hymanson
- Viola
- Alexander Neiman
- Violin
- Henry Roth
- Violin
- Jerome Reisler
- Violin
- Jack Shulman
- Violin, Concertmaster
- Billie Barnum
- Vocals [Singer]
- Gwen Owens
- Vocals [Singer]
- Olga James
- Vocals [Singer]
- Stephanie Spruill
- Vocals [Singer]
