Search - Charles Earland :: Black Talk

VERY NICE FIND. FUNK or JAZZ you decide.

nomayo | Oakland, CA United States | 03/19/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is one of the funkiest albums I ever heard. I own a battery of jazz albums and funk albums, Black Talk is one of the greatest unsung cross overs. Easily one of my favorites."

The Mighty Burner's "Gateway" to Jazz!

Anthony Flood | 05/20/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"On May 20, 2009, 7:45 A.M., I enter Starbucks on Manhattan's Third Avenue between 60th & 61st Streets, and what's filling the room but "More Today Than Yesterday," sounding like it was recorded 40 days rather than an amazing 40 years ago! As I imagine was the case for other reviewers, for me "Black Talk" served as one of several "gateway" albums from R&B to jazz, although I hadn't discovered it until 1971 after first having been converted by "Sparks!," the inaugural album of "Black Talk's" guitarist Melvin Sparks.



For those of you with a pop/R&B/soul musical sensibility and thinking about exploring jazz, buying "Black Talk" is a no-risk proposition. I defy you not to love it!"