Johnny Lytle – You've Got To Love The World
Johnny Lytle – Sit Tight
Johnny Lytle – Daahoud
Here’s another record that I basically walked into and then just had to have. In this case it was at Scott Craig’s Records LA a few months ago. Someone was buzzing through a couple of records just as I walked in, and a few moments later they dropped the need on “You’ve Got To Love The World.” At first I was thinking it was just pretty straight ahead 60s swinging jazz with vocals, nothing too noteworthy, but then the the song got to the bridge and that manic drumbeat with the banging organ and vibes completely floored me with how hard it was. When I hear moments like that it makes me really consider buying an MPC and getting started making beats. I could literally listen to thos moments where everything breaks down after the vocalists hold the “the” part of “you’ve got to love the world” for a series of beats and then the drums and organ lay out as they say “world.” Clearly there’s much more to dig on with this LP, but I keep coming back to those brilliant moments, particularly in the last 45 seconds of the track when they hit on it without the vocals. Absolute brilliance, that I hope you’ll dig too, just watch your neck…
Cheers,
Michael