“Gettin’ Down To It” by James Brown - album review
Another new album relegated to “b” status due to the inclusion of 4 reworkings from the back catalogue. To be fair, these are bona-fide reworkings, as JB gets all late night Jazz tinkly with it. He’s very good at it too. The boy can certainly croon some, and to his credit he never loses his trademark rasp within the genteel genre, but, for all that, this just ain’t my bag Papa…
The Jukebox Rebel
23-Apr-2012
| A1 | [03:20]  James Brown - Sunny (Bobby Hebb) Jazz |
| A2 | [04:31]  James Brown - That’s Life [1969 version] (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay) Jazz |
| A3 | [03:28]  James Brown - Strangers In The Night (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) Jazz |
| A4 | [04:41]  James Brown - Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) Jazz |
| A5 | [05:04]  James Brown - Cold Sweat [1969 version] (James Brown, Alfred Ellis) Jazz |
| A6 | [03:01]  James Brown - There Was A Time [1969 version] (James Brown, Bud Hobgood) Jazz |
| B1 | [02:53] James Brown - Chicago (Fred Fisher) Jazz |
| B2 | [07:43]  James Brown - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (Deek Watson, William Best) Jazz |
| B3 | [04:51]  James Brown - Time After Time [1969 version] (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) Jazz |
| B4 | [03:43]  James Brown - All The Way (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) Jazz |
| B5 | [02:45]  James Brown - It Had To Be You (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) Jazz |
| B6 | [02:35]  James Brown - Uncle (Frank Vincent) Jazz |
