Preston Love
Editorial Reviews
<"b00013unsa2999"> About the Artist
Saxophonist PRESTON LOVE's resume reads like a Who's Who of American music: Member of the legendary territory bands of Lloyd Hunter & Nat Towles, stints with Snub Mosley & Fats Waller, first recordings with Lucky Millinder & his friend Wynonie Harris, lead alto sax with Count Basie during its heyday in the 1940s, seminal R&B and rock 'n roll sessions with his life-long friend Johnny Otis, including the classic PRESTON LOVE'S OMAHA BAR BQ album featuring Shuggie Otis, contractor and studio musician in Los Angeles and leader of the Motown touring band. PRESTON LOVE has also played and recorded with Jimmy Rushing, Big Mama Thornton, Bull Moose Jackson, Janis Joplin, Frank Zappa, Sugar-Pie DiSanto, T-Bone Walker, Ray Charles, Esther Phillips, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Sonny & Cher, Stevie Wonder and Ben Webster. PRESTON LOVE is an educator, speaker, writer, historian and published author. His! best-selling autobiography, A THOUSAND HONEYCREEKS LATER: MY LIFE IN MUSIC FROM BASIE TO MOTOWN & BEYOND, is widely available.
<"b00013unsa4999"> Album Description
The new (2003) self-titled album, PRESTON LOVE, produced by Gary Foster, is unique in that the first half of the album (tracks 1 thru 10) features the legendary saxophonist today with his current band and various special guest artists such as Orville Johnson, Mitch Towne, "Guitar" George Laughery, John Foley, Bill Eustice, Dave Polson, and the Michel Pastre Orch. playing inspired interpretations of originals, blues, swing, jazz & ballads, and the second half (tracks 11 thru 19) features an overview of his career from 1945 to 1969, highlighted by rare live radio broadcast recordings with the Lucky Millinder & Count Basie Orchestras, and selections from the rare funk classic PRESTON LOVE'S OMAHA BAR BQ and the ultra-funky 1969 single CISSY POPCORN & FUNKY CHICKEN.
Preston Love, Music, Preston Love
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