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Who Had the Tightest Horn Section? Which group do y'all think had the tightest horn section?
Earth Wind and Fire Tower Of Power Kool and The Gang Chicago Fred Wesley/ Maceo with P-Funk Fred Wesley/ Maceo with James Brown Blood Sweat and Tears Ohio Players The Seawind Horns Prince with the Hornheadz Prince with Eric Leeds/Matt Blistan Prince with Maceo/Greg Boyer/Candy Dulfer Or a group not listed here? " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Prince with Eric Leeds/Atlanta Bliss | |
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Fred Wesley/Maceo with James Brown (The JB's) | |
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Tower of Power - sheer quantity of horns
Maceo and all the Kings Men - just for the tightness of the groove | |
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Tie between EW&F (who had more elaborate orchestration with their horn arrangements) and The J.B.'s with their funky interpretation of horns. I would also throw in there Eric and Atlanta's horn parts Prince arranged for The Revolution/Lovesexy bands.  | |
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for me, it's a tie between blood, sweat & tears and ew & f. | |
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They're all good but i've gotta go with TOP.
The bridge section and the counterpoint happening at the outro of Soul Vaccination...hmmm. tA  Tribal Disorder
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paligap said: Which group do y'all think had the tightest horn section?
Earth Wind and Fire Tower Of Power Chicago Fred Wesley/ Maceo with P-Funk Those are the ones, but pre-'80s Chicago. Then there's Miles' group with Trane and Cannonball. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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 Yeah, I think I lean towards Tower of Power because of the fullness of the horn section, and you got Doc Kupka holdin' down the low end on Baritone Sax, and it blends so well with the 'tight as a gnat's ass' rhythm section...." I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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 BTW, Just in case anyone's wondering why the Hornheadz are on the list, go back an check out the Horn arrangements on the Prince song "Come" -especially the last 3 minutes! " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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The JB's had the tightest horn section ever!!! (They all copied their riffs)
Maceo, Kush, Rick and Fred were superior when theyed played in Bootsy's Rubberband and Parliament. Once again taking the blowing to new heights. The Phoenix Horns(EWF) were the shit also. Classic hooks! Bennie, Greg Thomas and Boyer (P-Funk Horns) are incredible. SO I WILL SAY JAMES BROWN, PARLIAMENT AND EARTH WIND & FIRE HAD THE GREATEST HORN SECTIONS OF ANY BLACK ACT OF ALL TIMES. Nuff said!  | |
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Earth Wind and Fire Tower Of Power Kool and The Gang Chicago Fred Wesley/ Maceo with P-Funk Fred Wesley/ Maceo with James Brown Blood Sweat and Tears Ohio Players The Seawind Horns Prince with the Hornheadz Prince with Eric Leeds/Matt Blistan Prince with Maceo/Greg Boyer/Candy Dulfer what a gorgeous list except what is The Seawind Horns? I heard a record by Seawind (if that's the same) and hated it | |
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Nobody can touch a nerve like Tower Of Power's horn-section, they're the GREATEST! | |
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CinisterCee said: except what is The Seawind Horns? I heard a record by Seawind (if that's the same) and hated it Jerry Hey, Larry Williams and Kim Hutchcroft. They were originally part of a popjazz group called Seawind, but are probably better known for all their session work, especially with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson (also Brothers Johnson, Al Jarreau, Sister sledge, Toto, Alphonse Mouzon, etc.) [This message was edited Sun Jun 6 1:01:14 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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I'd say...
the "JB's" blood sweat and tears and sergio mendes and brasil 66. | |
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Man,this a hard one.EW& F are just simply brilliant! Jb's horns were more essential to his grooves.I mean,some of his grooves wouldn't even be finished without the horn interlocking. I'm not sure if I'm making sense,but I feel Jb's horns were more important to him and to the future of music after his heyday. EW&f's horns were just..creamy.
And the Hornheadz are tight.I have a copy of their cd and they are tight. But I think all of these horn sections listed are incredible! "I'm a pig..so,magic elixir I swill" | |
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Thumparello said: The JB's had the tightest horn section ever!!! (They all copied their riffs)
Maceo, Kush, Rick and Fred were superior when theyed played in Bootsy's Rubberband and Parliament. Once again taking the blowing to new heights. The Phoenix Horns(EWF) were the shit also. Classic hooks! Bennie, Greg Thomas and Boyer (P-Funk Horns) are incredible. SO I WILL SAY JAMES BROWN, PARLIAMENT AND EARTH WIND & FIRE HAD THE GREATEST HORN SECTIONS OF ANY BLACK ACT OF ALL TIMES. Nuff said! YESSS! I just saw JamesBrown in Sydney a couple of months ago, and I'll tell ya his current band is awsome in fact the whole show was just incredible. -"If U don't like,
what U see here -get the FUNK out." | |
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Whoa. EWF horns were tight as hell. But I'm gonna give this honor to TOP. Overall, I think they had the tightest section. They played louder than the rest of them. Every note and every turnaround were razor sharp on studio and live recordings. | |
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paligap said: Which group do y'all think had the tightest horn section?
Earth Wind and Fire "tight" may be inappropriate here because many avant-garde jazz elements were used to extend grooves Tower Of Power "tight" with a lot of depth very rare for solos used to ovettake the song Kool and The Gang "tight" and very jazzy, but too short-lived Chicago not "tight", but certainly not uptight; introduced a lot of jazz textures into rock where a "tight horn section is more a thing of r&b Fred Wesley/ Maceo with P-Funk certainly "tight", but like EW&F many avant-garde jazz elements were used to extend grooves Fred Wesley/ Maceo with James Brown can't get no tighter than this; that's why Bootsy snagged 'em for PFUNK Blood Sweat and Tears like Chicago they brought a lot of jazz textures to rock,but that's not quite the place to go for "tight" Ohio Players pretty damn "tight", but that's all studio; unfortunately OP is criminally under-recorded as a live band The Seawind Horns very smooth some times light, but they're great nonetheless Prince with the Hornheadz Prince with Eric Leeds/Matt Blistan Prince with Maceo/Greg Boyer/Candy Dulfer all are "cool" and tight, but largely reminiscent of EWF, PFUNK and JBs Or a group not listed here? There are also UPTOWN HORNS who are used in Texas blues. MEMPHIS HORNS on Stax (tight and compact; prolly the best next to JBs and the inspiration for TOP). There are quite few, to be honest test | |
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Supernova said:[quote] paligap said: Which group do y'all think had the tightest horn section?
Then there's Miles' group with Trane and Cannonball. Not sure I'd call that a horn section, but I'm not mad at you !  test | |
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