CD Details

WORLD'S SMALLEST BIG BAND

HARDIN AND YORK
1970 , UK , EAN CODE 5013929719026 - EURO 13.00

Label: ESOTERIC RECORDINGS

ALBUM REVIEW
2nd album by the great British duo: keyboardist / vocalist Eddie Hardin and drummer Peter York. Hardin was a superb keyboards player and his abilities were often compared to those of Steve Winwood (whom he replaced in the Spencer Davis Group) and even Keith Emerson. His vocal abilities and his songwriting skills were also second to none. York, a Jazz influenced drummer (also from the Spencer Davis Group), was a perfect partner for Hardin's extended keyboards (mostly the Hammond organ) explorations and the Jazzy atmosphere, which prevails throughout the album, which was recorded with just the duo and a string section. In retrospect this album stands against the tides of time perfectly, sounding today every bit as good as it did at the time of its recording, emphasizing the greatness of the British Prog and early Jazz-Rock Fusion in the late 1960s / early 1970s. Absolutely brilliant stuff! (Jazzis - Rate Your Music)