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Old Feeling
Old Feeling is an album by the American musician George Adams.[1][2] It was released by Somethin' Else and Blue Note Records.[3][4] Adams played the tenor sax; he also sang on some tracks.[2][5] ProductionThe album was produced by Kazunori Sugiyama.[6] It contains versions of Charles Mingus's "Better Git Hit in Yo' Soul" and Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are".[7] Jean-Paul Bourelly played guitar on Old Feeling; Hannibal Marvin Peterson played trumpet.[8][9] Critical reception
The Chicago Tribune wrote that "a rollicking, raucous spirit energizes this recording."[13] The Toronto Star deemed the album "a rough-and-tumble vintage blast."[7] The Lawrence Journal-World admired the opening track, writing that "Adams wails with a manic spark oscillating somewhere between James Brown r&b and the 'free thing' explosiveness of the 1960s black, avant garde."[3] The Indianapolis Star stated: "A lapse of intensity comes with the finale, Billy Joel's 'Just the Way You Are', which reverses another cliche—that good jazzmen always redeem cheap tunes."[11] The Buffalo News called Old Feeling "one of the great jazz albums of the year," and praised Adams's "marvelously outsized, earthy gestures."[8] USA Today labeled the band "wild, woolly, roaring, precise, funny, sometimes quite tender and always on fire, no matter the tempo."[14] AllMusic noted that, "unlike some other avant-gardists who seem to lose their personality and purpose when they play standard material, Adams turns even overplayed songs into his own inventive devices."[10] MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide considered the album "delightfully strange but potent."[12] Track listing
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