tracks

Comin` Home Baby
Help The Poor
Rendezvous with the Blues
I`m The Man Down Here
A Tribute To John Lee Hooker
Chill Out
The Healer
Help Me
Five Women
Blue Jean Blues
Eclipse
Black Queen

notes

If you enjoy the new wave of Chicago Blues guitar (Rico McFarland, Lurrie Bell, Ronnie Baker Brooks, etc) than here is a fiery disc for you. Melvin Taylor doesn't cross the blues-rock border as frequent as Brooks but rather chooses to combine jazz, pop and funk into his style of feverish blues. After listening to "Rendezvous", you will be convinced that there isn't a finer smooth jazz and contemporary blues guitarist on the scene today. Even though the 10 sharp tracks on this Memphis-recorded, 55 minute disc are all covers, most are lesser known material. The well known stuff receives a unique twist which keeps it fresh. On this CD, Taylor is reunited with Lucky Peterson -- having last recorded with him in 1984. Melvin Taylor is always in control while his fire is burning. His aggressive guitar comes with plenty of pedal effects and attitude. That rebellious break-with-tradition attitude comes across in the liner notes. Evidence Music may not be a Chicago-based label. However, they have the insight and foresight to record younger Chicago artists who need exposure through rousing releases like this.

credits

Baritone Saxophone – Sidney Janise, (tracks: 4)
Bass – Dave Smith (97)
Drums, Congas – Steve Potts (2)
Guitar – Mato Nanji
Guitar, Organ [Hammond B-3] – Lucky Peterson
Guitar, Vocals – Melvin Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Jerry Mallett, (tracks: 4)
Trumpet – Marshall Cyr (tracks: 4)

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