Cheshire Cat (Ronnie Foster album)
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Cheshire Cat is the fourth studio album by American organist Ronnie Foster
Ronnie Foster
Ronnie Foster is an American funk and soul-jazz organist, and record producer. His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s has obtained a cult following after the emergence of acid-jazz.-Biography:...

 recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Few records that fall into the soul-jazz genre balance both sides of the equation so carefully or so deftly".

Track listing

All compositions by Ronnie Foster except as indicated
  1. "Like a Child"
  2. "Tuesday Heartbreak" (Stevie Wonder
    Stevie Wonder
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    )
  3. "Fly Away"
  4. "Funky Motion"
  5. "Heartless"
  6. "Cheshire Cat"

  • Recorded at A&R Studios in New York City on March 21 (tracks 1 & 4), March 24, 1975 (tracks 5 & 6), March 25, 1975 (track 2), and March 27 (track 3), 1975.

Personnel

  • Ronnie Foster
    Ronnie Foster
    Ronnie Foster is an American funk and soul-jazz organist, and record producer. His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s has obtained a cult following after the emergence of acid-jazz.-Biography:...

     - organ
    Electronic organ
    An electronic organ is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally, it was designed to imitate the sound of pipe organs, theatre organs, band sounds, or orchestral sounds....

    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    , vocals
  • Joe Beck
    Joe Beck
    Joe Beck was an American guitarist who had been notable in jazz for more than 30 years.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Beck also briefly flirted with rock music in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

     - guitar
    Guitar
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  • George Benson
    George Benson
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     - guitar, backing vocals
  • William Allen - bass
    Double bass
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  • Gary King - electric bass
    Electric Bass
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  • Dennis Davis
    Dennis Davis
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     - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Mtume
    James Mtume
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     - conga
    Conga
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    , percussion
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