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AOTY Audience Award
Album of the Year 2021

Love You Madly: Live at Bubba’s [Deluxe 200g Double Vinyl]

Duffy Jackson, Monty Alexander, Paul Berner, Robert Thomas Jr.

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The sample tracks below are generated from the digital version of this album. The songs included on the LP are as shown on the image of the back sleeve above.


2021 NativeDSD Album of the Year Winner – Audience Award & Jazz Piano Award

Love You Madly, the 2021 winner of PF’s Writers Choice Award, was captured live in 1982 at Fort Lauderdale’s Club Bubba. Recorded by Criteria Recording Studios’ Legendary Founder Mack Emerman, this is Monty Alexander at his best, with a great band and incredibly high energy performance. Accompanying Alexander on this spirited live date are bassist Paul Berner (Lionel Hampton Orchestra), drummer Duffy Jackson (Milt Jackson, Benny Carter), and percussionist Robert Thomas, Jr. (Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Carlos Santana). It has been converted from the Original Analog Master Tape to 45rpm 200g vinyl by 2xHD Mastering in partnership with Resonance Records.

Drawn from Alexander’s personal collection, the vigorous, imaginative performances on Love You Madly were recorded at the titular Fort Lauderdale, Florida nightclub on August 6, 1982. The recording engineer was the late Mack Emerman, legendary founder of Miami’s Criteria Recording Studios, the state-of-the-art facility where the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, the Allman Brothers Band, and Aretha Franklin, among many others, had cut some of their biggest hits.

The Kingston, Jamaica-born keyboardist had lived in Miami since his family moved there in 1961, and had known Emerman, a Jazz buff who had played trumpet in his alma mater Duke University’s big band, for many years.

Alexander recalls in a new interview with Resonance Records co-president and Jazz Detective Zev Feldman, “Mack just had this idea, ‘Hey, can I come and record you? I’ll bring the truck.’ He already had a remote truck [unit]. So, he brought the truck and he put the mic on the bass and the drums, and the whole thing, and, son of a gun, this tape, which he gave to me, was all a gift.”

In his overview essay, Jazz historian Willard Jenkins says of the resultant recording, “For this date at Bubba’s, Monty Alexander drew up neatly balanced set lists that touched upon several facets of his expansive bag, including standards, ballads, blues, island perspectives and southern exposures ranging as far south as Brazil. Love You Madly provides a wonderful survey of the leader’s gifts and his enormous rhythmic palette on the wings of his consummate piano artistry.”

Hearing this album, you’ll agree with pianist Christian Sands who says: “Listening to Monty is like eating a great meal made by a master chef. He musically cooks with the grits and gravy of the blues, adds the smokiness of NYC swing, all while simmering in the rich island flavors of his Jamaican roots. He satisfies all of the senses and leaves you wanting to hear more.”

Monty Alexander – Piano
Paul Berner – Bass
Duffy Jackson – Drums
Robert Thomas Jr. – Percussion

Tracklist

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1.
Arthur's Theme
07:43
2.
Love you Madly
08:06
3.
Samba de Orfeu
06:18
4.
Sweet Lady
05:47
5.
Eleuthra
09:25
6.
Reggae Later
07:43
7.
Blues for Edith
06:38
8.
Fungii Mama
10:30
9.
Consider
06:00
10.
Montevideo
06:57
11.
Body and Soul
07:18
12.
Swampfire
03:54
13.
Skj
05:28

Total time: 01:31:47

Additional information

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2XHDREV1187

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Mastering Engineer

2xHD Mastering: René Laflamme

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Original Recording Format

Producer

George Klabin and Zev Feldman

Recording Engineer

Mark Emerman

Recording Location

Bubba's Jazz Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (August 6, 1982)

Recording Type & Bit Rate

Analog

Release DateJuly 5, 2024

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