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Title: Confirmation - Canyon Lady *****
Review: Out of fairness and apologia, I'm just reporting back on this record. It has lived up to all of my expectations, and numbers among my favorite records, not just for Joe Henderson, but for my entire jazz collection, which numbers somewhere around 300 or so items. This definitely falls into the 'late fusion' category, but like other of Joe's work of this period, it capitalizes on funk and spanish rhythms, as opposed to electronic obscuritanism or plain jazz iconoclasm. As a casual student of '70's blaxploitation films, I'll even swear that I heard some of this music in a Fred Williamson film, or something of that ilk. But it is by no means 'sell-out' film music - it is both studied, and accomplished, especially for such a large ensemble. Just trust me on this one, you won't be disappointed.
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