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The Sunday Times, (Clive Davis), June 14, 2009
Cheerfully unpretentious as ever...no-nonsense vocals, high-spirited R&B, Rollins-esque calypso and plenty of full-blooded swing...Fame still knows how to start a party.
The Observer, (Dave Gelly), June 28, 2009
Sparky, laid-back, casual-sounding but utterly classy brand of R&B. With players like Barker and Skidmore aboard, how could it be otherwise?
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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For a performer whose career stretches back the best part of half a century, Georgie Fame is still in fine shape, vocally, lyrically and from a playing point of view. 'Tone Wheels A Turnin' is yet more proof that the young Turks of the Blues scene can still do it. I have written elsewhere in praise of the new John Hammond album, and on this side of the Atlantic pond, our very own Georgie Fame has delivered an excellent album that plays to his many musical strengths, whilst showing that he can still stretch out - 'Guantanamo By The Sea' is a protest song of sorts, but elsewhere Fame evokes the heyday of smokey nightclubs on 'BP Club After Midnight', and also experiments with exotic rhythms. He's also got a great band working with him - including saxophonist Alan Skidmore, Guy Barker on trumpet, and Alec Dankworth on bass. My only note of critique is that the sleeve - a four page CD booklet with some nice notes - ain't gonna win any design awards. However, I surmise that from Georgie's point of view, the music says all he wants to say, and believe me, that's plenty. 'Tone Wheels A-Turnin' is simply a fine, fine album - it's about time Georgie got some sort of MBE type recognition for his many years of yeoman service to British Music.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I've been listening to Georgie Fame since his all-nighters at the Flamingo in London in the mid-1960s. More than 40 years later I caught his set at the Basement in Sydney, Australia. Like a fine wine, he's lost none of his quality, just mellowed. This album reflects that. If you've heard his fine Walking Wounded live material, this album sounds like the band walked out of Ronnie Scott's into a studio and just continued the session. Wonderful stuff.
9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Georgie Fame started his career in the sixties. Releasing a record like
'Third Face of Fame' he never could have guessed that his career would indeed take him over three mountaintops. First of all, there was his 60s beatperiod we all know (instead of nodding behind the screen say 'yeah yeah'). During the 70s he became a real craftsman of popsongs for Island records and Pye records. From the late 80s onwards he has shown us his third face: jazz. Go Jazz recorded him at Ronnie Scotts and for some years now we have his output through Three Line Whip records. And the latest release is yet another masterpiece. Smooth, relaxed and with a golden line-up of musicians things can't go wrong. And they don't.
In the golden age of dance bands we enjoyed 'The Organ, the Danceband and Me'. Georgie Fame is a 21st century version.
'Third Face of Fame' he never could have guessed that his career would indeed take him over three mountaintops. First of all, there was his 60s beatperiod we all know (instead of nodding behind the screen say 'yeah yeah'). During the 70s he became a real craftsman of popsongs for Island records and Pye records. From the late 80s onwards he has shown us his third face: jazz. Go Jazz recorded him at Ronnie Scotts and for some years now we have his output through Three Line Whip records. And the latest release is yet another masterpiece. Smooth, relaxed and with a golden line-up of musicians things can't go wrong. And they don't.
In the golden age of dance bands we enjoyed 'The Organ, the Danceband and Me'. Georgie Fame is a 21st century version.
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