I Need Some Money Explained

I Need Some Money
Type:	Album
Artist:	Eddie Harris
Cover:	I Need Some Money.jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	July 15 and December 2, 1974 Paragon Studios, Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:00
Label:	Atlantic SD 1669
Producer:	Geoffrey Haslam
Chronology:	Eddie Harris
Prev Title:	Is It In
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Bad Luck Is All I Have
Next Year:	1975

I Need Some Money is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1974 and released on the Atlantic label.^[1] ^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Eddie Harris finally steps out as a singer in the first of a series of humorous hard-luck songs that would be the flagships of his next few LPs... In any case, the thing he still does best here is ride a groove, the best of which is the extremely danceable... There are indications, though, that Harris' repertoire of funk sax licks is beginning to run a bit thin".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

"I Need Some Money" (Harris, Bradley Bobo, Durf, Ronald Muldrow) – 3:10
"Get On Down" (Calvin Barnes, Durf, Ronald Muldrow, Rufus Reid) – 9:48
"Time to Do Your Thing" (Sara E. Harris) – 6:12
"Carnival" – 4:14
"Don't Want Nobody" (Sara E. Harris) – 11:52
"Bumpin" (Harris, Ronald Muldrow) – 4:11
"That's It" – 5:31

Recorded at Paragon Studios in Chicago on July 15 (tracks 2 & 4–6) and December 2 (tracks 1, 3 & 7), 1974

Personnel

Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone, varitone, piano, organ, electric piano, reed trumpet, vocals
Ronald Muldrow – guitar, guitorgan, cabasa
Rufus Reid – electric bass, bass (tracks 2 & 4–6)
Bradley Bobo – bass, 6 string bass (tracks 1, 3 & 7)
Durf – congas, vocals, African whistle, talking drum, timpani, tablas, barrel drum
Calvin Barnes – drums, quica, Latin percussion

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1600-series/#sd-1669 Atlantic Records discography
http://www.eddieharris.com/#discography Eddie Harris Discography
Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 14, 2012