The Mighty Diamonds Right Time (1976) With their chaste vocals wedded to the nerveless punch of elite Jamaican backing group the Revolutionaries, The Mighty Diamonds had a sleek roots-reggae sound that invoked the precision of US soul ensembles such as the Temptations and the Delfonics.
French clarity and precision against German depth of soul?
He stood still and let the notes come out mellowly; he was precise with pitch and balanced a Joe Williams sophisticated-blues precision with some newer techniques of soul ballad men.
It was a punk-rock group with prog-rock skills, the rhythmic precision of an old-fashioned soul band and a feverish stage presence that was equal parts punk, vaudeville and revival tent.
(Chinen) Louis Hayes Quintet Cannonball Adderley Legacyy' (Tuesday through July 13) Cannonball Adderley was a much-beloved alto saxophonist who balanced the harmonic precision of bebop with the homegrown grit of soul.
Working from the unlikely location of Munich, the trio managed to fuse soul with the surgical precision of Kraftwerk, creating a record so far ahead of its time that pop took a good 20 years to catch up.
But Rivera has that kind of soul.
That leaves the matter of soul.
It was the mecca of soul food.
That's the essence of soul music.
