MP3 1491 mb.
Performer: Ben Sidran
Title: The Cat And The Hat
Country: Canada
Catalog Number: SP-741
Label: Horizon
Released: 1979
Style: Jazz-Funk, Post Bop, Fusion
Rating: 4.2
Votes: 965
| 1 | Hi-Fly | 4:57 |
| 2 | Girl Talk | 3:11 |
| 3 | Give It To The Kids | 4:24 |
| 4 | Seven Steps To Heaven | 4:10 |
| 5 | Ballin' The Jack | 4:26 |
| 6 | Blue Daniel | 3:52 |
| 7 | Like Sonny | 4:38 |
| 8 | Minority | 3:24 |
| 9 | Ask Me Now | 4:08 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP-741 | Ben Sidran | The Cat And The Hat (LP, Album) | Horizon | SP-741 | US | 1979 |
| UICY-93417 | Ben Sidran | The Cat And The Hat (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap) | A&M Records | UICY-93417 | Japan | 2008 |
| HOZ-6008 | Ben Sidran | The Cat And The Hat (LP) | Horizon | HOZ-6008 | Japan | 1979 |
| AMLJ 741 | Ben Sidran | The Cat And The Hat (LP, Album) | Horizon | AMLJ 741 | Europe | 1979 |
| AMLJ 741 | Ben Sidran | The Cat And The Hat (LP, Album) | Horizon | AMLJ 741 | Germany | 1979 |
Dedicated to the memory of Blue Mitchell, Frank Rosolino and Eddie Jefferson, without whose innovations this album would not have been possible.
album Ben There, Done That: Ben Sidran Live Around The World 1975-2015. video The Funkasaurus. video Ben on Freethought Now. conversation Ben on Jazz Inspired with Judy Carmichael. This album became the stuff of legend after the A&M Horizon label went out of busines just weeks after its release. The Steve Gadd feature on Seven Steps to Heaven has been transcribed and passed down to generations of drummers, and the versions of Girl Talk with original lyrics to replace the Bobby Troup trops and Blue Daniel with original lyrics that became the song Life's a Lesson have been covered often. Ben Sidran. Piano, Vocals. Steve Gadd. Album 1979 9 Songs. Jazz 1979. Crimson Studios, Santa Monica, CA. Sound Mixers, New York, NY. The Power Station, New York, NY. The Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA. Listen free to Ben Sidran The Cat And The Hat Hi-Fly, Ask Me Now and more. 9 tracks 37:10. The Cat And The Hat. Writer: Gigi Gryce, Composers: Gigi Gryce. Seven Steps To Heaven. Composers: Miles Davis - Victor Stanley Feldman. BEN SIDRANTHE CAT AND THE HAT Horizon SP-741 1979 produced by Mike Minieri,Ben Sidran 1. Hi-Fly 2. Ask Me Now 3. Like Sony 4. Give It to the Kids Ben Sidran. Digital Album. Streaming Download. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Purchasable with gift card. Buy Digital Album. Ben Sidran Piano, Vocals Steve Gadd Drums Abe Laboriel Bass Mike Mainieri Vibraphone Lee Ritenour Guitar Michael Brecker Saxophone Joe Henderson Saxophone Tom Harrell Trumpet Buzzy Feiten Guitar Luther Van Dross Vocals Paulinho Da Costa Percussion Don Grolnick Organ Tom Scott Saxophone Pete Christlieb Saxophone Jim Horn Saxophone Jerry Hey Trumpet Frank Floyd Vocals Mike Finnegan Vocals. Sidran was raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and attended the University of WisconsinMadison in 1961, where he became a member of The Ardells with Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs. When Miller and Scaggs left Wisconsin for the West Coast, Sidran stayed behind to earn a degree in English literature. After graduating in 1966, he enrolled in the University of Sussex, England, to pursue a PhD. In 1988, he produced Miller's jazz album Born 2B Blue. He has also produced albums for Mose Allison and Diana Ross. Sidran returned to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1971 and has spent most of his life there. The Cat and the Hat. HorizonA&M SP-741. Play jigsaw puzzles for free Home. The Cat and the Hat, 2006. Ask Me Now, 04:08. Minority, 03:32. Ballin' the Jack, 04:27. Now playing . A1 Hi-Fly 4:57 A2 Ask Me Now 4:08 A3 Like Sonny 4:38 A4 Give It To The Kids 4:24 B1 Minority 3:24 B2 Blue Daniel 3:52 B3 Ballin' The Jack 4:26 B4 Girl Talk 3:11 B5 Seven Steps To Heaven 4:10