Hagood Hardy & The Montage - Montage (1970) [Jazz][flac][schon55

Hagood Hardy & The Montage - Montage
GRT of Canada
Year: 1970
Quality: flac

Dreamy vocal pop from early 70s Canada -- a set that owes a lot to the 60s sweetness of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66! The Montage have an approach that's a bit more rock-based overall, but there's definitely some Sergio-like touches in the music -- especially the way the two female vocalists sing together in a nicely spaced-out sort of sound -- warm, but with an undercurrent of coldness -- mixed in with some very groovy rhythms from Hagood Hardy on vibes, electric piano, marimba, and percussion! There's also a fair bit of bossa in the mix too -- not as overtly as on Brasil 66 records, and more filtered down into a 70s sort of hipness -- expanded out with wider pop influences, and some traces of Sunshine styles as well. Titles include great versions of "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Come Saturday Morning", "Baby I'm A Want You", "Guantanamera", "It's Too Late/I Feel The Grass Grow Under My Feet", and "If" -- and the record would be right at home on A&M! ~ Dusty Groove America

Personnel:
Hagood Hardy (e-p, p, vib, perc, arr)
Bill Bridges (g)
Rock Homme (b)
Dave Lewis (d)
Stephanie Taylor, Lynne McNeil (voc)
Recorded at RCA Toronto

Hagood Hardy & The Montage - Montage Tracks:
01 Baby I'm A Want You
02 The Garden Path
03 How Insensitive
04 Come Saturday Morning
05 My Love
06 How I Think Of You
07 Cast Your Fate To The End
08 If
09 Won’t You Step Into My Life
10 Medley: It’s Too Late / I Feel The Grass Grow Under My Feet
11 Guantanamera
12 You’re Here