Experience and Judgment

• Artist: Andy Bey
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• Release Date: 1970
• Total Time: 41:43
• Type: Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Criminally overlooked by academics, critics and purists who refuse to listening to anything outside of conventional jazz vernacular, Andy Bey's delivery on Experience and Judgment goes beyond anything he previously committed to tape, revealing a spiritual side that's punched up and supported by a jazz-funk ensemble. The album's opener "Celestial Blues" finds Bey delivering lines that wouldn't be out of place on Bill Withers records from this era, and the remainder of the album sounds similar to the works of such contemporaries as Roy Ayers and Gil Scott-Heron. It's soul soothing music that's been played with great reverence by the rare soul and funk community for years and rightly so, as Bey captures the essence of the soul world brilliantly, and fuses it into something that is uniquely his own. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Celestial Blues	Andy Bey	Andy Bey	(3:24)
Experience	Andy Bey	Andy Bey	(2:57)
Judgment	Andy Bey	Andy Bey	(2:58)
I Know This Love Can't Be Wrong	Bill Fischer	Andy Bey	(4:22)
Hibiscus	Andy Bey	Andy Bey	(4:39)
You Should've Seen the Way	Bill Fischer	Andy Bey	(2:31)
Tune Up	Andy Bey	Andy Bey	(4:11)
Rosemary Blue	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield	Andy Bey	(3:24)
Being Uptight	Andy Bey	Andy Bey	(3:05)
A Place Where Love Is	Bill Fischer	Andy Bey	(4:38)
Trust Us to Find the Way	Bill Fischer	Andy Bey	(2:39)
The Power of My Mind	Bill Fischer	Andy Bey	(2:55)

Credits

Gene Paul (Mastering), Bob Defrin (Design), Peter Lloyd (Cover Illustration), Selwart Clarke (Violin), Jimmy Douglass (Engineer), William S. Fischer (Percussion), Bob Defrin (Art Direction), Selwart Clarke (Viola), William S. Fischer (Producer), Bob Liftin (Engineer), Andy Bey (Vocals), William S. Fischer (Keyboards), Jimmy Young (Drums)