Stop All That Jazz

About Stop All That Jazz

Stop All That Jazz is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded in 1974 at Leon Russell's House Studio, Tulsa, OK, Paradise Studios, Tia Juana, OK, Pete's Place, Nashville, TN and Shelter The Church Studio, Tulsa, OK. Stop All That Jazz is Russell's sixth solo album. The Gap Band, a funky group of Tulsans, backed Leon on the Stop All That Jazz album. Through the Stop All That Jazz album Leon introduced the world to The Gap Band. The Gap Band then released their debut album Magician's Holiday on Leon's Shelter Records label. Later Leon played piano on the group's 1977 The Gap Band release. The album shows Russell's creativity, coming after his country music album Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I. There is a diverse array of songs on the album, some jazz as well as synthesizers and programmed drum machines. There are some standards written by others: Bob Dylan's The Ballad Of Hollis Brown, Tim Hardin's If I Were A Carpenter and Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones. Willie Nelson helped with the album and sang on the song the Wabash Cannonball. The album was produced by Tom Cartwright, Leon Russell and Denny Cordell more »