Jesse Davis / Gus Jenkins - Night Bloomin' Jasmin / Tricky Too - Kent City 093 lowrider Kent’s “Birth Of Soul” series

Kent’s “Birth Of Soul” series has always thrown its spotlight on the great music of black America that emerged in the R&B and doo wop years

but unknown

which is the imprint it would have been issued on

but surely the brilliance of the ballad A side would have compensated for that

20 Long Live The King - Detroit Emeralds

Jesse Davis / Gus Jenkins - Night Bloomin' Jasmin / Tricky Too - Kent City 093 lowrider Kent’s “Birth Of Soul” seriesBest known for Gonna Hang On In There, its storming Northern Soul flip side, the more subtle Night Bloomin Jasmin also has admirers on the rare soul scene. Modernists, in particular, will go for the suave jazz elegance of this recording which is even scarcer than its original A side due to being one of two different flips. The unrelated, bar the L A source of origin, Tricky Too by pianist Gus Jenkins is a laidback instrumental groove, written as a