Eddie Jefferson – Psychedelic Sally
Was thumbing through one of my record shelves, looking for what I had planned on posting today, when my eyes fell on Eddie Jefferson’s Body and Soul album from 1968. I suddenly realized that it had been at least a solid month (or two?) since I’d heard “Psychedelic Sally” or been on the Funky Sole dance floor where the song often makes an appearance courtesy of Clifton. “Sally” is one of a handful of tunes that if I hear it, I MUST dance to it. The sound of Horace Silver’s lyrics with Jefferson’s slight vocalese delivery and those fantastic drums from Billy English is an absolutely irresistible combination…A true dancer’s delight if I’ve ever heard one.