Stop All That Jazz

Stop All That Jazz
Studio album by
Leon Russell
ReleasedMay 10, 1974
Recorded1974
Studio
  • Leon Russell's House (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
  • Paradise (Tia Juana, Oklahoma)
  • Pete's Place (Nashville)
  • The Church (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Length35:46 (original): 41:27 (reissue)
LabelShelter Records (US); A&M (UK)
ProducerLeon Russell
Leon Russell chronology
Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I
(1973) 		Stop All That Jazz
(1974) 		Live in Japan
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideD+[2]
Tom HullD+[3]
Leon Russell in 1973, Shelter Records file photo

Stop All That Jazz is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded in 1974 at Russell's House Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Paradise Studios in Tia Juana, Oklahoma; Pete's Place in Nashville, Tennessee; and Shelter The Church Studio, in Tulsa. Stop All That Jazz is Russell's sixth solo album.

The Gap Band, a funky group of Tulsans, backed Russell on the Stop All That Jazz album. Through the Stop All That Jazz album Russell introduced the world to The Gap Band. The Gap Band then released its debut album Magician's Holiday on Russell's Shelter Records label. Later Russell played piano on the group's 1977 The Gap Band release.[4]

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, including Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" and Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter." "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones was added to later versions of the album as a bonus track. Willie Nelson helped with the album, playing guitar and singing on the song "Wabash Cannonball." John Cale also played on "If I Were a Carpenter". The album was produced by Tom Cartwright, Leon Russell and Denny Cordell.[5][6]

  1. ^ AllMusic Review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: First Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  4. ^ GAP Band's Charlie Wilson remembers Leon Russell: 'I learned so much from him' Brandy McDonnell, by Brandy McDonnell
  5. ^ All Music, Stop All That Jazz
  6. ^ discogs.com, Stop All That Jazz