PROFESSOR EARL LETT: The Story Of Professor Earl Lett (2013)

Mad Professor, Large Professor, Professor Longhair…the world of beats is rife with talented performers who’ve adopted learned titles of dubious authenticity. Here’s another one – Professor Earl Letts – and while, again, there’s some doubt as to his academic standing there’s no such ambiguity about his sax playing, soul vocals or compositional skills. Or his swagger. Check him out on the cover – he looks like Jimi’s older saxophone playing brother – talk about I get stoned, I can’t go home/ I’m calling long distance by public saxophone. That’s what I’m talking about. The Story Of Professor Earl Lett is the first time Lett’s funky 45s from the sixties and seventies have been compiled altogether. Sound familiar? Yep – it’s Tramp Records …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM