Charles Bradley CHANGES | CD

Personnel: Thomas Brenneck (guitar, organ, percussion); Leon Michels (flute, saxophone, organ); David Guy (trumpet); Victor Axelrod (piano, vibraphone); Michael Deller (organ); Homer Steinweiss (drums).Audio Mixer: Thomas Brenneck.Recording information: Dunham Sound Studio, Brooklyn, NY; The Diamond Mine, NY.If Wilson Pickett could cover the Archies and Al Green could interpret the Bee Gees, why shouldn't Charles Bradley put his spin on Black Sabbath? Bradley's deep, soulful reading of Black Sabbath's "Changes" (from 1972's Vol. 4) became something of a viral sensation when it first surfaced on a Record Store Day single in 2013. Now it's become the title track and cornerstone of Bradley's third album, and in this context it doesn't sound like a novelty, but like the striking, deeply felt performance it truly is. As on his two previous albums, Bradley is one of the most authentic-sounding artists in the 2010s retro-soul sweepstakes on Changes. The production by Thomas Brenneck is straig