It's ok but, to be fair, the LPs best tracks are the ones that don't have anything to do with him, and some of these are pretty strong.Īs far as i know this is Pelés only musical release and, although he doesn't offer any glimpses of musical genius, it does put him comfortably ahead of any fellow musical footballers in terms of quality. On this track (and 3 others on the album) he has the sole songwriting credit, and treats us to his singing voice as well. On this 1977 LP he demonstrates both as he collaborates with a fellow Brazilian legend, pianist/band leader Sergio Mendes. Safe to say, he's less well known for singing and composition. "I kick it like Pelé way back in his heyday…"Įveryone knows Pelé, for his unsurpassed football skills, or as the smiling face of erectile dysfunction. This was used on Hieroglyphics LP 3rd Eye Vision on the track 'Off the Record' the Youtube comments of which has the following comment from original bass player Carol Kaye "We cut this at Fantasy Records, WEBB, was a total jam.I was fooling around with a fuzz-tone on bass and just started playing that line you hear, Hampton was in the booth and came out in the studio and started to jam on piano, Spider Webb came out on drums and this what you hear, just 1 take, 1974." His autobiography from the same year 'Raise Up Off Me', detailing his struggles with Heroin addiction (he served 3 years, of a ten year sentence, on drug charges until pardoned by JFK) and the music industry is considered one of the finest musical memoirs of all time. 'Hamp' was considered one of the finest west-coast bop pianists but this 1974 David Axelrod produced LP catches him in a more experimental and electronic mood (playing a Rhodes built especially for him) An amazing track from legendary keys player Hampton Hawes.