Groove On FireKev Beadle – “Private Collection”
LISTEN: The Pharaohs – Freedom Road (from YouTube) Next week BBE Records will be releasing “Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection” which looks to be a killer compilation of rare independent jazz and funk numbers from the 1970′s and 1980′s. In the meantime Beadle has put together a nice thirty minute mix of some of the [...]
Category: New Music
Tags: BBE Records, Jazz-Funk, Kev Beadle, Rare Funk
Donald Byrd – “Live at Montreux 1973″
Since the sad news that Donald Byrd had left this world, we have been listening to a lot of the trumpet legend’s musical output and have had a few cool tribute mixes come our way including this amazing two-parter from Gilles Peterson. Now, the Blue Note label (where Byrd recorded nearly all his classic recordings [...]
Category: New Music
Tags: Blue Note Records, Donald Byrd, Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Monday Music: Roy Ayers – “Brawling Broads”
LISTEN: Roy Ayers – Brawling Broads (from YouTube) Of the three classic blaxploitation soundtrack albums from the early 1970′s, Roy Ayer’s “Coffy” is by far the least appreciated (Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft” and Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly” being the other two). It definitely stands out because of Ayers’ amazing vibes playing, but the songs are extremely strong [...]
Category: Listening Room
Tags: Blaxploitation, Jazz-Funk, Roy Ayers, Soul-Jazz
Gilles Peterson – “Donald Byrd Tribute Mix” Parts 1 & 2
Last week we talked about the passing of Donald Byrd and all the greatness he left behind, and now the legendary Gilles Peterson (who has been doing this stuff before many of today’s top DJs were even born) has put together two tribute mixes to the man – the first one devoted to his early [...]
Category: Listening Room
Tags: Blue Note, Donld Byrd, Gilles Peterson, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz
Monday Music: Johnny “Hammond” Smith – “Star Borne”
LISTEN: Johnny “Hammond” Smith – Star Borne From “Gambler’s Life” : 1974 : Salvation Records (Out of Print) Even though Johnny Smith was so talented he was nicknamed after his instrument the Hammond B-3, on “Gambler’s Life” (one of a handful of funky soul-jazz recordings he cut in the 1970′s) he mostly plays the Fender [...]
Category: Listening Room
Tags: Jazz-Funk, Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Listening Room: Herbie Mann – “Push Push”
LISTEN: Herbie Mann – Push Push From “Push Push” : 1971 : Embryo Records (Buy) It’s a shame that Herbie Mann will probably be remembered more for the cheese he put out in the late 1970′s & 80′s rather than the great jazz recordings from earlier in his career. Like many jazz artists in the [...]
Category: Listening Room
Tags: Diggable Planets, Herbie Mann, Jazz-Funk
Listening Room: Miles Davis – “One And One”
LISTEN: MIles Davis – One And One From “On The Corner” : 1972 : Columbia Records (Buy) It is hard to imagine what people thought when Miles Davis came out with “On The Corner” in 1972 . It definitely wasn’t this music. Or even this music. But it was definitely MIles moving the sounds in [...]
Category: Listening Room
Tags: Funk, Jazz-Funk, Miles Davis
Listening Room: The Blackbyrds – “Funky Junkie”
LISTEN: The Blackbyrds – “Funky Junkie” From : “The Blackbyrds” : 1974 : Fantasy (Buy) The Blackbyrds were six students from Howard University who were brought together in the studio by Donald Byrd, who at that time was a professor of music there. Throw in producer Larry Mizell and you’ve got the makings for a [...]
Category: Listening Room
Tags: Donald Byrd, Funk, Jazz-Funk, The Blackbyrds
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