Kyle Jason - 2005 - Revolution Of The Cool

If soul is back, then Kyle "Ice" Jason got enough to loan you some as James Brown used to say. This former Air America Radio host began his career as a member of the Eddie Murphy entourage. His 2005 release, "Revolution of the Cool" features the hit, "Coming From The Soul".

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D'Angelo - 1996 - Live At The Jazz Cafe. London

D'Angelo - Live At The Jazz Cafe, London 1996

Beautiful live material from one of the greatest new soul stars of the past decade! D'Angelo's caught here in the legendary temple of groove , London's Jazz Café, home to some of the best funk and soul shows in Europe. The crowd is extremely enthusiastic, and the whole thing falls together beautifully , with a hard raw soul vibe that's similar to, but edgier than, D'Angelo's studio albums. Lots of great electric piano, soulful vocals, and great backing by a tight band.

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Rare Afro & Caribbean Funk Vol. 1 (2007)

Various Artist
"Rare Afro & Caribbean Funk Vol.1"

One of the hippest collections of global grooves we've ever heard a side each of rare African
and Caribbean tunes, both of which sound a fair different than work we've had on other compilations! The African tunes break nicely from the standard Fela groove.

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Rare Afro & Caribbean Funk Vol. 2 (2007)

Various Artists
"Rare Afro & Caribbean Funk Vol.2"

A second mighty batch of rare work from points south the kind of tunes we'd never have tracked down on our own making us even more grateful for a set like this! As before, the music's a blend of obscure African tunes and other bits picked from the Caribbean, the latter of which represents a strongly untapped source of funk from the 70s, finally getting its due in recent years! There's a strong influence on most numbers
from American funky 45s .

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Rare Funk Liberation Vol. 1 (1999)

Goldmine (UK), 1999

Funky funky funky! This is a monster batch of lost funky 45s , put together with the kind of sound you'd expect from Goldmine, purveyors of funky madness comps like The Sound Of Funk and Fantastic Funk. This one's got an especially good batch of tracks, with a huge bunch of cuts that have never appeared on other funk compilations and a stone cold groove that's firmly in place all the way through. There's lots of heavy heavy guitars on this one, and many tracks are instrumental, with a very hard-wailing groove.

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Tito Lopez Combo - 2005 - Tito's Organic Experience

Tito's Record (UK), 2005

Another batch of retro funky grooves from UK drummer Tito Lopez , heavy on the Hammond, hence the title of the set and cooking with a sound that takes us back to the early days of the Acid Jazz label! The best cuts on here have a straight instrumental focus that revels in funky drums, cooking organ, and jazzier touches on sax, flute, and trumpet and there's a number of tracks that make some very nice use of mini moog in spacey ways, reminding us almost a bit of the short-lived Cloud Nine.

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Toshiyuki Honda - 1978 - Burnin Waves

Japanese saxophonist Toshiyuki Honda teams up with Seawind on this album from 1978 which was released on Electric Bird Records, players are Bob Wilson on drums, Pauline Wilson on vocals, Larry Williams on keyboards, Jerry Hey on trumpet and flugelhorn, Gary Herbig on saxophone and flute, Ken Wild on bass, Bud Nuanez on guitar, Elji Arai on trombone and Tadaomi Anai on percussion.

1. Burnin' Waves
2. All-Night Rendezvous
3. Thunder Kiss
4. You Blow My Heart Away
5. Just A Dream Away
6. Havana Candy
7. São Pau-Lo
8. 747 Wind Flight

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Osaka Monaurail - 2006 - Reality For The People

The greatest work so far from the amazing Osaka Monaurail , one of the best modern funk combos around, and one of the few to rival the greatness of the JBs in the early 70s! Osaka Monaurail have a way of hitting a groove that's simply breathtaking , an approach that has all of the instruments in the group coming down hard hard hard on the rhythm , vamping in a way that only the legendary Fred Wesley could hope to match, even though he hasn't even been sounding this good for many many years! But the album's way more than a simple copycat effort too , because in reaching for the greatness of the JBs, the group have also include plenty of their own touches too , including vocals that are a welcome change from the usual deep funk mode, and which sound better here than they have on any of the group's previous recordings! Titles are a mix of live performances, unreleased studio sides, and one rare single , all monstrously jamming, and totally funky throughout.

01 - Quick Sand
02 - (I'm Coming Back To) The Coming Back
03 - Reality For The People
04 - Pick Up The Pieces One By One (Parts 1 & 2)
05 - Opportunity
06 - Ceora
07 - We Got One (A Show)
08 - Alternative Reality

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Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - 1962

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
1962
Impulse!


John Coltrane - tenor , soprano saxophone
Duke Ellington - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass
Aaron Bell - bass
Elvin Jones - drums
Sam Woodyard - drums

Recorded at The Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey on September 26, 1962.


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Coleman Hawkins - 1960 - Night Hawk

Coleman Hawkins with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Night Hawk
Dec 30, 1960


Coleman Hawkins - Sax (Tenor)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Sax (Tenor)
Ron Carter - Bass
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Gus Johnson - Drums



Coleman Hawkins is frequently identified as the father of the tenor saxophone. Technically, of course, that honor goes to Adolphe Sax, but Hawkins unquestionably gave rebirth to an instrument that had for decades been valuable primarily as a novelty device. Because of his illuminating artistry, over the decades he became the forebear of hundreds of tenor stylists. In this collaboration with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Hawkins encounters one of his most illustrious spiritual descendants. With a perfect rhythm section headed by pianist Tommy Flanagan, the two tenor men prove that when great artists meet on the common ground of the jazz tradition, there is never a generation gap.


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Cannonball Adderley - 1958 - Somethin' Else

JULIAN CANNONBALL ADDERLEY
SOMETHIN' ELSE
Recorded march 9,1958 , Hackensack, NJ
(Blue Note)

Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, nicknamed "the New Bird" for his ability to play fast leads a la Charlie "Bird" Parker, swept on the jazz scene in the mid-1950s. On Somethin' Else, Adderley teamed with Miles Davis to create an album that jazz commentator Murray Horwitz calls "near perfect."
When alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley culled together this quartet, he grabbed three champions from seemingly disparate schools to complement his flinty solos: Miles Davis, the king of cool; Art Blakey, the thundering force of hard bop; Hank Jones, a veteran of swing; and Sam Jones, a versatile bassist adaptable to nearly any setting. The results are one of Blue Note's most beloved albums. The open-ended beauty of "Autumn Leaves," which features Davis beautifully stating the melody on muted trumpet, sounds like it could easily be an outtake from Kind of Blue (which it isn't). The midtempo title track provides the centerpiece of this classic as Adderley echoes Miles's swaggering melody before both unravel wonderful solos. A must-have Blue Note album.

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - alt saxophone
MILES DAVIS - trumpet;
HANK JONES - piano;
SAM JONES - bass;
ART BLAKEY - drums

01 - Autumn Leaves
02 - Love For Sale
03 - Somethin' Else
04 - One for Daddy-O
05 - Dancing In The Dark
06 - Bangoon


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Miles Davis - 1961 - Someday My Prince Will Come

Miles Davis
Someday My Prince Will Come [Bonus Tracks]
1961
Columbia Records

Recordet in march of 1961, it marked the end of an era – it was the last time John Coltrane recorded with the Davis Sextet. Coltrane plays on two of the original six tracks: Someday My Prince Will Come and Teo.
The session that produced Someday My Prince Will Come is finally restored and collected together on one CD, and the transitional nature of the Miles Davis band at that moment is now clearer than ever. Hank Mobley produces some fine blues-inflected tenor solos, but when you hear guest John Coltrane (his last recording with Davis) on the alternate take of the title and on the modal "Teo," it's understandable why Davis was unhappy: Coltrane plays with a confidence and a bravado that no other saxophonist could have mustered at that time, and lifts the band from the first note on. And when Philly Joe Jones sits in on "Blues No. 2," playing with clarity and volatility, you know that Davis's working group was not quite up to his best. Still, Wynton Kelly is finely poised throughout; "Pfrancing" is one of Davis's most charming and durable works; and the muted trumpet on "Old Folks" and "I Thought About You" is vintage. Maybe not essential Davis, but very pleasurable nonetheless.

Features:
Miles Davis,
John Coltrane,
Cannonball Adderley,
Hank Mobley,
Wynton Kelly,
Paul Chambers ,
Philly Joe Jones

01 - Someday My Prince Will Come
02 - Old Folks
03 - Pfrancing
04 - Drad Dog
05 - Teo
06 - I Thought About You
07 - Blues No. 2
08 - Someday My Prince Will Come (Alternate)

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Joe Farrell - 1973 - Penny Arcade

This album is a monster and one of my all-time favorites of the whole CTI catalog. Released in 1973, saxophonist Joe Farrell teams up with Herbie Hancock, Steve Gadd, Herb Bushler, Joe Beck and Don Alias to deliver a superlative slice of funky jazz giving all players ample room to stretch out.

01 - Penny Arcade
02 - Too High
03 - Hurricane Jane
04 - Cloud Cream
05 - Geo Blue

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Joe Thomas - 1976 - Feelin's From Within

JOE THOMAS: FEELIN'S FROM WITHIN
GROOVE MERCHANT RECORDS, GM-3315(LP)
(P)1976 GROOVE MERCHANT INTERNATIONAL, INC., USA
RECORDED: OCTOBER 1976
RELEASED: 1976, USA

*Joe Thomas - flute, tenor saxophone
*Rhythm section:
Bob Babbitt (bass)
Jerry Friedman (guitar)
Lance Quinn (guitar)
Pat Rebillot (keyboads)
Gary Mure (drums)
Barry Miles (synthesizers)
Jimmy Maelen (percussion)
Steve Gadd (drums on 6)
Jeff Mironov (guitar on 6)
*Horn section:
Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff, Jon Faddis (trumpet)
Dave Taylor, Barry Rogers (trombone)
Michael Brecker, George Young, Lew DelGatto (saxophone)
*Strings section:
Peter Dimitriades, Harry Cykman, Norman Carr,
Richard Sortomme, John Pintavalle, Harold Kohan,
Tony Posk, Carol Webb, Harry Glickman,
Harry Lookofsky (violin)
Julian Barber, Seymour Berman (viola)
Kermit Moore, Jesse Levy (cello)
*Background vocals:
David Lasley, Arnold McCuller (on 1)


TRACKS (total time 36:57) :

1. Funky Fever (7:24) [Jerry Friedman]
arranged by Jerry Friedman and Brad Baker
2. Feelin's From Within (6:51) [Lance Quinn, Brad Baker]
arranged by Lance Quinn snd Brad Baker
3. Polarizer (5:34) [Joe Thomas, Lance Quinn, Brad Baker]
arranged by Joe Thomas, Lance Quinn and Brad Baker
4. Coco (6:04) [Bob Babbitt]
arranged by Bob Babbitt and Brad Baker
5. Galaxy Dreamin' (6:05) [Lance Quinn, Brad Baker]
arranged by Lance Quinn snd Brad Baker
6. Venus (4:59) [Brad Baker]
arranged by Brad Baker

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Fred Wesley & The J.B's - 1974 - Damn Right I Am Somebody

Damn Right I Am Somebody captures the J.B.'s at the apex of their extraordinary powers. This James Brown-produced set is both their most fiercely polemical and their most musically daring, incorporating otherworldly electronic elements, eccentric time and rhythm shifts, and idiosyncratic studio effects to brilliantly articulate the increasing turmoil and insanity of the times. It's quite possibly the most challenging record ever released under the Brown aegis, favoring open-ended grooves and epic solos rooted in avant-jazz. The rhythms remain surgically precise and hypnotically intense, however, and every cut here, from the funk juggernaut "I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'?" to the righteously mellow "Same Beat," is a marvel. This is funk at its heaviest -- musically, yes, but intellectually as well.

Major Members:
Maceo Parker,
Fred Wesley,
Pee Wee Ellis,
Fred Thomas,
Clyde Stubblefield,
St. Clair Pinckney..

1. Damn Right I'm Somebody
2. Blow Your Head
3. I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'
4. Same Beat (Part 1)
5. If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up & Try It Again
6. Make Me What You Want Me To Be
7. Going To Get A Thrill
8. You Sure Love To Ball

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Monk Higgins - 1972 - Little Mama

An excellent batch of soulful and funky instrumental tracks , super-dope 70s work from funky arranger Monk Higgins! The album grooves in the best blacksploitation soundtrack mode , as Monk plays tenor sax and organ in the set, over slinky stepping arrangements that feature Paul Humphrey on drums, and Freddy Robinson on guitars , all coming together with Monk in a sweet LA style of early 70s funk! The groove is funky, yet laidback at the same time and with some soulful backing vocals behind the instrumentation on a number of cuts , really the perfect sort of approach for a hip crime or action soundtrack.

01 - Little Mama
02 - Walking In My Sleep
03 - Trusting You (La, La, La Song)
04 - So Far Away
05 - Can't Stop
06 - Black Fox
07 - If
08 - Heaven Only Knows
09 - God's In The Blessing Business
10 - Highway Number 101 (Pacific Coast Highway)

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Donny Hathaway - 2004 - These Songs For You, Live!

A fantastic document of the genius of Donny Hathaway and a set that shows that the 70s soul legend was every bit as wonderful live as he was in the studio! The set features a huge number of unreleased tracks by Donny , grouped with numbers pulled from his two successful 70s live sets (Donny Hathaway Live and In Performance, neither of which are in print in the US!) The tracks feature Donny on electric keyboards and organ , leading a group of players that includes Phil Upchurch, Cornell Dupree, and Richard Tee , all coming together in a tightly-jamming small group formation that's quite different than the backing on Hathaway's studio albums. There's a warm, organic feel to the set that's really wonderful and which offers new versions of tunes you might only know from their studio incarnations, as well as a few covers of work by contemporary soul acts that come off amazingly well.

01 - flying easy
02 - valdez in the country
03 - someday we'll all be free
04 - you've got a friend
05 - he ain't heavy, he's my brother
06 - what's goin' on
07 - yesterday
08 - superwoman
09 - a song for you
10 - sack full of dreams
11 - little ghetto boy
12 - i love you more than you'll ever know
13 - the ghetto
14 - interview

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Balkan Express - 2001 - Rare Jazz-Fusion Gems From Yugoslavian Vaults

In the tradition of the excellent other compilations on the Cosmic Sounds label , this set features some killer jazz and funk gems from Yugoslavia, the kinds of tunes that we might have missed otherwise, thanks to the Iron Curtain! Finding the set's like discovering a pile of great records in the back of some dusty bookshop in a neighborhood you've never visited before , as each one's got a different groove, mixing together electric funk with big band swinging and small combo modal grooving.


01 - RTB BIG BAND - Balkan Ekspres
02 - MISHA BLAM - Memory
03 - LALA KOVACEV - Emina
04 - MILAN STOJANOVIC - Bag's Groove
05 - DUSKO GOJKOVIC - Quo Vadis Samba
06 - GABY NOVAK - Caravan
07 - RTB BIG BAND - Ne ga se prodavaj
08 - BORA ROKOVIC - String Em


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European Jazz Trio Featuring Art Farmer - 2004 - Ballad Of The Sad Young Man

01. Che Voule Questa Musika Stasera
02. Ballad Of The Sad Young Man
03. Hello
04. Plein Soleil
05. How Deep Is The Ocean
06. Chopin; Prelude Op.28
07. Sweet Sweep
08. Jealous Guy
09. Walts
10. Sonata Nr.8 Op.13 Pathetique Adagio Cantabille
11. In Your Own Sweet Way

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Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds - 1973 - The Black Motion Picture Experience

Album: The Black Motion Picture Experience
Artist: The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
Label: Buddah
Orig. Released: 1973
Album info from Blaxploitation.com

You might be tempted to pass up on this one because of the NASTY cover. Don't make that mistake. Buy this album. It's an instrumental reworking of all the major pre-1974 black action themes, and features the likes of Randy Brecker in a killer studio band. The album contains one of the few versions of the 'Slaughter' theme committed to vinyl.
Cecil Holmes was an executive at Buddah Records as well as a recording artist himself. This was one of his solo releases. It was aimed at capitalizing on the huge popularity of Blaxploitatin movies during the time. Many of the songs seemed shortened, but still keep to the original arrangements. Holmes included most of the well known hits like Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly and Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man/T Stands For Trouble. Also Sprach Zarathursta (2001) has a short but sweet open drum break.


A1. ACROSS 110th STREET (B.Womack-J.J.Johnson)
A2. SLAUGHTER (Billy Preston)
A3. BEN (W.Scharf-D.Black)
A4. ALSO SPRACH ZARATHRUSTA (2001)
A5. SUPERFLY (C.Mayfield) Curtom

B1. TROUBLE MAN/T STANDS FOR TROUBLE (M.Gaye)
B2. SHAFT (Isaac Hayes)
B3. LOVE THEME FROM LADY SING THE BLUES
B4. FREDDIE'S DEAD (C.Mayfield)


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Tito Lopez Combo - 2004 - One For The Muchachos

Tito's Record (UK), 2004

A bubbling set of blacksploitation grooves from Tito Lopez , aka UK funky drummer Harbans Smith, working here in a style that recalls the glory days of the early acid jazz scene! Harbans and crew take their cues from the best late 60s and early 70s work on Prestige, People, and any number of American indie labels at the time and groove in a style that has bits of the JBs, Rusty Bryant, and Johnny Pate. The core sound is nice and lean , very stripped down no-nonsense classic funk , done in a style that's more professionally topped-off than the Soul Fire/Desco crew, but with an appeal that's equally classic.

01. Metering On
02. Meltdown
03. One For The Muchachos
04. Jaminski
05. Tito Rides Again
06. The Odd Three
07. Gooms
08. Miracle Maker
09. Wingop Two

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Dave Hamilton's Detroit Funk (Rare & Unreleased Twisted Funk 1967 to 1975)

A killer little set that's as heavy as it sounds from the title , a wealth of rare material pulled from the studio of Detroit producer Dave Hamilton , a good deal of it previously unreleased! Hearing this set is like finding a pile of rare 45s stuffed in the back corner of a long-lost record shop , because although much of the work was never issued, it crackles with the intensity of the best funky 45s , lots of funky drums, offbeat guitar, and raspy soul vocals , produced with a real edge to all the work, so that all of the hardest elements of the tunes really come through in the mix! The work that was issued here came out on the TCB, Tayster, and New Day labels and although the artists are often not well known, the work's got a really unified feel , thanks to the funky vision of Dave Hamilton.

01 - Billy Garner - Brand New Girl, Pt. 1
02 - O.C. Tolbert - The Grown Folks Thing
03 - James Carpenter - Party Time
04 - Dave Hamilton - Going To The Moon
05 - Dave Hamilton Voices - Because I Love You
06 - Johnny Walker - Funky Trip
07 - Billy Garner - You're Wasting My Time, Pt. 1
08 - Billy Garner - You're Wasting My Time, Pt. 2
09 - Bobby Dee - Sweet Thing, Pt. 1
10 - Chico & Buddy - Can You Dig It
11 - Barrino Brothers - Just a Mistake
12 - The Future Kind - The Devil Is Gonna Get You
13 - Dave Hamilton - Pisces Pace
14 - O.C. Tolbert - Message To Mankind
15 - Dave Hamilton - Highland Sound
16 - Billy Garner - I Got Some, Pt. 1
17 - Billy Garner - I Got Some, Pt. 2
18 - Webb People - Bump With Me
19 - Gip Roberts - Hunchin'
20 - Dave Hamilton - The Deacons


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Part 2

Lafayette Afro-Rock Band - 1973 - Soul Makossa

Though little known in their native U.S., the Parisian-based Lafayette Afro Rock Band was among the premier funk outfits of the 1970s, later becoming a seemingly endless source of samples and breaks for artists from Public Enemy to Janet Jackson. The group was formed on Long Island, NY as the Bobby Boy Congress; deciding America was already overloaded with funk acts, in 1971 they relocated to France, but when frontman Bobby Boy returned stateside the remaining members -- guitarist Larry Jones, bassist Lafayette Hudson, keyboardist Frank Abel, horn players Ronnie James Buttacavoli and Arthur Young, drummer Ernest "Donny" Donable and percussionists Keno Speller and Arthur Young -- renamed themselves Ice and became the house session band at producer Pierre Jaubert's Parisound studio. Regularly performing live in Paris' Barbesse district -- an area made up primarily of African immigrants -- Ice's driving funk became increasingly influenced by African rhythms and textures, and in the wake of their 1973 debut LP Each Man Makes His Own Destiny, Jaubert changed the group's name to the Lafayette Afro Rock Band.


01 - Soul Makossa
02 - Azeta
03 - M.F. Grayson
04 - Aglenon
05 - Hihache
06 - Voodounon
07 - Right Foot
08 - Nicky - Fisrt One


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Arthur Adams - 1975 - Home Brew

I want to share with you'll that rare funky album and specially for one man ...

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King Solomon - 1978 - Energy Crisis

MEGA-RARE FUNK/BLUES LP
PRIVATE PRESS ON THE CELESTIN
label: KING SOLOMON - ENERGY CRISIS - CELESTIN USA LP 1978

(FOR FUNKUSION)
Price : EUR 298.00

01. I Got a Sweet Tooth
02. Energy Crisis
03. Political Rag
04. Ain't It Funky Ya'll
05. Sexy Baby
06. Get Up Soul Brother
07. Don't Play This Song
08. Our Song (Instr.)
09. Ain't It Funky Ya'll (Instr.)


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Arild Andersen - 1976 - Shimri

ECM RECORDS, ECM 1082 / 2301 082(LP)
(P)1977 ECM RECORDS , W.GERMANY
RECORDED: OCTOBER 1976
RELEASED: 1977, W.GERMANY

Arild Andersen - Bass, Main Performer
Pål Thowsen - Percussion, Drums
Lars Jansson - Piano
Juhani Aaltonen - Flute, Percussion, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)


1. Shimri (5:55)
2. No Tears (9:27)
3. Ways of Days (4:47)
4. Wood Song (6:02)
5. Vaggvisa for Hanna (3:46)
6. Dedication (11:43)


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Sweet Charles (aka Charles Sherell) - 1974 - For Sweet People From Sweet Charles

Sweet Charles (aka Charles Sherell)
A supremely fantastic album, and one that's always woefully overlooked in discussions of James Brown's incredible People label! Sweet Charles, Charles Sherell, was a great lost soul vocalist who had a voice that was warm and mellow, with a sweetness that was often missing from James' singing , but which sounded great with his arrangements and production. Fred Wesley and Dave Matthews arranged this one and only album, and the record's a great blend of sweet soul tracks, funky numbers, and other stellar grooves.


1. Strangers In The Night
2. Soul Man
3. Dedicated To The One I Love
4. I'll Never Let You Break My Heart Again
5. Why Can't I Be Treated Like A Man
6. I Like I Like That
7. Give The Woman A Chance
8. Yes It's You
9. Outa Sight - Outa Mind


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He joined the JB ranks in the late sixties as a bass player. In the 70s, he did some arranging and had a few releases on JB's People imprint. This track is more of a shuffler, unlike the uptempo 45s I ususally go for. As you can imagine, being on the People label, the playing is exquisite: the bass is riding it's own groove, the guitar is doing all types of perfectly timed small flourishes, the horns are untouchable, the organ pushes it all over the top. It's amazing how perfect the timing is between the instruments.
Charles' lyrics don't make much sense sometimes, but I've learned not to pay too much attention. Instead, I just enjoy what he's getting at and let the groove wash over me........(this tune - and several other People label classics - can be found on James Brown's Funky People (Part 3)).

Michael Longo - 1974 - Funkia

This album by pianist Michael Longo was released on the Groove Merchant label in 1974, the session was produced by Sonny Lester and features Ron Carter on bass, Mickey Roker on drums and Patato Valdez on percussion.


1. Olé For The Gypsies
2. Samia
3. Funkia
4. Windmills Of Your Mind
5. What's Going On
6. The Last Tango In Paris
7. Southern Soul
8. Gingele


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Radka Toneff - 1981 - Live In Hamburg

Radka Toneff ( Bulgarian Nationality )was 30 years old when she died. Jazz musician, singer, piano player and composer, she started to study the piano at the age of seven from Hans Solum and later she finished her study at the Concervatorium of Music in Oslo.

If you're a fan of mainstream jazz, you will love this. Her vocal interpretation is great and she has a voice that she uses perfectly for this type of music. This live album displays a range of songs from Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman", Bob Dylan's "Just Like a Woman", the traditional "Bulgarian Folksong" to the Latin rhythms of "Havana Candy".

She lived a short life but she will be remembered for what she did both musically and for the Jazz itself. Her musical work is just beyond words. If you see one of her albums and you are interested in jazz.


Musicians: Radka Toneff, vocals;
Steve Dobeogosz, piano;
Arild Anderson, bass;
Alex Riel, drums.


01 - Spring Can Really Get You Down The Most
02 - Never Letting Go
03 - Lonely Woman
04 - A Certain Peace
05 - Antonio's Song
06 - Set It Free
07 - Just Like a Woman
08 - Rest Enough
09 - Bulgarian Folksong-Fire
10 - Havana Candy
11 - We'll Be Together

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The Get It! - Raw Funk

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