Various Artists ''Mocambo Funk Fourty Fives''

Various Artists

''Mocambo Funk Fourty Fives''
(2007)

Note:
This compilation spotlights the best tracks of Mocambo Records scarce 7inch vinyl releases that took the deep funk scene by storm in summer 2006. Along with the labels own productions (Mocambo Allstars, The Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band and Gizelle Smith), the first releases sported new recordings by obscure English groups like The Delta Rhythm Section, The Sound Stylistics and the supreme Vinylizor Productions team (Jay Glover, Gary Crockett and Dominic Glover) as well as unreleased tracks by artists such as the James Taylor Quartet and Speedometer !

Tracklisting:
01 The Delta Rhythm Section - Funkin Fever
02 Glover, Crockett And Glover - The Prophet
03 The Sound Stylistics - Party People
04 Mocambo Allstars - Swamp Strut
05 James Taylor Quartet - Walkin The Walk
06 Speedometer - Do Watcha Like
07 The Bacao Rhythm And Steel Band - Look-Ka Py Py
08 The Sound Stylistics - Back On The Streets
09 Mocambo Allstars - The Next Message
10 Ian Langley - Chicano Chaser
11 James Taylor Quartet - Highway Patrol
12 Speedometer - Hustle The Mustle
13 The Delta Rhythm Section - The Getaway
14 The Sound Stylistics - Get Ya Some
15 Gizelle Smith And The Mocambo Allstars - Free Vibes
16 Glover, Crockett And Glover - Listen Up

Info:
artist.....: VA
vibe/s.....: Mocambo Funk Fourty Fives
year.......: 2007
archiveisms: Mocambo [MCD 1001]
source.....: CDDA
moodswing..: Funk
releasesize: 68,6 mb
tracks.....: 16
length.....: 49:31 min
encoder....: EAC
quality....: VBR.44,1kHz.Joint-Stereo
store.date.: 000/00/0000
scenealized: Mar/13/2008

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Herbie Hancock ''Secrets''

Herbie Hancock

''Secrets''
( LP Columbia Records, US, 1976 )
Catalog # PC 34280

Tracklisting:
A1 Doin' It 8:00
A2 People Music 7:07
A3 Cantelope Island 7:06
B1 Spider 7:20
B2 Gentle Thoughts 7:01
B3 Swamp Rat 6:25
B4 Sansho Shima 4:50

Personnel & Credits:
Producer – David Rubinson And Friends Inc., Herbie Hancock
Art Baldacci Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Phill Brown Mastering
Fred Catero Engineer
Ron Coro Art Direction
Fred Dobbs Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Mike Fusaro Engineer
James Gadson Drums, Vocals (Background)
Herbert Greene Photography
Herbie Hancock Arp, Arp Echoplex, Clavinet, Composer, Keyboards, Micro Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric), Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals
George Horn Mastering
Paul Jackson Bass, Composer
Don Kerr Vocals, Vocals (Background)
James Levi Drums
Chris Mancini Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Bennie Maupin Clarinet (Bass), Lyre, Lyricon, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Saxello
Kenneth Nash Percussion
Ray Parker, Jr. Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin Composer
David Rubinson Engineer, Producer
Julia Tillman Waters Vocals
Wah Wah Watson Associate Producer, Bass, Guitar, Sampling, Sequencing, Synthesizer, Voice Bag

Notes:
Format:Vinyl, LP
Country:US
Released:13 Aug 1976

Review by Richard S. Ginell (AMG):
Having long since established his funk credentials, Herbie Hancock continues the direction of Head Hunters and its U.S. successors here, welding himself to the groove on electric keyboards while Bennie Maupin again shines sardonic beams of light on a variety of reeds. In "Doin' It," the most successful track, Hancock makes a more overt bid for the dancefloor, for the tune is basically one long irresistible groove with a very commercial-sounding bridge. Again Hancock chooses to recompose one of his standards; "Cantelope [sic] Island" is almost unrecognizable converted into a sauntering, swaggering thing. A streamlining process has set in -- the drumming has been simplified, some of the old high-voltage drive has been muted -- yet there are still enough enjoyable, intelligently musical things happening here to hold a Hancock admirer's attention.

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Norman Jay MBE ''Good Times 7'' (Let The Good Times Roll)

Norman Jay MBE

''Good Times 7''

(Let The Good Times Roll)

Notes:
Label: Resist
Release Date: 2007

Tracklisting:
CD1
1. Doug Lazy – Let It Roll
2. Charles Dockins – Only You (Feat Lynette Smith)
3. Eddie Kendricks – He’s A Friend
4. Pride N Politix – Nights
5. 4Hero – Morning Child
6. Lupe Fiasco – Kick Push
7. Outside – The Plan
8. Nicole Willis & Soul Investigators – A Perfect Kind Of Love
9. The Velvelettes – Lonely Lonely Girl I Am
10. Antoine Clamaran – Keep On Tryin’ (Feat Emily Chick Hott 22 Remix)
11. Modaji – Grass Is Greener
12. Sasso – Agua Y Luz
CD2
1. Bare Knuckle Soul – Just Right
2. Nina Simone – Here Comes The Sun
3. Salena Jones – Morning Dew
4. Mario Biondi/The High Five Quintet – I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes
5. Extended Spirit – Sista Riddim
6. Fela Ransome Kuti – Water Get No Enemy
7. D Train – Children Of The World
8. Shalamar – Attention To My Baby
9. MC Lyte – Cha Cha Cha
10. Joy Denalane – Soweto ’76-’06
11. Eddie Holman – Time Will Tell
12. The Love Affair – Bringing On Back The Good Times

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Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers ''Superfreak''

Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers

''Superfreak''

( 1972 LP on Cubop )

Tracklisting:
1 Superfly/Pusherman/Freddie`s dead
2 Judy`s moods
3 Oak Hurst`s Art
4 Scusa Scusa (Why)
5 Don`t mind the tears
6 One more day

Personnel:

Pucho Timbales /Drums

George Michaels-Drums

John Spruill-, Piano (Electric)

Kenny Rodgers-Soprano, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano), Flute

William Bivens-Vibraphone

Al Pazant-Trumpet

Alvin Bunn-Conga

Ernie Adams-Bass (Electric), Bass

Cornell Dupree-Guitar (Electric), Sitar, Guitar

Richard Landrum-Bongos

Ed Pazant-Flute

Marilyn Johnson-Vocals

George Patterson-Arranger

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Various Artists ''Blue Pacific Funk''

HAPPY EASTER FOR ALL THE MEMBERS!!!

Various Artists

''Blue Pacific Funk''
( Compilation, Blue Note Records )

Tracklisting:
1 Booker Ervin - East Dallas Special
Arranged By - Teddy Edwards
Bass - Reginald Johnson
Conductor - Teddy Edwards
Drums - Lenny McBrowne
Flugelhorn - Martin Banks , Ray Copeland
Piano - Kenny Barron
Saxophone [Tenor] - Booker Ervin
Trombone - Bennie Green , Britt Woodman
Trombone [Bass] - Benny Powell
Trumpet - Johnny Coles , Martin Banks , Ray Copeland , Richard Williams
2 Johnny Lytle - Done It Again
Bass - Major Holley
Congas - Don Alias
Drums - William "Peppy" Hinnant
Organ - Jim Foster
Vibraphone [Vibes] - Johnny Lytle
3 Richard "Groove" Holmes - This Here
Drums - Lawrence Marable
Guitar - Joe Pass
Organ - Richard "Groove" Holmes
4 Les McCann - Sack O' Woe
Bass - Paul Chambers
Drums - Paul Humphrey
Guitar - Joe Pass
Piano - Les McCann
5 Carmell Jones - Sad March
Bass - Gary Peacock
Drums - Leon Pettis
Piano - Frank Strazzeri
Saxophone [Tenor] - Harold Land
Trumpet - Carmell Jones
6 Les McCann And Jazz Crusaders, The - Spanish Castles
Bass - Bobby Haynes
Drums - "Stix" Hooper
Electric Piano - Les McCann
Organ - Joe Sample , Les McCann
Piano - Joe Sample , Les McCann
Saxophone [Tenor] - Wilton Felder
Trombone - Wayne Henderson
7 Charles Kynard With Clifford Scott - Where's It At
Drums - Milt Turner
Guitar - Howard Roberts
Organ - Charles Kynard
Saxophone [Tenor] - Clifford Scott
8 Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Paco
Bass - Leroy Vinnegar
Bongos - Modesto Duran
Drums - Chuck Carter
Guitar - Joe Pass
Piano - Jack Wilson
Saxophone [Alto] - Jimmy Woods , Joe Maini
Saxophone [Baritone] - Jack Nimitz
Saxophone [Tenor] - Harold Land , Teddy Edwards
Trombone - Bob Edmonson , Don Switzer , John Ewing , Lester Robinson
Trumpet - Al Porcino , Carmell Jones , Freddie Hall , Jules Chaikin , Nathaniel Meeks
9 Jazz Crusaders, The - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Bass - Leroy Vinnegar
Drums - "Stix" Hooper
Piano - Joe Sample
Saxophone [Tenor] - Wilton Felder
Trombone - Wayne Henderson
10 Billy Larkin And The Delegates - Pygmy
Drums - Mel Brown
Guitar - Hank Swarn
Organ - Billy Larkin
11 Freddie Robinson - Coming To Atlantis
Guitar - Freddie Robinson
12 Les McCann And Jazz Crusaders, The - All Blue
Bass - Bobby Haynes
Drums - "Stix" Hooper
Electric Piano - Les McCann
Organ - Joe Sample , Les McCann
Piano - Joe Sample , Les McCann
Saxophone [Tenor] - Wilton Felder
Trombone - Wayne Henderson
13 Jazz Crusaders, The - Turkish Black
Bass - Bobby Haynes
Drums - "Stix" Hooper
Piano - Joe Sample
Saxophone [Tenor] - Wilton Felder
Trombone - Wayne Henderson
14 Lenny McBrowne And 4 Souls, The - Soul Sisters
Drums - Herbie Lewis , Lenny McBrowne
Piano - Terry Trotter
Saxophone [Tenor] - Daniel L. Jackson
Trumpet - Donald Sleet
15 Wes Montgomery With Harold Land - Montgomeryland Funk
Bass [Fender Electric Bass] - Monk Montgomery
Drums - Tony Bazley
Guitar - Wes Montgomery
Piano - Buddy Montgomery
Saxophone [Tenor] - Harold Land
16 Paul Bryant - Burnin'
Bass - Jimmy Bond
Drums - Jimmy Miller
Guitar - Jim Hall
Organ - Paul Bryant
17 Booker Ervin - L.A. After Dark
Arranged By - Teddy Edwards
Bass - Reginald Johnson
Conductor - Teddy Edwards
Drums - Lenny McBrowne
Flugelhorn - Ray Copeland
Piano - Kenny Barron
Saxophone [Tenor] - Booker Ervin
Trombone - Bennie Green , Garnett Brown
Trombone [Bass] - Benny Powell
Trumpet - Charles Tolliver , Freddie Hubbard , Ray Copeland , Richard Williams

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Various Artists ''Get It Together''

Various Artists

''Get It Together''
( LP Mainstream Records - MRL 350 )

Tracklisting:
SideA
Charles Kynard - Smiling Faces Sometimes [reissued on MRL-413 Booty]
Charles McPherson - What's Going On [from MRL-329 Charles McPherson]
Dave Hubbard - Respect Yourself [reissued on MRL-413 Booty]
Charles McPherson - Have You Seen Her
Charles Kynard - Fire and Water
SideB
Dave And The Jay Jay's - Family Affair* [reissued on MRL-413 Booty]
Charles Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story [from MRL-312 Charles McPherson]
Charles Kynard - It's Too Late [from MRL-331 Charles Kynard]
Johnny Coles - Never Can Say Goodbye [from MRL-346 Katumbo (Dance)]

Notes:
*Assuming the "Dave" is Dave Hubbard since there seems to be absolutely no record anywhere of a group called "Dave and The Jay Jays".

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The Afro Soul-Tet ''Afrodesia''

The Afro Soul-Tet

''Afrodesia''
( Original LP on Banyon Records, Cat. # 1001 )
Re-Issued on Luv N'Haight

Tracklisting:
01. Afrodesia
02. Mozamba
03. Soul Rockin’
04. Afro Revolt
05. Drumbouie
06. Torrid Zone
07. Oom-Gowa
08. Slave Traders
09. Aphro Bugaloo
10. Chocolate Drop
11. Le Berber
12. Sand, Sun and Sea

(WORLDWIDE RELEASE WAS ON JANUARY 18, 2011, ON UBIQUITY RECORDS)

Note:
After seeing them play at the Living Room on Sunset Boulevard, producer/musician Jack Millman became manager of the Afro Latin Blues Quintet +1, and signed them to Randy Woods (creator/owner of the Mira, Mirwood, Crestview, Surrey labels) in the late 1960s.Having released several albums the band morphed into the Afro Soultet For just one album, released in limited quantity on Millman's Banyan label. After their short stint as the Afro Soultet, the band became The Afro Latin Soultet releasing records with pianist Phil Moore III at the helm. The Afrodesia album will be re-issued on Luv N'Haight in early 2011. The album mixes jazz, Latin, funk, surf, and exotica - Aphro Bugaloo is one of the more jazz flavored joints.
Luv n’ Haight kills it again with this platter recorded circa 1968-71. The grooves blend Latin Jazz with Straight-ahead Jazz, worldly percussion, Surf, Rock, Funk, oddball sound effects, a touch of Lounge, and some hints of Tropicalia. All coming together for one monster of a set from this Texas combo.

Jack Millman, aka Johnny Kitchen, had a hand in many interesting, obscure and highly collectible records from the 1960s and 1970s. Producing, composing, recording, editing, releasing, licensing – you name it, Millman did it. The records he touched had an eclectic range from psychedelic rock to Latin jazz, and several include editing techniques that can only be described as an early incarnation of sampling in music.
After seeing them play at the Living Room (which later became the Comedy Store) on Sunset Boulevard, Millman became manager of the Afro Latin Blues Quintet +1, and signed them to Randy Woods (creator/owner of the Mira, Mirwood, Crestview, Surrey labels) in the late 1960s.
Having released several albums this band would later become the Afro Soultet. The liner notes to their Afrodesia album state "This is Afrodesia! A Musical collage of many peoples. . .it comes from Africa and from Arabia, from the South Seas and from Asia." Living up to the promise of those notes Afrodesia mixes Latin Jazz, with straight jazz, worldly percussion, surf, rock, funk, oddball sound effects, a touch of lounge, and some hints of tropicalia. Millman produced and released the Afrodesia album on his own Banyon label sometime between 1968-1971 (no release date is listed on the record, and Millman cannot recall a more exact date.)
Somewhere between 500 and 1000 LPs were pressed on Banyon. The album was licensed non-exclusively to Betty Chiappetta (of Vee-Jay fame) for a period of time, but it is possible that the record only saw release as a test pressing during the license, and that no official release was made commercially available. After their short stint as the Afro Soultet, the band morphed one more time into The Afro Latin Soultet releasing records with pianist Phil Moore III at the helm.
(Ubiquity Records)

Afrodesia is the lone album by the Afro-Soultet, which may or may not have been officially released by Banyon sometime between 1968 and 1971 (no one still breathing can remember the exact date). What we do know is that Johnny Kitchen (aka Jack Millman) licensed the record to Banyon's Betty Chiappetta (Vee-Jay Records), and the record received a test pressing. The Afro-Soultet originally hailed from Texas and recorded several albums under the name Afro-Blues Quintet +1, who had previously recorded three albums and seven 45s. After some personnel changes, the band relocated to L.A., where Millman caught them playing the Living Room. He became their manager and entered the band as its "Latin drummer" (Eddie Paris was their "jazz/rock" drummer). Other members included Joey Dubreau on vibes (the lone surviving founding member of their former incarnation), Frank Morris on guitar and harmonica, Dean Elliot on percussion, William Quinn on reeds and winds, and keyboardist Bill Collins. Millman produced Afrodesia, which was reissued by Ubiquity's Luv N'Haight imprint. The dozen tracks that make up this set are a truly wild, exotic, and delicious meld of Latin and soul-jazz, boogaloo, funky instrumental soul, Middle Eastern rhythms and modes, surf, rock, blues, and hard bop. Millman's editing of sounds, such as the amplified, distorted kalimba (decades before we heard Konono No. 1) add to the percussion orgy that is "Drumbouie"; he primitive equivalent of sampling. "Soul Rockin'" weaves together boogaloo, funky handclaps (à la "Fingertips, Part II"), and soul-jazz grooves with a nice tenor solo by Quinn. The title track opens the record with the sound of a thunderstorm, followed by a blues progression via Morris' electric guitar and harmonica vamps. The army of percussion -- congas and timbales playing triple time over two syncopated drum kits -- underscores a tight groove accented by flute and an electric organ. "Mozamba" layers a Wes Montgomery-esque guitar vamp over Nigerian and Afro-Cuban polyrhythms. Collins' piano solo is a driven chord sequence reminiscent of Ramsey Lewis from the same era, but rawer and tougher. "Slave Traders" is straight-ahead hard bop jam with a two-saxophone head, swinging congas, drum kit, and a fine piano break by Collins. "Aphro Bugaloo" follows it with a less Latin, more post-bop feel. Afrodesia is a true lost classic and belongs in any soul or Latin jazz collection, as well as in any serious groove digger's crate. [This title is available on LP as well, and comes with a digital download coupon.]

Information (Sounds of the Universe):
A mixed bag of heavily percussive, high sprited late 60's Afro-Latin rhythms from The Afro Soul-tet on Ubiquity!
The Afro Soul-tet formed in Texas circa 1968. 'Afrodesia' mixes Latin Jazz, straight jazz, worldly percussion, surf, rock, funk, oddball sound effects, a touch of lounge, and some hints of tropicalia.
The vinyl comes with a CD version and download code.

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Various Artists ''Blue Note - The Ultimate Jazz Collection''

Various Artists

''Blue Note - The Ultimate Jazz Collection''
( Compilation Blue Note Records, 2006 )

Notes:
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Compact Disc Club
Quality: MP3 / Stereo
Bitrate: 128-192 kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Box CD: 4 cd
Total Size: 321 mb

On The BN Book's Comment:
Smaller in trim size, greatly expanded in content, this compendium of Chronicle’s classic Blue Note books (50,000 copies sold) is now an appealingly chunky paperback. Blue Note remains one of the most influential jazz labels of all time, and its cover art is a virtual time-capsule of cool. Now comprehensive, Blue Note: Album Cover Art gathers nearly 400 of the legendary covers, spanning the ’40s to the ’70s, and features the greatest work of legendary Blue Note art director Reid Miles. Simple and sophisticated, moody and alluring, these covers continue to influence designers and excite jazz aficionados today. "One glance," as Esquire said of the original edition, "and you’ll know where the essence of cool remains."
From Chronicle Books

Tracklisting:
CD 1
01 GRANT GREEN - SOOKIE, SOOKIE 10:58
02 KENNY BURRELL - CHITLINS CON CARNE 5:29
03 LEE MORGAN - THE SIDEWINDER 10:23
04 ART BLAKEY AND HIS JAZZ MESSENGERS - MOANIN' 9:35
05 JOHN COLTRANE - BLUE TRAIN 10:41
06 CANNONBALL ADDERLEY / MILES DAVIS - AUTUMN LEAVES 11:00
07 THE HORACE SILVER QUINTET - SENOR BLUES (VOCAL VERSION) 6:15
08 DIZZY GILLESPIE - BLUES FOR MAX 8:47

CD 2
01 DONALD BYRD - BLACK BYRD 7:19
02 LOU DONALDSON - ALLIGATOR BOGALOO 6:54
03 THE BLUE MITCHELL QUINTET - HI-HEEL SNEAKERS 8:24
04 HERBIE HANCOCK - CANTALOUPE ISLAND 5:30
05 TINA BROOKS - BACK TO THE TRACKS 8:05
06 DON CHERRY - THERE IS THE BOMB 4:51
07 WAYNE SHORTER - ADAM'S APPLE 6:46
08 MCCOY TYNER - PASSION DANCE 8:46
09 CHICK COREA - SAMBA YANTRA 2:41
10 DUKE ELLINGTON - CARAVAN 4:14
11 ART BLAKEY AND HIS JAZZ MESSENGERS - A NIGHT IN TUNISIA 11:13

CD 3
01 JAMES NEWTON - BLACK AND TAN FANTASY 5:45
02 STANLEY TURRENTINE - NIGER MAMBO 3:23
03 DUKE PEARSON - XIBABA 6:33
04 ANDREW HILL - MIRA 6:19
05 MCCOY TYNER - MAN FROM TANGANYIKA 6:53
06 SOLOMON ILORI AND HIS AFRO-DRUM ENSEMBLE - JOJOLO 7:19
07 ART TAYLOR - COOKOO & FUNGI 5:32
08 BUD POWELL - BUSTER RIDES AGAIN 5:31
09 ART PEPPER QUINTET - MAMBO DE LA PINTA 4:16
10 ART BLAKEY AND HIS JAZZ MESSENGERS - AMUK 6:49
11 SABU MARTINEZ - EL CUMBANCHERO 5:39
12 HORACE PARLAN - CONGALEGRA 4:22
13 KENNY DORHAM - AFRODISIA 5:03

CD 4
01 US3 - CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) 4:40
02 HOLLY COLE - TEMPTATION 3:01
03 BOBBY WATSON / JACK WALRATH - CRISTO REDENTOR 6:05
04 PATRICIA BARBER - WINTER 4:52
05 CHARLIE HUNTER / LEON PARKER - YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 3:55
06 TIM HAGANS - FAR WEST 5:55
07 GREG OSBY - DEUCE ANA QUOTA 6:53
08 CASSANDRA WILSON - DEATH LETTER 4:14
09 DON BYRON - CLOSER TO HOME 3:17
10 MEDESKI MARTIN / WOOD - HEY-HEE-HI-HO 3:15
11 RONNY JORDAN - A BRIGHTER DAY 5:44
12 DIANNE REEVES - TESTIFY 4:40
13 MICHEL PETRUCCIANI - CONTRADICTIONS 2:59
14 CAECILIE NORBY - SUMMERTIME 4:57
15 DON PULLEN - INDIO GITANO 9:39

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Herbie Hancock ''Watermelon Man The Ultimate Hancock!''

Herbie Hancock

''Watermelon Man The Ultimate Hancock!''
( Compilation, 2010 )

Notes:
Year Of Release: June 22, 2010
Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
Quality: mp3 | Joint Stereo
Bitrate: 320 kbps | 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 02 h 17 min 27 sec
Total Size: 314.96 mb

Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Watermelon Man
02. A Tribute To Someone
03. And What If I Don't
04. A Jump Ahead
05. Cantaloupe Island
06. Oliloqui Valley
07. Maiden Voyage
08. The Eye Of The Hurricane
09. Dolphin Dance
10. The Sorcerer
11. The story of watermelon man (interview)
CD2
12. Sly
13. Watermelon Man
14. Steppin' In It
15. Butterfly
16. Doin' It
17. 4 A.M.
18. Everybody's Broke
19. Rock It

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Various Artists ''Groovexperience - High Voltage'' New Link - Re-Uploaded

Various Artists

''Groovexperience - High Voltage''
( Compilation, Blue Note Records )

Notes:
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: EMI
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 74:33 min
Total Size: 111 mb

Tracklisting:
1 Eddie Henderson - The Kumquat Kids 4:28
2 Alphonse Mouzon - Funky Snakefoot 3:45
3 Timmy Thomas - Touch To Touch 4:42
4 Peter Brown - Burning Love Breakdown 5:17
5 Latimore - Qualified Man 4:28
6 Johnny Harris - Odyssey (Part 2) 3:34
7 Chico Hamilton - V-O 3:54
8 Ronnie Foster - Inot 5:02
9 Gene Harris - Funky Business 4:01
10 Ronne Laws & Pressure - Always There 4:41
11 Donald Byrd - Dancing In The Streets 4:42
12 Bobbi Humphrey - Jasper Country Man 5:14
13 Gene Harris - H.R.D. (Boogie) 5:07
14 Alphonse Mouzon - Why Can't We Make It 3:37
15 Lonnie Smith - Spinning Wheel 7:31
16 Raul De Souza - Daisy Mae 4:30

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Various Artists ''The Very Best Of Jazz Funk''

Various Artists

''The Very Best Of Jazz Funk''

Notes:
Year Of Release: 5 Jun 1999
Label: Global TV
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Acid Jazz
Quality/Bitrate: MP3 / 320 kbit/s / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 135:58 Min
Total Size: 351 Mb

Comment:
This is without a doubt, the best jazz funk compilation I've ever bought. I went after it because I wanted Ramsey Lewis's version of the Grover Washington, Jr tune, "Sassy Stew", featuring the legendary sax player himself. It appears on Lewis's 1982 live album "Live At The Savoy" but I couldn't find that on CD anywhere for love or money.
It's first-class stuff from beginning to end and while I had the vast majority of the songs on here on their original albums, it's so nice to have them all in one place. Besides, there are quite a few I didn't have, one of which is Norman Connors' "Black Cow", a beautiful song which hip-hop heads will recognise as the basis for the Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz 1998 smash, "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)".
They are all full-length versions too, which is very unusual, so you get the whole 8mins 42secs of Grover Washington, Jr's "Mister Magic" and all 13mins 27secs of Alphonse Mouzon's "By All Means", just to name two examples. The music is all very accessible so anyone thinking about getting into jazz (or anyone who just wants something to play when their jazz-loving friends come to visit!) will really find this one useful. I can't recommend it enough.
My only grumble is with the inner-sleeve notes, which are not entirely accurate. Some people take these notes very seriously and it's always better to say nothing than to disseminate misinformation. For instance, Marcus Miller is wrongly credited as playing bass on Bob James's "Westchester Lady" (though the actual player, Gary King, is correctly identified). Miller did not appear on "Three", the album from which the song came, at all. On the Alphonse Mouzon song I referred to earlier, the credits say Herbie Hancock played piano, keyboards and fender Rhodes with Mouzon credited as having played synthesizer, percussion and drums. In fact, on this particular song, Mouzon played drums, percussion, Fender Rhodes, electric piano, and ARP string synthesizer. Herbie Hancock played acoustic piano only.
To some these might be minor even irrelevant details but they matter greatly to others.
Still an excellent CD though. Five stars without any effort at all.
Reviewer: Olukayode Balogun (Leeds, England)

Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica
02. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
03. Grover Washington Jr. - Mister Magic
04. Donald Byrd - (Falling Like) Dominoes
05. Ramsey Lewis - Sassy Stew
06. Maze - Joy And Pain
07. Wilbert Longmire - Black Is The Colour
08. Benny Golson - Killer Joe
09. Alphonse Mouzon - By All Means (feat Herbie Hancock)
10. Bob James - Westchester Lady
11. Norman Conners - Black Cow
12. Larry Carlton - Minute By Minute
13. Tania Maria - Come With Me
CD2
01. Weather Report - Birdland
02. Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
03. Ronnie Laws - Always There
04. Brecker Brothers - Sneakin' Up Behind You
05. Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
06. Earl Klugh - Dance With Me
07. Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
08. Azymuth - Jazz Carnival
09. Hank Crawford - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
10. Eric Gale - Ginseng Woman
11. Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
12. Gil Scott Heron - Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)
13. US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

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Various Artists ''Doin' It'' (12 JazzFunk Classics)

Various Artists

''Doin' It''
(12 JazzFunk Classics)
(Compilation)

Notes:
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Connoisseur Collection
Genre: Jazz, Funk
Format: MP3
Quality: 320 kbps I 44.1 Khz I Joint Stereo
Total Time: 00:57:43
Total Size: 148 mb

Tracklisting:
01. Eddie Russ - Zaius
02. Ramsey Lewis - That's The Way Of The World
03. Rodney Franklin - The Groove
04. Lonnie Liston Smith - Get Down Everybody (It's Time For World Peace)
05. George Duke - Reach Out
06. Herbie Hancock - Doin' It
07. Brothers Johnson - Streetwave
08. Breaker Brothers - Seakin' Up Behind You
09. Nino Tempo & 5Th Avenue Sax - (Hooked On) Young Stuff
10. Willie Bobo - Always There
11. Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica
12. Gil Scott-Heron - Johannesburg

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The Crusaders "Live In Japan"

The Crusaders

"Live In Japan" (1981)

Personnel:
Wilton Felder sax
Stix Hooper drums
Joe Sample piano
Alphonso Johnson bass
Barry Finnerty guitar
Roland Bautista guitar
Raphael Cruz perc

Notes:
Recorded at the NHK Hall Tokyo Feb 1981

Tracklisting:
1 Introduction
2 Rainbow Seeker
3 The Hustler
4 Sweet Gentle Love
5 Drum introduction
6 Spiral
7 Melodies of love
8 Carmel
9 So far away
10 Brazos river breakdown
11 In all my wildest dreams
12 Put it where you want it

By Bill

Brian Auger, from the early 70s! Two LPs.

Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll And The Trinity

''Open''
( Marmalade, Polydor Records, 1967 )
Catalog # 607 002, 607 002

Note (by Lupo):
It's Brian Auger, from the early 70s, real gems.
You'll find a story written by Brian himself for the IAJO web site about how he came to the organ, on the IAJO web site. Follow "organist of the month" -> "see the past organists of the month" -> march 2007.

Tracklisting:
In And Out 2:56
Isola Natale 5:17
Black Cat 3:17
Lament For Miss Baker 2:31
Goodbye Jungle Telegraph 6:05
Tramp 4:01
Why (Am I Treated So Bad) 3:25
A Kind Of Love In 2:28
Break It Up 2:55
Season Of The Witch 7:40

Credits:
Arranged By - Brian Auger , Richard Hill
Engineer - John Timperly
Producer - Giorgio Gomelsky

Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts

''Encore''
( Warner Bros. Records, 1978 )
Catalog # K 56458

Tracklisting:
Spirit 4:06
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 3:32
Git Up 3:46
Freedom Highway 2:49
Future Pilot 4:21
Rope Ladder To The Moon 3:01
No Time To Live 6:14
Nothing Will Be As It Was 3:44
Lock All The Gates 5:03

Credits:
Arranged By, Producer - Brian Auger

Notes:
A Nasty Production
Recorded October and November 1977 at Different Fur Studios, San Francisco

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Lonnie Smith ''Jungle Soul''

Lonnie Smith

''Jungle Soul''
(Palmetto Records, 2006)

Comment:
On Jungle Soul, the great organist and his quartet -- Peter Bernstein on guitar, drummer and percussionist Allison Miller, and rhythm guitarist/producer Matt Balitsaris -- tackle some jazz standards -- "Bemsha Swing," "Willow Weep for Me," and Eddie Harris' bona fide soul-jazz classic "Freedom Jazz Dance" -- and place them against Marvin Gaye's "Trouble Man," and a handful of Smith originals and come up with a stunner. Palmetto Records 2006.

Tracklisting:
1 Trouble Man
2 Simone
3 Jungle Soul
4 Willow weep for me
5 Freedom Jazz Dance
6 Blue Moment
7 Witch Doctor
8 Bemsha Swing
9 Zimbabwe
10 Jungle Wisdom

Note:
Not my favourite Lonnie Smith, but a bit obscure.
Ripped from my CD

Personnel:
Dr. Lonnie Smith: organ;
Peter Bernstein: guitar;
Matt Balitsaris: guitar;
Allison Miller: drums, percussion.

Review from All About Jazz:
Hammond B-3 master Dr. Lonnie Smith returns with a soulful, funky session of straight-ahead grooves and smoldering moods on Jungle Soul. After a series of focused tributes to individual musicians (John Coltrane , Jimi Hendrix and Beck , respectively), this release finds the good doctor drawing from classic and original source material for an enjoyable theme ride through the proverbial dark continent.
Joined by a stripped-down organ combo lineup of guitar and drums, Smith charts a course of smoldering intensity. Guitarist Peter Bernstein works with Palmetto Records producer Matt Balitsaris , who plays rhythm and acoustic guitar here. Both players hold forth with a bright, clean tone and sinuous linearity, matching Smith's rumbling undulations with their own searing highs. Up and coming drummer Allison Miller demonstrates ambitious creativity and excellent chops on a session full of subtle surprises. Whether locking into straight-ahead swing grooves or mimicking entire African drum choirs, Miller never falters.
From the easy going blues grooves of "Trouble Man" and "Simone" to the sultry funk grind of "Witch Doctor" and manic thrill ride of "Zimbabwe," Smith and his cohorts pilot a journey through scenic terrain. The tender ballad "Blue Moment" finds Smith at his most dulcet and reflective, while "Jungle Wisdom" reveals a more experimental side as he plays pneumatically, generating marimba like tones from his B-3. Miller sets up a barrage of percussive effects, emulating multiple hand drummers with polyrhythmic flair.
Smith takes a laid-back approach overall, with only a moment or two of relative abandon. Breathing fresh life into a regal chestnut like "Willow Weep for Me," Smith ratchets up the intensity level in a boisterous, rambunctious solo of gospel-like intensity. Other standards receive a similarly unique treatment. "Bemsha Swing" oozes darkness, played with gauzy chording and a slinky tempo, while "Freedom Jazz Dance" takes on an Africanized sheen, complete with funky, modulated polyrhythmic effects.
As jazz records go, Jungle Soul qualifies as a perfect summer album. While it may be enjoyable in the light of day, its smoky, dark ambience lends itself perfectly to late night moods.

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By Bill

Blo "Phases 1972-1982"

Blo

"Phases 1972-1982"

Released: 26/02/2001

Label: Strut

Catalog: STRUTACD 004

Tracklisting:

01) Preacher Man (04:45)

02) Miss Sagit (04:47)

03) Chant To Mother Earth (06:09)

04) Blo (05:27)

05) It's Gonna Be A Good Day (04:19)

06) Don't Take Her Away From Me (04:33)

07) Atide (03:04)

08) Scandi Boogie (04:45)

09) Trace Of Suicide (04:05)

10) Number One (04:45)

11) Get That Groove In (04:11)

12) Loving Caring (04:03)

13) Dance In A Circle (08:19)

Notes:

The 70's were a tumultuous time in nigerian music. The afro-carib-jazz sound of highlife had swept West Africa, and funk was hitting hard. At any time in Lagos you could find a huge variety of cross-cultural fusions, melding old and new world, tradition and invention. Out of this creative storm came many influential groups, some of which derived their influences more directly than others. When Ginger Baker (drummer of Cream group) made the journey from the UK across the desert to Nigeria in a Range Rover in the late '60s, he brought a BBC camera crew and an abiding interest in absorbing african styles. Fast forward to 1971: Baker formed a band called Salt, featuring five nigerian musicians, which toured the US and Europe. When Salt imploded, a power trio named Blo emerged from its ashes. Phases documents the rise and fall of this group through a decade of changes, drawing from five records issued over the period.

In 1972, Blo created its own sound, which evolved dramatically over the next ten years. The instrumentation was straight out of rock: guitar, bass and drums. The approach was pure pop (however you might define it during those crazy times) but it involved extended, creative improvisation. Ths music drifted among the sounds of '70s Lagos, pulling together bits and pieces from here and there. The first three tracks on Phases come from Blo's debut, an unadulterated trip through sound and space. The guitar on "Miss Sagit" glides through minor melodies with a decidedly sitar-liks sound; "Chant To Mother Earth" features slow, echoing vocals. A couple years later, Blo turned to the deep funk that would remain their hallmark. "It's Gonna Be A Good Day" blends strutting guitar with syncopated bass and drums, carrying an upbeat vocal message and an irrestible call to dance. Only rarely did the group turn back to its Yoruba roots, as on "Atide", featured here. As time progressed, they bagan to dip into the frenzy of disco, retaining the energy without the faux plastic trim. "Scandi Boogie" (from 1976's album "Phase 4") stands as the high point of Phases:

I don't need no explanations

You can feel the vibrations...

Are you cool enough to do it?

Gonna do it! Scandi boogie!

How can you say no that invitation?

From Allaboutjazz

Credits:

Tracks 01 to 03 taken from the LP "Chapter One" 1973 EMI Nigeria.

Tracks 04 to 07 taken from the LP "Phase 2" 1975 Afrodisia.

Tracks 08 to 10 taken from the LP "Phase 4" 1976 Afrodisia.

Tracks 11-12 taken from the LP "Bulky Backside" 1979 Afrodisia.

Track 13 taken from the LP "Back In Time" 1980 Afrodisia.

Personnel:

Bass: Mike "Gbenga" Odumosu (tracks 01 to 07)

Drums: Laolu "Akins" Akintobi

Guitar: Berkley "Ike" Jones

Vocals: Berkley "Ike" Jones, Laolu "Akins" Akintobi, Mike "Gbenga" Odumosu (tracks 01 to 10)

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Morrissey Mullen ''Badness''

Morrissey Mullen

''Badness''
( LP Beggars Banquet Records, 1981 )
Catalog # BEGA 27

Tracklisting:
A1 Do Like You 5:01
A2 Dragonfly 4:51
A3 Stay Awhile 4:59
A4 Blue Tears 5:25
B1 Badness 4:27
B2 Pass The Music On 4:10
B3 Slipstream 7:13

Personnel:
This LP by Dick Morrissey on sax & flute and Jim Mullen on guitar
has been released on the Beggars Banquet label in 1981,
additional players are John Critchinson on keyboards,
Clive Chaman on bass, Chris Ainsworth on drums,
Chris Fletcher on drums and Linda Taylor on vocals.

Notes:
Format:Vinyl, LP
Country:UK
Released:1981

Discography:
* 1976: Up (Embryo Records)
* 1979: Cape Wrath
* 1981: Badness
* 1982: Life on the Wire
* 1983: It’s About Time
* 1983: After Dark
* 1985: This Must Be the Place
* 1988: Happy Hour
* 2003: Everything Must Change: The Definitive Collection

Some info:
Morrissey Mullen was a British jazz-funk/fusion group of the seventies and eighties.
Considered one of the most popular jazz groups in London, the band was led by Dick Morrissey on tenor and soprano saxes and flute, and Jim Mullen on guitar, who joined forces in 1975 and played together for some 16 years, during which they came to be known as "Mr Sax and Captain Axe" because of their hallmark based around "duels" or calls and responses between guitar and sax.
The band began in New York City where Dick Morrissey and Jim Mullen were recording and touring with their mutual friends in the Average White Band and Herbie Mann.
Coinciding with the recording and release of the first of seven Morrissey Mullen albums (plus two EPs), Up (Atlantic, 1977), which featured the guys from AWB as a rhythm section, plus Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston on vocals, together with some of the New York scene’s top session musicians, the Morrissey Mullen band spent eight months in New York. A six-week residency at New York’s famed Mikell's, attracted the attention of many of the top musicians of the day, with Boz Scaggs, David Sanborn, Steve Gadd, Steve Ferrone, Richard Tee, George Benson, Ray Barretto, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker, among others dropping by for a jam.
On their return to the United Kingdom, and shunning the gruelling road, Morrissey Mullen concentrated on the small-club/pub circuit, with sell-out gigs at the venues they played at, including a residency at The Half Moon, Putney for many years. In 1979, EMI commissioned them to enter the Abbey Road recording studios to make "Britain's first digitally-recorded single record", a cover of the Rose Royce hit "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". Their 1981 album Badness reached number one in the UK disco charts.
The band featured heavily in the live sessions of Night Owls, a BBC Radio 2 programme presented by jazz writer and tenor saxophonist Dave Gelly.
M&M's backing band had various regular line-ups over its many years in existence, featuring British jazz musicians such as Martin Drew on drums, John Mole (ex-Colosseum II) on bass, and Pete Jacobsen, John Critchinson, Martin Blackwell or John Burch on piano (with whom Dick Morrissey would also form an octet in 1984).
Although early members of the band had included two top session musicians from New Zealand, Frank Gibson, Jr. on drums and Bruce Lynch on bass, the band was also a springboard for a new generation of young British musicians, including Chris Fletcher on percussion, Gary Husband on drums, Claire Hamill and Carol Kenyon as vocalists (both on whom appeared with Dick Morrissey on the 1981 Jon & Vangelis album The Friends of Mr. Cairo), Tessa Niles, and Noel McCalla among others.
Dick Morrissey’s failing health required too many visits to hospital for the band to be viable. When M&M finally dissolved in 1988, Jim Mullen and Dick Morrissey continued meeting up for jam sessions with what they called, in their characteristically easy-going style, “Our Band”, usually featuring the same musicians that had accompanied them in M&M.
They appeared together at the 1991 Cork Jazz Festival in the Metropole Hotel in Cork, Ireland.
Badness is the third album released by British jazz fusion duo Morrissey-Mullen. Released in 1981, it entered the UK Album Charts on 18 July 1981 at no. 65, eventually reaching no. 57.
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By Pier

Roy Ayers ”Hey Uh-What You Say Come On” 7”

Roy Ayers

”Hey Uh-What You Say Come On” 7”
( 7” Single, Polydor Records, 1976 )
Catalog # PD 14349

Tracklisting:
A Hey Uh-What You Say Come On 3:30
Written-By – Roy Ayers, William Allen
B You And Me My Love 3:11
Written By – Roy Ayers-Chano O’Ferral
Written-By – Chano O’Ferral , Roy Ayers

Credits:
Producer – Maurice Green
Producer, Arranged By – Roy Ayers

Notes:
Format:Vinyl, 7″, Single, 45 RPM
Country:US
Released:1976
1976 Polydor Incorporated · Manufactured By Polydor Incorporated, New York, N.Y.
From Polydor Album PD-I-6070 “Everybody Loves The Sunshine”
Produced by Roy Ayers and Maurice Green for RO-AYER PRODUCTIONS
Publisher- [A] · Brainfood Music · (BMI)
Publisher- [B] · Roy Ayers Ubiquity · (ASCAP)
Matrix#[A] · PD-14349- 76-NP-1792-S-CP-1 · MASTERDISK
Matrix#[B] · PD-14349· 76.NP-1795-S-CP
Mastering done at Masterdisk, 545, West 45th Street, New York, N.Y. 10036
Polydor Inc., 810 Seventh Avenue, New York. N.Y.

By Pier

Johnny Hammond ''Gambler's Life''

Johnny Hammond

''Gambler's Life''
(LP Salvation Records, 1974 )
Catalog # SAL-702 S1

Tracklisting:
1. Gambler's Life (5:45) [Larry Mizell]
2. Rhodesian Thoroughfare (6:06) [Chuck Davis, Sigidi]
3. This Year's Dream (6:19) [Johnny Smith]
4. Star Borne (7:51) [Larry Mizell]
5. Back To The Projects (5:36) [Larry Mizell]
6. Yesterday Was Cool (6:50) [Larry Mizell, William Jordan]
7. Virgo Lady (6:41) [Johnny Smith]
8. Call On Me (4:30) [Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell]

Personnel:
Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Vocals] - Fonce Mizell , Freddie Perren , Larry Mizell
Bass - Henry Franklin , Tony Dumas
Clavinet, Trumpet - Fonce Mizell
Congas - King Errisson
Drums - Fritz Wise , Harvey Mason
Guitar - John Rowin , Mel Bolton , Melvin Ragin
Percussion, Vocals - Stephanie Spruill
Piano - Jerry Peters
Piano [Electric], Synthesizer - Johnny Hammond
Producer - Larry Mizell
Saxophone - Carl Randell, Jr
Synthesizer [Solina] - Larry Mizell
Trombone - Al Hall

Notes:
1974 CREED TAYLOR INC., USA
RECORDED: JUNE 1974
RELEASED: 1974, USA

Comment:
An amazing bit of jazz funk from Johnny Hammond -- and one of his greatest LPs! This is the first album that Johnny recorded with Larry Mizell, cut right before the pair of them went onto do the landmark Gears album. While this one never became as famous as Gears, it's got some fantastic moments that are every bit as great -- a perfect blend of Mizell's spacey fusion and Hammond's fiercely soulful soloing, with lots of great jazzy changes to keep the pace fresh throughout. Includes the great spacey jazz cuts "Star Borne" and "Yesterday Was Cool", the latter of which is an excellent piece of work by Larry Mizell -- plus the cuts "Back To The Projects", "Gambler's Life", "Rhodesian Thoroughfare", and "Virgo Lady". Plus, the CD features 4 bonus tracks that represent some of Johnny's best work for the Kudu label -- including "Rock Steady", "Higher Ground", "Breakout", and "Who Is Sylvia".

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Johnny Hammond ''Gears''

Johnny Hammond

''Gears''
( LP Milestone Records, 1975 )
Catalog # M-9062

Tracklisting:
A1 Tell Me What To Do 5:16
A2 Los Conquistadores Chocolatés 5:56
Vocals [Recitation] - William Jordan
A3 Lost On 23rd Street 6:36
B1 Fantasy 6:06
Written-By - Hammond, L. Mizell
B2 Shifting Gears 5:19
B3 Can't We Smile 4:35

Personnel:
Hadley Caliman Gears Sax (Tenor)
Johnny Hammond Organ, Main Performer, Performer, Synthesizer, Piano (Electric)
Julian Priester Gears Trombone
Chuck Rainey Bass (Electric)
Roger Glenn Flute, Vibraphone
Kenneth Nash Percussion
William Jordan Recitation
Jerry Peters Piano, Piano (Electric)
Sigidi Gears Conductor
Michael White Violin
Harvey Mason, Sr. Drums
Craig McMullen Guitar
Fonce Mizell Vocals (Background), Producer, Clavinet, Vocal Arrangement
Larry Mizell Arranger, Vocals (Background), Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Solina

Notes:
Produced for Sky High Productions, Inc.
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, July 1975.
Remixed at Sound Factory, Hollywood, September 1975.
Harvey Mason appears courtesy of Arista Records. Roger Glenn appears courtesy of Prestige Records.
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:1975

Covers here (Discogs).

Review:
Gears was organist Johnny 'Hammond' Smith's 32nd album. A talented player, he'd been recording since 1958, and after many successful years at the Prestige label, he cut a series of increasingly funky releases for Creed Taylor's CTI label in the early 70s.
Gears, his first for the Milestone imprint saw him stretching out his soulful, economic style of playing over six extended workouts. The album is as much about the production and writing skills of Larry and Fonce Mizell (their second collaboration with Hammond) as much as Hammond’s remarkable playing. The Mizells had worked at Motown, and separated from the label to found their own Sky High Productions.
Their work with artists such as Donald Byrd showed them departing from commerciality to create a wild brew of very 70s grooves; synthesisers and striking vocal arrangements that were both in-step with and ahead of their time.
Gears is like a text book for jazz-funk. The rhythm section of Harvey Mason Snr and Chuck Rainey are right there on the one throughout, allowing Hammond, guitarist Craig McMullen and the horn section to go with the Mizzell Brothers' directions.
The funk workout of Los Conquistadores Chocolates, with its chiming guitar, was picked up by David Mancusco at his legendary New York venue, The Loft. Lost On 23rd Street provides a dreamy city soundscape
But it is Can't We Smile that perfectly encapsulates the chilled ethos that courses through Gears. Sounding at least 20 years ahead of its time, it's a slow-moving masterpiece of languid voices and piano, with breathtaking contributions from Michael White on violin. It’s no wonder that DJs such as Mr Scruff compiled this in the 21st Century.
At once sophisticated, joyous and accessible, Gears had a profound influence on UK funkateers, and still sounds as fresh today as it did in the mid 70s.
From BBC Music Reviews

Biography by Ron Wynn (AMG)
Organist. He is also known as Johnny "Hammond" Smith to distinguish him from the more famous record producer, executive, and critic and/or his son. An organist in the soul-jazz mode, he had a brief moment in the spotlight with the '70s album Breakout, where his version of "It's Too Late" with Grover Washington, Jr. and Hank Crawford was a huge East Coast radio hit. Hammond is a competent, sometimes funky player.

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