June 2023 – Flabbergasted Vibes

Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite: We Insist feat. Abbey Lincoln (1961)

By Dr. Vibes June 19, 2023 June 29, 2023 Avant-garde, Jazz

“The Beat has a rich and magnificent history…” We could do worse than to commemorate Juneteenth with this epoch-defining slab of jazz directly from the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. Max Roach and vocalist Abbey Lincoln (soon to be married in 1962) lead an ensemble that includes other luminaries like Coleman Hawkins, Julian Priester, Olatunji, and Booker Little. Continue reading

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk (1974) (2022 RGM)

By Dr. Vibes June 17, 2023 June 17, 2023 Jazz, Jazz funk, Spiritual jazz

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Spiritual jazz
2022 Real Gone Music || 1974 Orig. Flying Dutchman

So I actually crafted a new, short write-up of this record without remembering that I posted about it once before, 13 years ago, because of course I did. You can read that screed here, if you like. I will probably blog about this album a third time, when I get around to transferring an original Flying Dutchmen pressing I have. I think this recent reissue holds up quite well against it, sonically speaking, so here we go….